Southampton City Council

Southampton City Council
Southampton City Council
	Council logo
Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Dave Shields, ; Labour ; since 15 May 2024
Leader	Lorna Fielker, ; Labour ; since 3 January 2024
Chief Executive (interim)	Andrew Travers ; since 29 January 2024
Structure
Seats	51 councillors
Political groups	Administration Labour (36) Other parties Conservative (10) Liberal Democrats (4) Green (1)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	7 May 2026
Meeting place
	Civic Centre, Civic Centre Road, Southampton, SO14 7LY
Website
	www.southampton.gov.uk

Southampton City Council is the local authority of the city of Southampton in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Southampton has had a council since medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1997 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council; it is independent from Hampshire County Council.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2022. It is based at Southampton Civic Centre.

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