Manchester City Council

Manchester City Council
Coat of arms or logo
Coat of arms
Logo
Corporate logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Paul Andrews,
Labour
since 15 May 2024[1]
Bev Craig,
Labour
since 1 December 2021[2]
Eamonn Boylan
since 5 September 2024
Structure
Seats96 councillors[3]
Manchester City Council composition
Political groups
Administration (86)
  Labour (86)
Other parties (9)
  Liberal Democrats (4)
  Green (3)
  Workers Party (1)
  Independent (1)
Vacancies (1)
Joint committees
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Motto
Latin: Concilio Et Labore, lit.'By Wisdom and Effort'
Meeting place
Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M60 2LA
Website
www.manchester.gov.uk

Manchester City Council is the local authority for the city of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. Manchester has had an elected local authority since 1838, which has been reformed several times. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local government services in the city. The council has been a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority since 2011.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 1971. It is based at Manchester Town Hall.

  1. ^ Sergeant, Emily (16 May 2024). "Manchester welcomes 'proud Mancunian' Paul Andrews as city's new Lord Mayor". The Manc. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Council minutes, 1 December 2021" (PDF). Manchester City Council. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)