Northumberland County Council - wikipedia Northumberland County Council Northumberland County Council Type Type Unitary authority History Founded 1 April 2009 Preceded by District councils Berwick - upon - Tweed Borough Council Blyth Valley Borough Council Castle Morpeth Borough Council Alnwick District Council Tynedale District Council Wansbeck District Council Leadership Civic Head Cllr Anthony Harkness Murray MBE, Conservative Since 24 May 2017 Business Chair Cllr Richard Robert Dodd, Conservative Since 24 May 2017 Leader of the Council Cllr. Peter Alan Jackson, Conservative Since 24 May 2017 Structure Seats 67 councillors Political groups Administration Conservative ( 33 ) Other parties Labour ( 24 ) Liberal Democrats ( 3 ) Non Aligned ( 4 ) Bedlington Independents ( 3 ) Elections Voting system First past the post Last election 4 May 2017 Next election 6 May 2021 Meeting place County Hall, Morpeth Website northumberland.gov.uk Northumberland proper, as administered by the Council Northumberland County Council is a unitary authority in North East England. The population of the Non-Metropolitan Unitary Authority at the 2011 Census was 316,028. Contents 1 History 1.1 Naming of the new Unitary Authority 2 Council Leadership 2.1 Civic Leadership and Offices of Honour 2.2 Presiding Officers 2.3 Leader of the Council and Cabinet 2.4 Leader of the Official Opposition and Shadow Cabinet 3 Composition 4 Other uses 4.1 Eurostat statistical area 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links History It was formed in 1889 as the council for the administrative county of Northumberland and reformed, downsized in 1974 to cover the newly formed non-metropolitan county of Northumberland, which for the first time excluded the City of Newcastle upon Tyne conurbation. As part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England it became a unitary authority with the same boundaries, this disregarded the referendum held in 2005 in which the population voted against the forming of a Unitary authority. Its elections have been in May 2008, 2013, and 2017 to be at four yearly intervals, the expected length of office of each councillor. The next local election is expected in May 2021. Naming of the new unitary authority Throughout 2008, the people of Northumberland were consulted about the new name of the unitary authority. The choice was between having the name of the incumbent county council as the name for the new unitary authority - Northumberland County Council or whether a brand new name should be given - Northumberland Council. Online polls were held and the votes of staff within the former district councils were collated and overall, the name of the incumbent county council was preferred on a ratio of nearly 2 : 1. On 17 December 2008 it was decided that the new name would be Northumberland County Council. The Chairman of the Council stated that : Having considered the findings of this consultation, it has been decided to call the new authority Northumberland County Council. It is important to reiterate that whilst the single unitary will adopt the name of an existing council, this is emphatically not a County Council takeover. As of 1 April 2009, all existing Northumberland councils will be abolished to make way for a brand new organisation, with new vision, values, and behaviours. Legally however, the County Council remains the same body as at present, simply assuming the functions of the districts. Council leadership Civic Leadership and Offices of Honour Offices ( s ) Name Civic Head of Northumberland County Council First Citizen of Northumberland Coun. Anthony Harkness Murray MBE Deputy Civic Head of Northumberland County Council Second Citizen of Northumberland Coun. Jeffrey George Watson Father of the Council Coun. Ian Carr Fry Swithenbank CBE Baby of the Council Coun. Gregah Alan Roughead FRSA Presiding Officers Offices ( s ) Name Business Chair of the Council Coun. Richard Robert Dodd Deputy Business Chair of the Council Coun. Barry Malcolm Flux Leader of the Council and cabinet Following the election of May 2017, Northumberland County Council has no overall control, however the Conservative Party are the largest group on the Council being one seat short of an overall majority so form the Council 's current Administration. Offices ( s ) Name Leader of the Council Leader of the Conservative Group Coun. Peter Alan Jackson Deputy Leader of the Council Cabinet Member for Children 's Services Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group Coun. Wayne Daley Cabinet Secretary Cabinet Member for Corporate Resources Coun. Nicholas Oliver Cabinet Member for Adult Well - being and Health Secretary of the Conservative Group Coun. Veronica Jones Cabinet Member for Economic Development Chairman of Arch Group Coun. Richard Watson Wearmouth Cabinet Member for Culture, Arts and Leisure Non-Executive Board Member of Active Northumberland Coun. Catherine Homer Cabinet Member for Planning, Housing and Resilience Chairman of Northumberland Fire Authority Coun. John Robert Riddle Cabinet Member for Environment and Local Services Coun. Hugh Glen Howard Sanderson JP Leader of the Official Opposition and Shadow Cabinet Offices ( s ) Name Leader of the Official Opposition Leader of the Labour Group Coun. James Grant Davey Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition Deputy Leader of the Labour Group Coun. David Ledger Chairman of Northumberland Labour Group Coun. Scott James Dickinson Composition See also : Northumberland local elections Following the election of 2017, Northumberland County Council has no overall control, with the Conservative Party being the largest group on the Council. Affiliation Members Conservative Group 33 Labour Group 24 Independent Group 7 Liberal Democrat Group Total 67 Other uses Eurostat statistical area For Eurostat purposes the area under the jurisdiction of Northumberland County Council is a NUTS 3 region ( code UKC21 ) and is one of five ( ? ) boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the `` Northumberland and Tyne and Wear '' NUTS 2 region. Notes Jump up ^ Creation of unitary authority. References Jump up ^ `` Non-metropolitan unitary population 2011 ''. Retrieved 28 January 2016. Jump up ^ http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/BB_News.asp?BB_Bulletin_ID=4108 Jump up ^ http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/BB_News.asp?BB_Bulletin_ID=4100 Jump up ^ Northumberland ( Structural Change ) Order 2008 Jump up ^ `` Local Election Results 2017 ''. Northumberland County Council. Retrieved 5 May 2017. 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Question: who is the leader of northumberland county council
Answer: Cllr. Peter Alan Jackson