Credish Council

The Credish Council was formed on 1st January 1773 under the Credish Council Act: 1772 and was the first time that Credain and The Northern Isles had had a Regional Government since the annexation of Credain into the Kingdom of Pyrus in 1771 and the acquisition of The Northern Isles in 1772. It was a first tier administration within the two tier sub-national governmental system of the Kingdom of Pyrus that existed between 1773 and 1785. The Credish Council had a permanent office in Balinstadt.
== Elections & Representation ==
The Credish Council had twenty-five members, twenty elected under the first-past-the-post system with five additional members elected to improve the political proportionality of the Council, every two years on the first day of January. The method of election was later amended under The Local & Regional Government Act: 1784 to proportional representation, this change did affect the election method of the 1785 elections. 
See Also - Credish Council Election Results
In 1773 a right wing and centrist coalition of the Nationalists, Conservatives, Centralists and Whigs formed the administration, securing 58% of the vote and 15 of the 25 seats.
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In 1775 the first administration was replaced with a left wing and centrist coalition of the Radicals, Socialists, Centralists and Whigs, securing 55% of the vote and 15 of the 25 seats.
In 1777 the right wing and centrist coalition would reform and hold office again after the 1779 elections, securing 58% and 59% of the vote, respectively, and 15 of the 25 seats each time.
In 1781 the previous administration was replaced with a centrist and nationalist coalition administration of Whigs, Centralists and Credish Democrats, securing 52% of the vote and 13 of the 25 seats.
In 1783 the right wing and centrist coalition would reform, securing 58% of the vote and 15 of the 25 seats.
However in the 1785 election, following the consolidation of the political spectrum into four political parties, a Democratic Alliance\Socialist coalition administration was formed, securing 60% of the vote and 15 of the 25 seats.
== Powers ==
The Credish Council had the power, like the other regional governments, to nominate Lord Aldermen, advise the Monarch and vote on accepting laws which affected their constitution (although it is not clear that they voted on the Local & Regional Government Act: 1784). The Credish Council also had the power to appoint Royal Magistrates, Magistrates and the Board of Directors of The Royal Bank of Credain, and to debate (not just vote on) accepting laws which affected their constitution.
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