Districts of Northern Ireland
Since 1 October 1973, Northern Ireland is made of 26 districts. Each district has a council which looks after local services. The 26 districts are made of 582 wards. Each ward elects 1 councillor. There 582 councillors in Northern Ireland and there is an election every 4 years. The voting system used to elect each councillor is Single Transferable Vote. Some of the councils are known as "Borough" or "City" councils. Every year, each council elects a chairman. In "Borough" and "City" councils, the chairman is called the Mayor. In Belfast City Council, the chairman is called the Lord Mayor. In "Borough" and "City" councils, up to 25% of councillors are given the title Alderman.[1]
Districts
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References
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Districts Of Northern Ireland Media
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Local government districts of Northern Ireland. Each district in this image is numbered, with the numbers corresponding to those in the table below.
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The following combinations of 2012 DEAs each have an area which matches exactly with some combination of 1993 DEAs, allowing direct comparisons of election results in the combined areas from before and after 2012.
NI DEA maps with RoI - labelled plus inset
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Northern Ireland 2012 electoral wards map
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NUTS 3 regions of Northern Ireland map
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Northern Ireland Education
Northern Ireland Health Boards
"Structure - Department of Environment Northern Ireland". Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
