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 unitary authority. [3] At the same time, a parish council for Salisbury and its suburbs was formed, called Salisbury City Council.
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]
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.
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] |
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 |
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