Hull City Council

Kingston upon Hull City Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority of Kingston upon Hull
Houses	Hull City Council
Leadership
Leader	Steve Brady
Lord Mayor	Anita Harrison
Seats	59
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	22 May 2014
Meeting place
The Guildhall
Website
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/

(Kingston upon) Hull City Council is the governing body for the unitary authority and city of Kingston upon Hull. It was created in 1972 as the successor to the Corporation of (Kingston upon) Hull, which was also known as Hull Corporation and founded in 1440 by Royal charter.

Structure

Since 2002 Hull City Council consists of 59 councillors which are elected from 23 wards, each ward returning either two or three councillors.^[1] The council has several subcomponents with differing responsibilities:

• Cabinet: The Cabinet makes most day-to-day decisions. It consists of the council leader, council deputy leader, and eight other councillors (called Portfolio Holders), all elected by the full council.^[2]
• Cabinet Committees: The Cabinet appoints councillors to Cabinet Committees to handle specific responsibilities, such as granting of contracts above a certain monetary value.^[2]
• Task Groups: The Cabinet can form temporary units called Task Groups, usually to deal with specific issues. These can contain members from outside the council, such as persons expert in the issue or members of the public.^[2]
• Area committees: These committees are responsible for different geographic areas of the city. They advise the Council and perform certain duties assigned. The Area Committees hold public area forums, in which citizens can participate directly.^[2]
• Regulatory Committees: Required by law or by the nature of the function for which they are responsible. These functions include planning, licensing, standards, school government, and civic affairs.^[2]
• Overview and Scrutiny Committees: Designed to allow citizens greater say in council oversight, these committees hold public hearings into issues of local concern.^[2]

Hull wards

Ward	Area	Councillors	Map location
Avenue	Wyke	3	19
Beverley	Northern	2	15
Boothferry	West	3	22
Bransholme East	North Carr	2	12
Bransholme West	North Carr	2	13
Bricknell	Wyke	2	20
Derringham	West	3	21
Drypool	Riverside	3	4
Holderness	Park	3	10
Ings	East	3	9
Kings Park	North Carr	2	14
Longhill	East	3	8
Marfleet	Park	3	5
Myton	Riverside	3	3
Newington	Riverside	3	23
Newland	Wyke	2	18
Orchard Park & Greenwood	Northern	3	16
Pickering	West	3	1
Southcoates East	Park	2	7
Southcoates West	Park	2	6
St Andrews	Riverside	2	2
Sutton	East	3	11
University	Northern	2	17

Political composition

The council had been led by Labour since the early 1970s until 2002. They again led the council as a minority administration between 2003 and 2006. Since the 2006 election Hull City Council had been led by a Liberal Democrat administration, originally as a minority administration, the Liberal Democrats first gained overall control of the council after the 2007 election. In the 2011 election Labour regained control of the council following the collapse of the Liberal Democrat vote.^[3] In the 2012 election Labour increased the number of seats they held.^[4] In the 2014 election two Labour councillors formed an "Independent Labour Group" in protest against their own party's budget plans, off-setting the two seats gained by Labour in the election.^[5]

Year		Lib Dems		Labour		Conservative		UKIP	Others	Reference	Controlling Party
2015	15		40		2		1		1	[6]		Labour
2014	15		39		2		1		2	[5]		Labour
2012	17		39		2		0		1	[4]		Labour
2011	22		34		2		0		1	[3]		Labour
2010	33		22		2		0		2	[7]		Lib Dems
2008	33		19		3		0		4	[8]		Lib Dems
2007	30		20		3		0		6	[9]		Lib Dems
2006	26		25		2		0		6	[10]		No Overall Control
2004	24		27		2		1		5	[11]		No Overall Control
2003	21		28		2		0		8	[12]		No Overall Control
2002	29		24		2		0		4	[Note 1][13]		No Overall Control
2000	10		44		2		0		4	[14]		Labour
1999	4		51		1		0		4	[15]		Labour

See also

• Hull local elections
• List of Mayors of Kingston upon Hull

Notes

1. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1.

References

1. "Council wards". Hull City Council. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
2. "Decision-making structure". Hull City Council. Hull City Council. Retrieved 16 September 2007.
3. "Kingston-upon-Hull seats at a glance". BBC News Online (BBC). Retrieved 7 May 2011.
4. "Kingston upon Hull". Vote 2012 (BBC). 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
5. "Local election results 2014". Hull City Council. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
6. "Local election results 2015". Hull City Council. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
7. "Kingston-Upon-Hull". Election 2010 (BBC). Retrieved 19 November 2011.
8. "Kingston-Upon-Hull". Elections 2008 (BBC). Retrieved 19 November 2011.
9. "Kingston-Upon-Hull". English local elections 2007 (BBC). Retrieved 19 November 2011.
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13. "Local elections 2002 council Kingston-Upon-Hull". BBC News (BBC). Retrieved 19 November 2011.
14. "Local elections Vote 2000 council Kingston-Upon-Hull". BBC News (BBC). Retrieved 19 November 2011.
15. "Locals Vote 99 Kingston-Upon-Hull". BBC News (BBC). Retrieved 19 November 2011.

External links

• http://www.hullcc.gov.uk