A member of a council, as one convened to advise a governor. See Usage Note at council.
councilorship coun'cil·or·ship' n.
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A member of a council, as one convened to advise a governor. See Usage Note at council.
councilorship coun'cil·or·ship' n.
A councillor (Cllr or Clr for short) is a member of a council
(such as a city council), particularly in the United
Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other parts of the Commonwealth, as well as in the Republic of
Ireland. Often in the US, the title is councilman or councilwoman or
shortened to councilor.[1]
In the United Kingdom, all local authorities are overseen by elected councillors.
These include:
Councillors are typically elected as members of political parties although they may stand as independents. Once elected they are meant to represent all their constituents and not just those who voted for them. They are bound by a code of conduct enforced by standards boards. The 2007 Local Elections in the UK saw the age limit for councillers fall to 18, leading to younger people standing. The Eastleigh Liberal Democrats had an 18-year-old elected before ballots, due to the Ward he was standing in being unopposed.
The Local Government Act 2000 established new political management structures for councils. All councils with populations above 85,000 now take one of three forms; elected mayor with executive powers, leader and cabinet with executive powers, directly elected mayor with an appointed council manager.
More specialised decision making structures mean councillors are expected to perform a range of different roles, such as; licencing and regulatory decision making, policy overview & scrutiny, executive decision making, political leadership, determining planning applications and community representation.
Councillors also play a wider role in providing community leadership. Enabling communities to help themselves and providing a vital link between the local authority and the communities which they serve. Non executive councillors now have more time to focus on improving the communities which they serve, and play more of a role in developing policy and recommending to the Executive, decisions to be made and holding them to account publicly for their decisions, through the scrutiny process, which provides a platform for real issues which affect communities. Issues which can be raised by fellow councillors and members of the public alike, and for in depth work to be carried out into those issues. A councillor’s role is now one of influence rather than that of power, influencing the decision makers and holding them to account as well as influencing the key stakeholders within their wards. Councillors have a mandate now to lead and identify opportunities for change in a wide range of subjects which affect the communities in which we live, to identify skills and resources within communities and to bring them together for the greater good, this, along with greater emphasis in local government over partnership working with health, police and fire authorities.
The desire for clearer roles and raised standards has been accompanied by an increase in councillor training and development by organisations such as the Improvement and Development Agency, The Local Government Information Unit LGIU and the Local Government Association.
Most councillors are not full time professionals, although most councils do pay them a basic allowance and out-of-pocket expenses. In addition special responsibility allowances are paid to councillors who carry out more senior roles. The basic allowance (and special responsibility allowance) are theoretically paid to compensate councillors for the time spent on council duties. Parish, town or community councillors may, since the Local Government Act 2000 be paid for their services, but most are not.
The London Assembly is not regarded as a local authority but a regional devolved assembly and its members are referred to as Assembly Members.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - byrådsmedlem, rådmand
Français (French)
n. - conseiller, membre du conseil
Deutsch (German)
n. - Ratsmitglied
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σύμβουλος, μέλος δημοτικού συμβουλίου
Italiano (Italian)
consigliere
Português (Portuguese)
n. - conselheiro (m), vereador (m)
Русский (Russian)
советник, член городского совета
Español (Spanish)
n. - concejal, concejala
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rådsmedlem
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
议员, 评议员
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 議員, 評議員
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 고문관, 의원, 참사관
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 議員, 顧問官, 参事官
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) عضو مجلس (بلدي)
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חבר-המועצה
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