Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Executive mayor elected every four years Third of council elected three years out of four
Type
Type	Metropolitan district council of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	None
History
Founded	1 April 1974
New session started	24 May 2013 (Municipal year 2013/2014)
Leadership
Executive mayor	Ros Jones, Labour Since 2 May 2013
Civic mayor	Eddie Dobbs Since 24 May 2013
Structure
Seats	1 executive mayor 63 councillors
Joint committees	Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority
Labour	41 / 63
Conservative	8 / 63
Mexborough First	3 / 63
UKIP	2 / 63
Independent	1 / 63
Not specified	1 / 63
Elections
Council voting system	Plurality-at-large
Mayor voting system	Supplementary vote
Council last election	2010 (one third of councillors) 2011 (one third of councillors) 2012 (one third of councillors)
Mayor last election	2013
Council next election	2014 (one third of councillors) 2015 (one third of councillors) 2016 (one third of councillors)
Mayor next election	2017
Website
www.doncaster.gov.uk

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of four in South Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Doncaster.

The directly elected mayor is Ros Jones and the civic mayor is Eddie Dobbs.^[1]

Doncaster is divided into 21 wards, electing a total of 63 councillors.^[2]

Political control

Further information: Doncaster local elections

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[3]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 2004
No overall control	2004 - 2010
Labour	2010–present

References

↑ http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/sections/councilanddemocracy/doncasterscouncillors/office_of_the_civic_mayor.aspx
↑ http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/sections/councilanddemocracy/doncasterscouncillors/member_support.aspx
↑ "Doncaster". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-07.

Local authorities in South Yorkshire

Joint arrangements	Sheffield City Region Combined Authority South Yorkshire Joint Secretariat

Metropolitan district councils	Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield

Metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Councils	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Local elections	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

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