Councillor contact information
Find your local councillor, how to contact them and what they
do.
The political make-up of your council for 2009/10
is:
- 32 Liberal Democrat councillors
- 18 Labour councillors
- 8 Conservative councillors
- 2 Independent councillors
An A-Z
list of councillor contact details 2008/2009 (17kb pdf
file)
What councillors do
Councillors can help if you are dissatisfied with a council
service. They can advise or direct you to someone who can help
sort out your problem and can sometimes progress the case on your
behalf; this is often done in advice surgeries where you can meet
with the councillor for your ward and discuss your problem.
As community leaders they put forward proposals to improve their
ward, which may include bringing together different community
groups to develop a case for change.
You elect your councillor at elections for four years
to represent your area. Each ward has three councillors
representing it. Elections are held for one third of the
councillors each year for three years. No local elections take
place every fourth year.