Halton Borough Council

Halton Borough Council
Coat of arms
Corporate logo
Type
Type	Unitary authority of the Borough of Halton
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor	Kevan Wainwright, Labour since 17 May 2024[1]
Leader	Mike Wharton, Labour since 21 May 2021
Chief Executive	Stephen Young since 1 April 2022
Structure
Seats	54 councillors
Political groups	Administration (50)   Labour (50) Other parties (4)   Liberal Democrats (3)   Conservative (1)
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	7 May 2026
Motto
Latin: Industria Navem Implet, lit. 'Industry Fills the Ship'
Meeting place
Town Hall, Heath Road, Runcorn, WA7 5TD
Website
www.halton.gov.uk
Footnotes
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Halton Borough Council is the local authority for Halton, a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. Since 2014 the council has been a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

The council has been under Labour majority control since its creation in 1974. The council has offices in both the borough's towns of Runcorn and Widnes; full council meetings are usually held at Runcorn Town Hall and the main administrative offices are at the Municipal Building in Widnes.