Derbyshire County Council

Derbyshire County Council
Derbyshire County Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan county council
Leadership
Chair	Trevor Ainsworth, ; Conservative ; since 22 May 2019
Leader	Barry Lewis, ; Conservative ; since 24 May 2017
Managing Director	Emma Alexander ; since December 2021
Structure
Seats	64 councillors
Political groups	Administration (41) Conservative (41) Other parties (23) Labour Party (16) Liberal Democrats (4) Reform UK (2) Green (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	6 May 2021
Next election	1 May 2025
Meeting place
	County Hall, Smedley Street, Matlock, DE4 3AG
Website
	www.derbyshire.gov.uk

Derbyshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire in England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes Derby. The county council is based at County Hall in Matlock. Since 2017 the council has been under Conservative majority control. The council is a constituent member of the East Midlands Combined County Authority.

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