[Gayle]

In Hyndburn we don't have Town Councils in that way, we have Area Councils but they have very few powers.

Currently Area Councils are made up from the local councillors (otherwise known as the Ward councillors) for the areas covered by each Area.

The Borough Council (what I refer to as the local council and what is always refered to as local when talking about elections, i.e. local elections) is made up of Wards, Councillors are each elected to a Ward - some wards have two elected Councillors.

I think each Borough does it slightly different or calls it slightly different thing but essentially there are three elected levels in the UK - local, county and national. Think we're all talking about the same things just calling them by different names.