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词条 City of Wolverhampton Council
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  1. Council affiliation

  2. Wards

  3. City council election results

  4. History

  5. Coat of arms

  6. References

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Tim Johnson - Strategic Director (Place)

Mark Taylor - Strategic Director (People)

Kevin O'Keefe - Director of Governance (Solicitor to the City Council & Monitoring Officer)

Claire Nye - Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)

Meredith Teasdale - Director of Education


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City of Wolverhampton Council (Also known as Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council, or WMBC) is the governing body of the City of Wolverhampton, England. The Council is still legally called Wolverhampton City Council but uses City of Wolverhampton Council as its corporate brand.

The council offices are at the imposing Civic Centre, which is located in St. Peter's Square in the City centre.[1]

The Labour Party currently control the council and have been in majority on the council since 1974, with the exceptions of 1978–1979, 1987, 1992–1994 and 2008–2010.[2] The Leader of the Council is Councillor Roger Lawrence. The Deputy Leader is Councillor Peter Bilson. The Council has a Leader and Cabinet model of executive arrangements, with each Cabinet Member having political responsibility for assigned service areas. The Council has a total of 60 Councillors (currently 51 Labour and 9 Conservative).

Councillor Phil Page of the Labour Party is the City's Mayor 2018-19 municipal year, with his Deputy who will take on the role for 2019-20 being Councillor Claire Darke of Labour Party. Visit the Mayor of City of Wolverhampton's website here

The Council's Head of Paid Service, Keith Ireland, serves as the Council's Managing Director and chairs the Authority's Strategic Executive Board of Directors comprising Tim Johnson(Strategic Director of Place); Mark Taylor (Strategic Director of People); Kevin O'Keefe (Director of Governance, Monitoring Officer and Solicitor to the City Council), Meredith Teasdale (Director of Education) and Claire Nye (Director of Finance and Section 151 Officer).

The Council swept the board at Local Government's prestigious Municipal Journal National Awards in 2017, winning Local Authority of the Year, Most Improved Local Authority of the Year, Leadership Team of the Year and Governance & Scrutiny Team of the Year.[3] Other key achievements in 2017 included the Council's Children's Services being rated as "Good" following an OFSTED inspection, the Council has been accredited with "Achieving" status for its commitment to equality & diversity following a Local Government Association peer assessment and the Council's Mayoralty team was awarded "Civic Team of the Year" by the National Association of Civic Officers.

The Council's housing stock is managed by Wolverhampton Homes.[4]

Council affiliation

AffiliationMembers[5]
Current
Labour Party (UK)}}51
{{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/shortname}}9
Total number of seats60
Actual majority42

Wards

There are 20 wards of City of Wolverhampton Council:

Ward nameArea (ha)/mi2Population
(2011 census)[6]		Population
(2001 census)		Population change
Bilston East384|ha|sqmi}} 13,363 10,741[7] +24.41%
Bilston North290|ha|sqmi}} 12,213 13,527[8] −9.71%
Blakenhall342|ha|sqmi}} 12,022 11,301[9] +6.38%
Bushbury North481|ha|sqmi}} 11,936 12,021[10] −0.71%
Bushbury South and Low Hill342|ha|sqmi}} 14,983 14,103[11] +6.24%
East Park342|ha|sqmi}} 12,497 10,452[12] +19.57%
Ettingshall417|ha|sqmi}} 13,482 10,839[13] +24.38%
Fallings Park244|ha|sqmi}} 12,410 10,996[14] +12.86%
Graiseley225|ha|sqmi}} 12,284 11,691[15] +5.07%
Heath Town270|ha|sqmi}} 13,965 10,876[16] +28.40%
Merry Hill246|ha|sqmi}} 12,189 11,893[17] +2.49%
Oxley421|ha|sqmi}} 12,797 12,848[18] −0.39%
Park385|ha|sqmi}} 12,294 12,844[19] −4.28%
Penn308|ha|sqmi}} 12,718 12,392[20] +2.63%
St Peter's496|ha|sqmi}} 12,645 14,472[21] −12.62%
Spring Vale327|ha|sqmi}} 12,243 12,588[22] −2.74%
Tettenhall Regis457|ha|sqmi}} 11,911 12,000[23] −0.74%
Tettenhall Wightwick436|ha|sqmi}} 10,872 10,832[24] +0.37%
Wednesfield North210|ha|sqmi}} 11,235 10,978[25] +2.34%
Wednesfield South437|ha|sqmi}} 11,411 11,195[26] +1.93%
Wolverhampton City Council area6944|ha|sqmi}} 249,470 236,582 +5.45%

