Lancashire County Council

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Lancashire County Council
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Type
Type
Leadership
Leader
Chief Executive
Jo Turton
Executive
Structure
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Elections
First Past the Post
Last election
 2 May 2013
Next election
 2017
Meeting place
Preston County Hall 1.jpg
County Hall, Preston, England
Website
www.lancashire.gov.uk
Footnotes
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Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. It consists of 84 councillors, and is under no overall control as of the Lancashire County Council election, 2013, after four years of Conservative control and 20 years of Labour control. The council has 39 Labour Party councillors, 35 Conservative Party councillors, 6 Liberal Democrats, three independents and 1 Green Party councillor.[1][2][3]

The Council leader, County Councillor Jenny Mein, chairs a cabinet of eight councillors - the others being Azhar Ali, David Borrow (also Deputy Leader), John Fillis, Janice Hanson, Marcus Johnstone, Tony Martin and Matthew Tomlinson. The eight cabinet members each have responsibility for particular functions of the council. The Chief Executive is Jo Turton who was appointed in February 2014[4] and heads the Council's 40,000-strong workforce.

History

The council was established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, covering the administrative county. It was reconstituted under the Local Government Act 1972 to cover a different territory. In the 1990s, Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool left the area covered by the council.

Political makeup

Elections are held every four years.

Election Number of councillors elected by each political party
Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Independent Green Party BNP Idle Toad
2013 35 39 6 3 1 0 0
2009 51 16 10 3 2 1 1
2005 31 44 6 1 1 0 1
2001 27 44 5 1 1 0 0

Political control

Election Party in control
2013 No overall control
2009[5] Conservative
2005 Labour
2001 Labour
1997 Labour
1993 Labour
1989 Labour
1985 Labour
1981 No overall control
1977 Conservative
1973 Conservative

References

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External links

  1. ↑ Declared result for election held on 4 June 2009 Lancashire County Council - URL accessed 5 June 2009]
  2. ↑ Red rose county turns Tory blue bbc.co.uk URL accessed 5 June 2009
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