West Sussex County Council
| West Sussex County Council | |
|---|---|
|
|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Structure | |
|
43 / 71
|
|
|
10 / 71
|
|
|
7 / 71
|
|
|
6 / 71
|
|
|
3 / 71
|
|
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
|
Last election
|
2 May 2013 |
|
Next election
|
2017 |
| Website | |
| www |
|
West Sussex County Council (WSCC) is the authority that governs the non-metropolitan county of West Sussex. The county also contains 7 district and borough councils, and 159 town, parish and neighbourhood councils. The county council has 71 elected councillors. The Chief Executive and her/his team of Executive Directors are responsible for the day-to-day running of the council.
The county elects 8 MPs, and is part of the South East England constituency which returns ten members to the European Parliament.
West Sussex County Council is currently controlled by the Conservative Party.
The Local Government Act 1888 created the administrative county of West Sussex, with its own county council, from the three western rapes of the ancient county of Sussex, that is the rapes of Chichester, Arundel and Bramber. With the exception of the three county boroughs of Brighton, Hastings and Eastbourne, the three eastern rapes of Lewes, Pevensey and Hastings came under the control of East Sussex County Council. Until 1898 it existed alongside the Urban and Rural Sanitary Districts, when these were abolished in favour of a new network or urban and rural districts.
The Local Government Act 1972 abolished the previous structure of local government in England and Wales. At this time West Sussex became a non-metropolitan county, divided into districts. This act created the two-tier system of government that exists in West Sussex to this day.
...
Wikipedia