A map showing the ward boundaries is available.[27]

City council election results

{{Main|Wolverhampton City Council elections}}

History

Wolverhampton gained the beginnings of modern local government in 1777, when the Wolverhampton Improvement Act was passed by Parliament. This allowed for the establishment of 125 Town Commissioners who undertook a variety of local improvement work such as punishing bear baiting, improving drainage, widening streets and by the end of the century street lighting had been provided at every street corner and over the doorway of every inn, and water supply had been improved by the sinking of ten new wells and the provision of a great water tank in the market place. Policing had been improved with the appointment of ten watchmen and attempts were also made to regulate the markets and inspect hazardous food.[28][29]

Wolverhampton was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1849 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.[30] The town was then made a County Borough in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888.[30]

In 1933, the boundaries of the borough expanded, taking in areas from Cannock Rural District and Seisdon Rural District, with very little of the surrounding urban area being affected,[31] with only Heath Town Urban District being abolished.

The bulk of the urban districts of Bilston (a borough itself after 1933), Tettenhall and Wednesfield were added to the borough in 1966, along with the northern section of the urban district of Coseley and parts from the north of Sedgley and the west of Willenhall. The vast majority of these areas were traditionally part of the Parish of Wolverhampton, and were part of the original Parliamentary Borough.[31]

Wolverhampton was one of only two County Boroughs (the other being Liverpool) to have no changes made to the boundary during the 1974 reorganisation of local government, the borough already having a population larger than the 250,000 required for education authorities. This contrasted with both the Redcliffe-Maud Report, and the initial White Paper for the 1974 reforms[32] where large areas of the present South Staffordshire district were to be added to the borough. During the 1974 reforms it was placed within the West Midlands Metropolitan County.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of City of Wolverhampton Council was granted on 31 December 1898, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the council.[33]

The various symbols within the arms are representative of the history of the city. The book represents the education within the city, specifically the 16th century Wolverhampton Grammar School;[33] the woolpack represents the mediaeval woollen trade within the city;[33] the column is a representation of the Saxon pillar that can be found within the churchyard of St. Peter's Collegiate Church in the city centre;[33] whilst the keys are representative of the church itself and its dedication to St. Peter.[33] The padlock represents one of the major industries of the area at the time of the granting of the arms – that of lock-making;[33] whilst the brazier at the top is indicative of the general metal-working industries in the area.[33] The cross is ascribed to King Edgar.[33]

The motto on the coat of arms is 'Out of Darkness Cometh Light'.[33]

Prior to 1898 there was a former coat of arms that had been in use since 1848, though these arms were never officially granted.[34]

