Normanton Urban District Council

The Normanton Urban District Council was a local government body which represented Normanton.

History
The council was created in 1895 out of the Normanton Local Board as part of local government reform covered in the Local Government Act 1894. It was expanded in 1938 to absorb the defunct Altofts Urban District Council. The council ceased to exist in 1974, when it was absorbed into the newly created Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, with the current Normanton Town Council created to represent the town.

Organization
Until the addition of Altofts NUDC represented at least three wards: Woodhouse; Central and Common. Only several of the seats were up for election each year. Every two years, the councilors would elect a new chairman after an election.

Known Chairmen

 * Chairmen
 * D.T. Woodman (1895–1898)
 * Alfred Smith (1916–17)
 * F. Tattersall (1927–28)
 * F. Hampshire (1940)
 * H.H. Appleyard - a member of the council for nearly 20 years. Died 6 March 1953.
 * George Sylvester
 * Tom Shaw (1974)


 * Vice-Chairmen
 * F. Hampshire (1939)