Thanet District Council
| Thanet District Council | |
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| Founded | 1 April 1974 |
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Chairman
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Mr Joshua Choules, UKIP
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Leader
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Chris Wells, UKIP
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| Seats | 56 |
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Political groups
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| Elections | |
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Last election
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7 May 2015 |
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Thanet District Council is the local government body for the Thanet district. Its administrative centre is Margate. It is one of the district councils in Kent. On a national level, Thanet forms part of two parliamentary constituencies at Westminster and is represented in Parliament by two MPs.
The district was formed by the merger of:
Isle of Thanet Rural District was created by the Local Government Act 1894 and was abolished in 1935.
Thanet district council is responsible for providing clear leadership to the community and to continuously improve the delivery of local services. These services include: leisure, environmental health, housing — including the provision of social housing and housing benefit and rubbish collection. (First tier authorities have no responsibility for highways and under statute this function cannot be passed between different levels of local government.) Kent County Council is responsible for more strategic services such as education, libraries, main roads, social services, trading standards and transport.
The district is divided into 23 electoral wards, mainly located in the coastal resorts of Margate, Cliftonville, Broadstairs and Ramsgate.
The powers of the council are specified in its constitution [1] in accordance with the Local Government Act 2000.
The council is a Cabinet-style council with a Leader and the Cabinet itself, which is formed by the majority party in the District. Decisions on the Council's services are made by the Executive (or cabinet) which comprises 5 councillors. Each member of the Cabinet holds a separate portfolio. The Leader and Cabinet are responsible for policies, plans and strategies, and for recommending them to the overall Council, which is convened as a whole, at regular council meetings. The full council consists of 56 councillors.
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