Manchester City Council

Manchester City Council
Manchester City Council
	Coat of arms
	Corporate logo
Type
Type	Metropolitan borough council
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Paul Andrews, ; Labour ; since 15 May 2024
Leader	Bev Craig, ; Labour ; since 1 December 2021
Chief Executive	Joanne Roney ; since April 2017
Structure
Seats	96 councillors
Political groups	Administration (87) Labour (87) Other parties (9) Liberal Democrats (4) Green (3) Workers Party (1) Independent (1)
Joint committees	Greater Manchester Combined Authority; Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	7 May 2026
Motto
	Latin: Concilio Et Labore, lit. 'By Wisdom and Effort'
Meeting place
	Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M60 2LA
Website
	www.manchester.gov.uk

Manchester City Council is the local authority for the city of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. Manchester has had an elected local authority since 1838, which has been reformed several times. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local government services in the city. The council has been a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority since 2011.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 1971. It is based at Manchester Town Hall.

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^ "Council minutes, 1 December 2021" (PDF). Manchester City Council. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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