Rutland County Council

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. The population of the council's area at the 2011 census was 37,369.[1]

Rutland County Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1997[lower-alpha 1]
Preceded byRutland District Council
Leicestershire County Council
Leadership
Chairman of the Council
Cllr Kenneth Bool, Conservative
since 1 June 2015
Leader of the Council
Cllr Oliver Hemsley, Conservative
since 5 February 2017
Chief executive
Helen Briggs
since October 2006
Structure
Seats27 councillors
Political groups
Administration
     Conservative (15)
Other parties
     Independent (8)
     Liberal Democrat (3)
     Green (1)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First past the post
Last election
2 May 2019
Next election
 May 2023
Meeting place
Catmose House, Oakham
Website
www.rutland.gov.uk

Formally it is a unitary district with the full legal title of Rutland County Council District Council,[2] caused by a renaming of the District of Rutland using powers under section 74 of the Local Government Act 1972 at a special meeting of the council held on 1 April 1997. Although, as with other unitary councils, the council is technically a non-metropolitan district council, section 8 of the Leicestershire (City of Leicester and District of Rutland) (Structural Change) Order 1996[3] created a county covering the same area as the District of Rutland, and further provided that there would be no council for the County of Rutland.

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.

History

First incarnation

Rutland County Council was first 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.[4]

Second incarnation

The new unitary authority is seen as a re-creation of the original Rutland County Council. The Local Government Commission for England in 1994 recommended that Rutland District (and Leicester City) should become unitaries and leave the two-tier Leicestershire.[5] Rutland unitary authority came into existence on 1 April 1997.[3]

Composition

The council consists of 27 councillors, representing fifteen 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,[6] May 2011, 2015 and 2019.

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 independent, Liberal Democrat and Green councillors.

Current composition
Political group Councillors[7][8]
2015 election 2019 election
Conservative 16 15
Independent 8 8
Liberal Democrats 2 3
Green 1
Total 26 27

Wards
Rutland wards

The county is divided into electoral wards, returning one, two or three councillors. The previous wards were adopted for the 2003 local elections but amended before the 2019 elections.

WardCouncillorsDescription
Braunston & Belton1Parishes of Ayston, Belton, Braunston, Brooke, Leighfield, Preston, Ridlington and Wardley
Cottesmore2Parishes of Barrow, Cottesmore, Market Overton and Teigh
Exton1Parishes of Ashwell, Burley, Egleton, Exton, Hambleton, Horn and Whitwell
Greetham1Parishes of Clipsham, Greetham, Pickworth, Stretton and Thistleton
Ketton2Parishes of Barrowden, Ketton, Tinwell and Tixover
Langham1Parish of Langham
Lyddington1Parishes of Bisbrooke, Caldecott, Glaston, Lyddington, Seaton, Stoke Dry and Thorpe by Water
Martinsthorpe1Parishes of Gunthorpe, Lyndon, Manton, Martinsthorpe, Morcott, Pilton and Wing
Normanton2Parishes of Edith Weston, Empingham, Normanton, North Luffenham, South Luffenham
Oakham North East2Oakham northwest of Burley Road/Mill Street/South Street and east of the railway
Oakham North West2Oakham north of Braunston Road and west of the railway, and the parish of Barleythorpe
Oakham South East2Oakham southeast of Burley Road/Mill Street/South Street and east of the railway
Oakham South West2Oakham south of Braunston Road and west of the railway
Ryhall & Casterton2Parishes of Essendine, Great Casterton, Little Casterton, Ryhall and Tickencote
Uppingham3Parishes of Uppingham and Beaumont Chase
Whissendine1Parish of Whissendine
Parliamentary constituency Ward Councillor Party Term of office
Rutland and Melton
constituency		 Barleythorpe David Blanksby Conservative 2019–23
Sue Webb Independent 2019-23
Braunston & Martinsthorpe Edward Baines Conservative 2019–23
William Cross Conservative 2019-23
Cottesmore Samantha Harvey Conservative 2019-23
Abigail McCartney Liberal Democrats 2019–23
Exton June Fox Conservative 2016–23
Greetham Nick Begy Conservative 2019-23
Ketton Gordon Brown Conservative 2019-23
Karen Payne Conservative 2019–23
Langham Oliver Hemsley Conservative 2019-23
Lyddington Andrew Brown Independent 2019-23
Normanton Kenneth Bool Conservative 2019-23
Gale Waller Liberal Democrats 2019-23
Oakham North East Jeff Dale Independent 2019–23
Alan Walters Conservative 2019-23
Oakham North West Paul Ainsley Conservative 2019–23
Adam Lowe Independent 2019-23
Oakham South Joanna Burrows Liberal Democrats 2019–23
Ian Razzell Conservative 2019–23
Nick Woodley Conservative 2019–23
Ryhall and Casterton Richard Coleman Conservative 2019-23
David Wilby Conservative 2019-23
Uppingham Miranda Jones Green 2019-23
Marc Oxley Independent 2019-23
Lucy Stephenson Conservative 2019–23
Whissendine Rosemary Powell Independent 2019-23

2016 EU Referendum
See also: Results of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum

On 23 June 2016 Rutland voted in only the third major UK-wide referendum on the issue of the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union in the 2016 EU Referendum under the provisions of the European Union Referendum Act 2015 where voters were asked to decide on the question “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union” by voting for either “Remain a member of the European Union” or “Leave the European Union”. The county produced one of the narrowest results in the country by voting to “Leave the European Union” by a majority of just 260 votes. The result went against the views of the local MP Alan Duncan who had campaigned for a "Remain" vote.

The result was declared in Oakham early on 24 June 2016 by the Counting Officer, Helen Briggs.

United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016
Rutland
Choice Votes %
Leave the European Union 11,61350.57%
Remain a member of the European Union 11,35349.43%
Valid votes 22,96699.92%
Invalid or blank votes 180.08%
Total votes 22,984100.00%
Registered voters and turnout 29,39078.20%
Rutland referendum result (without spoiled ballots):
Leave:
11,613 (50.6%)		 Remain:
11,353 (49.4%)
▲

See also

Rutland County Council elections

Notes
  1. District council gained unitary authority functions.

References
  1. "Unitary Authority population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. "Rutland County Council – Constitution of the Council".
  3. The Leicestershire (City of Leicester and District of Rutland) (Structural Change) Order 1996 SI 1996/507
  4. "Rutland's History Headlines". BBC. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  5. LGCE Final Recommendations for the Future Local Government of Leicestershire. December 1994.
  6. 2007 Local Election results for RCC
  7. "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  8. "Your Councillors by Party". Rutland County Council. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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