Английская Википедия:Gloucester City Council

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

History

Gloucester was an ancient borough. In 1483 it was made a county corporate with its own magistrates, making it administratively separate from the surrounding county of Gloucestershire. Gloucester gained city status on the creation of the Diocese of Gloucester in 1541.

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

The city was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. The city kept the same boundaries but became a lower-tier district authority, with Gloucestershire County Council providing county-level services to the city for the first time. The city's boundaries were enlarged in 1991, notably gaining the parish of Quedgeley from Stroud District.

Governance

Gloucester City Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Gloucestershire County Council. The Quedgeley area of the city is also a civil parish with a town council, which forms a third tier of local government. The rest of the city, roughly corresponding to the pre-1974 county borough, is an unparished area.

Political control

The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2015.

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

Party in control		Years
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1974–1984
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1984–1987
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1987–1990
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1990–1995
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1995–2002
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2002–2011
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2011–2012
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2012–2015
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2015–present

Leadership

The role of Mayor of Gloucester is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1995 have been:

Councillor	Party		From	To
Kevin Stephens	Шаблон:Party name with colour	22 May 1995	Sep 1995
Jon Holmes	Шаблон:Party name with colour	26 Oct 1995	17 May 1999
Kevin Stephens	Шаблон:Party name with colour	17 May 1999	4 May 2003
Bill Crowther	Шаблон:Party name with colour	13 May 2003	27 Nov 2003
Mary Smith	Шаблон:Party name with colour	27 Nov 2003	22 Jun 2004
Mark Hawthorne	Шаблон:Party name with colour	22 Jun 2004	6 May 2007
Paul James	Шаблон:Party name with colour	21 May 2007	21 Nov 2019
Richard Cook	Шаблон:Party name with colour	21 Nov 2019

Composition

Following the 2021 election the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors
Шаблон:Party name with colour	22
Шаблон:Party name with colour	12
Шаблон:Party name with colour	3
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2
Total		39

The next election is due in 2024.

Premises

The council meets at North Warehouse at Gloucester Docks. Its main offices are at the Eastgate Shopping Centre in the city centre, and the main public reception is at The Gateway at 92-96 Westgate Street.

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Guildhall, 23 Eastgate Street: Council's headquarters 1892–1986.

Between 1892 and 1986 the council was based at the Guildhall at 23 Eastgate Street. In 1985 the council purchased North Warehouse at Gloucester Docks, which had been built in 1826. North Warehouse was reconfigured internally to provide a civic suite and council chamber, as well as office space for the council. The council vacated Guildhall and moved to North Warehouse in 1986. Around the same time, the council also leased from the Canal & River Trust three nearby warehouses called Herbert Warehouse, Kimberley Warehouse and Philpotts Warehouse, which had all been built in 1846. The former Kimberley and Philpotts warehouses were incorporated into Herbert Warehouse via glazed linking sections being added between them, with a public house and retail uses on the ground floor and additional council offices on the upper floors. The Herbert Warehouse building was completed in 1988.

In 2019 the council vacated Herbert Warehouse, instead leasing office space for its staff within Shire Hall and also acquiring a former shop at 92–96 Westgate Street to be the council's main public reception, called "The Gateway". The council's meeting place remains the council chamber and civic suite in North Warehouse. The council's offices moved from Shire Hall to the Eastgate Shopping Centre in 2022.

Elections

Шаблон:See also Since the last boundary changes in 2016 the council has comprised 39 councillors representing 18 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.