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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox legislature Exeter City Council is the local authority for Exeter, a non-metropolitan district with city status in Devon, England.

History

Exeter was an ancient borough with city status. It was historically governed by a corporation, also known as the city council. The city was given the right to appoint a mayor by King John in the early thirteenth century.[1] In 1537 the city was made a county corporate with its own sheriff and quarter sessions, making it administratively separate from the surrounding county of Devon.[2]

The city council was reformed in 1836 to become a municipal borough, governed by a body formally called the "mayor, aldermen and citizens of the city of Exeter" but informally known as the corporation or city council.[3] When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888 Exeter was considered large enough to run its own county-level services and so it was made a county borough, independent from Devon County Council.[4]

The city was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming a lower-tier district authority with Devon County Council providing county-level functions to the city for the first time. The city kept the same outer boundaries, but gained control of the "Devon County Buildings Area", being three separate exclaves of Devon surrounded by the city, containing Devon County Hall, Rougemont Castle and the county judges' lodgings at Larkbeare House.[5][6] Exeter's city status was re-conferred on the reformed district, allowing the council to take the name Exeter City Council.[7]

In 2010 the government proposed that the city should become an independent unitary authority, like nearby Plymouth and Torbay. The statutory orders to set up the unitary authority were passed in Parliament and a new unitary city council was due to start in Exeter on 1 April 2011. However, following the change of government at the 2010 general election the reorganisation was cancelled.[8][9]

Governance

Exeter City Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Devon County Council.[10] There are no civil parishes in Exeter; the entire city is an unparished area.[11]

Political control

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2012.

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms took effect has been as follows:[12]

Party in control Years
Шаблон:Party name with colour 1974–1976
Шаблон:Party name with colour 1976–1983
Шаблон:Party name with colour 1983–1995
Шаблон:Party name with colour 1995–2003
Шаблон:Party name with colour 2003–2012
Шаблон:Party name with colour 2012–present

Leadership

The role of Lord Mayor of Exeter is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1983 have been:[13]

Councillor Party From To
Chester Long[14] Шаблон:Party name with colour 1983 1999
Roy Slack Шаблон:Party name with colour 1999 6 May 2007
Pete Edwards Шаблон:Party name with colour 15 May 2007 13 May 2008
Adrian Fullam Шаблон:Party name with colour 13 May 2008 21 Sep 2010
Pete Edwards Шаблон:Party name with colour 21 Sep 2010 5 May 2019
Philip Bialyk Шаблон:Party name with colour 14 May 2019

Composition

Following the 2023 election, the composition of the council was:[15]

Party Councillors
Шаблон:Party name with colour 25
Шаблон:Party name with colour 6
Шаблон:Party name with colour 4
Шаблон:Party name with colour 3
Шаблон:Party name with colour 1
Total 39

The Greens and Liberal Democrats sit together as the "Progressive Group". The next elections are due in 2024.

Premises

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Civic Centre, Paris Street, Exeter, EX1Шаблон:Nbsp1JN

Full council meetings are generally held at the city's Guildhall at 203 High Street, which was built around 1470. The council's main offices are at the Civic Centre, a 1970s building on Paris Street in the city centre.[16][17]

Elections

Шаблон:Also Since the last boundary changes in 2016, the council has comprised 39 councillors, representing 13 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) being elected at a time for a four-year term. Devon County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no elections to the city council.[18]

Wards and councillors

Шаблон:Also The wards of the city for City Council purposes are listed below.[19] Шаблон:Div-col

Шаблон:Div-col-end

Following the May 2022 elections, David Harvey (Pinhoe) left the Labour group, and subsequently sits as an Independent.[20]

Ward Party Member Election
Alphington style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Yvonne Atkinson 2023
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Bob Foale 2022
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Steve Warwick 2021
Duryard & St James style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Liberal Democrats Kevin Mitchell 2022
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Liberal Democrats Michael Mitchell 2023
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Martin Pearce 2021
Exwick style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Phil Bialyk 2021
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Graeme Knott 2022
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Susannah Patrick 2023
Heavitree style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Green Carol Bennett 2023
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Barbara Denning 2021
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Green Catherine Rees 2022
Mincinglake & Whipton style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Naima Allcock 2022
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Emma Morse 2021
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Ruth Williams 2023
Newtown & St Leonards style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Richard Branston 2021
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Green Andy Ketchin 2023
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Matthew Vizard 2022
Pennsylvania style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Zion Lights 2021
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Josie Parkhouse 2022
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Martyn Snow 2023
Pinhoe style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Independent[20] David Harvey 2021
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Mollie Miller 2023
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Duncan Wood 2022
Priory style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Marina Asvachin 2022
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Jane Begley 2023
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Tony Wardle 2022
St Davids style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Green Diana Moore 2023
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Green Tess Read 2022
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Green Amy Sparling 2021
St Loyes style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Conservative Alison Sheridan 2023
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Conservative Peter Holland 2022
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Conservative Anne Jobson 2021
St Thomas style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Rob Hannaford 2021
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Liberal Democrats Adrian Fullam 2023
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Laura Wright 2022
Topsham style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Conservative Andrew Leadbetter 2021
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Matthew Williams 2023
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | Labour Joshua Ellis-Jones 2022

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

Шаблон:Local authorities in Devon