Derbyshire County Council Offices & County Hall (Matlock)

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Derbyshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire, England. It currently consists of 64 county councillors,one elected for each county division. The council is currently controlled by the Conservative Party, who won control of the council in the local council elections in June 2009, with a majority of two, ending 28 years of Labour control.

The Leader of the Council, chairs a cabinet of nine councillors. The nine cabinet members each have responsibility for particular functions of the council. The Chief Executive heads the Council's thousands strong workforce.

The council was first set up under 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, covering the administrative county. It was reconstituted under the Local Government Act 1972 to cover a different territory. In the 1988, the City of Derby left the area covered by the council becoming a unitary authority, but the city remains part of Derbyshire for ceremonial purposes only. The council originally used a county hall in St. Mary's Gate, Derby which was built in 1660. In 1955 the council moved to the current county hall in Matlock. This newer county hall is in a former hydrotherapy complex called Smedley's Hydro which was built in 1853.