Hull City Council
| Kingston upon Hull City Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Unicameral |
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Term limits
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None |
| History | |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Leadership | |
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Leader
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Steve Brady, Labour
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Lord Mayor
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Sean Chaytor
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 59 |
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39 / 59
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17 / 59
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2 / 59
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1 / 59
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| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
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Last election
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2016 (third of councillors) |
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Next election
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2018 (all councillors) |
| Meeting place | |
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| Guildhall, Kingston upon Hull | |
| Website | |
| http://www.hull.gov.uk | |
(Kingston upon) Hull City Council is the governing body for the unitary authority and city of Kingston upon Hull. It was created in 1972 as the successor to the Corporation of (Kingston upon) Hull, which was also known as Hull Corporation and founded in 1440 by Royal charter.
Since 2002 Hull City Council consists of 59 councillors which are elected from 23 wards, each ward returning either two or three councillors. The council has several subcomponents with differing responsibilities:
The council had been led by Labour since the early 1970s until 2002. They again led the council as a minority administration between 2003 and 2006. Since the 2006 election Hull City Council had been led by a Liberal Democrat administration, originally as a minority administration, the Liberal Democrats first gained overall control of the council after the 2007 election. In the 2011 election Labour regained control of the council following the collapse of the Liberal Democrat vote. In the 2012 election Labour increased the number of seats they held. In the 2014 election two Labour councillors formed an "Independent Labour Group" in protest against their own party's budget plans, off-setting the two seats gained by Labour in the election.
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