Nottingham City Council

Nottingham City Council is the non-metropolitan district council for the unitary authority of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire. 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.[1][2] The most recent elections were held on Thursday 2 May 2019.

Nottingham City Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Cllr Rosemary Healy, Labour since May 2019
Leader of the Council	Cllr David Mellen, Labour since 2019
Leader of the Opposition	Cllr Kevin Clarke, Nottingham Independents
Chief Executive	Ian Curryer
Structure
Seats	55 councillors
Political groups	Administration (50)      Labour (50) Opposition (5)      Nottingham Independents (3)      Conservative (2)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	2 May 2019
Meeting place
Nottingham Council House (for Full Council meetings), but its main headquarters are at Loxley House
Website
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Political control

City Council

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative	Green	Communist	Nottingham Independents
2019	50	0	2	0	0	3
2018	52	0	3	0	0	0
2017	52	0	3	0	0	0
2015	52	0	3	0	0	0
2011	50[Note 1]	0	5	0	0	0
2007	42[Note 2]	6	7	0	0	0
2003	36	11[Note 3]	8	0	0	0
2000	40	4	11	0	0	0
1997	50[Note 4]	2	3	0	0	0
1995	51	2	1	1	0	0
1991	37	0	17	1	0	0
1988	27	0	27	0	1[Note 5]	0
1987	26	0	27	0	1	0

County Council (until 1998)

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
1993	22	1	2
1989	18	0	7

Wards

Map of the electoral wards of Nottingham.

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

Map No.	Ward	Councillors
1	Aspley	3
2	Basford	3
3	Berridge	3
4	Bestwood	3
5	Bilborough	3
6	Bulwell Forest	3
7	Bulwell	3
8	Castle	2
9	Clifton East	3
10	Clifton West	2
11	Dales	3
12	Hyson Green & Arboretum	3
13	Leen Valley	2
14	Lenton & Wollaton East	3
15	Mapperley	3
16	Meadows	2
17	Radford	2
18	Sherwood	3
19	St. Ann's	3
20	Wollaton West	3

References

1. Ram, Phoebe (3 May 2019). "David Mellen is the new leader of Nottingham City Council". nottinghampost. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
2. "Your Councillors". nottinghamcity.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009.

Notes

1. Cllrs Emma Dewinton and Jeannie Packer left the Labour Party and became independent Councillors during this term, leaving Labour with 48 Councillors. Councillor Tim Spencer left the Conservative Party a few weeks before the 2015 elections, leaving the Conservative Party with 4 councillors.
2. Cllr Mick Newton left the Labour Party and became an independent councillor in March 2011, leaving Labour with 41 councillors.
3. In 2003, 6 weeks after the election 5 Lib Dems split from their party to form a group of Independents.
4. Before the 2000 election, this had changed to 47 Labour, 3 Lib Dem, 5 Conservatives.
5. Before the 1991 election, the Communist candidate became a Green candidate.

External links

• Nottingham City Council
• Ward info