# Local Government Act 1972, Paragraph 6


(1) . . . London borough councillors shall be elected by the local government electors for . . . the borough, . . ., in accordance with this Act and Part I of the Representation of the People Act 1983.
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(3) The ordinary election of London borough councillors shall take place in 1974 and every fourth year thereafter, their term of office shall be four years and they shall retire together in every such fourth year on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of such councillors, and the newly elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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