Local authorities in England register

Local authorities in England

First published 21 October 2016

Last updated 29 February 2020 — see all updates

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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There are 367 records and 6 fields in this register

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Local authority eng	Local authority type	Name	Official name	Start date	End date
ADU	NMD	Adur	Adur District Council	No data	No data
ALL	NMD	Allerdale	Allerdale Borough Council	No data	No data
AMB	NMD	Amber Valley	Amber Valley Borough Council	No data	No data
ARU	NMD	Arun	Arun District Council	No data	No data
ASH	NMD	Ashfield	Ashfield District Council	No data	No data

The **6 fields** in this register
Field name	Field description
Local authority eng	The local authority's ISO 3166-2:GB code. Unique codes have been created for local authorities that don't have an existing ISO code.
Local authority type	The unique code for the type of local government organisation. For example, county council.
Name	The commonly-used name of a record.
Official name	The official or technical name of a record.
Start date	The date a record first became relevant to a register.
End date	The date a record stopped being applicable.