Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

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.

Doncaster Council
Whole council elected every four years
Coat of arms
Type
Type
Metropolitan district
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Ros Jones MBE, Labour
since 2nd May 2016
Civic Mayor
Cllr. Linda Curran
since 18th May 2019
Chief Executive Officer
Damian Allen
Structure
SeatsElected mayor
55 councillors
Political groups
  •      Labour (43)
  •      Conservative (7)
  •      Mexborough First (3)
  •      Independent (2)
Joint committees
Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority
Elections
Plurality-at-large
Last election
5 May 2017
Next election
2021
Meeting place
Civic Office
Doncaster
Website
www.doncaster.gov.uk

The directly elected mayor is Ros Jones.[1]

Doncaster is divided into 21 wards for electoral purposes, electing a total of 55 councillors.[2]

From 1973 to 2014, the council was elected by thirds every year except the year in which county council elections took place in other parts of England. In 2015, the whole council was elected due to boundary changes to the wards and it was decided that the whole council would be elected every four years from 2017, so that the council elections would coincide with the election of the Mayor of Doncaster.[3]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[4]

Party in controlYears
Labour1973 - 2004
No overall control2004 - 2010
Labour2010–present

Wards

Doncaster is divided into 21 wards for electoral purposes with each ward electing either two or three councillors.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://doncaster.moderngov.co.uk/mgFindMember.aspx
  3. "The Borough of Doncaster (Scheme of Elections) Order 2013". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. "Doncaster". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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