Nottingham City Council is the local authority for the

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Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

, England. It consists of 55 councillors, representing a total of 20 wards, elected every four years. The council is led by David Mellen, of the majority Labour Party. The most recent elections were held on Thursday 2 May 2019.

History

Nottingham was an

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. It was reformed under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 to become a

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, and when county councils were established in 1889 the town was administered separately from the rest of Nottinghamshire, being made its own

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. When Nottingham was awarded

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in 1897 the borough council was allowed to call itself Nottingham City Council. In 1974 Nottingham became a

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under the

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, becoming a lower tier authority with

Nottinghamshire County Council Nottinghamshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Nottinghamshire in England. It consists of 66 county councillors, elected from 56 electoral divisions every four years. The most recent election ...

providing county level services in the city for the first time. The city was made a unitary authority on 1 April 1998, regaining its independence from the county council.

Political control

The most recent election was in

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, when

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took a large majority on the council, winning 50 of the council's 55 seats. David Mellen was appointed

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on 20 May 2019. The next election is due in 2023.

Wards

Nottingham is divided into 20 wards for electoral purposes. Each ward elects either two or three councillors.

Arms

References

Notes

External links

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