Derby City Council is the local government

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for

Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gai ...

, a city in the

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region of England. It comprises 51 councillors, three for each of the 17 electoral wards of Derby. Currently there is no overall control of the council, with the Conservative Party being the biggest party. Paul Simpson became Chief Executive in March 2020. As a

, Derby City Council is responsible for all services within its boundary and is therefore distinct from the two-tier system of local government that exists in the surrounding county of

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. Outside the city, responsibility is shared between

Derbyshire County Council Derbyshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire, England. It has 64 councillors representing 61 divisions, with three divisions having two members each. They are Glossop and Charlesworth, ...

and various district or borough councils, such as

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, High Peak, Erewash and

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Political makeup

Derby City Council has 51 councillors, with three councillors representing each of the seventeen wards within the city. Up until the 2022 elections it elected councillors 'by thirds', meaning that one third of the councillors (one per ward) were elected at each local election for a four-year period. From 2023 the city will elect its councillors in all out elections which will be based on new ward boundaries. Following the 2022 elections the political composition is: * 18

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Liberal Democrat Several political party, political parties from around the world have been called the Liberal Democratic Party or Liberal Democrats. These parties usually follow a liberal democracy, liberal democratic ideology. Active parties Former parties ...

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Reform Derby Reform Derby is a British political party based in Derby, Derbyshire. It was founded in 2020, by a group of five Brexit Party councillors on Derby City Council. Although it serves as the local affiliate of Reform UK, it is a separate entity. Th ...

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Wards

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References

External links

''Derby Telegraph'' – Derby City Council in running for Council of the YearBBC News – Labour wins control of Derby City Council
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