As a civil parish, St Ives has a town council consisting of seventeen councillors including a Town Mayor and a deputy Town Mayor. The second tier of local government is Huntingdonshire District Council, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire. St Ives has three district wards for the district council; "St Ives East", "St Ives South", and "St Ives West". "St Ives East" and "St Ives South" are both represented by two district councillors, and "St Ives West" is represented on the district council by one councillor. For St Ives the highest tier of local government is Cambridgeshire County Council. St Ives is part of the electoral division of "St Ives" and is represented on the county council by two councillors.