Footnotes
- ^county 1 : also a ceremonial county of identical area
- ^county 2 : also a ceremonial county covering a larger area
- ^county 3 : non-metropolitan (77); metropolitan (6)
- ^county 4 : Cumbria, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex and Worcestershire occupy the same area as the ceremonial county; Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset and Staffordshire are larger for ceremonial purposes, being combined with one or more unitary authorities
- ^district : metropolitan (36); non-metropolitan two-tier (201); unitary authority (55); London borough (32); sui generis (2)
- ^no council : Berkshire has no county council and the districts function as unitary authorities
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