HC Deb 16 March 1964 vol 691 cc135-6W
Miss Quennell

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what is the total number of county councillors, rural district councillors, urban district councillors, parish councillors, borough councillors, county and non-county and city councillors, respectively, in England and Wales.

Mr. Corfield

The numbers of members—including aldermen—of each type of local authority in England and Wales are: counties 5,350; county boroughs 5,017; non-county and metropolitan boroughs 10,217; urban districts 9,342; rural districts 14,549. The total number of "city councillors"—that is, members of those county or non-county boroughs which have city status—is 2,958. No precise figure for the total number of parish councillors is available but it is probably over 60,000.