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unitary authority

British

noun

(in the United Kingdom) a district administered by a single tier of local government, esp those districts of England that became administratively independent of the county councils in 1996–98

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All 55 council seats in the unitary authority were up for election, along with four new seats created by boundary changes.

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It became a unitary authority in 1998 and has a population of more than 183,000.

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City of York Council will remain separate but all others will be fused together under a new, unitary authority covering a population of 618,000.

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Under the reorganisation plans, the current two-tier system, which has been in place since 1974, will be replaced with a unitary authority.

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Pat Easton, one of three Labour candidates standing in Chesham for the unitary authority elections in May, says she "suspects it probably was tactical voting".

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