Peterborough City Council
| Peterborough City Council | |
|---|---|
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
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Leader
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Deputy Leader
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Wayne Fitzgerald, Conservative
Since 2015 |
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Mayor
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David Sanders, Conservative
Since 2016 |
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Deputy Mayor
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Keith Sharp, Liberal
Since 2016 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 60 |
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Joint committees
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East of England Local Government Association |
| Elections | |
| First past the post (elected in thirds) | |
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Last election
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5 May 2016 |
| Meeting place | |
| Town Hall, Bridge Street, Peterborough | |
| Website | |
| http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/ | |
Peterborough City Council is the local authority of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. The City of Peterborough in the East of England was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1874; from 1888 it fell within the jurisdiction of the Soke of Peterborough county council and from 1965 Huntingdon and Peterborough county council. In 1974 it was replaced by a wholly new non-metropolitan district, broadly corresponding to the Soke, in the new enlarged Cambridgeshire. In 1998 Peterborough became independent of Cambridgeshire as a unitary authority, but the city continues to form part of that county for ceremonial purposes as defined by the Lieutenancies Act 1997.
The leader and cabinet model of decision-making was adopted by the city council in 2001. The Conservative Party held control of the council from 2002 until 2014 when it became no overall control. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association.
A public enquiry was held in 1873 to determine whether it would be advantageous for the city to be administered by a municipal corporation. The result being in the affirmative, the city council, sometimes archaically called the corporation, was founded by a Charter of Incorporation dated 17 March 1874, under the government of a mayor, six aldermen and 18 councillors. Something of an anomaly, the Parliamentary Boundary Commission of 1868 had decided that the urban parts of Fletton and Woodston were so involved in Peterborough that they ought to be in the borough and added the newly built-up portions of these parishes to the parliamentary constituency. In local matters they were still in Huntingdonshire and, as the City of Peterborough did not extend south of the River Nene, the full title of the new municipality was the City and Borough of Peterborough and its inhabitants, citizens and burgesses.
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