Nottinghamshire County Council

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Nottinghamshire County Council
Arms of Nottinghamshire County Council.svg
Nottinghamshire County Council logo.svg
Type
Type
Leadership
John Ogle,
Conservative
since 11 May 2023 [1]
Ben Bradley,
Conservative
since 27 May 2021
Adrian Smith
since September 2022
Structure
Seats66 councillors
Political groups
Administration (35)
  Conservatives (35)
Other parties (31)
  Labour (15)
  Ashfield Ind. (10)
  Independent (6)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First past the post
Last election
 6 May 2021
Next election
1 May 2025
Meeting place
County Hall, West Bridgford - geograph.org.uk - 985420.jpg
County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7QP
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.

Contents

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.

History

Elected county councils were created in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, taking over many administrative functions that had previously been performed by unelected magistrates at the quarter sessions. The borough of Nottingham had been a county corporate since 1449 with its own quarter sessions, and Nottingham's independence from the surrounding county was maintained by making it a county borough. The county council was elected by and provided services to the remainder of the county outside the borough of Nottingham, which area was termed the administrative county. [2]

The first elections to the county council were held on 15 January 1889, with 51 councillors being elected. There were also 17 aldermen chosen by the councillors to serve on the council as well. [3] The council formally came into its powers on 1 April 1889, on which day it held its first official meeting at the Shire Hall in Nottingham. Henry Strutt, Lord Belper, a Liberal Unionist peer, was the first chairman of the council. [4]

The county council was reconstituted in 1974 as a non-metropolitan county by the Local Government Act 1972; the first elections to the reformed council 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. [5]

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. [6]

Governance

Nottinghamshire County Council provides county-level services such as education, transport, social care, libraries, trading standards and waste management. [7] District-level services are provided by the area's seven district councils: [8]

Much of the county is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government. [9]

Political control

The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2021.

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows: [10] [11]

Party in controlYears
Labour 1973–1977
Conservative 1977–1981
Labour 1981–2009
Conservative 2009–2013
Labour 2013–2017
No overall control 2017–2021
Conservative 2021–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1974 have been: [12]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Dick Wilson [13] Labour 1 Apr 19741977
Peter Wright [14] Conservative May 19771980
Herbert Bird Conservative 19801981
Gordon Cragg [15] Conservative 1981May 1981
Dennis Pettitt [16] Labour May 19812001
Mick Warner [17] Labour 20018 May 2005
David Kirkham Labour 19 May 20057 Jun 2009
Kay Cutts Conservative 18 Jun 200916 May 2013
Alan Rhodes Labour 16 May 201325 May 2017
Kay Cutts Conservative 25 May 20179 May 2021
Ben Bradley Conservative 27 May 2021

Composition

Following the 2021 election and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to December 2023, the composition of the council was: [18]

PartyCouncillors
Conservative 35
Labour 15
Ashfield Ind. 10
Independent 6
Total66

The next election is due in 2025.

Premises

The county council is based at County Hall on the south bank of the River Trent in West Bridgford. A replacement headquarters is under construction on the A611 Annesley Road in the parish of Linby, on the northern outskirts of Hucknall, due to open in 2025. [19] [20]

Old Shire Hall, High Pavement, Nottingham: Council's meeting place 1889-1954 Lace market justice galleries.JPG
Old Shire Hall, High Pavement, Nottingham: Council's meeting place 1889–1954

When the county council was first created it met at the Shire Hall on High Pavement in Nottingham, a courthouse built in 1770 which had been the meeting place of the quarter sessions which preceded the county council. [21] The council moved to County Hall in 1954; construction had begun in 1939 but had been paused due to the Second World War. When construction began the site was within the boundaries of Nottingham. [22] Boundary changes in April 1952 adjusted the boundary between Nottingham and West Bridgford in this area to follow the centre of the River Trent, transferring the County Hall site and other areas on the south bank of the Trent from Nottingham to West Bridgford. [23]

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2017 the council has comprised 66 councillors representing 56 electoral divisions, with each division electing one or two councillors. Elections are held every four years. [24]

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". [25]

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Map of the electoral divisions of Nottinghamshire.
Map No.Electoral divisionCouncillors
1Arnold North2
2Arnold South2
3Ashfields1
4Balderton1
5Beeston Central & Rylands1
6Bingham East1
7Bingham West1
8Blidworth1
9Blyth & Harworth1
10Bramcote & Beeston North1
11Calverton1
12Carlton East1
13Carlton West2
14Collingham1
15Cotgrave1
16Eastwood1
17Farndon & Trent1
18Greasley & Brinsley1
19Hucknall North1
20Hucknall South1
21Hucknall West1
22Keyworth1
23Kirkby North1
24Kirkby South1
25Leake & Ruddington2
26Mansfield East2
27Mansfield North2
28Mansfield South2
29Mansfield West2
30Misterton1
31Muskham & Farnsfield1
32Newark East1
33Newark West1
34Newstead1
35Nuthall & Kimberley1
36Ollerton1
37Radcliffe on Trent1
38Retford East1
39Retford West1
40Selston1
41Sherwood Forest1
42Southwell1
43Stapleford & Broxtowe Central2
44Sutton Central & East1
45Sutton North1
46Sutton West1
47Toton, Chilwell & Attenborough2
48Tuxford1
49Warsop1
50West Bridgford North1
51West Bridgford South1
52West Bridgford West1
53Worksop East1
54Worksop North1
55Worksop South1
56Worksop West1

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