Cumbria County Council
| Cumbria County Council | |
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| Leadership | |
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Chairman
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Vice chairman
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Leader of the Labour group
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Cllr Anne Burns,
Labour |
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Leader of the Conservative group
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Cllr James Airey,
Conservative |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 84 (43 needed for a majority) |
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Political groups
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Length of term
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up to 4 years |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
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Last election
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2 May 2013 |
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Next election
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4 May 2017 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Main: Cumbria House, Botchergate, Carlisle. Secondary: Former Westmorland County Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, United Kingdom |
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| Website | |
| councilportal |
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Cumbria County Council is the county council of Cumbria, a county in the North West of England. Established in 1974, following its first elections held a year before that, it is an elected local government body responsible for the most significant local services in the county, including county schools, county roads, and social services.
In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the administrative counties of Cumberland and Westmorland and the county borough of Carlisle were abolished, and the areas they covered were combined with parts of Lancashire and parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire to form a new non-metropolitan county called Cumbria.
Cumbria County Council is responsible for the more strategic local services of the county, including education (schools, both primary and secondary), libraries and youth services, social services, highway maintenance, waste disposal, emergency planning, consumer protection, and town and country planning for minerals matters, waste and for highways. This makes it a substantial employer.
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