Nottinghamshire County Council

The council is responsible for public services such as education, transport, planning, social care, libraries, trading standards and waste management.[1]

The council was established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, covering the administrative county which excluded the county borough of Nottingham. The first elections to the county council were held on 15 January 1889, with 51 councillors being elected. The first meeting of the council took place on 1 April 1889 and 17 alderman were elected by the elected councillors to serve on the council.[2]

The Local Government Act 1894 created urban and rural districts with elected councils in England and Wales, forming a section tier of local government below county councils. In Nottinghamshire, The act created ten rural districts, ten urban districts and reconstituted three municipal boroughs. This system of local government continued until 1974.

The county council was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan county by the Local Government Act 1972 and the first elections 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.[3]

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.[4]

The Council is divided into four departments:

• Adults Social Care and Health
• Children, Families and Cultural Services
• Place and Communities
• Chief Executives

The most recent elections to the council were held in 2017. The political makeup of the council following the election is shown in the table below.[5]

Elections to the county council take place every four years, with the first election to the modern non-metropolitan county council taking place in 1973 (elections to the predecessor county council constituted by the Local Government Act 1888 were first held in 1889, and the final elections held in 1970 before it was abolished in 1974). Following each election, the county council has been controlled by the following parties:[6]

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.

Map of the electoral divisions of Nottinghamshire.

Map No.	Electoral division	Councillors
1	Arnold North	2
2	Arnold South	2
3	Ashfields	1
4	Balderton	1
5	Beeston Central & Rylands	1
6	Bingham East	1
7	Bingham West	1
8	Blidworth	1
9	Blyth & Harworth	1
10	Bramcote & Beeston North	1
11	Calverton	1
12	Carlton East	1
13	Carlton West	2
14	Collingham	1
15	Cotgrave	1
16	Eastwood	1
17	Farndon & Trent	1
18	Greasley & Brinsley	1
19	Hucknall North	1
20	Hucknall South	1
21	Hucknall West	1
22	Keyworth	1
23	Kirkby North	1
24	Kirkby South	1
25	Leake & Ruddington	2
26	Mansfield East	2
27	Mansfield North	2
28	Mansfield South	2
29	Mansfield West	2
30	Misterton	1
31	Muskham & Farnsfield	1
32	Newark East	1
33	Newark West	1
34	Newstead	1
35	Nuthall & Kimberley	1
36	Ollerton	1
37	Radcliffe on Trent	1
38	Retford East	1
39	Retford West	1
40	Selston	1
41	Sherwood Forest	1
42	Southwell	1
43	Stapleford & Broxtowe Central	2
44	Sutton Central & East	1
45	Sutton North	1
46	Sutton West	1
47	Toton, Chilwell & Attenborough	2
48	Tuxford	1
49	Warsop	1
50	West Bridgford North	1
51	West Bridgford South	1
52	West Bridgford West	1
53	Worksop East	1
54	Worksop North	1
55	Worksop South	1
56	Worksop West	1

The county council is the upper-tier of local government, below which are seven district councils with responsibility for local services such as housing, planning applications, licensing, council tax collection and rubbish collection. The districts of Nottinghamshire are;

• Ashfield
• Bassetlaw
• Broxtowe
• Gedling
• Mansfield
• Newark and Sherwood
• Rushcliffe