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References

1. ^{{cite web |title=City of Wolverhampton Council: Contact Us |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |url=http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/Contact_us/ |accessdate=29 May 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080523121640/http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/Contact_us |archivedate=23 May 2008 |df=dmy-all }}
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/cw.stm |author= |title=Wolverhampton City Council local elections 2008 |publisher=BBC Online |date=2 May 2008 |accessdate=29 May 2008}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://awards.themj.co.uk/winners|title=Last year's local government winners of the MJ Achievement Awards|last=Ltd|first=Hemming Group|website=awards.themj.co.uk|access-date=2017-10-21}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/housing/looking/council/|title=Looking for a council house|publisher=Wolverhampton City Council|accessdate=13 May 2011}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Current State of the Parties|url=http://wolverhampton.gov.uk/article/1907/Find-your-local-councillor/|publisher=wolverhampton.gov.uk/home|accessdate=31 December 2015}}
6. ^{{cite web |title=Thematic Map showing Usual Resident Population (KS101EW) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadThematic.do?a=7&b=6500412&c=bushbury&d=14&e=13&f=32408&g=6368378&i=1001x1003x1004x1005&l=2473&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1361972867422&enc=1 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
7. ^{{cite web |title=Bilston East ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941021&c=WV14+8UP&d=14&e=13&g=377829&i=1x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1212572950984&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
8. ^{{cite web |title=Bilston North ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941020&c=Bilston+North&d=14&e=16&g=377865&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212573477109&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
9. ^{{cite web |title=Blakenhall ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941019&c=Blakenhall&d=14&e=16&g=377908&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212573682312&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
10. ^{{cite web |title=Bushbury North ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941018&c=bushbury+north&d=14&e=16&g=377941&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212573842265&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
11. ^{{cite web |title=Bushbury South and Low Hill ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941017&c=bushbury+south&d=14&e=16&g=377943&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212580542588&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
12. ^{{cite web |title=East Park ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941016&c=east+park&d=14&e=16&g=377870&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212580814053&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
13. ^{{cite web |title=Ettingshall ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941015&c=ettingshall&d=14&e=16&g=378012&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212590354593&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
14. ^{{cite web |title=Fallings Park ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941014&c=fallings+park&d=14&e=16&g=378048&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212590453156&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
15. ^{{cite web |title=Graiseley ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941013&c=Graiseley&d=14&e=16&g=378083&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212590674750&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
16. ^{{cite web |title=Heath Town ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941012&c=heath+town&d=14&e=16&g=378123&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212590802265&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
17. ^{{cite web |title=Merry Hill ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941011&c=merry+hill&d=14&e=16&g=378199&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212590910375&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
18. ^{{cite web |title=Oxley ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941010&c=oxley&d=14&e=16&g=378240&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212593716591&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
19. ^{{cite web |title=Park ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941009&c=park&d=14&e=16&g=378282&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212593951385&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
20. ^{{cite web |title=Penn ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941008&c=penn&d=14&e=16&g=378328&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212594092774&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
21. ^{{cite web |title=St. Peter's ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941007&c=WV1+1SH&d=14&e=16&g=378394&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1212594345099&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
22. ^{{cite web |title=Spring Vale ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941006&c=spring+vale&d=14&e=16&g=378411&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212594473519&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
23. ^{{cite web |title=Tettenhall Regis ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941005&c=tettenhall+regis&d=14&e=16&g=378451&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212594569893&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
24. ^{{cite web |title=Tettenhall Wightwick ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941004&c=tettenhall+Wightwick&d=14&e=16&g=378287&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212594654657&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
25. ^{{cite web |title=Wednesfield North ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941003&c=wednesfield+north&d=14&e=16&g=378529&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212594757547&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
26. ^{{cite web |title=Wednesfield South ward dataset – Population Density (UV02) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941002&c=wednesfield+south&d=14&e=16&g=378127&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212598588197&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |accessdate=4 May 2008}}
27. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2D475038-2A79-4A18-B20A-0CD2EC72C816/0/wards.pdf|title=Revised ward boundaries as of 10th June 2004|last=|first=|date=10 Jun 2004|website=City of Wolverhampton Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927043345/http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2D475038-2A79-4A18-B20A-0CD2EC72C816/0/wards.pdf|archive-date=27 Sep 2009|dead-url=TRUE|access-date=}}
28. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/history/farley/oldwlv.htm |title=Wolverhampton 985 – 1985 |year=1985 |author=Keith Farley |publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Society |accessdate=8 July 2007}}
29. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/politics/local_government/wolves/index.html?sid=14003c39a8d30c9d4326cdaba02d54e8 |title=Local Government in Wolverhampton |work=The History of Wolverhampton – The City and its People |year=2005 |accessdate=15 July 2007}}
30. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/history/placeguide/SPGWolverhamptonTown.htm |title=Archive Gazetter – Wolverhampton |publisher=Staffordshire County Archives |accessdate=23 July 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307073930/http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/history/placeguide/SPGWolverhamptonTown.htm |archivedate=7 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}
31. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10136544&c_id=10001043 |title=Relationships / unit history of WOLVERHAMPTON |publisher=A Vision of Britain |accessdate=15 July 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001011102/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10136544&c_id=10001043 |archivedate=1 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }}
32. ^HMSO. Local Government in England: Government Proposals for Reorganisation. Cmnd. 4584
33. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite web |title=Wolverhampton Coat of Arms – Wolverhampton History |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/politics/local_government/wolves/coat_arms/index.html?sid=d988a0dcd52acacef8612d4e5f01f4e6 |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |accessdate=11 June 2008}}
34. ^Wolverhampton Borough Council Coat of Arms
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