North Warwickshire

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Borough of North Warwickshire
Atherstone church.jpg
Atherstone, the administrative centre of the borough and one of the two towns
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Shown within Warwickshire
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region West Midlands
Administrative county Warwickshire
Founded1 April 1974
Admin. HQ Atherstone
Government
  Type Non-metropolitan district
   MPs: Rachel Taylor
Jodie Gosling
Area
  Total
110 sq mi (284 km2)
  Rank 123rd
Population
 (2022)
  Total
65,946
  Rank Ranked 288th
  Density600/sq mi (230/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
[1]
   Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
[1]
   Religion
List
Time zone UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
  Summer (DST) UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode
ONS code 44UB (ONS)
E07000218 (GSS)

North Warwickshire is a local government district with borough status in Warwickshire, England. The borough includes the two towns of Atherstone (where the council is based) and Coleshill, and the large villages of Hartshill, Kingsbury, Mancetter, Polesworth and Water Orton along with smaller villages and surrounding rural areas.

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The area historically had a large coal mining industry, but the last coal mine in the area, Daw Mill at Arley, closed in 2013. [2] The borough's landscape is primarily of the mildly undulating agricultural variety, with the North Warwickshire plateau rising to 177 m (581 ft) above sea-level at Bentley Common, 2.5 miles southwest of Atherstone. The most significant bodies of water within North Warwickshire are Kingsbury Water Park, Shustoke Reservoir, the River Blythe and the mid-section of the Coventry Canal.

The neighbouring districts are Nuneaton and Bedworth, Coventry, Solihull, Birmingham, Lichfield, Tamworth, North West Leicestershire and Hinckley and Bosworth.

History

The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of one previous district with part of another, these were: [3]

The new district was named North Warwickshire, reflecting its position in the wider county. [4] The district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. [5]

Governance

North Warwickshire Borough Council
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Type
Type
Leadership
Colin Hayfield,
Conservative
since 9 May 2024 [6]
David Wright,
Conservative
since 20 May 2020
Steve Maxey
since March 2019 [7]
Structure
Seats35 councillors
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Political groups
Administration (17)
  Conservative (17)
Other parties (18)
  Labour (15)
  Independent (3)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First past the post
Last election
4 May 2023
Next election
6 May 2027
Meeting place
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Council House, South Street, Atherstone, CV9 1DE
Website
www.northwarks.gov.uk
Coleshill, the other town of the borough Coleshill, Warwickshire skyline.jpg
Coleshill, the other town of the borough

North Warwickshire Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Warwickshire County Council. [8] The whole borough is also covered by civil parish, which form a third tier of local government. [9]

Political control

The council has been under no overall control since the 2023 election, being led by a Conservative minority administration with informal support from two of the three independent councillors. [10]

The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: [11]

Party in controlYears
Labour 1974–1976
No overall control 1976–1979
Labour 1979–2003
No overall control 2003–2007
Conservative 2007–2011
Labour 2011–2015
Conservative 2015–2023
No overall control 2023–present

Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in North Warwickshire. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 2009 have been: [12]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Colin Hayfield Conservative pre-200918 May 2011
Mick Stanley Labour 18 May 201120 May 2015
David Humphreys Conservative 20 May 201520 May 2020
David Wright Conservative 20 May 2020

Composition

Following the 2023 election the composition of the council was: [13]

PartyCouncillors
Conservative 17
Labour 15
Independent 3
Total35

Two of the three independent councillors sit together as the "Dordon Independents" group, which supported the Conservatives in forming a minority administration in May 2023. [10] The next election is due in 2027.

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2003 the council has comprised 35 councillors representing 17 wards with each ward electing two councillors except the Arley and Whitacre ward, which elects three. Elections are held every four years. [14]

Premises

The council is based at the Council House on South Street in Atherstone. [15] The building was purpose-built for the council and opened in 1979. [16]

Towns and parishes

The whole district is covered by 33 civil parishes. The parish councils for Atherstone and Coleshill have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take the style "town council". Some of the parishes share a grouped parish council. The parishes are: [17]

Media

Television

North Warwickshire is served by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central with television signals received from the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter. [18]

Radio

Radio stations for the area are:

Coat of arms

The council was granted a coat of arms in 1976. [19]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atherstone</span> Market town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England

Atherstone is a market town and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. Located in the far north of the county, Atherstone is on the A5 national route, and is adjacent to the border with Leicestershire which is here formed by the River Anker. It is situated between the towns of Tamworth and Nuneaton. Atherstone is the administrative centre of the North Warwickshire district, with the offices of North Warwickshire Borough Council located in the town.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Warwickshire</span> County of England

Warwickshire is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire to the south, and Worcestershire and the West Midlands county to the west. The largest settlement is Nuneaton and the county town is Warwick.

