Английская Википедия:Crawley Borough Council

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Crawley Borough Council is the local authority for Crawley in West Sussex, England. The council consists of 36 councillors. It is currently controlled by the Labour Party, led by Michael Jones. The administrative headquarters are at Crawley Town Hall.

History

Prior to 1956 Crawley had been governed as a rural parish within the Horsham Rural District. The parish was significantly enlarged in 1933 when the neighbouring parish of Ifield was abolished. Following the designation of Crawley as a new town in 1947, the parish was further enlarged in 1953 to take in the Three Bridges area from the neighbouring parish of Worth.

The parish of Crawley was made an urban district in 1956.

The urban district was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, gaining the parts of the parishes of Slaugham and Worth within the designated area for the new town, plus Gatwick Airport and adjoining areas from the Surrey parishes of Charlwood and Horley. The reformed district was awarded borough status at the same time, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.

Governance

Crawley Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by West Sussex County Council. There are no civil parishes in the borough, which is an unparished area.

Political control

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2022.

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:

Party in control		Years
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1974–2006
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2006–2006
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2006–2007
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2007–2014
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2014–2020
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2020–2022
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2022–present

Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Crawley. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1974 have been:

Councillor	Party		From	To
George Waller	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1974	1978
Ben Clay	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1978	1980
Alf Pegler	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1980	1982
Tony Edwards	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1982	1983
Ben Clay	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1983	1986
Alf Pegler	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1986	1996
Tony Edwards	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1996	2000
Chris Redmayne	Шаблон:Party name with colour	2000	26 May 2006
Bob Lanzer	Шаблон:Party name with colour	26 May 2006	Aug 2013
Howard Bloom	Шаблон:Party name with colour	26 Sep 2013	13 Jun 2014
Peter Lamb	Шаблон:Party name with colour	13 Jun 2014	27 May 2022
Michael Jones	Шаблон:Party name with colour	27 May 2022

Composition

Following the 2023 election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors
Шаблон:Party name with colour	20
Шаблон:Party name with colour	16
Total		36

The next election is due in 2024.

Elections

Шаблон:Also Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 36 councillors representing 13 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time for a four-year term of office. West Sussex County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no borough council elections.

Premises

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Old Town Hall: Council's headquarters 1964–2022

The council is based at Crawley Town Hall on The Boulevard. The building was purpose-built for the council and was formally opened on 21 March 2023. It was built on the site of the old Civic Hall, part of the previous Town Hall complex, which had been completed in 1964 for the old urban district council.