Hampshire County Council
| Hampshire County Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | Non-metropolitan county council of Hampshire |
| Leadership | |
| Leader | Roy Perry, Conservative Party |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 78[1] |
| Conservatives |
45 / 78
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| Liberal Democrats |
17 / 78
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| UKIP |
10 / 78
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| Labour |
4 / 78
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| Independent |
1 / 78
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| The Community Campaign (Hart) |
1 / 78
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| Elections | |
| Voting system | First past the post |
| Last election | 2 May 2013 |
| Next election | 2017 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Elizabeth II Court, Winchester | |
| Website | |
| www.hants.gov.uk | |
Hampshire County Council (HCC) is the county council that governs the majority of the county of Hampshire in England. It provides the upper tier of local government, below which are district councils, and town and parish councils. The county council has 78 elected councillors, and is based in the county town of Winchester.
Hampshire County Council is currently controlled by the Conservative Party.
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Responsibilities [edit]
The council is responsible for public services such as education, transport, strategic planning, emergency services, social services, public safety and waste disposal.
The County Council has an in-house Property Services team which has a particular reputation for good school design and has won numerous RIBA awards. They are notable by being the only sizeable public-sector county council architecture studio remaining in the UK, following many years of outsourcing to the private sector.[2]
Local government [edit]
District and borough councils that govern within Hampshire include:[3]
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
- East Hampshire District Council
- Eastleigh Borough Council
- Fareham Borough Council
- Gosport Borough Council
- Hart District Council
- Havant Borough Council
- New Forest District Council
- Rushmoor Borough Council
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Winchester City Council
Elections [edit]
The most recent Hampshire County Council elections were held on 2 May 2013.[4]
At the 2013 local elections for Hampshire County Council, the Conservative Party had a 37.51% share of the votes, the Liberal Democrats had 21.71%, the UK Independence Party had 24.61% and Labour 10%. As a result, 45 Conservatives, 17 Liberal Democrats, 10 UKIP, four Labour and one Community Campaign councillor sit on the County Council.[5]
Notable members [edit]
- Henry Paulet, 16th Marquess of Winchester, Chairman 1904–1909
- James Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury, Chairman 1927–1937
- Sir John Crowder, member 1931–1946
- Horace King, Baron Maybray-King, member 1946–1965
- John Denham, member 1981 to 1989, later a member of parliament
- Mike Hancock, Leader 1989 to 1997, later a member of parliament
- Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon, Chairman
- Alexander Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton, member
- Roy Perry, Leader
References [edit]
- ^ Hampshire County Councillors A-Z
- ^ RIBA website, RIBA Gold Medal - 1990's - 1991 Colin Stansfield Smith (retrieved 2011-10-26)
- ^ Local Government in Hampshire
- ^ "2013 County Election". Hampshire County Council. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^ Hampshire County Council, 2013. [1].
