Plymouth City Council
| Plymouth City Council | |
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| Type | |
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| Leadership | |
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Leader of the Council
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Ian Bowyer
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Chief Executive
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Tracey Lee
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 57 |
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27 / 57
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27 / 57
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3 / 57
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| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
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Last election
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5 May 2016 |
| Meeting place | |
| The Council House, Plymouth | |
| Website | |
| www |
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Plymouth City Council is the unitary authority for Plymouth, Devon. It has traditionally been controlled by Labour or the Conservatives, with Liberal Democrats rarely winning seats upon the council.
The council is run by the "leader and cabinet" model, where the leader of the council – normally leader of the majority party – is selected by fellow councillors, who in turn select the executive, commonly referred to as the cabinet. The leader of the council is Ian Bowyer since May 2016, of the Conservative Party, and the opposition group leader is Tudor Evans of the Labour Party.
Plymouth was recorded as a borough from 1276 and was incorporated in 1439. In April 1889, as a result of the reform of local government by the Local Government Act 1888, Plymouth became a self-administering county borough. In 1914, the Borough of Plymouth was united with the adjoining boroughs of Devonport and Stonehouse and in 1928, became a city by royal charter. In 1971, a Local Government White Paper was published which would have left Plymouth, a town of 250,000 people, being administered from a council based at Exeter, a smaller city on the other side of Devon. This led to Plymouth lobbying for the creation of a new county of "Tamarside", to include Plymouth, Torpoint, Saltash, and their rural hinterland. This campaign was unsuccessful, and on 1 April 1974, Plymouth surrendered control of several areas to Devon County Council.
This continued until 1 April 1998, when, under the recommendations of the Banham Commission, Plymouth was designated to become a unitary authority, and Plymouth City Council was established.
The coat of arms of the City of Plymouth show the four towers of the old Plymouth Castle, with the saltire of Saint Andrew, who is the patron of Plymouth's oldest church. The crest is a blue naval crown with a red anchor held in a lion's paw. The crown and anchor were part of the crest of the former County Borough of Devonport and represent the importance of the Royal Navy in the life of the city. The Latin motto, Turris Fortissima est Nomen Jehova, means "The strongest tower is the name of the Lord".
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