Tamworth Borough Council

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Tamworth Borough Council
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Type
Type
Leadership
John Harper,
Conservative
since 23 May 2023 [1]
Thomas Jay,
Conservative
since 12 December 2023
Andrew Barratt
since 2018 [2]
Structure
Seats30 councillors
Tamworth Borough Council, 2023.svg
Political groups
Administration (19)
  Conservative (14)
  Independent (5)
Other parties (11)
  Labour (9)
  Independent (2)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
 4 May 2023
Next election
2 May 2024
Meeting place
The Town Hall, Market Place, Tamworth - geograph.org.uk - 1741283.jpg
Town Hall, Market Street, Tamworth, B79 7LZ
Website
www.tamworth.gov.uk

Tamworth Borough Council is the local authority for the borough of Tamworth in the county of Staffordshire, England. The council consists of 30 councillors, three for each of the 10 wards in the town. [3] It is currently under no overall control, led by Conservative councillor Thomas Jay. The borough council is based at Marmion House. [4]

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History

Tamworth was an ancient borough. It was reformed in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 to become a municipal borough. [5] Until 1889 the borough straddled Warwickshire and Staffordshire. When elected county councils were established under the Local Government Act 1888 one provision of the act was that boroughs could no longer straddle county boundaries, as Tamworth did. The town was therefore placed entirely in Staffordshire, as that county had the larger share of the borough's population, with the new Staffordshire County Council providing higher-tier services. [6] On 1 April 1974 the borough became a non-metropolitan district, altering its powers and responsibilities but keeping the same area. [7]

Governance

Tamworth Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Staffordshire County Council. [8] There are no civil parishes in the borough, which is an unparished area. [9]

Political control

The council has been under no overall control since the 2023 election. A coalition of the Conservatives and some of the independent councillors subsequently formed in December 2023 to take over from the Conservative minority administration which had existed since the election. [10]

Political control of the council since 1974 reforms took effect has been as follows: [11] [12]

Party in controlYears
Labour 1974–1976
No overall control 1976–1978
Conservative 1978–1980
Labour 1980–1983
Conservative 1983–1986
Labour 1986–1987
Conservative 1987–1988
No overall control 1988–1990
Labour 1990–2004
Conservative 2004–2023
No overall control 2023–present

Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Tamworth. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 2006 have been: [13]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Jeremy Oates Conservative May 2006May 2009
Danny Cook Conservative May 200923 Feb 2021
Jeremy Oates [14] Conservative 23 Feb 202123 May 2023
Paul Turner Conservative 23 May 202320 Nov 2023
Thomas Jay Conservative 12 Dec 2023

Composition

Following the 2023 election and a subsequent by-election and changes of allegiance up to December 2023, the composition of the council was: [15]

PartyCouncillors
Conservative 14
Labour 9
Independent 7
Total30

Of the seven independent councillors, five (all of whom had been elected as Conservatives) sit together as the "Tamworth Independent Group", which forms the council's administration with the Conservatives. The other two independents are not aligned to any group. [16] The next election is due in 2024.

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2002 the council has comprised 30 councillors representing 10 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) being elected each time for a four-year term of office. Staffordshire County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no borough council elections. [17]

Premises

Marmion House, Lichfield Street, Tamworth, B79 7BZ: Council's main offices since 1981. Tamworth Borough Council Building and the White Lion - geograph.org.uk - 778133.jpg
Marmion House, Lichfield Street, Tamworth, B79 7BZ: Council's main offices since 1981.

The council meets at Tamworth Town Hall on Market Street in the centre of the town, which had been built in 1701. [18] The council's main offices are at Marmion House, a tower block on Lichfield Street which had been built in 1960 and was bought by the council in 1980, opening as its headquarters the following year. [19] Prior to 1981 the council had met at the Town Hall and had its main offices at the White House at 21 Church Street, which had been purchased in 1888 after the council outgrew the limited office space at the Town Hall. [20] [21]

A council chamber was created at Marmion House and was the council's usual meeting place until 2022, when the council transferred most council and committee meetings back to Town Hall as part of plans to dispose of Marmion House. [22] [23]

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