Hull City Council is the governing body for the unitary authority

Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...

 and city of Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...

. It was created in 1972 as the successor to the Corporation of (Kingston upon) Hull, which was also known as Hull Corporation.

Structure

Since 2002 Hull City Council consists of 59 councillors which are elected from 23 ward

Wards of the United Kingdom

A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...

s, each ward returning either two or three councillors.
The council has several subcomponents with differing responsibilities:

• Cabinet: The Cabinet makes most day-to-day decisions. It consists of the council leader, council deputy leader, and eight other councillors (called Portfolio Holders), all elected by the full council.
• Cabinet Committees: The Cabinet appoints councillors to Cabinet Committees to handle specific responsibilities, such as granting of contracts above a certain monetary value.
• Task Groups: The Cabinet can form temporary units called Task Groups, usually to deal with specific issues. These can contain members from outside the council, such as persons expert in the issue or members of the public.
• Area Committees
  Area committee
  Many large local government councils in the United Kingdom have a system of area committees, with responsibility for services in a particular part of the area covered by the council....
  
  : These committees are responsible for different geographic areas of the city. They advise the Council and perform certain duties assigned. The Area Committees hold public area forums, in which citizens can participate directly.
• Regulatory Committees: Required by law or by the nature of the function for which they are responsible. These functions include planning, licensing, standards, school government, and civic affairs.
• Overview and Scrutiny Committees: Designed to allow citizens greater say in council oversight, these committees hold public hearings into issues of local concern.

Ward	Area	Councillors	Map location
Avenue	Wyke	3	19
Beverley	Northern	2	15
Boothferry	West	3	22
Bransholme East	North Carr	2	12
Bransholme West	North Carr	2	13
Bricknell	Wyke	2	20
Derringham	West	3	21
Drypool	Riverside	3	4
Holderness	Park	3	10
Ings	East	3	9
Kings Park	North Carr	2	14
Longhill	East	3	8
Marfleet	Park	3	5
Myton	Riverside	3	3
Newington	Riverside	3	23
Newland	Wyke	2	18
Orchard Park & Greenwood	Northern	3	16
Pickering	West	3	1
Southcoates East	Park	2	7
Southcoates West	Park	2	6
St Andrews	Riverside	2	2
Sutton	East	3	11
University	Northern	2	17

Political composition

In the 2011 election Labour regained control of the council following the collapse of the Liberal Democrat vote. Prior to this Hull City Council had been led by a Liberal Democrat administration since the 2006 election

Hull Council election, 2006

The 2006 Hull Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control...

. Originally as a minority administration, the Liberal Democrats first gained overall control of the council after the 2007 election

Hull Council election, 2007

The 2007 Hull Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control...

. The council had been led by Labour since the early 1970s until 2002. They again led the council as a minority administration between 2003 and 2006.

Year	Lib Dems Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	Others	Reference	Controlling Party
2011	22		34		2		1		Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
2010	33		22		2		2		Lib Dems Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
2008 Hull Council election, 2008 The 2008 Hull Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats retained control of the council with an increased majority from a situation of ruling under no overall control.After the...	33		19		3		4		Lib Dems Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
2007 Hull Council election, 2007 The 2007 Hull Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control...	30		20		3		6		Lib Dems Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
2006 Hull Council election, 2006 The 2006 Hull Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control...	26		25		2		6			No Overall Control
2004 Hull Council election, 2004 The 2004 Hull Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was...	24		27		2		6			No Overall Control
2003 Hull Council election, 2003 The 2003 Hull Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control....	21		28		2		8			No Overall Control
2002 Hull Council election, 2002 The 2002 Hull Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1...	29		24		2		4	The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 Hull Council election, 2000 The 2000 Hull Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council....  reducing the number of seats by 1.		No Overall Control
2000 Hull Council election, 2000 The 2000 Hull Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council....	10		44		2		4		Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1999 Hull Council election, 1999 The 1999 Hull Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council...	4		51		1		4		Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

External links

• http://www.hullcc.gov.uk