Lancashire County Council

Lancashire County Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan county
Established	1 April 1974
Leadership
Chair	Alan Cullens, Conservative since 15 September 2023[1]
Leader	Phillippa Williamson, Conservative since 27 May 2021[2]
Chief Executive	Angie Ridgwell since 3 January 2018[3]
Structure
Seats	84 councillors
Political groups	Administration (48)[4]   Conservative (48) Other parties (36)   Labour (27)   Independent (5)   Liberal Democrats (2)   Green Party (2)
Length of term	4 years[5]
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post voting
Last election	6 May 2021
Next election	1 May 2025
Meeting place
County Hall, Fishergate, Preston, PR1 8XJ
Website
www.lancashire.gov.uk

Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool. The council is based in County Hall, Preston, and consists of 84 councillors.

Since the 2017 election, the council has been under Conservative control. Before the 2009 Lancashire County Council election, the county had been under Labour control since 1989. The leader of the council is Conservative councillor Phillippa Williamson, appointed in 2021, chairing a cabinet of eight. The Chief Executive and Director of Resources is Angie Ridgwell, who was appointed in 2018.

The council is the successor to the county council of the administrative county of Lancashire, which was created on 1 April 1889. The council was abolished and reconstituted in 1974, when local government in England was reformed and a non-metropolitan county of Lancashire was created, governed by a county council and thirteen district councils. The districts of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen became unitary authorities in 1998, meaning they are no longer governed by Lancashire County Council.