Birmingham City Council is the local government body responsible for the governance of the City of Birmingham in England,which has been a metropolitan district since 1974. It is the most populated local council area in the United Kingdom with 101 elected councillors representing over one million people,in 69 wards. The council headquarters are at the Council House in the city centre. The council is responsible for running nearly all local services,with the exception of those run by joint boards. The provision of certain services has in recent years been devolved to several council constituencies,which each have a constituency committee made up of councillors from that district. It is part of the West Midlands Combined Authority.
Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside,England. It consists of 90 councillors,three for each of the city's 30 wards. Following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission the number of wards will increase to 64 at the elections on Thursday 4th May 2023. Three wards will elect 3 councillors each,fifteen wards will elect 2 councillors each and the remaining 46 wards will each elect a single councillor,bringing down the total number of councillors to 85.
Claire Margaret Ward is a Labour Party politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Watford from 1997 to 2010,and was a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice from 2009 to 2010.
The University of Wolverhampton is a public university located on four campuses across the West Midlands,Shropshire and Staffordshire in England. The roots of the university lie in the Wolverhampton Tradesmen's and Mechanics' Institute founded in 1827 and the 19th-century growth of the Wolverhampton Free Library (1870),which developed technical,scientific,commercial and general classes. This merged in 1969 with the Municipal School of Art,originally founded in 1851,to form the Wolverhampton Polytechnic.
Manchester City Council is the local authority for Manchester,a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester,England. Manchester is the sixth largest city in England by population. Its city council is composed of 96 councillors,three for each of the 32 electoral wards of Manchester. The council is controlled by the Labour Party and led by Bev Craig. The official opposition is the Green Party with three councillors. Joanne Roney is the chief executive. Many of the council's staff are based at Manchester Town Hall.
(Kingston upon) Hull City Council is the governing body for the unitary authority and city of Kingston upon Hull. It was created in 1972 as the successor to the Corporation of Hull,which was also known as Hull Corporation and founded in 1440 by royal charter.
The inaugural West Midlands mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of the West Midlands,with subsequent elections to be held every four years from May 2020. The election took place alongside five elections for English metro mayors and other local elections,and ahead of the general election on 8 June 2017.
The 2017 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 4 May 2017. Local elections were held across Great Britain,with elections to 35 English local authorities and all councils in Scotland and Wales.
Beverley Nielsen is an entrepreneur,educator and campaigner who works as executive director,Institute for Design,Economic Acceleration &Sustainability (IDEAS) at Birmingham City University. She has previously worked as a director for AGA Rangemaster,and as managing director for Fired Earth. In 2016 Nielsen was selected as the Liberal Democrat Candidate for the Mayor of the West Midlands,standing as the first and only female candidate,but was defeated in the 2017 mayoral election by Conservative candidate Andy Street,coming third after Labour and ahead of UKIP.
Wolves in Wolves was a public art exhibition which took place in Wolverhampton,England,between 5 July and 24 September 2017.
The 2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Bradford District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One councillor was elected in each ward for a four-year term so the councillors elected in 2018 last stood for election in 2014. Each ward is represented by three councillors,the election of which is staggered,so only one third of the councillors were elected in this election. Before the election there was a Labour majority and afterwards Labour had increased their majority.
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 2 May 2019,as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. In 2018 Labour retained its majority of the council with 94 seats to the Liberal Democrats making up the opposition of 2,led by former MP John Leech.
Paul Darke CF is a British academic,artist,disability rights activist and whistleblower. Darke is an expert on disability in film and politics.
Elections to Portsmouth City Council took place on Thursday 6 May 2021,alongside other local elections across the country.
The 2022 Birmingham City Council election took place on 5 May 2022,with all 101 council seats up for election across 37 single-member and 32 two-member wards. The election was held alongside other local elections across Great Britain and town council elections in Sutton Coldfield.
In the 2022 Croydon London Borough Council election,on 5 May 2022,all 70 members of Croydon London Borough Council,and the Mayor of Croydon,were up for election. The elections took place alongside the local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom. Jason Perry of the Conservative Party narrowly won the mayoral election.
The 2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 63 members of Lambeth London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 45 members of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors—20 out of 60—were be elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Walsall Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 21 of the 60 seats were up for election,with 1 ward electing 2 councillors.
