Preston City Council is the local council for the City of Preston, Lancashire. City Councillors are elected through the Preston local elections.
There are 48 elected councillors, who meet every two months at the Full Council meetings. However most of the decisions are made by a cabinet composed of the Leader of the Council leader, the Deputy Leader and Planning and Regulation Cabinet Member, the Resources and Performance Cabinet Member, the Environment Cabinet Member and the Communities and Social Justice Cabinet Member.[1] These decisions scrutinised by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, which has a cross-party composition