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{{Short description|Local government district in Kent, England}}
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The '''City of Canterbury''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|æ|n|t|ər|b|ər|i}}),<ref>{{citeCite web |title=Local Authority Districts, Counties and Unitary Authorities (April 2021) Map in United Kingdom |url=httphttps://wwwgeoportal.collinsdictionarystatistics.comgov.uk/dictionarydocuments/englishons::local-authority-districts-counties-and-unitary-authorities-april-2021-map-in-united-kingdom--1/canterbury?showCookiePolicy=true|title=Canterburyexplore |access-date=242023-08-01 September|website=Office for National Statistics: Open Geography Portal 2014|publisherlanguage=Collinsen-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web Dictionary|date=n.d. |title=Canterbury |url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/canterbury?showCookiePolicy=true |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923222546/http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/canterbury?showCookiePolicy=true |archive-date=23 September 2015 |urlaccess-statusdate=live24 September 2014 |publisher=Collins Dictionary}}</ref> also known as the '''City of Canterbury''', is a [[Non-metropolitan district|local government district]] with [[List of cities in the United Kingdom|city status]] in [[Kent]], England. AsIt wellis asnamed after its largest settlement, [[Canterbury]] itself, where the districtcouncil extendsis northbased. toThe thedistrict coastalalso includes the towns of Whistable and[[Fordwich]], [[Herne Bay]] and [[Whitstable]], along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Parts of the district lie within the designated [[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]] of the [[Kent Downs]].
 
The neighbouring districts (clockwise from east) are [[Thanet District|Thanet]], [[Dover District|Dover]], [[Folkestone and Hythe District|Folkestone and Hythe]], [[Borough of Ashford|Ashford]] and [[Borough of Swale|Swale]], all of which are also in Kent. To the north the district has a coast onto the [[North Sea]].
 
==History==
Canterbury itself was an [[ancient borough]], which had held city status from [[time immemorial]]. The earliest known [[municipal charter|charter]] was issued by [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] (reigned 1154–1189). A subsequent charter in 1448 gave the city the right to appoint a [[List of mayors of Canterbury|mayor]]. Another in 1461 declared the city to be a [[county corporate]], appointing its own [[Sheriff of Canterbury|sheriff]], making it administratively independent from the surrounding county of Kent.<ref>{{cite book |title=Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Municipal Corporations in England and Wales: Appendix 2 |date=1835 |pages=685–687 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3FTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA685 |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref> When elected county councils were established in 1889, Canterbury's independence was maintained by making it a [[county borough]], independent from the new [[Kent County Council]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1888|year=1888|chapter=41|access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref> Although administratively independent, Canterbury was still deemed part of Kent for the purposes of [[Lord-lieutenant|lieutenancy]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Militia Act |date=1882 |page=21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N4pCAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA21 |access-date=18 February 2024 |last1=Lely |first1=John Mounteney }}</ref>
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the existing city of Canterbury with the [[Whitstable]] and [[Herne Bay, Kent|Herne Bay]] [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban District]]s, and [[Bridge, Kent|Bridge]]-[[Blean]] [[Rural District]]. The latter district entirely surrounded the city; the urban districts occupied the coastal area to the north.
 
The modern district was created on 1 April 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], covering the area of four former districts, which were all abolished at the same time:<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|accessdate=12 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[Bridge-Blean Rural District]]
*[[Canterbury]] [[County Borough]]
*[[Herne Bay]] [[Urban district (England and Wales)|Urban District]]
*[[Whitstable]] Urban District
The Bridge-Blean Rural District entirely surrounded the old city; the urban districts occupied the coastal area to the north.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kent: Diagram showing administrative boundaries, 1972 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/241243057 |website=National Library of Scotland |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref> The new district was named Canterbury after its largest settlement.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|accessdate=3 March 2023}}</ref> The district is a [[non-metropolitan district]], with Kent County Council providing county-level services to the area. The district was awarded [[Borough status in the United Kingdom|borough status]] from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Canterbury's series of mayors dating back to 1448.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1974/mar/28/district-councils-and-boroughs#S5CV0871P0_19740328_CWA_145|title=District Councils and Boroughs|date=28 March 1974|work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|access-date=12 May 2024}}</ref> Canterbury's city status was extended to cover the whole of the new borough.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46303|page=6485|date=31 May 1974}}</ref>
 
In 1988 the position of mayor was given the honorific title of [[lord mayor]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=51416|page=8235|date=20 July 1988}}</ref> The council continues to appoint a ceremonial sheriff; the sheriff no longer has any judicial functions, but the title is today taken by the deputy chair of the council.<ref>{{cite book |title=Canterbury City Council Constitution |date=2024 |publisher=Canterbury City Council |page=16 |url=https://democracy.canterbury.gov.uk/documents/g13179/Public%20reports%20pack%2003rd-May-2024%20Constitution.pdf?T=10&Info=1 |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref>
 
