Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Lyn Sharpe, Labour since 16 May 2024[1]
Leader	Jane Ashworth, Labour since 25 May 2023[2]
City Director	Jon Rouse since February 2020[3]
Structure
Seats	44 councillors
Political groups	Administration (29)   Labour (29) Other parties (15)   Conservative (14)   City Independents (1)
Length of term	Whole council elected every four years
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	6 May 2027
Meeting place
Town Hall and Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1HH
Website
stoke.gov.uk

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is the local authority of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, England. 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 Staffordshire County Council.

The council has under Labour majority control since 2023. It meets at Stoke-upon-Trent Town Hall. Its main offices are divided between the Civic Centre adjoining the town hall and One Smithfield in Hanley.