About The Council
Leicestershire County Council provides a wide range of services to over 600,000 people in Leicestershire and spends over £500 million a year. Fifty five democratically-elected County Councillors each represent their own local area. A Cabinet makes executive decisions and the Council has an established scrutiny process.
The County Council has had its current administrative boundaries since 1997, when Leicester City and Rutland both became unitary authorities.
A shadow leader and cabinet model was introduced in 1999, with formal adoption in 2001. In addition, a scrutiny commission, five scrutiny committees and regulatory bodies were formed. Prior to 1999, when a joint administration was formed between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat groups, no political group was in overall control for many years, and no coalition of parties came together to form an administration. In June 2001, the Conservative group took overall control and formed a single party administration, and following the June 2011 local elections the Conservative group remain in overall control.
The Leader of the County Council is David Parsons CBE
Political Structure | |
Political Parties | Total Seats |
Conservative | 36 |
Liberal Democrat | 14 |
Labour | 4 |
BNP | 1 |
Details of the Councils Structure are available.
Officer Structure
At officer level, there are five departments providing or supporting the provision of services to local people:
