Canterbury City Council
Canterbury City Council | |
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History | |
Founded | 1 April 1974 |
Leadership | |
Lord Mayor | Pat Todd[1], Conservative |
Leader of the Council and Conservative Group | Ben Fitter-Harding[2], Conservative |
Deputy Leader of the Council and Conservative Group | Rachel Carnac[3], Conservative |
Leader of the Labour Group | |
Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group | Michael Dixey[5], Liberal Democrat |
Structure | |
Seats | 39 |
Political groups |
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Elections | |
Last election | 2 May 2019 |
Meeting place | |
Canterbury Guildhall (formerly the Church of the Holy Cross) | |
Website | |
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Canterbury City Council is the local authority for the City of Canterbury district of Kent.
Political control[]
Elections for to all seats on the city council are held every four years. After being under no overall control for a number of years, the Conservative party gained a majority at the 2007 election.
Following the 2019 United Kingdom local elections the political composition of Canterbury council is as follows (2017 results follows by-elections):[6]
Year | Conservative | Labour Party | Liberal Democrat | UKIP |
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2019 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
2017 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Meeting place[]
After the Church of the Holy Cross, which was commissioned by Archbishop Simon Sudbury and completed before his death in 1381,[7][8] was declared redundant and de-consecrated in 1972, it was acquired by the city council and converted for municipal use: it was officially re-opened by the Prince of Wales as the new Canterbury Guildhall and meeting place of the city council on 9 November 1978.[9]
References[]
- ^ "Pat Todd". Canterbury City Council. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Ben Fitter-Harding". Canterbury City Council. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Rachel Carnac". Canterbury City Council. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Dave Wilson". Canterbury City Council. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Michael Dixey". Canterbury City Council. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll - Canterbury - Election of a City Councillor for Reculver on 5 May 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-20.
- ^ Bax, Stephen (2000). "Canterbury buildings". Westgate Tower. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of the Holy Cross, Canterbury (1241661)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Remember Prince is Freeman of City". Kentish Gazette. 14 February 2013.
- Local authorities in Kent
- City of Canterbury
- Non-metropolitan district councils of England