§ 49. Mr. Donnellyasked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will state the total number of local authorities in Wales, at county, county borough, borough, urban and rural district levels and the total number of councillors and aldermen in each case; and what estimate he has made of the reduction of these numbers that will be brought about by his proposals for local government reform.
§ Mr. George ThomasThe details of present membership are given below. As for the future, in advance of detailed discussions about electoral arrangements under reorganisation no precise estimate can be given of future local authority membership but reductions will certainly occur in county and district council membership.
There are at present 13 county councils on which serve totals of 233 aldermen and 717 councillors; 4 county borough councils with 55 aldermen and 165 councillors; 32 non-county borough councils with 166 aldermen and 498 councillors; 73 urban district councils with 1,203 councillors; and 59 rural district councils with 1,445 councillors.