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Charnwood Borough Council

Non-metropolitan district in England

Non-metropolitan district in England

FieldValue
nameCharnwood Borough Council
logo_picCharnwood Borough Council logo.svg
logo_res200px
foundation1 April 1974
house_typeNon-metropolitan district
leader1_typeMayor
leader1David Northage
party1
Conservative
election112 May 2025
leader2_typeLeader
leader2Jewel Miah
party2
Labour
election222 May 2023
leader3_typeChief Executive
leader3Rob Mitchell
party3
election32019
seats52 councillors
structure1Charnwood_Borough_Council_2023.svg
structure1_res250px
:borderdarkgray}} Labour (20)
:borderdarkgray}} Conservative (23)}}
:borderdarkgray}} Green (8)
:borderdarkgray}} Independent (1)
term_length4 years
last_election14 May 2023
next_election16 May 2027
session_roomTown_Hall_-_Market_Place_(geograph_2938168).jpg
meeting_placeTown Hall, Market Place, Loughborough, LE113EB
website

Conservative Labour ;Administration (20) : Labour (20) ;Other parties (32) : : Green (8) : Independent (1) Charnwood Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Charnwood, a non-metropolitan district in Leicestershire, England. Full council meetings are held at Loughborough Town Hall and the council's main offices are on Southfield Road in Loughborough. The council has been under no overall control since 2023, being run by a Labour minority administration with informal support from the Green Party.

Governance

Charnwood Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Leicestershire County Council. Much of the borough is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.

The leader and cabinet model of decision-making is used by the council. It consists of 52 councillors, overseen by a mayor, leader and cabinet.

Political control

The council has been under no overall control since the 2023 election, being run by a Labour minority administration with informal support from the Greens.

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Since 1974 political control of the council has been as follows:

Party in controlYears

Leadership

The role of mayor is ceremonial in Charnwood. Political leadership is instead provided by the Leader of the council. The leaders since 2010 have been:

CouncillorPartyFromTo
David Slater20106 Nov 2017
Jonathan Morgan6 Nov 2017May 2023
Jewel Miah22 May 2023

Composition

Following the 2023 election the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillorsTotal52
23
20
8
1

The next election is due in 2027.

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 52 councillors, representing 24 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.

There are three Parliamentary constituencies covering the district. Mid Leicestershire is represented by the Conservative Peter Bedford MP. Loughborough is represented by the Labour's Jeevun Sandher. Melton and Syston is represented by the Conservative Edward Argar MP.

Premises

Full council meetings are generally held at Loughborough Town Hall. The council's administrative offices are the Council Offices on Southfield Road in Loughborough, where some committee meetings are also held. The older part of the Council Offices building was an early 19th century house called Southfields. The house was acquired by the old Loughborough Town Council during the Second World War and after the war was converted to be additional offices supplementing those at Loughborough Town Hall.{{London Gazette

References

References

  1. "Council minutes, 12 May 2025".
  2. (22 July 2019). "Council set to name new chief executive". The Business Desk.
  3. {{cite legislation UK. (1972)
  4. "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey.
  5. (22 May 2023). "New Leader of Charnwood Borough Council is elected".
  6. "Compositions Calculator". University of Exeter.
  7. "Charnwood". [[BBC News Online]].
  8. (30 April 2018). "Tributes paid after former council leader David Slater passes away". Loughborough Echo.
  9. (2 November 2017). "New leader of Charnwood Borough Council chosen". Loughborough Echo.
  10. (16 May 2023). "New leader set to be appointed after shock local election results". Leicestershire Live.
  11. "Council minutes, 22 May 2023".
  12. "Local elections 2023: live council results for England". The Guardian.
  13. "Charnwood result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News.
  14. "Charnwood". Thorncliffe.
  15. {{cite legislation UK. (2022)
  16. "Browse meetings: Council".
  17. (4 September 2023). "Council agenda, 4 September 2023".
  18. "Southfields: Locally listed building".
  19. (4 January 1991). "New Year opening for prestigious new offices". Loughborough Echo.
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