List of county councils in England
There are currently 25 county councils in England, covering areas known as non-metropolitan counties and divided into a number of non-metropolitan districts, which each have a district council. The first county councils were created in 1889. There was a significant reform of the number, powers and jurisdictions of county councils in 1974. Their number has been decreasing further due to incremental reforms carried out between 1986 and 2020.
Current
| Local authority | Established | District councils | Website |
| Cambridgeshire County Council | 1974 | 5 | |
| Cumbria County Council | 1974 | 6 | |
| Derbyshire County Council | 1889 | 8 | |
| Devon County Council | 1889 | 8 | |
| East Sussex County Council | 1889 | 5 | |
| Essex County Council | 1889 | 12 | |
| Gloucestershire County Council | 1889 | 6 | |
| Hampshire County Council | 1889 | 11 | |
| Hertfordshire County Council | 1889 | 10 | |
| Kent County Council | 1889 | 12 | |
| Lancashire County Council | 1889 | 12 | |
| Leicestershire County Council | 1889 | 7 | |
| Lincolnshire County Council | 1974 | 7 | |
| Norfolk County Council | 1889 | 7 | |
| North Yorkshire County Council | 1974 | 7 | |
| Northamptonshire County Council | 1889 | 7 | |
| Nottinghamshire County Council | 1889 | 7 | |
| Oxfordshire County Council | 1889 | 5 | |
| Somerset County Council | 1889 | 4 | |
| Staffordshire County Council | 1889 | 8 | |
| Suffolk County Council | 1974 | 5 | |
| Surrey County Council | 1889 | 11 | |
| Warwickshire County Council | 1889 | 5 | |
| West Sussex County Council | 1889 | 7 | |
| Worcestershire County Council | 1998 | 6 |
Former
Footnotes
- : 1st creation 1889—1965; 2nd creation 1974—present
- : 1st creation 1889—1974; 2nd creation 1998—present
- : Monmouthshire considered part of Wales from 1974.