Halton Borough Council

Halton Borough Council
Coat of arms of Halton Borough Council
Halton Borough Council logo
Corporate logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Kevan Wainwright,
Labour
since 17 May 2024[1]
Mike Wharton,
Labour
since 21 May 2021
Stephen Young
since 1 April 2022
Structure
Seats54 councillors
Political groups
Administration (50)
  Labour (50)
Other parties (4)
  Liberal Democrats (3)
  Conservative (1)
Elections
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
[2][3][4]

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.

  1. ^ "Council meeting, 17 May 2024". Halton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Your Councillors". Halton Borough Council. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Mayor". Halton Borough Council. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Council Departments & Management Team". Halton Borough Council. Retrieved 10 August 2023.