Preston City Council

Preston City Council
Preston City Council
Leadership
Mayor	Cllr David Borrow ; since 2019/20
Leader of the Council	Cllr Matthew Brown, Labour
Deputy Leader	Cllr Peter Moss, Labour
Leader of the Opposition	Cllr John Potter, Liberal Democrat
Structure
Seats	48 councillors[1]
Political groups	Administration (30)[2] Labour (30) Opposition (17) Conservative (8) Liberal Democrat (9) Vacant Vacant (1)
Elections
Voting system	FPTP
Next election	May 2021
Meeting place
	Preston Town Hall
Website
	www.preston.gov.uk

Preston City Council is the local council for the City of Preston, Lancashire. City Councillors are elected through the Preston local elections.

There are 48 elected councillors, who meet every two months at the Full Council meetings. However most of the decisions are made by a cabinet composed of the Leader of the Council leader, the Deputy Leader and Planning and Regulation Cabinet Member, the Resources and Performance Cabinet Member, the Environment Cabinet Member and the Communities and Social Justice Cabinet Member.[3] These decisions scrutinised by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, which has a cross-party composition.[3]

The city is divided into districts which are in turn divided into wards. Following the 2019 Preston City Council election the Council was composed of 30 Labour Party councillors, 9 Conservative Party councillors and 9 Liberal Democrats councillors.[3] This was after boundary changes were introduced which reduced the total number of councillors from 57 to 48.[4]

External links

Council website

References

"Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk.
"Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk.
"How the council works". www.preston.gov.uk. Preston City Council. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
"Preston local election results 2019: Labour retain their grip on power in the city". Blog Preston. Blog Preston. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

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[1] "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk.

[2] "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk.

[HCW-3] "How the council works". www.preston.gov.uk. Preston City Council. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

[ple_2019-4] "Preston local election results 2019: Labour retain their grip on power in the city". Blog Preston. Blog Preston. Retrieved 28 June 2019.