Nottingham City Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Mel Barrett since September 2020 [3] | |
Structure | |
Seats | 55 councillors |
Political groups |
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Length of term | 4 years |
Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election | 4 May 2023 |
Next election | 6 May 2027 |
Meeting place | |
Council House, Old Market Square, Nottingham, NG1 2DT | |
Website | |
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Nottingham City Council is the local authority for Nottingham, a unitary authority with city status. Nottingham is in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England, but as a unitary authority the city council is administratively independent from the surrounding Nottinghamshire County Council. The city council consists of 55 councillors, representing a total of 20 wards, elected every four years. The council is led by David Mellen, of the majority Labour Party. [4] [5] The council is a constituent member of the East Midlands Combined County Authority.
Nottingham was an ancient borough. The earliest known borough charter was issued by Henry II sometime between 1155 and 1165; that charter did not purport to create the borough, but instead confirmed to it the rights that it had already held in the time of Henry I (reigned 1100–1135). The borough was governed by a corporation, also known as the town council. A later charter of 1284 granted the borough the right to appoint a mayor. [6]
In 1836 Nottingham became a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, Nottingham was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services and so it was made a county borough, independent from Nottinghamshire County Council. [7]
Nottingham was awarded city status on 7 August 1897, allowing the corporation to call itself Nottingham City Council. [8] In 1928 the city council was given the right to appoint a lord mayor. [9]
In 1974 Nottingham became a non-metropolitan district under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming a lower tier authority with Nottinghamshire County Council providing county level services in the city for the first time. The city kept the same outer boundaries, but did gain an exclave from Nottinghamshire containing the Shire Hall. [10] [11] Nottingham kept its borough and city statuses and its lord mayoralty. [12] [13]
Nottingham became a unitary authority on 1 April 1998, regaining its independence from Nottinghamshire County Council. [14]
On 29 November 2023, the council declared itself effectively bankrupt, with a £23m overspend forecast for the 2023-24 financial year. [15] This has been speculated to be mainly due to the Robin Hood Energy initiative, which was setup by the council in 2015 and was closed in 2020. [16] Being unable to produce a balanced budget (as required by law), it issued a Section 114 notice which requires all expenditure to cease except for statutory duties. [17]
In 2024 a combined county authority was established covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire, called the East Midlands Combined County Authority. The combined authority is chaired by the directly elected Mayor of the East Midlands and oversees the delivery of certain strategic functions across the area. [18]
As a unitary authority, Nottingham City Council has the functions of a county council and district council combined. There are no civil parishes in Nottingham, which has been an unparished area since the reforms of 1974. [19]
The council has been under Labour majority control since 1991.
Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms took effect has been as follows: [20]
Non-metropolitan district
Party in control | Years | |
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Labour | 1974–1976 | |
Conservative | 1976–1979 | |
Labour | 1979–1987 | |
Conservative | 1987–1988 | |
No overall control | 1988–1991 | |
Labour | 1991–1998 |
Unitary authority
Party in control | Years | |
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Labour | 1998–present |
The role of Lord Mayor of Nottingham is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1983 have been: [21]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
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Len Maynard | Labour | May 1983 | ||
Betty Higgins | Labour | May 1983 | May 1987 | |
Bill Bradbury [22] | Conservative | May 1987 | Nov 1988 | |
Betty Higgins [23] | Labour | Nov 1988 | May 1993 | |
John Taylor | Labour | May 1993 | May 1995 | |
Graham Chapman [24] | Labour | May 1995 | 3 May 2002 | |
Brian Parbutt | Labour | 3 May 2002 | 16 May 2003 | |
Jon Collins | Labour | 16 May 2003 | 5 May 2019 | |
David Mellen | Labour | 20 May 2019 | 3 May 2024 | |
Neghat Khan | Labour | 20 May 2024 |
Following the 2023 election, and a subsequent change of allegiance in October 2023, the composition of the council was: [25] [26]
Party | Councillors | |
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Labour | 50 | |
Nottingham Independents | 3 | |
Independent | 2 | |
Total | 55 |
The next election is due in 2027.
Full Council meetings are held at Nottingham Council House in the Old Market Square in the city centre, which was completed in 1929 and is now a Grade II* listed building. [27]
In 2009 the council moved its main offices to Loxley House, a modern office building on Station Street, opposite Nottingham railway station. [28]
Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 55 councillors representing 20 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. [29]
The wards are: [29]
Map No. | Ward | Councillors |
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1 | Aspley | 3 |
2 | Basford | 3 |
3 | Berridge | 3 |
4 | Bestwood | 3 |
5 | Bilborough | 3 |
6 | Bulwell Forest | 3 |
7 | Bulwell | 3 |
8 | Castle | 2 |
9 | Clifton East | 3 |
10 | Clifton West | 2 |
11 | Dales | 3 |
12 | Hyson Green & Arboretum | 3 |
13 | Leen Valley | 2 |
14 | Lenton & Wollaton East | 3 |
15 | Mapperley | 3 |
16 | Meadows | 2 |
17 | Radford | 2 |
18 | Sherwood | 3 |
19 | St. Ann's | 3 |
20 | Wollaton West | 3 |
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