Blackpool Council

Blackpool Council is the local authority of the Borough of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a county council and district council combined.

Blackpool Council


Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Mayor	Cllr Kath Benson, Labour since 18 May 2022[1]
Leader	Cllr Lynn Williams, Labour since 20 July 2020[2]
Chief executive	Neil Jack since 21 July 2011[3]
Structure
Seats	42 councillors[4]

Political groups	Administration (21) Labour (21) Other Parties (21) Conservative (16) Independent (5)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large[lower-alpha 1]
Last election	2 May 2019
Next election	May 2023
Meeting place

Town Hall, Blackpool
Website
www.blackpool.gov.uk

Political control

Since becoming a unitary authority in 1998 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[5]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1998–2007
	Conservative	2007–2011
	Labour	2011–present

The next election is due in 2027.

Notes

First-past-the-post used in by-elections.

References

"Council minutes, 18 May 2022" (PDF). Blackpool Council. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
"Council minutes, 20 July 2020" (PDF). Blackpool Council. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
"Chief executive changes in Blackpool and West Lancashire". Inside Media. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
"Blackpool Council political make-up".
"Blackpool". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 September 2009.

Unitary authorities of England
Areas	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local authorities in Lancashire
County council and unitary	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Lancashire
District councils	Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Lancaster Pendle Preston Ribble Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre

Culture and infrastructure of Blackpool

Health

History

Shipwrecks
- Abana
- HMS Foudroyant
- Riverdance
- Sirene
Blackpool Heritage Trams

Media

Politics

Council Council elections 2000 03 07 11 15
Constituencies: Blackpool North By-election: 1962 Blackpool North and Cleveleys Blackpool North and Fleetwood Blackpool South North Lancashire By-elections: 1874 78 85

Sport

Transport

Blackpool Airport Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad Blackpool branch lines Blackpool Electric Tramway Company Blackpool Tramway Blackpool Transport British NorthWest Airlines English Electric Balloon Flexity 2 Flykeen Airways List of tram stops Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Railway stations	Blackpool North Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South Layton
Disused stations	Blackpool Central South Shore

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