City of York Council

City of York Council
Whole council elected every four years
Arms of City of York Council
Type
Type
Leadership
Cllr Keith Orrell, Liberal Democrats
Since 25 May 2018
Cllr Ian Gillies, Conservative
Since 2018
Structure
Seats 47 councillors
City of York Council composition
Political groups
Administration (24)
     Conservative (12)
     Liberal Democrats (12)
Other parties (23)
     Labour (13)
     Green (4)
     Independent (6)
Length of term
 4 years
Elections
First past the post
Last election
 7 May 2015
Next election
 2 May 2019
Meeting place
Guildhall at York
The Guildhall, York
Website
www.york.gov.uk

City of York Council is the local authority of the City of York, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority.

Political control

Since 1995 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]

Party in controlYears Council leader
Labour1995 - 2003
Liberal Democrats2003 - 2007
No overall control2007 - 2011 Cllr Andrew Waller
Labour2011 - 2015 Cllr James Alexander, Cllr Dafydd Williams
No overall control2015 - present Cllr Chris Steward, Cllr David Carr, Cllr Ian Gilles

Conservatives and Liberal Democrats 26 of the 47 seats formed a joint administration to run the council in May 2015. Both parties are opposed to green belt development on the scale proposed by the Labour Party.[2] The working majority of the joint administration shrunk in Feburay 2018 to 24 seats, when former council leader Cllr David Carr (Copmanthorpe Ward) and Cllr Suzie Mercer (Wheldrake Ward) quit the Conservative group and party,[3] Labour councillors Fiona Derbyshire and Hilary Shepherd resigned from the Labour Party in August to sit as Independent Socialists York.[4]

Map showing the makeup of York City Council as of 10/11/2017.

Lender option borrower option loans

The council has two lender option borrower option loans (LOBOs) worth £5 million. Each run until 2060 and 2077, with current interest rates of 3.66 percent and 3.8 percent. One of the loans was taken out in 2008, on a 69-year term, and the other in 2010, on a 50-year term.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "York". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Tories & Lib Dems to run York - Chris Steward to be leader - Labour ousted - First policies revealed". York Press. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Council in chaos as outgoing leader quits Tories over 'act of betrayal' - but council tax set". York Press. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  4. ↑ "Two councillors quit Labour but continue as Independent Socialists York". York Press. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Victoria Prest, 14 July 2015 The Press City defends long-term loans, amid national controversy
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