{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Term of office and retirement of councillors.",
  "text": "(1) Councillors for a principal area shall be elected by the local government electors for that area in accordance with this Act , Part 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 , and Part 1 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.\n(2) For the purpose of the election of councillors, every principal area in Wales shall be divided into electoral wards, each returning such number of councillors as may be provided by an order under paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to this Act or under or by virtue of the provisions of Part IV of this Act or Part 3 of the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 , or by regulations under paragraph 9 or 10 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.\n(3) There shall be a separate election for each electoral ward.",
  "extent": "W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 25(1) substituted (20.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(3)(f), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), s. 206, Sch. 8 para. 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 25(1) inserted (20.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(3)(f), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 25(2)(3) substituted for s. 25(2) (20.3.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 4(1) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/546, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in s. 25(2) substituted (20.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(3)(f), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 25(2) inserted (30.9.2013) by Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4), s. 75(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 25(2) substituted (25.6.2024) by Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), s. 25(1)(a), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 25(2) inserted (20.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(3)(f), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Word in s. 25(3) substituted (20.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(3)(f), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:26.887741+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}