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Wakefield Council
Wakefield Council, also known as the City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, is the local authority of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield has had a council since 1848, which has been reformed on several occasions. Since 1974 it has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local government services in the city. The council has been a member of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority since 2014.
The council has been under Labour majority control since the 1974 reforms. It meets at County Hall and has its main offices at Wakefield One.
The town of Wakefield had been an ancient borough, with its earliest known charter granted c. 1190. It lost its borough status c. 1580, after which it was governed by its manorial courts and vestry.
A Wakefield parliamentary borough (constituency) was created in 1832. In 1848 the town was also incorporated as a municipal borough, after which it was governed by a body formally called the "mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Wakefield", generally known as the corporation or town council.
Wakefield was awarded city status in 1888, after which the corporation was also known as the city council. In 1915, Wakefield raised to the status of a county borough, taking on the county-level services previously provided in the city by West Riding County Council.
The larger metropolitan district of Wakefield and its council were created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the whole area of eleven former districts and parts of another two, which were all abolished at the same time:
The new Wakefield district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Wakefield's series of mayors dating back to 1848. Wakefield's city status was extended to cover the whole of the new borough. As such the council could call itself "Wakefield City Council", which name is sometimes used for it in official documents and the media. The council now styles itself "Wakefield Council", having previously used the branding "City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council".
From 1974 until 1986 Wakefield was a district-level authority, with West Yorkshire County Council providing county-level services. The metropolitan county councils, including West Yorkshire County Council, were abolished in 1986 under the Local Government Act 1985. Since 1986 Wakefield Council has therefore been responsible for most local government functions.
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Wakefield Council
Wakefield Council, also known as the City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, is the local authority of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield has had a council since 1848, which has been reformed on several occasions. Since 1974 it has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local government services in the city. The council has been a member of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority since 2014.
The council has been under Labour majority control since the 1974 reforms. It meets at County Hall and has its main offices at Wakefield One.
The town of Wakefield had been an ancient borough, with its earliest known charter granted c. 1190. It lost its borough status c. 1580, after which it was governed by its manorial courts and vestry.
A Wakefield parliamentary borough (constituency) was created in 1832. In 1848 the town was also incorporated as a municipal borough, after which it was governed by a body formally called the "mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Wakefield", generally known as the corporation or town council.
Wakefield was awarded city status in 1888, after which the corporation was also known as the city council. In 1915, Wakefield raised to the status of a county borough, taking on the county-level services previously provided in the city by West Riding County Council.
The larger metropolitan district of Wakefield and its council were created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the whole area of eleven former districts and parts of another two, which were all abolished at the same time:
The new Wakefield district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Wakefield's series of mayors dating back to 1848. Wakefield's city status was extended to cover the whole of the new borough. As such the council could call itself "Wakefield City Council", which name is sometimes used for it in official documents and the media. The council now styles itself "Wakefield Council", having previously used the branding "City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council".
From 1974 until 1986 Wakefield was a district-level authority, with West Yorkshire County Council providing county-level services. The metropolitan county councils, including West Yorkshire County Council, were abolished in 1986 under the Local Government Act 1985. Since 1986 Wakefield Council has therefore been responsible for most local government functions.