Crewe and Nantwich

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Borough of Crewe and Nantwich
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History
 • Origin Crewe Municipal Borough
Nantwich Urban District
Nantwich Rural District
 • Created1 April 1974
 • Abolished31 March 2009
 • Succeeded by Cheshire East
Status Non-metropolitan district
ONS code 13UD
 •  HQ Crewe
The Municipal Buildings in Crewe, head office of the Borough Council. Municipal Buildings, Crewe.jpg
The Municipal Buildings in Crewe, head office of the Borough Council.

Crewe and Nantwich was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It had a population (2001 census) of 111,007.[ citation needed ] It contained 69 civil parishes and one unparished area: the town of Crewe. It now forms part of the unitary authority of Cheshire East.

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History

The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 by the merger of the borough of Crewe (an industrial town), the urban district of Nantwich (a smaller market town), and Nantwich Rural District. [1] The new district was proposed to be called just "Crewe", but the shadow authority elected in 1973 to oversee the transition to the new system successfully petitioned the government to change the name to "Crewe and Nantwich" before the district came into being. [2] [3] [4] The new district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor. [5]

In 2006 the Department for Communities and Local Government considered reorganising Cheshire's administrative structure as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. The decision to merge the boroughs of Crewe and Nantwich, Congleton and Macclesfield to create a single unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007, following a consultation period in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected. [6]

The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich was abolished on 1 April 2009, when the new Cheshire East unitary authority was formed. [7]

Civil parishes

The former Crewe Municipal Borough was unparished, but the rest of the Crewe and Nantwich district included the following civil parishes:

Political control

The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 2009 was held by the following parties: [8]

Party in controlYears
Labour 1974–1976
No overall control 1976–1990
Labour 1990–2002
No overall control 2002–2009

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 1974 were:

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Donald Holt [9] Labour 19741976
Anne Blacklay [10] Conservative 19761979
Donald Holt [11] Labour 197911 Mar 1983
Anne Blacklay [12] [13] Conservative 18 May 1983May 1984
Brian Silvester [14] Conservative May 1984May 1990
Peter Kent [15] Labour May 19907 May 2006
Brian Silvester [16] [17] [18] Conservative 17 May 200614 May 2008
John Hammond [19] [20] Conservative 14 May 200831 Mar 2009

On 4 May 2006 a referendum was held to decide whether the "Leader and Cabinet" form of local government would be replaced by an elected mayor. The proposal was rejected by 18,768 (60.8%) votes to 11,808 (38.2%) on a 35.3% turnout.

Premises

Delamere House, Crewe: Council's main offices from 1974 Delamere House, Crewe.JPG
Delamere House, Crewe: Council's main offices from 1974

The council met at the Municipal Buildings in Earle Street, Crewe, which had been completed for the former Crewe Borough Council in 1905. [21] The main administrative offices were at Delamere House on Delamere Street in Crewe, which was built as a joint facility for both the new Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council and Cheshire County Council, being completed in 1974 just before local government reorganisation took effect. [22] [23] Delamere House was later supplemented with additional offices in a large extension to the rear of the Municipal Buildings, completed in 1991. [24]

Twin towns

Crewe and Nantwich was twinned with:

Council elections

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich.

Individuals

Military Units

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  2. ↑ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 5 September 2022
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  26. ↑ The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
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