Under the Municipal Corporations Act of 1882 some women were qualified to vote in municipal elections, but were excluded from serving as councillors.
Subsequently, he served as councillor and minister of state and in the Chamber of Deputies.
After his release in 1945, he served as councillor to the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior and in 1946 was appointed deputy county director in the Schongau district by the American occupation authorities.
Zandra Elliot served as councillor for Hawick and Denholm from 2007 until her death last year.
Despite leaving Respect, the five say they will continue to serve as councillors.
Peter Thomson was a Labour member for 30 years, serving as a councillor and Lord Mayor of Newcastle.
Her election was controversial; legal challenges to her eligibility hampered and eventually prevented her from serving as a councillor.
At the time of his death, Ford was serving as a councillor for Ward 2, Etobicoke North.
The couple met when serving as Labour councillors in the London borough of Camden in the mid-1970s.
All councillors, regardless of whether their political party is in power, are elected to ensure that the people they represent are served as well as possible.
