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Sheffield City Council is to consider a major council tax increase for empty and second homes Council tax is set to double for properties in Sheffield which have been empty for a long period or ...
Sheffield City Council is the local authority for the City of Sheffield, a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. The council consists of 84 councillors, elected to represent 28 wards , each with three councillors.
The 2024 Sheffield City Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One-third of the 84 members of Sheffield City Council in South Yorkshire was elected, alongside a vacancy in Firth Park ward.
Since the Local Government Act 1985 Sheffield City Council has effectively been a unitary authority, serving as the sole executive, deliberative and legislative body responsible for local policy, setting council tax, and allocating budget in the city, and is a member of the Sheffield City Region Partnership.
The 2023 Sheffield City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Sheffield City Council in England. There were 29 of the 84 seats on the council up for election, being the usual third of the seats plus a by-election in Manor Castle ward. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across England.
England. Yorkshire. 53°22′51″N 01°28′13″W. / 53.38083°N 1.47028°W / 53.38083; -1.47028. Sheffield is a city [a] in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield.
The Lord Mayor of Sheffield is a ceremonial post held by a member of Sheffield City Council. They are elected annually by the council. The post originated in 1843, with the appointment of William Jeffcock as the first Mayor of Sheffield. Early mayors had significant powers and chaired both council meetings and the bench of magistrates.
A 1736 map of Sheffield. The history of Sheffield, a city in South Yorkshire, England, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement in a clearing beside the River Sheaf in the second half of the 1st millennium AD. The area now known as Sheffield had seen human occupation since at least the last ice age, but significant growth in the ...