Local Government
See also: Ceredigion County CouncilBetween 1888 and 1974, the county was governed by Cardiganshire County Council, which took over the functions of county administration from the Quarter Sessions court in 1889. The county was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 — and it was succeeded by the district of Ceredigion in the new county of Dyfed. This district became a unitary authority on 1 April 1996 under the name of Cardiganshire, only to change its name back to Ceredigion the following day. It has, apart from minor realignments, identical borders to the former county.
A referendum was held on 20 May 2004 on whether to have a directly elected mayor for the county. The Llais Ceredigion political initiative had been formed with this aim. The idea was rejected by a large majority.
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