==PoliticsGovernance==
{{Infobox legislature
| name =Canterbury City Council
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| leader1_type = [[List of mayors of Canterbury|Lord Mayor]]
| leader1 = Jean Butcher
| party1 = <br/>[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| election1 = 17 May 2023<ref>{{cite web|title=Jean Butcher|url=https://democracy.canterbury.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=4200 |publisher=Canterbury City Council |access-date=27 May 2023}}</ref>
| leader2_type = [[Leader of the Council|Leader]]
| leader2 = Alan Baldock
| party2 = <br/>[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| election2 = 17 May 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Baldock |url=https://democracy.canterbury.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=786 |publisher=Canterbury City Council |access-date=27 May 2023}}</ref>
| leader3_type = Deputy[[Chief LeaderExecutive|Head of Paid Service]]
| leader3 = MichaelTricia DixeyMarshall
| party3 = <br>[[Liberal!-- DemocratsNon-political (UK)|Librole Dem]]-->
| election3 = 2022
| election3 = 17 May 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Dixey |url=https://democracy.canterbury.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=104 |publisher=Canterbury City Council |access-date=27 May 2023}}</ref>
| seats = 39
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;Administration (27)
:{{Color box |{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} |border=darkgray}} [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] (8)
:{{Color box |{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}} |border=darkgray}} [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] (18)
:{{nowrap|{{Color box |{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} |border=darkgray}} [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] (9)}}
;Other parties (12)
:{{Color box |{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} |border=darkgray}} [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] (8)
:{{Color box |{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}| border=darkgray}} [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] (4)
 
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| last_election1 = [[2023 Canterbury City Council election|4 May 2023]]
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| next_election1 = 6 May 2027
| last_election1 = [[2023 Canterbury City Council election|2023]]
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| next_election1 = 2027
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Canterbury City Council provides [[Non-metropolitan district|district-level]] services. [[Non-metropolitan county|County-level]] services are provided by [[Kent County Council]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref> The more rural parts of the district are covered by [[civil parish]]es, which form a third tier of local government for their areas.<ref name=electionmaps>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>
{{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 (UK)|Conservative party]] gained a majority in 2005 following a by election and defection from the Liberal Democrats.
 
===Political control===
Following the [[2023 United Kingdom local elections]] the political composition of Canterbury council is as follows (2017 results follows by-elections):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canterbury.gov.uk/media/1144933/Reculver-by-election-results.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820000520/https://www.canterbury.gov.uk/media/1144933/Reculver-by-election-results.pdf|archive-date=2016-08-20|title=Declaration of result of poll - Canterbury - Election of a City Councillor for Reculver on 5 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The council has been under [[no overall control]] since April 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pallant |first1=James |title=Conservative Party loses majority on Canterbury City Council after councillor defections |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/tories-in-disarray-as-council-loses-majority-after-defecti-284928/ |access-date=30 April 2023 |work=Kent Online |date=5 April 2023}}</ref> Following the [[2023 Canterbury City Council election|May 2023 elections]] a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] and [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] coalition formed to run the council, led by Labour councillor Alan Baldock.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Esson |first1=Daniel |title=Labour and Liberal Democrats form coalition on Canterbury City Council |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/labour-and-lib-dem-coalition-for-canterbury-confirmed-287087/ |access-date=25 September 2023 |work=Kent Online |date=18 May 2023}}</ref>
 
Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:<ref name=electionscentre>{{cite web |title=Compositions calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3825 |website=The Elections Centre | date=4 March 2016 |access-date=9 September 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2|Party in control || Years
!Year !! [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] !! [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] !! [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] !! [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] !! [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]]
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 1974–1991
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1991–2005
|2023||8||18||9||0||4
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 2005–2023
|2019||23|| 10 ||6|| 0
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 2023–present
|2017||30|| 4 ||3|| 2
|}
 
==Meeting place=Leadership===
The role of [[List of mayors of Canterbury|lord mayor]] in Canterbury is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the [[leader of the council]] (formally the chair of the policy committee prior to 2002). The leaders since 1974 have been:<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes |url=https://democracy.canterbury.gov.uk/mgCalendarMonthView.aspx?bcr=1 |website=Canterbury City Council |access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>
After the Church of the Holy Cross, which was commissioned by [[Archbishop of Canterbury|Archbishop]] [[Simon Sudbury]] and completed before his death in 1381,<ref name="BaxWestgateTowerHistory">{{cite web|url=http://weblingua.hostinguk.com/invictaweb/canterburybuildings/pages/wstgt.htm|title=Canterbury buildings|last=Bax|first=Stephen|year=2000|work=Westgate Tower|accessdate=28 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|desc=Church of the Holy Cross, Canterbury|num=1241661|accessdate=8 November 2020}}</ref> was declared redundant and [[deconsecrated]] in 1972, it was acquired by the city council and converted for municipal use: it was officially re-opened by the [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince of Wales]] as the new [[Canterbury Guildhall]] and meeting place of the city council on 9 November 1978.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/kentish-gazette-canterbury-district/20130214/281840051064296|title=Remember Prince is Freeman of City|date=14 February 2013|newspaper=Kentish Gazette}}</ref>
 
