Canterbury City Council

Canterbury City Council is the local authority for the City of Canterbury district of Kent.

Canterbury City Council
History
Founded1 April 1974
Meeting place
The Guildhall, Canterbury (formerly the Church of the Holy Cross)
Website
www.canterbury.gov.uk

Political control
See also: Canterbury local elections

Elections for to all seats on the city council are held every four years. After being under no overall control for a number of years, the Conservative party gained a majority at the 2007 election.

Following the 2019 United Kingdom local elections the political composition of Canterbury council is as follows (2017 results follows by-elections):[1]

YearConservativeLabour PartyLiberal DemocratUKIP
2019231060
201730432

Meeting place

The original guildhall in Canterbury was located at the corner of High Street and Guildhall Street and was completed in 1180.[2] It was rebuilt in 1437, 1688, 1697 and 1835 but the 19th century rebuilding involved poor construction which led to the flint walls being declared unstable: with the exception of the undercroft which survives, it was demolished in 1950.[2][3]

After the Church of the Holy Cross near the Westgate, which was commissioned by Archbishop Simon Sudbury and completed before his death in 1381,[4][5] was declared redundant and de-consecrated in 1972, it was acquired by the city council and converted for municipal use: it was officially re-opened by the Prince of Wales as the new Guildhall and meeting place of the city council on 9 November 1978.[6]

References
  1. "Declaration of result of poll - Canterbury - Election of a City Councillor for Reculver on 5 May 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-20.
  2. "The Guildhall Canterbury". Canterbury Archaeology. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. Historic England. "The Guildhall, Canterbury (1085024)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. Bax, Stephen (2000). "Canterbury buildings". Westgate Tower. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  5. Historic England. "Church of the Holy Cross, Canterbury (1241661)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  6. "Remember Prince is Freeman of City". Kentish Gazette. 14 February 2013.
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