Nottingham City Council

Nottingham City Council
Nottingham City Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Carole McCulloch, ; Labour ; since 22 May 2023
Leader	Neghat Khan, ; Labour ; since 20 May 2024
Chief Executive	Mel Barrett ; since September 2020
Structure
Seats	55 councillors
Political groups	Administration (50) Labour (50) Other parties (5) Nottingham Ind. (3) Independent (2)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	6 May 2027
Meeting place
	Council House, Old Market Square, Nottingham, NG1 2DT
Website
	www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Nottingham City Council is the local authority for Nottingham, a unitary authority with city status. Nottingham is in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England, but as a unitary authority the city council is administratively independent from the surrounding Nottinghamshire County Council. The city council consists of 55 councillors, representing a total of 20 wards, elected every four years. The council is led by Neghat Khan, of the majority Labour Party.^[4]^[5] The council is a constituent member of the East Midlands Combined County Authority.

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^ "Council minutes, 20 May 2019" (PDF). Nottingham City Council. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
^ "New permanent Chief Executive for Nottingham City Council". Nottingham City Council. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ Ram, Phoebe (3 May 2019). "David Mellen is the new leader of Nottingham City Council". nottinghampost. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^ "Your Councillors". nottinghamcity.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009.