Salford City Council
Salford City Council | |
|---|---|
| Executive mayor elected every four years Third of council elected three years out of four | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Unicameral |
Term limits | None |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1974 |
| Leadership | |
Ian Stewart, Labour since 3 May 2013 | |
Councillor Peter Dobbs since May 2014 | |
| Structure | |
Joint committees | Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel |
| Elections | |
Council voting system | Plurality-at-large |
Mayor voting system | Supplementary vote |
Last Council election | 2014 (one third of councillors) 2015 (one third of councillors) 2016 (one third of councillors) |
Next Council election | 2018 (one third of councillors) 2019 (one third of councillors) 2020 (one third of councillors) |
| Website | |
| www | |
Salford City Council is the local authority of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Salford. It is a constituent council of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
The directly elected mayor is Ian Stewart and the civic mayor is Peter Dobbs.
The council is based at Swinton Civic Centre with additional offices in Eccles.
Some services are provided by Urban Vision, a public-private partnership formed in 2005 between SCC, Capita and Galliford Try.[1]
Political control
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
| Party in control | Years |
|---|---|
| Labour | since 1973 |
References
- ^ Urban Vision
- ^ "Salford". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
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