Type County council Seat 55 | Seats 55 | |
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Mayor Seamus McGrath, FF
Since June 26, 2016 Chief Executive Tim Lucey
Since February 26, 2014 Political groups Council Control (18)
Fine Gael (17)
Labour Party (1)
Supply and Confidence (10)
Independent (10)
Council Opposition (27)
Fianna Fáil (16)
Sinn Féin (7)
Social Democrats (1)
Independent (3) Voting system Single Transferable Vote | ||
Inspection from cork county council
Cork County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Chorcaí) is the authority responsible for local government in County Cork, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 55 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Mayor. The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Tim Lucey The county seat is Cork County Hall in Cork. The 2015 Cork Local Government Review has recommended merging Cork City Council and Cork County Council into a single "super council"; however, a minority report opposes the merger.
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Councillors
For the purpose of elections the county is divided into 8 local electoral areas: Ballincollig-Carrigaline (10), Bandon-Kinsale (6), Blarney-Macroom (6), Cobh (7), East Cork (6), Fermoy (6), Kanturk-Mallow (6) and West Cork (8).
Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 23 May 2014.