Leicester City Council (original) (raw)

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Leicester City Council is a unitary authority responsible for local government in the city of Leicester, England. It consists of 54 councillors, representing 22 wards in the city, overseen by a directly elected mayor. It is currently controlled by the Labour Party and has been led by Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby since his election on 6 May 2011. The main council building is City Hall on Charles Street, but council meetings are held in the 19th-century Town Hall. As a unitary authority, the council is responsible for running nearly all local services in Leicester with the exception of the Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service and Leicestershire Constabulary which are run by joint boards with Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council. (en)

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2022-05-19 (xsd:date)

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2019-05-02 (xsd:date)

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Coat of arms (en)

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Coat of Arms of Leicester City Council.svg (en)

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150 (xsd:integer)

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On a wreath of the colours a wyvern sans legs Argent strewed with wounds Gules wings expanded Ermine. (en)

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2011-05-09 (xsd:date)
2022-05-19 (xsd:date)

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Gules a cinquefoil pierced Ermine. (en)

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n (en)

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Mayor (en)
Council (en)

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2019-05-02 (xsd:date)

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George Cole (en)
Alison Greenhill (en)

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dbr:Lord_Mayor_of_Leicester

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dbr:Directly_elected_mayor_of_Leicester

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Chief operating officer (en)

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Council logo (en)

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Leicester City Council logo.svg (en)

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dbr:Leicester_Town_Hall

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Semper Eadem (en)

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Leicester City Council (en)
MustafaMalik (en)

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2023-05-04 (xsd:date)

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Arms and crest granted in 1619, supporters in 1926. (en)

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Labour (en)

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0001-11-22 (xsd:gMonthDay)
(en)
Independent (en)
Conservative (en)
: (en)
Liberal Democrat (en)

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54 (xsd:integer)

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Leicester Town Hall tower.jpg (en)

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Leicester_City Council_2022.svg (en)

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Leicester City Council composition (en)

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280 (xsd:integer)

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On either side a lion reguardant Gules gorged with a ducal coronet suspended therefrom by a chain Or a cinquefoil Ermine pierced Gules. (en)

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Whole council elected every four years (en)
Executive mayor elected every four years (en)

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https://www.leicester.gov.uk/

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Leicester City Council is a unitary authority responsible for local government in the city of Leicester, England. It consists of 54 councillors, representing 22 wards in the city, overseen by a directly elected mayor. It is currently controlled by the Labour Party and has been led by Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby since his election on 6 May 2011. The main council building is City Hall on Charles Street, but council meetings are held in the 19th-century Town Hall. (en)

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