City of Doncaster Council

City of Doncaster Council
Council logo
Type
Type	Metropolitan borough
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Civic Mayor	Julie Grace, Labour since 17 May 2024[1]
Elected Mayor	Ros Jones, Labour since 2 May 2013
Chief Executive	Damian Allen since 2020[2]
Structure
Seats	Elected mayor plus 55 councillors
Political groups	Administration (41)   Labour (41) Opposition (14)   Conservative (11)   Mexborough First (2)   Edlington and Warmsworth First (1)
Joint committees	South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large
Last election	6 May 2021
Next election	1 May 2025
Meeting place
Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU
Website
www.doncaster.gov.uk

City of Doncaster Council is the local authority of the City of Doncaster, a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. Prior to being awarded city status in 2022 the council was called Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. The council is based at the Civic Office in Waterdale, central Doncaster. It is one of four local authorities in South Yorkshire and provides the majority of local government services in Doncaster. The council is a member of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.

The council is led by a directly elected mayor. Since 2013 the post has been held by Ros Jones of the Labour Party.