Blackpool Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Neil Jack since 21 July 2011[3] | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 42 councillors[4] |
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Political groups |
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Length of term | 4 years |
| Elections | |
| Plurality-at-large[a] | |
Last election | 4 May 2023 |
Next election | 6 May 2027 |
| Motto | |
| Progress | |
| Meeting place | |
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| Town Hall, Talbot Square, Blackpool, FY1 1GB | |
| Website | |
| blackpool | |
Blackpool Council is the local authority of the Borough of Blackpool, in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. Since 1998 it has been unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council; it is independent from Lancashire County Council.
The council has been under Labour majority control since 2023. It meets at Blackpool Town Hall and has its offices in the adjoining Municipal Buildings and at Bickerstaffe Square.
- ^ Parkinson, Shelagh (15 May 2024). "I'm honoured to be Mayor of the country's number one seaside town Blackpool". The Gazette. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "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".
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