Local Government and Politics
The local government authority is Wicklow County Council which returns 24 councillors. The town of Bray has a town council. For elections to Dáil Éireann, the entire county in included in the Wicklow constituency along with some eastern parts of County Carlow. The constituency returns five TDs to the Dáil.
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