Houses Unicameral Founded 1 April 1974 | Term limits None | |
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Type Unitary authority council of the Borough of Hartlepool New session started 2 May 2013 (Municipal year 2013/2014) Leader Christopher Akers-Belcher, Labour
Since 2 May 2013 | ||
Hartlepool Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Hartlepool. It is a unitary authority, with the powers and functions of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. Since 2 May 2013 the council has used the leader and cabinet model of executive arrangements. Between 2002 and 2013 it used rarer mayor and cabinet model with a directly elected mayor of Hartlepool. The current civic mayor of Hartlepool since 2 May 2013 is Stephen Akers-Belcher.
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History
The executive function of Hartlepool Borough Council was controlled by a directly elected mayor of Hartlepool from 2002 to 2013.
Political control
Since 1995 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
References
Hartlepool Borough Council Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA