Kent County Council

Kent County Council
Coat of arms
Council logo
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan county
Leadership
Chair	Gary Cooke, Conservative since 25 May 2023[1]
Leader	Roger Gough, Conservative since 17 October 2019
Chief Executive	Amanda Beer since July 2023
Structure
Seats	81 councillors
Political groups	Administration (59)   Conservative (59) Other parties (22)   Labour (7)   Liberal Democrat (6)   Green Party (5)   S&G Residents (1)   Swale Independent (1)   Thanet Independent (1)   Independent (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	6 May 2021
Next election	1 May 2025
Meeting place
County Hall, County Road, Maidstone, ME14 1XQ
Website
www.kent.gov.uk

Kent County Council is a county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Kent in England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes the unitary authority of Medway. Kent County Council is the upper tier of elected local government, below which are 12 district councils, and around 300 town and parish councils. The county council has 81 elected councillors. It is one of the largest local authorities in England in terms of population served and the largest local authority of its type.^{[notes 1]} The council is based at County Hall in Maidstone. It has been under Conservative majority control since 1997.

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