Nottinghamshire County Council

Nottinghamshire County Council
Coat of arms or logo
Logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Chair of the Council
Roger Jackson,
Conservative
since 12 May 2022
Ben Bradley MP,
Conservative
since 27 May 2021
Chief Executive
Anthony May
since April 2015
Structure
Seats66 councillors
United Kingdom Nottinghamshire County Council 2021.svg
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
First past the post
Last election
6 May 2021
Next election
2025
Meeting place
County Hall, West Bridgford - geograph.org.uk - 985420.jpg
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.

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.

The Local Government Act 1894 created urban and rural districts with elected councils in England and Wales, forming a second 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.

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.

Departments

The Council is divided into four departments:

  • 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.

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

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. Each Councillor is allocated a locality budget, described as their "Councillors' Divisional Fund".

Map of the electoral divisions of Nottinghamshire.
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;


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