Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Executive mayor elected every four years Whole council elected every four years
Type
Type	Metropolitan district council of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	None
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Executive mayor	Ros Jones, Labour Since 2 May 2013
Civic mayor	Eddie Dobbs Since 24 May 2013
Structure
Seats	55 councillors (1 executive mayor)

Council political groups	Labour (41) Conservative (8) Mexborough First (3) UKIP (2) Independent (1)
Joint committees	Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority
Elections
Council voting system	Plurality-at-large
Mayor voting system	Supplementary vote
Council last election	2014 (one third of councillors) 2015 (all councillors)
Council next election	2017 (all councillors)
Mayor next election	2017
Website
www.doncaster.gov.uk

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of four in South Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Doncaster.

The directly elected mayor is Ros Jones^[1]

Doncaster is divided into 21 wards for electoral purposes, electing a total of 55 councillors.^[2]

From 1973 to 2014, the council was elected by thirds every year except the year in which county council elections took place in other parts of England. In 2015, the whole council was elected due to boundary changes to the wards and it was decided that the whole council would be elected every four years in future from 2017, so that the council elections would coincide with the election of the Mayor of Doncaster in future.^[3]

Political control

Further information: Doncaster local elections

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[4]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 2004
No overall control	2004 - 2010
Labour	2010–present

References

↑ http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/sections/councilanddemocracy/doncasterscouncillors/office_of_the_civic_mayor.aspx
↑ http://doncaster.moderngov.co.uk/mgFindMember.aspx
↑ "The Borough of Doncaster (Scheme of Elections) Order 2013". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
↑ "Doncaster". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-07.

Local authorities in South Yorkshire

Joint arrangements	Sheffield City Region Combined Authority South Yorkshire Joint Secretariat

Metropolitan district councils	Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield

Metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Councils	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Local elections	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

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