Jonathan Schofield

#polSci question:

In the UK we have local and national government administrative areas.

For example:

- my local government area is the ‘Ward’ of Eastney and Craneswater
- my national government area is the ‘Constituency’ of Portsmouth South.

Does the local/municipal | national/federal combo fully address every sizeable country?

Or are there important intermediary ones as well? i.e. areas *between* local/municipal and national/federal which people have some sort of political agency in?

Mar 28 at 6:06pmWeb
Show threadJonathan Schofield2d ago

…Duh. I just answered my own question.

Even in the UK, we have the example of the London Assembly and its relationship to the Mayor of London.

And the 14 constituencies of the London Assembly are *different* from London’s very many more parliamentary level constituencies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_London_Assembly_constituencies

List of London Assembly constituencies - Wikipedia

Show threadAnneH2d ago
@urlyman What about town & county councils? Where I live (Essex) we have Ward/Parish reps to City council & also elect reps to County Council (soon to be reorganised to Unitary). Or maybe I have misunderstood.
Show threadJonathan Schofield2d ago
@annehargreaves thanks. That’s good to know. I’m trying to create a schema for the major levels of formal political agency people have which is not country specific
Show threadAnneH2d ago
@urlyman Sounds interesting!