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Hampshire County Council (HCC) is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hampshire in England. The council was created in 1889. The county council provides county-level services to eleven of the thirteen districts geographically located within the ceremonial county of Hampshire.
In most of Hampshire, the county council is responsible for schools, waste tips and social care, while district councils look after parks, leisure centres and rubbish collections.
The 2025 Hampshire County Council election is due to take place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Hampshire County Council in Hampshire, England. [1] All 78 seats will be elected. This will be on the same day as other local elections .
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Hampshire County Council. Much of the borough is covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government, although the main urban area of Basingstoke is an unparished area. [12] [13]
It kept the same boundaries, which had last been expanded in 1932, [8] but the council became a lower-tier district council, with Hampshire County Council providing county-level services in the city for the first time. [9] Portsmouth's borough and city statuses and its lord mayoralty were transferred to the reformed district and its council. [10]
When elected county councils were established in 1889, Southampton was considered large enough for the existing borough council to also run county-level services, and so it was made a county borough, independent from the new Hampshire County Council. The borough boundaries were enlarged on several occasions.
The upper tier is Hampshire County Council; the town centre is combined with Stakes North as the single-councillor division of Waterlooville and Stakes North, while another division covers Cowplain and Hart Plain. For representation to the House of Commons, Waterlooville falls within the Fareham and Waterlooville constituency.
This article lists all the further education colleges in Hampshire, England. This list is part of a comprehensive list of schools in Hampshire , England. Hampshire County Council (HCC) organises the local education authority (LEA) schools into nine administrative areas.