Leicester City Council has a new Constitution, which governs and shows how the council operates, how decisions are made, and the procedures we follow to ensure these are efficient, transparent and accountable to local people.
Our current version was approved by Council on 24th March 2011 and took effect on 8th May 2011 and includes amendments relating to Scrutiny agreed by Council on 29 June 2011.
What does it include?
Our Constitution is divided into 16 provisions (articles), which set out the basic rules governing our council business.
These include:
- City Mayor and Cabinet
- Finance rules
- Members of the council
- Scrutiny Committees
- The Standards Committee.
Why do we need a Constitution?
Some of these processes are required by law, while others were chosen by the council. We keep the constitution under review at all times.
Read our Constitution
Find out more on our Constitution and the provisions (articles) it contains by downloading a Portable Document Format (PDF) copy of the full Constitution at the bottom of this page. NB: this is over 300 pages.
Viewing our PDFs
To see our Constitution PDF, you'll need Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded from the Adobe website*.
Need more information?
Call us on
0116 229 8810 or
email us.
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