Preston City Council

Preston City Council is the local council for the City of Preston, Lancashire. City Councillors are elected through the Preston local elections.

Preston City Council
Leadership
Mayor
Cllr David Borrow
since 2019/20
Leader of the Council
Cllr Matthew Brown, Labour
Deputy Leader
Cllr Peter Moss, Labour
Leader of the Opposition
Cllr John Potter, Liberal Democrat
Structure
Seats48 councillors[1]
Political groups
Administration (30)[2]
     Labour (30)
Opposition (17)
     Conservative (8)
     Liberal Democrat (9)
Vacant
     Vacant (1)
Elections
FPTP
Next election
May 2021
Website
www.preston.gov.uk

There are 48 elected councillors, who meet every two months at the Full Council meetings. However most of the decisions are made by a cabinet composed of the Leader of the Council leader, the Deputy Leader and Planning and Regulation Cabinet Member, the Resources and Performance Cabinet Member, the Environment Cabinet Member and the Communities and Social Justice Cabinet Member.[3] These decisions scrutinised by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, which has a cross-party composition.[3]

The city is divided into districts which are in turn divided into wards. Following the 2019 Preston City Council election the Council was composed of 30 Labour Party councillors, 9 Conservative Party councillors and 9 Liberal Democrats councillors.[3] This was after boundary changes were introduced which reduced the total number of councillors from 57 to 48.[4]

References
  1. http://opencouncildata.co.uk/council.php?c=90&y=0
  2. http://opencouncildata.co.uk/council.php?c=202&y=0
  3. "How the council works". www.preston.gov.uk. Preston City Council. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  4. "Preston local election results 2019: Labour retain their grip on power in the city". Blog Preston. Blog Preston. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
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