Berkshire County Council

The Council of the Royal County of Berkshire

Berkshire County Council
The Council of the Royal County of Berkshire ; Berkshire County Council
Berkshire
	Coat of arms
Type
Type	County council
History
Established	1 April 1889
Disbanded	1 April 1998
Preceded by	Court of Quarter Sessions
Succeeded by	Six unitary authorities - West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, Bracknell Forest, Reading and Slough.
Leadership
Chairman	C.C. Trembath
Seats	87
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	6 May 1993
Meeting place
	Shire Hall, Shinfield Park, Reading

The Council of the Royal County of Berkshire, also known as the Berkshire County Council, was the top-tier local government administrative body for Berkshire from 1889 to 1998. The local authority had responsibilities for education, social services, public transport, planning, emergency services and waste disposal, and had 87 members. Berkshire County Council shared power with six lower-tier district councils, each of which directed local matters.

On 1 April 1998, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1992, it was abolished and replaced by its six former districts, the unitary authorities of West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, Bracknell Forest, Reading and Slough.

^ Evans, Andrew (13 August 1992). "Public Service Management: End of the metropolitan line: County councils face an uncertain future. Andrew Evans recalls how the Government abolished local authorities serving 18 million people". The Independent. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2011.

[evans-1] Evans, Andrew (13 August 1992). "Public Service Management: End of the metropolitan line: County councils face an uncertain future. Andrew Evans recalls how the Government abolished local authorities serving 18 million people". The Independent. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2011.

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