Nottinghamshire County Council

Nottinghamshire County Council
Nottinghamshire County Council
Type
Type	County council
Leadership
Chair of the Council	Cllr Kevin Rostance, Conservative ; since May 2019
Leader of the Council	Cllr Ben Bradley MP, Conservative ; since May 2021
Chief Executive	; since April 2015
Structure
Seats	66 councillors
Political groups	Administration (37) Conservatives (37) Other parties (29) Labour (15) Ashfield Independents (10) Independents (3) Liberal Democrats (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	6 May 2021
Next election	2025
Meeting place
	County Hall; Loughborough Road; West Bridgford,; Nottinghamshire
Website
	www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk

Nottinghamshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Nottinghamshire in England. It consists of 66 county councillors, elected from 56 electoral divisions every four years. The most recent election was held in 2021.

The county council is based at County Hall in West Bridgford. The council does not have jurisdiction over Nottingham, which is a unitary authority governed by Nottingham City Council.

Responsibilities[]

The council is responsible for public services such as education, transport, planning, social care, libraries, trading standards and waste management.^[1]

History[]

The council was established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, covering the administrative county which excluded the county borough of Nottingham. The first elections to the county council were held on 15 January 1889, with 51 councillors being elected. The first meeting of the council took place on 1 April 1889 and 17 aldermen were elected by the elected councillors to serve on the council.^[2]

The Local Government Act 1894 created urban and rural districts with elected councils in England and Wales, forming a section tier of local government below county councils. In Nottinghamshire, The act created ten rural districts, ten urban districts and reconstituted three municipal boroughs. This system of local government continued until 1974.

The county council was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan county by the Local Government Act 1972 and the first elections were held in 1973. All urban districts, rural districts and municipal boroughs within the county were abolished and replaced with non-metropolitan districts. Whilst previously the City of Nottingham was an independent county borough and therefore not included within the administrative county of Nottinghamshire or involved in the election of county councillors, the new non-metropolitan county included Nottingham for the first time as a non-metropolitan district.^[3]

The last major change to local government in Nottinghamshire took place in 1998, when Nottingham regained independent control over its affairs when it became a unitary authority. Since then the county council has had control over the county of Nottinghamshire, excluding the City of Nottingham.^[4]

Departments[]

The Council is divided into four departments:^[5]

Adult Social Care and Health
Children and Families
Chief Executive's
Place

Political makeup[]

The most recent elections to the council were held in 2021. The political makeup of the council following the election is shown in the table below.^[6]

	Councillors	Change
Conservative	37	+6
Labour	15	-8
Ashfield Independents	10	+5
Independent	3	+2
Liberal Democrats	1	0

Political control[]

Elections to the county council take place every four years, with the first election to the modern non-metropolitan county council taking place in 1973 (elections to the predecessor county council constituted by the Local Government Act 1888 were first held in 1889, and the final elections held in 1970 before it was abolished in 1974). Following each election, the county council has been controlled by the following parties:

Year		Party	Details
	1973	Labour	Details
	1977	Conservative	Details
	1981	Labour	Details
	1985	Labour	Details
	1989	Labour	Details
	1993	Labour	Details
	1997	Labour	Details
	2001	Labour	Details
	2005	Labour	Details
	2009	Conservative	Details
	2013	Labour	Details
	2017	Conservative Mansfield Independent	Details
	2021	Conservative	Details

Electoral Divisions[]

Nottinghamshire is divided into 56 divisions for electoral purposes. Current boundaries have been in place since 2017 following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.

Map No.	Electoral division	Councillors
1	Arnold North	2
2	Arnold South	2
3	Ashfields	1
4	Balderton	1
5	Beeston Central & Rylands	1
6	Bingham East	1
7	Bingham West	1
8	Blidworth	1
9	Blyth & Harworth	1
10	Bramcote & Beeston North	1
11	Calverton	1
12	Carlton East	1
13	Carlton West	2
14	Collingham	1
15	Cotgrave	1
16	Eastwood	1
17	Farndon & Trent	1
18	Greasley & Brinsley	1
19	Hucknall North	1
20	Hucknall South	1
21	Hucknall West	1
22	Keyworth	1
23	Kirkby North	1
24	Kirkby South	1
25	Leake & Ruddington	2
26	Mansfield East	2
27	Mansfield North	2
28	Mansfield South	2
29	Mansfield West	2
30	Misterton	1
31	Muskham & Farnsfield	1
32	Newark East	1
33	Newark West	1
34	Newstead	1
35	Nuthall & Kimberley	1
36	Ollerton	1
37	Radcliffe on Trent	1
38	Retford East	1
39	Retford West	1
40	Selston	1
41	Sherwood Forest	1
42	Southwell	1
43	Stapleford & Broxtowe Central	2
44	Sutton Central & East	1
45	Sutton North	1
46	Sutton West	1
47	Toton, Chilwell & Attenborough	2
48	Tuxford	1
49	Warsop	1
50	West Bridgford North	1
51	West Bridgford South	1
52	West Bridgford West	1
53	Worksop East	1
54	Worksop North	1
55	Worksop South	1
56	Worksop West	1

District councils[]

The county council is the upper-tier of local government, below which are seven district councils with responsibility for local services such as housing, planning applications, licensing, council tax collection and rubbish collection. The districts of Nottinghamshire are;

References[]

^ "Understand how your council works". www.gov.uk. HM Government. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ "History of Nottinghamshire County Council". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ Local Government Act 1972. 1972 c.70. The Stationery Office Ltd. 1997. ISBN 0-10-547072-4.
^ "The Nottinghamshire (City of Nottingham) (Structural Change) Order 1996". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ "The Council's structure". nottinghamshire.gov.uk. West Bridgford: Nottinghamshire County Council. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Detailed results". nottinghamshire.gov.uk. Nottinghamshire County Council. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[gov-1] "Understand how your council works". www.gov.uk. HM Government. Retrieved 15 October 2016.

[2] "History of Nottinghamshire County Council". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 15 October 2016.

[lga1972-3] Local Government Act 1972. 1972 c.70. The Stationery Office Ltd. 1997. ISBN 0-10-547072-4.

[4] "The Nottinghamshire (City of Nottingham) (Structural Change) Order 1996". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2016.

[5] "The Council's structure". nottinghamshire.gov.uk. West Bridgford: Nottinghamshire County Council. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[6] "Detailed results". nottinghamshire.gov.uk. Nottinghamshire County Council. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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