County councils in England (red). There are currently 21 county councils in England, covering areas known as non-metropolitan counties and divided into a number of non-metropolitan districts , which each have a district council.[1] The first county councils were created in 1889. The Local Government Act 1888 established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales. There was a significant reform of the number, powers and jurisdictions of county councils in 1974 . Their number has been decreasing further due to incremental reforms carried out between 1986 and 2023.
Current [ edit ] Local authority Established District councils Website Headquarters Cambridgeshire County Council 1974Cambs 5 Official website New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald Derbyshire County Council 1889 8 Official website County Hall, Matlock Devon County Council 1889 8 Official website County Hall , Exeter East Sussex County Council 1889 5 Official website County Hall , Lewes Essex County Council 1889 12 Official website County Hall, Chelmsford Gloucestershire County Council 1889 6 Official website Shire Hall , Gloucester Hampshire County Council 1889 11 Official website Castle Hill, Winchester Hertfordshire County Council 1889 10 Official website County Hall, Hertford Kent County Council 1889 12 Official website County Hall, Maidstone Lancashire County Council 1889 12 Official website County Hall, Preston Leicestershire County Council 1889 7 Official website County Hall, Glenfield Lincolnshire County Council 1974 7 Official website County Offices, Lincoln Norfolk County Council 1889 7 Official website County Hall, Norwich Nottinghamshire County Council 1889 7 Official website County Hall , West Bridgford Oxfordshire County Council 1889 5 Official website County Hall, Oxford Staffordshire County Council 1889 8 Official website County Buildings, Stafford Suffolk County Council 1974 5 Official website Endeavour House , Ipswich Surrey County Council 1889 11 Official website Woodhatch Place, Reigate Warwickshire County Council 1889 5 Official website Shire Hall, Warwick West Sussex County Council 1889 7 Official website County Hall, Chichester Worcestershire County Council 1998Worcs 6 Official website County Hall, Worcester
^Cambs : 1st creation 1889—1965; 2nd creation 1974—present ^Worcs : 1st creation 1889—1974; 2nd creation 1998—present ^Mon : Monmouthshire considered part of Wales from 1974. See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ Municipal Yearbook . 2009.
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