Southampton City Council

Southampton City Council
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Type
Type
Leadership
Dave Shields,
Labour
since 15 May 2024[1]
Lorna Fielker,
Labour
since 3 January 2024[2]
Chief Executive (interim)
Andrew Travers
since 29 January 2024[3]
Structure
Seats51 councillors
Southampton City Council composition
Political groups
Administration
  Labour (35)
Other parties
  Conservative (10)
  Liberal Democrats (5)
  Green (1)
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Meeting place
Civic Centre, Civic Centre Road, Southampton, SO14 7LY
Website
www.southampton.gov.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Southampton City Council is the local authority of the city of Southampton in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Southampton has had a council since medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1997 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council; it is independent from Hampshire County Council.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2022. It is based at Southampton Civic Centre.

  1. ^ Lewis, Jason (17 May 2024). "Who is the new Lord Mayor of Southampton for 2024/2025?". Daily Echo. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Council minutes, 3 January 2024". Southampton City Council. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  3. ^ Edgley, Timothy (20 January 2024). "Andrew Travers appointed Southampton City Council interim CEO". Daily Echo. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

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