Rutland County Council

Rutland County Council Rutland County Council District Council

Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district council
Leadership
Leader	Terry King, Conservative
Chairman	Kenneth Bool
Structure
Seats	26
Political groups	Conservative Party Independents Liberal Democrats
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	7 May 2015
Meeting place
Catmose House, Catmose Street, Oakham, Rutland
Website
www.rutland.gov.uk

Topiary to mark the independence of Rutland at Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue; the Rutland horseshoe, the initials RCC and the date 1997

Rutland County Council is a unitary authority responsible for local government in the historic county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The current council was created in April 1997.

Formally it is a unitary district with the full legal title of Rutland County Council District Council. As a unitary authority, the council is responsible for almost all local services in Rutland, with the exception of the Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service and Leicestershire Police, which are run by joint boards with Leicestershire County Council and Leicester City Council.

The unitary is seen as a re-creation of the Rutland County Council that was established in 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888 and ended in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, when Rutland was reconstituted as a district of Leicestershire. The Local Government Commission for England in 1994 recommended that Rutland District (and Leicester City) should become unitaries and leave the two-tier Leicestershire.^[1] Rutland unitary authority came into existence on 1 April 1997.^[2]

The Council consists of 26 councillors, representing sixteen electoral wards of the county. It has all-out elections on a four-year cycle and follows a district pattern, with elections held in May 2007,^[3] May 2011 and May 2015.

The ceremonial head of the Council is the Chairman, and the executive follows the leader and cabinet model.

The current council is led by the Conservatives, with an opposition of Independents, and Liberal Democrats.

The political composition is as follows.

Party		Seats^[4]
	Conservative	17
	Independent	7
	Liberal Democrat	2

Local election results

Rutland County Council election, 2015

Wards

Rutland wards

The county is divided into electoral wards, returning one, two or three councillors. The current wards were first adopted for the 2003 local elections.

Ward	Councillors	Description
Braunston & Belton	1	Parishes of Ayston, Belton, Braunston, Brooke, Leighfield, Preston, Ridlington, & Wardley
Cottesmore	2	Parishes of Barrow, Cottesmore, Market Overton & Teigh
Exton	1	Parishes of Ashwell, Burley, Egleton, Exton, Hambleton, Horn & Whitwell
Greetham	1	Parishes of Clipsham, Greetham, Pickworth, Stretton & Thistleton
Ketton	2	Parishes of Barrowden, Ketton, Tinwell & Tixover
Langham	1	Parish of Langham
Lyddington	1	Parishes of Bisbrooke, Caldecott, Glaston, Lyddington, Seaton, Stoke Dry & Thorpe By Water
Martinsthorpe	1	Parishes of Gunthorpe, Lyndon, Manton, Martinsthorpe, Morcott, Pilton & Wing
Normanton	2	Parishes of Edith Weston, Empingham, Normanton, North Luffenham, South Luffenham
Oakham North East	2	Oakham Northwest of Burley Road/Mill Street/South Street and East of the railway
Oakham North West	2	Oakham North of Braunston Road and West of the railway Barleythorpe Parish
Oakham South East	2	Oakham Southeast of Burley Road/Mill Street/South Street and East of the railway
Oakham South West	2	Oakham South of Braunston Road and West of the railway
Ryhall & Casterton	2	Parishes of Essendine, Great Casterton, Little Casterton, Ryhall & Tickencote
Uppingham	3	Parishes of Uppingham & Beaumont Chase
Whissendine	1	Parish of Whissendine

References

↑ LGCE Final Recommendations for the Future Local Government of Leicestershire. December 1994.
↑ The Leicestershire (City of Leicester and District of Rutland) (Structural Change) Order 1996 SI 1996/507
↑ 2007 Local Election results for RCC
↑ http://www.rutland.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/elected_members_your_councill.aspx

External links

Rutland County Council

Unitary authorities of England

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