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Shortly afterwards questions arose regarding the relationship of the reformed city to the county of the city and to the surrounding county of Warwickshire. These were resolved in 1842 when the county of the city was abolished and the area (including the city itself) was restored to Warwickshire as it
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The city was administered in a fragmented fashion between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, with a "Prior's Half" controlled by the bishops and priory, and an "Earl's Half" controlled by the
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services, with some functions across the West Midlands provided via joint committees with the other West Midlands authorities, overseen by the combined authority and mayor. There are three
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providing county-level services. Following the abolition of the county council in 1986, Coventry took on county-level functions in the area again.
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on Earl Street, which was completed in 1917. In 2017 the council moved its main offices to 1 Friargate, a newly-built office building near
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By the eighteenth century the city corporation had become inadequate to meet the needs of the growing city. A separate body of
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The role of Lord Mayor of Coventry is largely ceremonial, with political leadership provided by the
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In 1974 the city gained two parishes on its north-western edge, and was reformed to become a
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Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:
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was established in 1763 to pave, light and repair the streets, provide a
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Since the last boundary changes in 2004 the council has comprised 54
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and its relationship with the town, dates from 1043. Coventry gained
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and has its main offices at Friargate. The council has been under
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Martin Reeves, Chief Executive 2008–2023, seen on 20 October 2012
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When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the
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A Woman of the People : Alice Arnold of Coventry 1881-1955
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Since 2016 the council has been a constituent member of the
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moving the seat of the diocese to the priory at Coventry.
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Catalogue of the Coventry Borough Labour Party archives
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Coventry's first female mayor, appointed in 1937, was
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