Exeter City Council

Exeter City Council is the council and local government of the city of Exeter, Devon.

The council are currently bidding for the city to become an Independent Unitary Authority within Devon, much like neighbouring Plymouth and Torbay. An outline case was submitted to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in May 2006. If successful, a new unitary city council could be up and running in Exeter by April 2009.

Exeter City Council, along with Devon County Council, is alleged to invest money from its pension fund in arms companies.Fact|date=November 2007

Districts of Exeter

The wards of the city for City Council purposes are listed below. Most of these correspond to traditional divisions of the city that would be recognised by local inhabitants. One or two, inevitably, are somewhat artificial creations:
*Alphington - includes the Marsh Barton industrial estate
*Cowick - includes parts of the area known locally as St Thomas
*Duryard
*Exwick
*Heavitree
*Mincinglake - covers parts of Stoke Hill and Beacon Heath, little used locally as the name of an area
*Newtown - includes parts of the areas known locally as St Sidwells, St Leonards and Newtown itself.
*Pennsylvania
*Pinhoe
*Polsloe - little used locally as the name of an area, centred along Polsloe Road.
*Priory - includes parts of the areas referred to locally as Wonford and Countess Wear. The ward takes its name from the former local secondary school now known as Isca College. Priory School had been build on the site of the former Priory of St James
*St David's
*St James
*St Leonards
*St Loyes - includes areas referred to locally as Heavitree and Wonford, and most of the Sowton industrial estate
*St Thomas
*Topsham - the historic town of Topsham, plus parts of Countess Wear (principally the Golf and Country Club and the Southbrook estate).
*Whipton Barton

All city wards return two councillors to the Council, except for Alphington, Exwick, Priory, and Whipton Barton, which return three. The council holds elections by thirds over a four year cycle - one third of seats being contested in each of three years, and elections to Devon County Council taking place in the fourth.

Four political parties are currently represented on the council: Labour with 11 seats, the Conservatives with 12 seats, the Liberal Democrats with 13 seats and the Liberals with 4 seats.

External links

* [http://www.exeter.gov.uk Exeter City Council]