Nottingham City Council

Nottingham City Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district council of Nottingham
Leadership
Leader	Jon Collins, Labour Party
Lord Mayor	Michael Wildgust, Labour Party
Members	55
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	5 May 2011
Meeting place
Nottingham Council House (for Full Council meetings), but its main headquarters are at Loxley House
Website
http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Nottingham City Council is the non-metropolitan district council for the unitary authority of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire. It consists of 55 councillors, representing a total of 20 wards, elected every four years. It is led by Jon Collins, of the majority Labour Party. The deputy leader of the council is Cllr Graham Chapman.^[1] The last elections were held on Thursday 5 May 2011.

Political control

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
2011	50	0	5
2007	42†	6	7
2003	36	11‡	8
2000	40	4	1

† Cllr Mick Newton left the Labour Party and became an independent councillor in March 2011, leaving Labour with 41 councillors.

‡ In 2003, 6 weeks after the election 5 Lib Dems split from their party to form a group of Independents.

Wards

Ward	Councillors
Arboretum	2
Aspley	3
Basford	3
Berridge	3
Bestwood	3
Bilborough	3
Bridge	2
Bulwell	3
Bulwell Forest	3
Clifton North	3
Clifton South	3
Dales	3
Dunkirk and Lenton	2
Leen Valley	2
Mapperley	3
Radford and Park	3
Sherwood	3
St Anns	3
Wollaton East and Lenton Abbey	2
Wollaton West	3

References

1. ^ "Your Councillors". Nottingham City Council. 14 September 2010. http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2099. Retrieved 05 October 2010. 

External links

• Nottingham City Council
• Ward info