The new municipality was based at Broad Arrow; an attempt to have the new council meet for half the year in Paddington was rejected by Broad Arrow councillors during the merger discussions on the basis of the Paddington council's lack of facilities.
[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The council consisted of a directly-elected mayor and six councillors, representing two three-member wards, one for Broad Arrow and one for Paddington.
The Paddington Mechanics' Institute was vested in the council in 1905, in addition to the Broad Arrow municipal hall it acquired at its inception, and the council undertook additions to the Paddington building later that year.
[12] It ceased to exist on 12 August 1910, when it was dissolved and merged into the Broad Arrow Road District.
[1] The amalgamation was reportedly widely supported locally on the basis of increased efficiencies from uniting into one administration, and the last mayor of Broad Arrow-Paddington, George Hughes, stated that he was "highly pleased" that it had occurred.