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Polesworth is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It is situated close to the northern tip of Warwickshire, adjacent to the border with Staffordshire. It is 3 miles (5 km) east of Tamworth, and is 4.5 miles (7 km) northwest of Atherstone.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hemlingford Hundred</span> One of four hundreds of Warwickshire, UK

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The Meriden Rural District was a rural district of Warwickshire, England, which existed between 1894 and 1974. It was named after the village of Meriden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baxterley</span> Human settlement in England

Baxterley is a small village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire in England. According to the 2001 Census, it had a population of 335, reducing to 328 at the 2011 Census. The village is about two miles west of Atherstone and is home to Jaguar Land Rover's national distribution centre.

Atherstone Rural District was located in the administrative county of Warwickshire, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was named after its main town and administrative headquarters of Atherstone.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shustoke</span> Human settlement in England

Shustoke is a village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 549. It is situated 2.5 miles northeast of Coleshill, 7.5 miles southwest of Atherstone, 9.5 miles west of Nuneaton and 12.5 miles east-northeast of Birmingham. It includes the sub-village of Church End half-a-mile to the east, where the parish church of Saint Cuthbert's is situated.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wood End, Kingsbury, Warwickshire</span> Human settlement in England

Wood End is a former Pit village in North Warwickshire, England. It lies to the south east of Tamworth and close to the border with Staffordshire. It grew around the former Kingsbury Colliery but now it serves as a commuter village to Tamworth. It has a church, a primary school, a co-operative store, a working men's club and a village hall. The population of Wood End is 2,205, but from the 2011 Census has been included in Kingsbury.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Furnace End</span>

Furnace End is a large hamlet in the civil parish of Over Whitacre, and in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It is on the B4114 where the road intersects with the B4098 approximately midway between the market towns of Coleshill and Atherstone. The hamlet is believed to have acquired its name because of the iron smelting furnaces located there, which were owned by the Jennens family of nearby Nether Whitacre. Population statistics are part of Over Whitacre parish. Nearby settlements include Whitacre Heath, Shustoke, Kingsbury and Fillongley.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dordon</span> Human settlement in England

Dordon is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England and close to the border with Staffordshire. The village is located on the A5 national route and is contiguous with the larger village of Polesworth. Other nearby places include Tamworth, Atherstone, Grendon, Wood End Village, Baddesley Ensor and Nuneaton. In 2001 the population for the parish of Dordon was 3,225, reducing slightly to 3,215 at the 2011 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Merevale</span> Human settlement in England

Merevale is a small village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England. Located about one and a half miles west of Atherstone, it is the site of a medieval Cistercian Abbey and Merevale Hall.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hurley, Warwickshire</span> Human settlement in England

Hurley is a village in the Kingsbury civil parish of North Warwickshire, England. Other nearby places include Wood End, Hurley Common, Coleshill, Water Orton, Curdworth, Atherstone and Tamworth. According to the 2001 Census the population of the Hurley and Wood End ward was 3,642. Over 99.5% of people (3,550) described themselves as White British with only 92 people from other ethnic groups. The most common distance travelled to work is 5–10 kilometres (3.1–6.2 mi), which is essentially to Tamworth, with the most common form of employment being manufacturing. The village has an almost exact 50:50 split of males and females, with a ratio of 1,822 to 1,820 respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Foul End</span> Human settlement in England

Foul End is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Kingsbury, in the North Warwickshire district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. Other nearby places include Hurley, Wood End, Hurley Common, Coleshill, Water Orton, Curdworth, Atherstone and Tamworth.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 North Warwickshire Borough Council election</span> 2011 UK local government election

Elections to North Warwickshire District Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011.

North Warwickshire Borough Council elections are held every four years. North Warwickshire Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of North Warwickshire in Warwickshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 35 councillors have been elected from 17 wards.

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  1. Shares grouped parish council with Merevale
  2. Shares grouped parish council with Little Packington
  3. Shares grouped parish council with Great Packington
  4. Shares grouped parish council with Bentley
  5. Shares grouped parish council with Seckington
  6. Shares grouped parish council with Newton Regis
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