Nicholas Rushton CC

Leader of Leicestershire County Council

County Councillor

District Councillor

Leader of Leicestershire County Council

County Councillor for Valley Division

District Councillor for Long Whatton & Diseworth Ward

Town Councillor for Ashby Castle Ward

Contact Information:

Hood House
19 Lower Church Street
Ashby de la Zouch
Leicestershire
LE65 1AB

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01530 412059
Mobile: 07837 841441

My role as Leader of Leicestershire County Council involves regular meetings and liaison with local Members of Parliament, the City Mayor of Leicester, Leicestershire District Council Leaders, the three Vice Chancellors of the local Universities and the political Leaders of neighbouring councils such as Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire County Councils.

Leicestershire County Council Portfolio:
Cabinet (Chairman)
Cabinet Briefing (Chairman)
Constitution Committee (Chairman)
County Council
Leicestershire County Council Highway Forum for NW Leicestershire

Outside Bodies:
Breedon and Cloud Hill Quarry Liaison Committee
Combined Fire Authority (Chairman)
County Councils Network
East Midlands Councils
Grace Dieu Priory Trust Belton
Great Central Railway Project Board
Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership
Leicester and Leicestershire Transport Board
Local Government Group General Assembly
Long Moor Liaison Committee
Lount Landfill Liaison Committee
Midlands Connect Programme Steering Group
Midlands Engine Interim Steering Group

News

Work commences at £22.5 million leisure centre in Coalville

Tuesday, 21 July, 2020

Work has begun this week on Coalville’s new multi-million-pound, state-of-the-art leisure centre. The Conservative controlled North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) project will see the health and wellbeing offer for people in Coalville and the surrounding district vastly improved by th

Campaign to Reopen the Ivanhoe Line

Thursday, 11 July, 2019

I have written the following letter to all the leaders along the route of the Ivanhoe line, namely: Sir Peter Soulsby, Leicester City Mayor; Cllr Terry Richardson, Leader of Blaby District Council; Cllr Stuart Bray, Leader of Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council; Cllr Richard Blunt, Leader of Nor

Conservative Leicestershire County Council given permission to renew and refresh Snibston cultural offer

Monday, 14 May, 2018

An application to develop the former Snibston colliery site and country park has been permitted by councillors at North West Leicestershire District Council's Planning Committee. The permission includes plans to extend the Century Theatre, to create a café, visitors’ centre and rangers’ o

Tory led Leicestershire County Council welcomes infrastructure funding milestone

Monday, 9 April, 2018

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have announced that Conservative controlled Leicestershire County Council been successful in the first phase of a funding bid to the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF).

Conservative North West Leicestershire District Council freezes council tax for ninth year

Wednesday, 28 February, 2018

Conservative controlled North West Leicestershire District Council has frozen council tax for the ninth year running. At its full council meeting on Tuesday 27 February 2018 councillors also approved the creation of a new self-sufficiency fund using £2.76 million from current reserves.