What is Municipal borough?
'''Municipal boroughs''' were a type of [[local government]] district which existed in [[England]] and [[Wales]] between 1835 and 1974, in [[Northern Ireland]] from 1840 to 1973 and in the [[Republic of Ireland]] from 1840 to 2002. There were similar structures in [[Scotland]] from 1833 to 1975. There were boroughs in England and Wales since the [[Middle Ages|middle ages.]] In 1833 a [[Royal Commission]] investigated them. 263 towns in England and Wales had some form of corporation. The [[Municipal Corporations Act 1835]] reformed the government of towns. It set up municipal boroughs. They each had an [[Election|elected]] [[town council]], with a [[mayor]], [[Alderman|aldermen]] and [[Councillor|councillors]]. To vote in the elections voters had to own property in the area. The councillors were directly elected for a three-year term, If there were more than 6,000 people the area was divided into [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|ward]]<nowiki/>s with separate elections held in each ward each year. There were then 178 municipal boroughs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Municipal Corporations Act 1835 {{!}} PDF|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/71446147/Municipal-Corporations-Act-1835|access-date=2023-04-02|website=Scribd|language=en}}</ref> The smaller boroughs which had not been reformed were mostly abolished in the 1880s by the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1883]], except for the [[City of London]] Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1883|title=Municipal Corporations Act 1883|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1883/18/pdfs/ukpga_18830018_en.pdf|website=gov.uk}}</ref> The [[Local Government Act 1888]] created [[county council]]<nowiki/>s across England and Wales. Boroughs were divided into two sorts, with some becoming county boroughs which were entirely self-governing and independent from county councils. There were over 200 municipal boroughs in 1974 when they were abolished by the [[Local Government Act 1972]]. In England, they were replaced by metropolitan or non-metropolitan districts and in Wales by distric