Leicestershire County Council
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| Type | County council |
| Territory | Leicestershire |
| HQ | County Hall, Glenfield |
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 Coat of arms of Leicestershire County Council |
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| Created | 1889 Local Government Act 1888 |
Leicestershire County Council is the county council for the English non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire. It was originally formed in 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888. The county is divided into 52 electoral divisions, which return a total of 55 councillors. The council is controlled by the Conservative Party, and is led by David Parsons. The headquarters of the council is County Hall at Glenfield, just outside the city of Leicester. Leicestershire County Council is one of a growing minority of local councils to prohibit flying the national flag on Local Government buildings, which has caused controversy.
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[edit] Area
From its establishment in 1889 to 1974 the county council covered the administrative county of Leicestershire, excluding Leicester. In 1974 the Local Government Act reconstituted Leicestershire County Council, adding the former county borough of Leicester, and the small county of Rutland to the area. On April 1, 1997 these were removed from the County Council area again, to become unitary authorities.
[edit] Districts and Boroughs
Leicestershire has three tiers of local government. These tiers are the county council, seven district or borough councils and parish councils. In urban areas the work of the parish council is likely to be undertaken by the county or district council. The seven district councils in Leicestershire are [1]:
- Blaby District Council
- Charnwood Borough Council
- Harborough District Council
- Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
- Melton Borough Council
- North West Leicestershire District Council
- Oadby & Wigston Borough Council
These district councils are responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism[2]
They leave the subjects of education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport policy and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning for Leicestershire to the County Council.[2]
[edit] Political control
The most recent election was the May 2005 elections, where all seats were up for re-election. Leicestershire County Council consists of 55 elected members.
| Party | Councillors |
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| Conservative Party | 30 |
| Labour Party | 13 |
| Liberal Democrats | 12[3] |
Elections were held for the reconstituted county council (including Leicester and Rutland) in 1973, leading to No Overall Control. 1977 saw the Conservative Party take control, but they lost it again in 1981. Elections in 1985, 1989, 1993 and 1997 continued No Overall Control. The Conservatives took control in 2001, helped in part by the removal of the strongly Labour-voting Leicester from the county.[3]
[edit] Departments
There are six departments:
- Corporate Resources (including Property, Financial Services and ICT Services)
- Highways, Transportation and Waste Management
- Adult Social Care
- Children's and Young People's Service
- Community Services (Libraries, Museums, Public Rights of Way etc.)
- Chief Executives (Policy, publicity)
Increasingly governance is breaking away from the departmental structure and becoming programme-based. There are currently six major programmes:
- Organisational Efficiency (mostly financial projects)
- People and Performance (human resources)
- Customer First (service shops and call centres)
- Work Well (mobile and flexible working)
- Highways Service Efficiency
- Waste Strategy
[edit] Electoral divisions
| Electoral division | Councillors |
|---|---|
| Blaby and Glen Parva | 1 |
| Braunstone Town | 1 |
| Cosby and Countesthorpe | 1 |
| Enderby Meridian | 1 |
| Glenfields | 1 |
| Kirby Muxloe and Leicester Forest East | 1 |
| Narborough and Whetstone | 1 |
| Stanton Croft and Normanton | 1 |
| Birstall | 1 |
| Bradgate | 1 |
| Loughborough East | 1 |
| Loughborough North | 1 |
| Loughborough North West | 1 |
| Loughborough South | 1 |
| Loughborough South West | 1 |
| Quorn and Barrow[4] | 1 |
| Rothley and Mountsorrel | 1 |
| Shepshed | 1 |
| Sileby and The Wolds[5] | 1 |
| Syston Fosse | 1 |
| Syston Ridgeway | 1 |
| Thurmaston | 1 |
| Broughton Astley | 1 |
| Bruntingthorpe | 1 |
| Gartree | 1 |
| Launde | 1 |
| Lutterworth | 1 |
| Market Harborough East | 1 |
| Market Harborough West and Foxton | 1 |
| Burbage Castle | 2 |
| Earl Shilton | 1 |
| Groby and Ratby | 1 |
| Hinckley | 2 |
| Mallory | 1 |
| Market Bosworth | 1 |
| Markfield Desford and Thornton | 1 |
| Asfordby | 1 |
| Belvoir | 1 |
| Melton North | 1 |
| Melton South | 1 |
| Ashby de la Zouch | 1 |
| Castle Donington | 1 |
| Coalville | 1 |
| Forest and Measham | 1 |
| Ibstock and Appleby[6] | 1 |
| Valley | 1 |
| Warren Hills | 1 |
| Whitwick | 1 |
| Oadby | 2 |
| Wigston Bushloe | 1 |
| Wigston Poplars | 1 |
| Wigston South | 1 |
[edit] References
- ^ Leicestershire County Council site
- ^ a b The Local Channel accessed 20th June 2007
- ^ a b Local election results: Leicestershire, BBC, May 2005 accessed June 2007
- ^ linked to Barrow upon Soar
- ^ Linked to Burton on the wolds
- ^ Linked to major village of Appleby Magna
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