Salisbury District | |
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![]() Salisbury District shown within non-metropolitan Wiltshire | |
Area | |
• 2001 | 387 sq. miles (1,004.13 km²) |
Population | |
• 2001 | 115,000 |
History | |
• Origin | Municipal Borough of New Sarum (or Salisbury) and Municipal Borough of Wilton, Amesbury Rural District, Mere and Tisbury Rural District, Salisbury and Wilton Rural District. |
• Created | 1974 |
• Abolished | 2009 |
• Succeeded by | Wiltshire Council |
Status | Non-metropolitan district |
ONS code | 46UD |
Government | Salisbury District Council |
• HQ | Salisbury |
Salisbury was a local government district in Wiltshire, England from 1974 to 2009. Its main urban area was the city of Salisbury.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and the English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972, as a merger of the previous municipal boroughs of Salisbury and Wilton, along with Amesbury Rural District, Mere and Tisbury Rural District and Salisbury and Wilton Rural District.[1][2]
On 1 April 2009, the district was abolished as part of the structural changes to local government in England, when its functions were taken over by the new Wiltshire Council unitary authority.[3] At the same time, a parish council for Salisbury and its suburbs was formed, called Salisbury City Council.
Political control
[edit]Salisbury District Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 1 April 1974 |
Disbanded | 1 April 2009 |
Preceded by | Borough councils
Rural district councils
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Succeeded by | Wiltshire Council |
Structure | |
Seats | 58 councillors (from 1973) 55 councillors (from 2003) |
Length of term | 4 years |
Elections | |
First past the post | |
First election | 7 June 1973 |
Last election | 3 May 2007 |
Meeting place | |
City Hall, Salisbury |
The political control of the council was as follows:[4]
- 1976–1979 NOC (no overall control)
- 1979–1983 NOC
- 1983–1987 NOC
- 1987–1991 Conservative
- 1991–1995 Conservative
- 1995–1999 Liberal Democrat
- 1999–2003 NOC
- 2003–2007 Conservative
- 2007–2009 NOC (administration by coalition of Liberal Democrat and Labour)
The political composition of the authority when it came to an end on 1 April 2009 was 22 Conservatives, 19 Liberal Democrats, ten Labour members, and four Independents.
Composition
[edit]All members of the council were elected at an "all out" election held once every four years, on the first Thursday in May.
Election | CON | LD | LAB | OTH | Control | Ref. | |
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1973 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 20 | No overall control | ||
1976 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 21 | No overall control | ||
1979 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 20 | No overall control | ||
1983 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 19 | No overall control | ||
1987 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 14 | Conservative | ||
1991 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 14 | Conservative | ||
1995 | 8 | 31 | 11 | 8 | Liberal Democrat | ||
1999 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 4 | No overall control | [5] | |
2003 | 31 | 9 | 11 | 4 | Conservative | [6] | |
2007 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 4 | No overall control | [7] |
- Notes
- LD is used to refer to predecessor parties, the Liberal Party and SDP–Liberal Alliance.
- OTH includes small groups such as Residents' association and Independents.
- Control is the party which had absolute numerical majority, rather than the party or parties that formed a coalition administration.
Wards
[edit]In 1975 a statutory instrument established the wards to be used by Salisbury District Council.[8] These boundaries would be in use from the 1976 council elections (with some minor alternations) until 2003, when new ward boundaries came into effect.
Ward | Seats |
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Alderbury | 1 |
Amesbury | 3 |
Bemerton | 3 |
Bishopdown | 1 |
Bulford | 2 |
Chalke Valley | 1 |
Downhead | 1 |
Downton | 2 |
Durrington | 3 |
Ebble | 1 |
Fisherton and Bemerton Village | 2 |
Fonthill | 1 |
Fovant | 1 |
Harnham | 3 |
Idmiston | 1 |
Knoyle | 1 |
Laverstock | 2 |
Mere | 1 |
Milford | 2 |
Nadder | 1 |
Redlynch | 2 |
St. Edmund | 2 |
St. Mark | 3 |
St. Martin | 2 |
St. Paul | 3 |
Stratford | 1 |
Till Valley | 1 |
Tisbury | 1 |
Upper Bourne | 1 |
Western | 1 |
Whiteparish | 1 |
Wilton | 2 |
Winterbourne | 1 |
Winterslow | 1 |
Woodford Valley | 1 |
Wylye | 2 |
Total | 58 |
In 1998, the Local Government Commission for England began a review of ward boundaries in Salisbury district. After an initial draft proposal and a period of consultation it recommended a reduction in councillors from 58 to 55, and a redrawing of ward boundaries reducing the number to 28. Final recommendations for Salisbury were made in 1999, and were implemented under the District of Salisbury (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.[9] The new boundaries were first used in the 2003 local elections and remained in use until 2009, when the council was dissolved.
Ward | Seats |
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Alderbury and Whiteparish | 3 |
Amesbury East | 3 |
Amesbury West | 1 |
Bemerton | 3 |
Bishopdown | 2 |
Bulford | 2 |
Chalke Valley | 1 |
Donhead | 1 |
Downton and Redlynch | 3 |
Durrington | 3 |
Ebble | 1 |
Fisherton and Bemerton Village | 2 |
Fonthill and Nadder | 1 |
Harnham East | 2 |
Harnham West | 2 |
Knoyle | 1 |
Laverstock | 2 |
Lower Wylye and Woodford Valley | 1 |
St. Edmund and Milford | 2 |
St. Mark and Stratford | 3 |
St. Martin and Milford | 2 |
St. Paul | 2 |
Till Valley and Wylye | 2 |
Tisbury and Fovant | 2 |
Upper Bourne, Idmiston and Winterbourne | 2 |
Western and Mere | 2 |
Wilton | 2 |
Winterslow | 2 |
Total | 55 |
Places
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Local Government Act 1972
- ^ The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972, SI 1972/2039
- ^ The Wiltshire (Structural Change) Order 2008, SI 2008/490
- ^ "English local elections 2007 – Salisbury". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "Locals 99 – Salisbury". BBC News. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "Local elections – Salisbury". BBC News. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "English local elections 2007 – Salisbury". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ The District of Salisbury (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975, SI 1975/1815
- ^ The District of Salisbury (Electoral Changes) Order 1999, SI 1999/2924.