フィルド自治区

The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2003.

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:^[13][14]

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Fylde. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 2010 have been:

Following the 2023 election,^[19] and subsequent changes of allegiance up to July 2025, the composition of the council was:^[20]

Of the independent councillors, nine sit together as a group, and the other three are not aligned to any group.^[21] The next election is due in 2027.^[20]

Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 37 councillors, representing 17 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.^[22]

The council is based at Lytham St Annes Town Hall on South Promenade in St Annes. The building was originally a hotel called Southdown Hydro, but was bought in 1925 to serve as a town hall following the merger of the districts of St Annes and Lytham in 1922 to become Lytham St Annes.^[23]

計画部や登記官事務所など、一部の議会部門は以前はウェシャムのダービーロードにある旧フィルド地方議会事務所にありました^{[ 24 ]}が、2007年に議会はこの事務所を明け渡しました。その後、NHSノースランカシャープライマリーケアトラストが2013年頃まで使用していました。その後、建物は取り壊され、新しい住宅開発に置き換えられました^{[ 25 ] 。}

フィルドには15の行政教区がある。カーカム、メドラー・ウィズ・ウェシャム、セント・アンズ・オン・ザ・シーの教区評議会は、それぞれの教区を町と宣言し、「町議会」という名称を使用できるようになった。^{[ 26 ]}