Nottingham City Council is the non-metropolitan district council 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...

 of Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

 in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

. It consists of 55 councillors, representing a total of 20 wards, elected every four years. It is led by Jon Collins, of the majority Labour Party

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...

. The deputy leader of the council is Cllr Graham Chapman. The last elections were held on Thursday 5 May 2011

Nottingham City Council election, 2011

The 2011 elections to Nottingham City Council were held on 5 May 2011 to elect all 55 members to the Council.The previous election was held in 2007 and the results were: Labour 42, Conservatives 7, Liberal Democrats 6. At the time of the 2011 election one Labour councillor, Mick Newton, had left...

.

Political control

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
2011 United Kingdom local elections, 2011 The 2011 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. In England, direct elections were held in all 36 Metropolitan boroughs, 194 Second-tier district authorities, 49 unitary authorities and various mayoral posts, meaning local elections took place in all parts of England with...	50	0	5
2007 United Kingdom local elections, 2007 The 2007 UK local government elections were held on 3 May 2007. These elections took place in most of England and all of Scotland. There were no local government elections in Wales though the Welsh Assembly had a general election on the same day. There were no local government elections in Northern...	42†	6	7
2003 United Kingdom local elections, 2003 Local elections took place in various parts of the United Kingdom on 1 May 2003, the same day as the Scottish Parliamentary and the Welsh Assembly elections. There were local elections for all councils in Scotland and in most of England...	36	11‡	8
2000 United Kingdom local elections, 2000 Local elections took place in some parts of England on 4 May 2000. A third of the seats on each of the Metropolitan Boroughs were elected along with elections in many of the unitary authorities and district councils...	40	4	1

† Cllr Mick Newton left the Labour Party and became an independent councillor in March 2011, leaving Labour with 41 councillors.

‡ In 2003, 6 weeks after the election 5 Lib Dems split from their party to form a group of Independents.

Wards

Ward	Councillors
Arboretum	2
Aspley Aspley, Nottingham Aspley is a suburb of the city of Nottingham. It is located within the boundaries of Nottingham City Council.It adjoins the nearby estates of Broxtowe Estate and Strelley...	3
Basford Basford, Nottingham Basford is a suburb in northern Nottingham. Basford parish was absorbed into Nottingham in 1877. It gave its name to the Basford Rural District which existed from 1894 to 1974....	3
Berridge	3
Bestwood	3
Bilborough Bilborough Bilborough is a suburb of the city of Nottingham, England.Located just off the A6002 road is Bilborough College.Bilborough has a high street containing a bank , a butcher's shop, a Gregg's, a library and a Co-op store among others....	3
Bridge	2
Bulwell Bulwell Bulwell is an English market town approximately northwest of Nottingham city centre, on the northern edge of the city. The United Kingdom Census 2001 showed there were almost 30,000 people living in the Bulwell area, accounting for over 10% of the population of the city of Nottingham.-Early...	3
Bulwell Forest	3
Clifton North	3
Clifton South	3
Dales	3
Dunkirk and Lenton Lenton, Nottingham Lenton is an area of the City of Nottingham in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. Politically, it falls within the Nottingham South constituency. Most of the area lies within the electoral ward of "Dunkirk and Lenton", however the "Lenton Triangle" area, considered by most residents to be part...	2
Leen Valley Leen Valley The Leen Valley is the wide valley formed by the River Leen within the county of Nottinghamshire.The Leen Valley was once an important centre for hosiery and coal mining industries. Today, although light manufacturing continues, the valley is increasingly becoming part of the commuter belt for...	2
Mapperley Mapperley Mapperley is a residential and commercial area of north-eastern Nottingham, England. The area is bounded by Sherwood to the north-west, Thorneywood to the south and Gedling to the east.-History:...	3
Radford Radford, Nottingham Radford is an inner-city area of Nottingham, located just outside the city centre itself.-History:Radford is bounded on the south by Lenton and Nottingham, and comprises around of land....  and Park	3
Sherwood Sherwood, Nottingham Sherwood is a largely residential area in the north east of Nottingham, England. It is approximately 1.5 miles North of Nottingham City Centre...	3
St Anns	3
Wollaton Wollaton Wollaton is an area in the western part of Nottingham, England. It is home to Wollaton Hall with its museum, deer park, lake, walks and golf course...  East and Lenton Abbey Lenton Abbey Lenton Abbey is a location in Nottingham, in the Wollaton East and Lenton Abbey ward of Nottingham City Council.Lenton Abbey adjoins Wollaton, Beeston and the University of Nottingham.There is a Church of England church St. Barnabas' Church, Lenton Abbey....	2
Wollaton West	3

External links

• Nottingham City Council
• Ward info