Salisbury District

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Salisbury District
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Salisbury District shown within non-metropolitan Wiltshire
Area
  2001387 sq. miles (1,004.13 km²)
Population
  2001115,000
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.
  Created1974
  Abolished2009
  Succeeded by Wiltshire Council
Status Non-metropolitan district
ONS code 46UD
GovernmentSalisbury 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.

Contents

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

Salisbury District Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Disbanded1 April 2009
Preceded by
Borough councils
  • New Sarum City Council
  • Wilton Borough Council
Rural district councils
  • Amesbury Rural District Council
  • Mere and Tisbury Rural District Council
  • Salisbury and Wilton Rural District Council
Succeeded by Wiltshire Council
Structure
Seats58 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.

Composition

All members of the council were elected at an "all out" election held once every four years, on the first Thursday in May.

ElectionCONLDLABOTHControlRef.
1973 1581320 No overall control
1976 217921 No overall control
1979 238720 No overall control
1983 2510419 No overall control
1987 329314 Conservative
1991 309514 Conservative
1995 831118 Liberal Democrat
1999 2716114 No overall control [5]
2003 319114 Conservative [6]
2007 2219104 No overall control [7]
Notes

Wards

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.

WardSeats
Alderbury1
Amesbury3
Bemerton3
Bishopdown1
Bulford2
Chalke Valley1
Downhead1
Downton2
Durrington3
Ebble1
Fisherton and Bemerton Village2
Fonthill1
Fovant1
Harnham3
Idmiston1
Knoyle1
Laverstock2
Mere1
Milford2
Nadder1
Redlynch2
St. Edmund2
St. Mark3
St. Martin2
St. Paul3
Stratford1
Till Valley1
Tisbury1
Upper Bourne1
Western1
Whiteparish1
Wilton2
Winterbourne1
Winterslow1
Woodford Valley1
Wylye2
Total58

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.

WardSeats
Alderbury and Whiteparish3
Amesbury East3
Amesbury West1
Bemerton3
Bishopdown2
Bulford2
Chalke Valley1
Donhead1
Downton and Redlynch3
Durrington3
Ebble1
Fisherton and Bemerton Village2
Fonthill and Nadder1
Harnham East2
Harnham West2
Knoyle1
Laverstock2
Lower Wylye and Woodford Valley1
St. Edmund and Milford2
St. Mark and Stratford3
St. Martin and Milford2
St. Paul2
Till Valley and Wylye2
Tisbury and Fovant2
Upper Bourne, Idmiston and Winterbourne2
Western and Mere2
Wilton2
Winterslow2
Total55

Places

Citations

  1. Local Government Act 1972
  2. The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972, SI 1972/2039
  3. The Wiltshire (Structural Change) Order 2008, SI 2008/490
  4. "English local elections 2007 – Salisbury". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. "Locals 99 – Salisbury". BBC News. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  6. "Local elections – Salisbury". BBC News. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  7. "English local elections 2007 – Salisbury". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  8. The District of Salisbury (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975, SI 1975/1815
  9. The District of Salisbury (Electoral Changes) Order 1999, SI 1999/2924.

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