The Conventions of Local Authorities in the West Midlands II‐DISTRICT COUNCILS
| Author | E. P. Pritchard,Henry Maddick |
| Published date | 01 June 1959 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1959.tb01529.x |
| Date | 01 June 1959 |
The
Conventions
of
Local
Authorities
in
the
West
Midlands
11-DI
STRICT
COUNCILS
By
HENRY
MADDICK
and
E.
I?.
PRITCHARD
The first part was published
in
the summer issue
1958.
Both arricles
are
based
on
a study by the Extra-Mural Department
of
Birmingham
University.
HE
first part of this study dealt with the conventions of County Borough
T
Councils in the West h4idlands. This part concludes the account
of
the survey and deals with the conventions of District Councils. Conventions,
as explained in the previous article, were taken as being those practices which
are adopted by elected representatives and officers in the running of the
authority.
As
there were only eight County Boroughs in the area covered by the
Extra-Mural Department,
it
was possible to survey them all. The number
of District Councils, however, is over a hundred and so a selection had to
be made. Our selection did not aim at being a sample,
for
the range
of
characteristics-type, area, population, size
of
council, industrial or agri-
cultural area, the presence or absence
of
political groups, the delegation or
not
of
functions from the County Council-made a strict sample impossible.
The counties covered are, as in the previous article, South Staffordshire,
Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
following Councils
:
Boroughs
Bilston . . .. ..
Evesham . .
..
..
Kidderminster
. .
..
Royal Leamington Spa .
.
Lichfield .
.
..
..
Oldbury . . .. ..
Solihull .
.
..
..
Stratford-on-Avon
.
.
Tamworth .. ..
Warwick . .
..
..
Urban District
Malvern
.
.
..
..
Rural
Districts
Evesham ..
..
Kidderminster
.
.
..
Lichfield
.
. .. ..
Stratford-on-Avon . .
Within these counties, we selected the
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Population
33,960
12,330
39,000
38,940
11,190
54,770
81,620
15,110
13,370
15,810
24,880
16,730
12,060
40,100
23,090
Size
of
Council
20
20
28
36
24
28
40
28
24
24
21
34
16
48
41
135
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