Halton Borough Council

Halton Borough Council is the local authority for Halton, a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. Since 2014 the council has been a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

The council has been under Labour majority control since its creation in 1974. The council has offices in both the borough's towns of Runcorn and Widnes; full council meetings are usually held at Runcorn Town Hall and the main administrative offices are at the Municipal Building in Widnes.