Lancashire County Council

Lancashire County Council
Type
Type
Established1 April 1974
Leadership
Alan Cullens,
Conservative
since 15 September 2023[1]
Phillippa Williamson,
Conservative
since 27 May 2021[2]
Angie Ridgwell
since 3 January 2018[3]
Structure
Seats84 councillors
Political groups
Administration (48)[4]
  Conservative (48)
Other parties (36)
  Labour (27)
  Independent (5)
  Liberal Democrats (2)
  Green Party (2)
Length of term
4 years[5]
Elections
First-past-the-post voting
Last election
6 May 2021
Next election
1 May 2025
Meeting place
County Hall, Fishergate, Preston, PR1 8XJ
Website
www.lancashire.gov.uk

Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool. The council is based in County Hall, Preston, and consists of 84 councillors.

Since the 2017 election, the council has been under Conservative control. Before the 2009 Lancashire County Council election, the county had been under Labour control since 1989. The leader of the council is Conservative councillor Phillippa Williamson, appointed in 2021, chairing a cabinet of eight. The Chief Executive and Director of Resources is Angie Ridgwell, who was appointed in 2018.

The council is the successor to the county council of the administrative county of Lancashire, which was created on 1 April 1889. The council was abolished and reconstituted in 1974, when local government in England was reformed and a non-metropolitan county of Lancashire was created, governed by a county council and thirteen district councils. The districts of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen became unitary authorities in 1998, meaning they are no longer governed by Lancashire County Council.

  1. ^ "Council minutes, 15 September 2023". Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Council minutes, 27 May 2021" (PDF). Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. ^ Jacobs, Bill (27 October 2017). "Labour all for action on county council 'chaos'". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Your Councillors by Political Grouping". Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 May 2023.