| Hampshire County Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | County council of Hampshire |
| Leadership | |
| Leader | Ken Thornber[1], Conservative Party |
| Deputy Leader | Roy Perry, Conservative Party |
| Members | 78[2] |
| Elections | |
| Voting system | First past the post |
| Last election | 4 June 2009 |
| Website | |
| http://www.hants.gov.uk/ | |
Hampshire County Council (HCC) is the county council that governs the majority of the county of Hampshire in England. It provides the upper tier of local government, below which are district councils, and town and parish councils. The county council has 78 elected councillors.
Hampshire County Council is currently controlled by the Conservative Party.
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The council is responsible for public services such as education, transport, strategic planning, emergency services, social services, public safety and waste disposal.
The County Council has an award-winning in-house architectural design studio, which has a particular reputation for good school design. They are notable by being the only sizeable public-sector county council architecture studio remaining in the UK, following many years of outsourcing to the private sector.[3]
District and borough councils that govern within Hampshire include:[4]
The most recent Hampshire County Council elections were held on 4 June 2009.[5]
At the 2009 local elections for Hampshire County Council, the Conservative Party had a 47.72% share of the votes, the Liberal Democrats had 32.89% and Labour 7.07%. As a result, 51 Conservatives, 25 Liberal Democrats, one Labour and one Community Campaign councillor sit on the County Council.[6]
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