Canterbury City Council

Canterbury City Council is the local authority for the City of Canterbury district of Kent.

Canterbury City Council
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Lord Mayor
Pat Todd[1], Conservative
Leader of the Council and Conservative Group
Ben Fitter-Harding[2], Conservative
Deputy Leader of the Council and Conservative Group
Rachel Carnac[3], Conservative
Leader of the Labour Group
Dave Wilson[4], Labour
Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group
Michael Dixey[5], Liberal Democrat
Structure
Seats39
Political groups
  Conservative (23)
  Labour (9)
  Liberal Democrats (6)
  Green (1)
Elections
Last election
2 May 2019
Next election
2023
Meeting place
Canterbury Guildhall (formerly the Church of the Holy Cross)
Website
www.canterbury.gov.uk

Political control
See also: Canterbury local elections

Elections for to all seats on the city council are held every four years. After being under no overall control for a number of years, the Conservative party gained a majority at the 2007 election.

Following the 2019 United Kingdom local elections the political composition of Canterbury council is as follows (2017 results follows by-elections):[6]

YearConservativeLabour PartyLiberal DemocratUKIP
2019231060
201730432

Meeting place

After the Church of the Holy Cross, which was commissioned by Archbishop Simon Sudbury and completed before his death in 1381,[7][8] was declared redundant and de-consecrated in 1972, it was acquired by the city council and converted for municipal use: it was officially re-opened by the Prince of Wales as the new Canterbury Guildhall and meeting place of the city council on 9 November 1978.[9]

References
  1. "Pat Todd". Canterbury City Council. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. "Ben Fitter-Harding". Canterbury City Council. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. "Rachel Carnac". Canterbury City Council. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. "Dave Wilson". Canterbury City Council. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  5. "Michael Dixey". Canterbury City Council. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  6. "Declaration of result of poll - Canterbury - Election of a City Councillor for Reculver on 5 May 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-20.
  7. Bax, Stephen (2000). "Canterbury buildings". Westgate Tower. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  8. Historic England. "Church of the Holy Cross, Canterbury (1241661)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  9. "Remember Prince is Freeman of City". Kentish Gazette. 14 February 2013.
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