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 Javed Iqbal JP
since May 2021
Leader of the Council
Cllr Matthew Brown, Labour
Deputy Leader
Cllr Martyn Rawlinson, Labour
Leader of the Opposition
Cllr Sue Whittam, Conservative
Structure
Seats48 councillors[1]
Political groups
Administration (30)[2]
  Labour (30)
Opposition (18)
  Conservative (11)
  Liberal Democrat (7)
Elections
FPTP
Next election
May 2022
Meeting place
Preston Town Hall, Lancaster Road, Preston PR1 2RL
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 and nine Cabinet Members:[3]

  • Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Resources,
  • Cabinet Member for Community Wealth Building
  • Cabinet Member for Planning and Regulation
  • Cabinet Member for Environment and Community Safety
  • Cabinet Member for Service Transformation
  • Cabinet Member for Climate Change
  • Cabinet Member for Culture and Arts
  • Cabinet Member for Communities and Social Justice
  • Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing

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 a boundary review, the May 2019 election was held on 16 new wards, with three councillors in each ward. The election resulted in 30 Labour Party councillors, 9 Conservative Party councillors and 9 Liberal Democrats councillors. The May 2020 elections were deferred until May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After the 2021 Preston City Council election, the Council consisted of 30 Labour Party councillors, 11 Conservative Party councillors and 7 Liberal Democrats councillors

References
  1. "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk.
  2. "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk.
  3. "How the council works". www.preston.gov.uk. Preston City Council. Retrieved 28 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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