Warrington Borough Council

Warrington Borough Council
Warrington Borough Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Mayor of Warrington	Cllr Wendy Johnson, Liberal Democrats ; since 21 May 2019
Leader of the Council	Cllr Russ Bowden, Labour ; since 30 November 2018
Deputy Leader	Cllr Cathy Mitchell, Labour
Leader of the Opposition	Cllr Bob Barr, Liberal Democrats
Chief Executive	Steven Broomhead
Structure
Seats	58 councillors
Political groups	Administration (36) Labour (36) Other Parties (22) Conservative (11) Liberal Democrats (8) Independent (3)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large
Last election	5 May 2016
Next election
Meeting place
	Town Hall, Warrington
Website
	http://www.warrington.gov.uk

Warrington Borough Council is the local authority of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority.

In September 2016, Warrington Borough Council became one of the first local councils in the UK to buy clean-tech bonds in Swindon Solar Park through its owner, specialist investment management firm .^[3]

Powers and functions[]

The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. For the purposes of local government, the Warrington is within a non-metropolitan area of England. As a unitary authority, Warrington Borough Council has the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. In its capacity as a district council it is a billing authority collecting Council Tax and business rates, it processes local planning applications, it is responsible for housing, waste collection and environmental health. In its capacity as a county council it is a local education authority, responsible for social services, libraries and waste disposal.

References[]

^ "Lib Dems' call for more openness and transparency on council budget rejected". 25 February 2020.
^ https://www.warrington.gov.uk/councillor
^ "Solar farm deal to generate council cash". www.themj.co.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

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[1] "Lib Dems' call for more openness and transparency on council budget rejected". 25 February 2020.

[2] ttps://www.warrington.gov.uk/councillor

[3] "Solar farm deal to generate council cash". www.themj.co.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

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