<?xml version="1.0" encoding='utf-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">
<wml>
<card id="card1" title="Local election - Page 5 - Wikipedia">
<p>
<a accesskey="1" href="page.php?w=Local_election&amp;p=4">1.Previous</a><br />
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=Local_election&amp;p=6">3.Next</a>
</p>
<p><a href="page.php?w=unitary_authority">unitary authority</a>, borough, district, city, town and parish elections. These take place on the first Thursday of May every year. Councillors generally sit for four years. The number of independent (non-party) Councillors has declined over the past forty years - nowadays the overwhelming majority of local Councillors belong to one of the major parties.</p>

<p><big>United States</big></p>
<p>In the <a href="page.php?w=United_States">United States</a> there is an increasing demand for <a href="page.php?w=electoral_reform">electoral reform</a>,</p><p>
<a accesskey="1" href="page.php?w=Local_election&amp;p=4">1.Previous</a><br />
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=Local_election&amp;p=6">3.Next</a>
</p>

<do type="prev" label="Search">
        <go href="search.wml"/>
</do>

</card>
</wml>
