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City of Doncaster Council is the local authority of the
City of Doncaster
The City of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough with city status in the United Kingdom, city status in South Yorkshire, England. It is named after its principal settlement, Doncaster, and includes the surrounding suburbs of Doncaster as well as ...
in South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of Doncaster and Sheffield as well as the boroughs of Barnsley and Rotherham.
In N ...
, England, based at the Doncaster Civic Office
Doncaster Civic Office is a municipal building in Waterdale, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The structure is the meeting place of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.
History
The first municipal building in the town had its origins in ...
in Waterdale, central Doncaster. It is one of four local authories in South Yorkshire and provides the majority of local government services in Doncaster. The previous borough council became a city council when Doncaster was awarded city status City status is a symbolic and legal designation given by a national or subnational government. A municipality may receive city status because it already has the qualities of a city, or because it has some special purpose.
Historically, city status ...
, which was announced in May 2022.
The directly elected mayor is Ros Jones
Roselyn Christine Jones (born 20 December 1949) is a Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom who is the Mayor of Doncaster, first elected in 2013.
Early life
Her father worked at Askern Main Colliery, seven miles north ...
.
Doncaster is divided into 21 wards for electoral purposes, electing a total of 55 councillors.
From 1973 to 2014, the council was elected by thirds every year except the year in which county council elections took place in other parts of England. In 2015, the whole council was elected due to boundary changes to the wards and it was decided that the whole council would be elected every four years from 2017, so that the council elections would coincide with the election of the Mayor of Doncaster.
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:Wards
Doncaster is divided into 21 wards for electoral purposes with each ward electing either two or three councillors.
References
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