Sefton Council

Sefton Council
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Type
Type
Leadership
June Burns,
Labour
since 16 May 2023[1][2]
Marion Atkinson,
Labour
since 18 January 2024[3]
Phil Porter
since July 2023
Structure
Seats66 councillors[4]
Political groups
Administration (49)
  Labour (50)
Other parties (16)
  Liberal Democrats (9)
  Conservative (4)
  Independent (2)
  Green (1)
Joint committees
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority and Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner
Elections
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Meeting place
Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE
and

Town Hall, Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1DA
Website
www.sefton.gov.uk

Sefton Council, or Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority since 2014.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2012. Full council meetings generally alternate between Bootle Town Hall and Southport Town Hall. The main administrative offices are at Magdalen House in Bootle.

  1. ^ "Council minutes, 16 May 2023" (PDF). Sefton Council. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. ^ Jessett, Elliot (16 May 2024). "Dedicated Mayor makes history and jokes about secret to her success". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Council minutes, 18 January 2024". Sefton Council. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Your Council". Sefton Council. Retrieved 12 July 2024.