{| class=wikitable
! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To
|-
| Arthur Porter<ref>{{cite news |title=Once the leader... now the mayor |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=26 July 2022 |work=Whitstable Times |date=21 May 1982 |page=12}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1 Apr 1974 || align=right|19 May 1982
|-
| Jim Nock || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|19 May 1982 || align=right|31 Aug 1986
|-
| Peter Lee<ref>{{cite news |title=Lee is new leader |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=26 July 2022 |work=Whitstable Times |date=21 August 1986 |page=5}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1 Sep 1986 || align=right|10 May 1987
|-
| Jim Nock<ref>{{cite news |title=Tories take the lot in council election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=26 July 2022 |work=Whitstable Times |date=14 May 1987 |page=1}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|21 May 1987 || align=right|9 May 1990
|-
| David Pentin || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|10 May 1990 || align=right|16 May 1991
|-
| Jackie Hayes || {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} || align=right|16 May 1991 || align=right|21 Feb 1994
|-
| Terry Rees || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|11 Apr 1994 || align=right|19 May 1994
|-
| Celia Rigden<ref>{{cite news |title=Tories blamed for resignation |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=26 July 2022 |work=Whitstable Times |date=28 October 1993 |quote=Veteran Whitstable councillor Celia Rigden has resigned from the Conservative group... will now sit as an independent...}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Independent politician}} || align=right|19 May 1994 || align=right|15 Aug 1994
|-
| Marion Attwood || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|15 Aug 1994 || align=right|3 Oct 1994
|-
| Iain Douglas || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|3 Oct 1994 || align=right|21 Nov 1994
|-
| Celia Rigden || {{party name with colour|Independent politician}} || align=right|21 Nov 1994 || align=right|7 May 1995
|-
| Peter Wales || {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} || align=right|18 May 1995 || align=right|1 Dec 1997
|-
| Martin Vye || {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} || align=right|1 Dec 1997 || align=right|20 May 1999
|-
| (no leader) || colspan=2| || align=right|20 May 1999 || align=right|8 May 2002
|-
| Alex Perkins || {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} || align=right|8 May 2002 || align=right|11 May 2005
|-
| Harry Cragg || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|11 May 2005 || align=right|16 May 2007
|-
| John Gilbey || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|16 May 2007 || align=right|10 May 2015
|-
| Simon Cook || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|20 May 2015 || align=right|5 May 2019
|-
| Rob Thomas || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|22 May 2019 || align=right|10 Sep 2020
|-
| Ben Fitter-Harding || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|10 Sep 2020 || align=right|7 May 2023
|-
| Alan Baldock || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|17 May 2023
|}
 
===Compositions===
Following the [[2023 Canterbury City Council election|2023 election]] the composition of the council was:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2023/may/04/elections-2023-results-live-local-council-england#le-full-results|title=Local elections 2023: live council results for England|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2| Party
! Councillors
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| align=center|18
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| align=center|9
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| align=center|8
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| align=center|4
|-
! colspan=2|Total
! align=center|39
|}
The next election is due in 2027.
 
===Elections===
{{also|Canterbury City Council elections}}
Since the last full review of boundaries in 2015 the council has comprised 39 [[councillor]]s representing 21 [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|wards]] with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Canterbury (Electoral Changes) Order 2014|year=2014|number=3336|access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref>
 
===Premises===
Council meetings are held at [[Canterbury Guildhall]] at the corner of St Peter's Place and St Peter's Street, adjoining the [[Westgate, Canterbury|Westgate]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Calendar |url=https://democracy.canterbury.gov.uk/mgCalendarAgendaView.aspx?MR=0&M=5&DD=2024&CID=0&OT=&C=-1&D=13 |website=Canterbury City Council |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref> The building was formerly the Church of the Holy Cross. It had been commissioned by [[Archbishop of Canterbury|Archbishop]] [[Simon Sudbury]] and was completed before his death in 1381.<ref name="BaxWestgateTowerHistory">{{cite web|url=http://weblingua.hostinguk.com/invictaweb/canterburybuildings/pages/wstgt.htm|title=Canterbury buildings|last=Bax|first=Stephen|year=2000|work=Westgate Tower|accessdate=28 January 2010|archive-date=12 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712221914/http://weblingua.hostinguk.com/invictaweb/canterburybuildings/pages/wstgt.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|desc=Church of the Holy Cross, Canterbury|num=1241661|accessdate=8 November 2020}}</ref> After the church was declared redundant and [[deconsecrated]] in 1972, it was acquired by the city council and converted for municipal use: it was officially re-opened by [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] as the council's meeting place on 9 November 1978.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/kentish-gazette-canterbury-district/20130214/281840051064296|title=Remember Prince is Freeman of City|date=14 February 2013|newspaper=Kentish Gazette}}</ref>
 
The council's main offices are the Council Offices on Military Road, Canterbury, which was built in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact us |url=https://www.canterbury.gov.uk/contact-us?topic=Job%20vacancies |website=Canterbury City Council |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> During 2024 the council plans to vacate Military Road and move its offices to converted parts of the [[Whitefriars Shopping Centre]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Honey |first1=Sam |title=Plans show fresh look at the new Canterbury City Council offices |url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/property/plans-show-fresh-look-new-8573534 |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=Kent Live |date=4 July 2023}}</ref>
 
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