Cambridge City Council

This article is about the city of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. For other uses, see Cambridge City Council (disambiguation).

Cambridge City Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district council of the Cambridge
Houses	Unicameral
Leadership
Leader	Lewis Herbert, Labour
Mayor	Robert Dryden, Labour
Structure
Seats	42
Labour	24 / 42
Liberal Democrats	14 / 42
Independent	2 / 42
Green Party	1 / 42
Conservative	1 / 42
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	7 May 2015
Meeting place
Cambridge Guildhall
Website
http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/

Cambridge City Council is a district council in the county of Cambridgeshire, based in the city of Cambridge.

Activities

The council provides various facilities and services within the city. These include parks and open spaces, waste collection, council housing and local planning.

The Council also organises numerous events throughout the year, including the Cambridge Folk Festival and a program of free summer entertainment entitled Summer in the City. It runs the Cambridge Guildhall, on the south side of the Market Square in the centre of Cambridge, where various events are held.

Councillors

There are forty two city councillors with three assigned to each ward. The party composition of the council is: 24 Labour; 14 Liberal Democrat; 2 independent; 1 Green; and 1 Conservative.

The current (2015) Mayor is Councillor Robert Dryden and the Deputy Mayor is Councillor Jeremy Benstead. The Mayor's duties are almost entirely ceremonial, although they do chair meetings of the full Council.

The Leader of the Council is Councillor Lewis Herbert (Labour), and the Deputy Leader is Councillor Carina O'Reilly (Labour). The highest non-elected official is the Chief Executive, Antoinette Jackson.

Elections for a third of the seats take place 3 out of every 4 years. Cambridgeshire County Council elections take place in the 4th year. The County elections last took place in 2013.

See also

• Cambridgeshire County Council

References

• Cambridge City Council
• Cambridge Mayor's Office
• Cambridge City Election Results since 1945

External links

• Open data about Cambridge City Council on OpenlyLocal

Video clips

• Cambridge City Council YouTube channel