History of UK Devolution and Local Governance

Year 2021, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 24 - 46, 20.01.2021

Müzehher Yamaç

Abstract

The United Kingdom, which is a constitutional kingdom governed by parliamentary democracy, has a unitary structure, but places great emphasis on regional governance and decentralization.Central government holds the powers of legislative, executive and judicial powers; transfers some of its executive powers to local government units. In the post-1980 period, transformations in the administrative field were instigated with the reform efforts towards local governments. The introduction of elected mayors, inspired by the European and American experience, into the English local political landscape has brought an additional dimension to political representation and new electoral opportunities for the voters to make judgements on their local political leaders. The purpose of this study is to reveal the ongoing development of local authorities in England to the present day, through the lens of the historical perspective. In this context, thos paper discusses the emergence of local governments in the development process, how the structural situation was handled and where it is located and dealt with the variability and examined in the academic literature.

Keywords

United Kingdom, Local Goverment, Mayoral Government, Local Leadership

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