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Section 278 - Local Government Act 1993 - Election of councillors for an area not divided into wards | Zoe

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Local Government Act 1993

278Election of councillors for an area not divided into wards

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The councillors for an area that is not divided into wards are to be elected by an electorate comprising all the electors for the area.

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