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Luton Borough Council
Luton Borough Council, also known as Luton Council, is the local authority of Luton, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Luton has had an elected local authority since 1850, which has been reformed several times. Since 1997 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council.
The council has been under Labour majority control since 2007. It is based at Luton Town Hall.
Luton's first elected local authority was a local board established in 1850, prior to which the town had been administered by the parish vestry. The town became a municipal borough in 1876 governed by a body formally called the 'mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Luton', generally known as the corporation, town council or borough council.
In 1964 the borough was elevated to county borough status, which saw the council take over county-level functions from Bedfordshire County Council.
On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the county borough was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district. Between 1974 and 1997 Luton was a lower-tier district council, with Bedfordshire County Council again providing county-level services to the town.
In 1997, Luton Borough Council regained responsibility for county-level services from Bedfordshire County Council. The way this change was implemented was to create a new non-metropolitan county of Luton covering the same area as the existing borough, but with no separate county council; instead the existing borough council took on county functions, making it a unitary authority. This therefore restored the borough council to the powers it had held when Luton was a county borough prior to 1974. Luton remains part of the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire for the purposes of lieutenancy.
Luton Borough Council provides all local government services in the area. As a unitary authority it provides both county-level and district-level services. There are no civil parishes in the borough.
Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:
Luton Borough Council
Luton Borough Council, also known as Luton Council, is the local authority of Luton, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Luton has had an elected local authority since 1850, which has been reformed several times. Since 1997 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council.
The council has been under Labour majority control since 2007. It is based at Luton Town Hall.
Luton's first elected local authority was a local board established in 1850, prior to which the town had been administered by the parish vestry. The town became a municipal borough in 1876 governed by a body formally called the 'mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Luton', generally known as the corporation, town council or borough council.
In 1964 the borough was elevated to county borough status, which saw the council take over county-level functions from Bedfordshire County Council.
On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the county borough was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district. Between 1974 and 1997 Luton was a lower-tier district council, with Bedfordshire County Council again providing county-level services to the town.
In 1997, Luton Borough Council regained responsibility for county-level services from Bedfordshire County Council. The way this change was implemented was to create a new non-metropolitan county of Luton covering the same area as the existing borough, but with no separate county council; instead the existing borough council took on county functions, making it a unitary authority. This therefore restored the borough council to the powers it had held when Luton was a county borough prior to 1974. Luton remains part of the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire for the purposes of lieutenancy.
Luton Borough Council provides all local government services in the area. As a unitary authority it provides both county-level and district-level services. There are no civil parishes in the borough.
Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:
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