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Your local council deals with matters that directly impact your local area. It is responsible for local services.

How often is your rubbish collected? What are the roads in your area like? Do you like your local sports facilities? Your local council makes decisions about all these issues and many more that affect you daily.  

You can vote in local council elections when you’re 18. You might also hear these elections called local government or local authority elections. 

Your local council deals with matters that directly impact your local area. It is responsible for local services.

How often is your rubbish collected? What are the roads in your area like? Do you like your local sports facilities? Your local council makes decisions about all these issues and many more that affect you daily.  

You can vote in local council elections when you’re 18. You might also hear these elections called local government or local authority elections. 

There are 11 local councils in Northern Ireland, made up of 462 councillors who are elected every four years. You are usually represented by three to seven councillors.

 

Your local council deals with matters that directly impact your local area. It is responsible for local services.

How often is your rubbish collected? What are the roads in your area like? Do you like your local sports facilities? Your local council makes decisions about all these issues and many more that affect you daily.  

You can vote in local council elections when you’re 16. You might also hear these elections called local government or local authority elections.

Your local council deals with matters that directly impact your local area. It is responsible for local services.

How often is your rubbish collected? What are the roads in your area like? Do you like your local sports facilities? Your local council makes decisions about all these issues and many more that affect you daily.  

You can vote in local council elections when you’re 16. You might also hear these elections called local government or local authority elections. 

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