A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods , thoroughfares , parishes , landmarks , geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area (e.g. William Morris Ward in the London Borough of Waltham Forest , England). It is common in the United States for wards to simply be numbered.
11-477: Brondesbury Park is a suburb and electoral ward of the London Borough of Brent . It is the part of Brondesbury which is not interwoven with Kilburn due to the naming of a major tube station ( Kilburn ) and is centred on Brondesbury Park railway station and the street, an avenue, which shares its name. The area has a number of open spaces, primarily Queen's Park and Tiverton Green. Brondesbury Park
22-745: A ku (or 区 in Japanese writing ) is an administrative unit of one of the larger cities, closely equivalent to the divisions or wards of a London Borough or a New York Borough. In Vietnam , a phường is an administrative subunit of an inner city district, or quận . Wards and electoral divisions of Nepal are political divisions which are grouped into Gaunpalika ( Rural council ) and Municipality . A rural municipality or municipality has minimum of five and maximum of 33 divisions. List of City Corporations of Bangladesh There are 12 city corporations in Bangladesh. Two of them are present in
33-599: A district or municipality , used in local government elections. In the United States, wards are usually subdivided into precincts for polling purposes. In Wisconsin, a 'ward' is what in most other states would be a precinct In some cities of India , such as Mumbai and Delhi , a ward is an administrative unit of the city region; a city area is divided into Zones, which in turn contain numerous wards. The smallest administrative unit of Gram Panchayats in India
44-495: Is also known as a ward. In Bangladesh wards are subdivisions of a city or town which administrates under City Corporations and municipalities ( pourashova ) In East Africa, the word ward used in English is translated into Swahili/Kiswahili as Kata. In the case of a municipal amalgamation , the former cities and towns that make up the new metropolis may be referred to as wards. In Monaco , wards are informal divisions of
55-515: Is an alternate name for its manor , a specially empowered division of the large parish of Willesden as one of its eight prebends . The manor house is long-demolished. Landscape designer Humphry Repton transformed the focal 10 acres (4.0 ha) of Brondesbury Park, a varying demense but in most years 54 acres (22 ha) in the 18th and 19th century, when he designed the garden. The house had been bought by his client Lady (Sarah) Salusbury's in 1789. Repton produced one of his famous 'Red Books' for
66-598: The 2022 council election the two elected councillors are from the Labour Party , Erica Gbajumo and Ryan Hack. Since the 2024 general election , the ward has formed part of the re-established seat of Brent East . Electoral ward The word "ward", for an electoral subdivision, appears to have originated in the Wards of the City of London , where gatherings for each ward known as "wardmotes" have taken place since
77-614: The 12th century. The word was much later applied to divisions of other cities and towns in England and Wales and Ireland . In parts of northern England , a ward was an administrative subdivision of a county , very similar to a hundred in other parts of England. In Australia , Canada , New Zealand , South Africa , Sri Lanka , the United Kingdom , and the United States , wards are an electoral district , within
88-417: The capital Dhaka. One each is present in the other 8 divisional cities, with 3 others. They perform a variety of socio-economic and civic functions. The City Council of Bangladesh is a city corporation's ward representatives who are elected by popular vote and are known as councillors. Councilors carry out the developmental works of their elected wards and perform the functions of local government and assist
99-507: The country, grouped into quartiers. In the Republic of Ireland , urban divisions were called wards and rural ones were called district electoral divisions . Both were renamed as electoral divisions in 1996. The electoral districts for Irish local authorities are local electoral areas . These are generally defined as combinations of electoral divisions, and in urban areas were formally described as combination of wards. In Japan ,
110-464: The manor house, which has been republished, along with his Red Book for Glemham Hall in Suffolk . Repton planned a garden with views across London, but Lady Salusbury wanted shade rather than sweeping views. The grounds of Lady Salusbury's house only amounted to 10 acres (4.0 ha). Repton found very few trees, so had planted hundreds of mature trees and shrubs. Lady Salusbury was so delighted with
121-409: The work that she gave Repton a bonus of £50. Some street names allude to the inclosed private park (garden) dominating the north of the area and notable manorial owners. The street named Brondesbury Park leads into Salusbury Road. Repton also worked on Wembley Park including what became Wembley Stadium today in the same borough. The ward returns two councillors to sit on Brent Council . After
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