Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. It currently consists of 84 councillors, and is controlled by the Conservative Party, who won control of the council in the local council elections in June 2009, ending 28 years of Labour control. The Conservative Party has 51 councillors, versus 17 Labour councillors, 9 Liberal Democrats, three independents and two Green Party councillors. The Idle Toad party and the British National Party (BNP) each have a single councillor. The election of a BNP candidate in 2009 made her the first ever County Councillor to represent the party.
The Council leader, County Councillor Geoff Driver, chairs a cabinet of 8 councillors - the others being Albert Atkinson, Tim Ashton, Mike Calvert, Susie Charles, Michael Green, Mark Perks and Val Wilson. The eight cabinet members each have responsibility for particular functions of the council. The Chief Executive is Phil Halsall who was appointed in November 2010 and heads the Council's 40,000-strong workforce.
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