Wroughton and Wichelstowe is an electoral ward in the Borough of Swindon, England. Since 2012, the ward has elected three councillors to Swindon Borough Council.
The ward was created in 2012.
In 2023, Swindon council cabinet member and local councillor Cathy Martyn resigned. [1]
The ward has Swindon's only Liberal Democrat councillor. [2]
The ward covers the areas of Wroughton and Wichelstowe. The ward is the third largest in area but is mainly rural. [3]
The ward is part of the East Wiltshire parliamentary constituency). [4]
In the 2021 census, the population of the ward was 8,229. [5]
The Borough of Swindon is a unitary authority area with borough status in Wiltshire, England. Centred on Swindon, it is the most north-easterly district of South West England.
Wroughton is a large village and civil parish in northeast Wiltshire, England. It is part of the Borough of Swindon and lies along the A4361 between Swindon and Avebury; the road into Swindon crosses the M4 motorway between junctions 15 and 16. The village is about 2.2 miles (3.5 km) south of Swindon town centre on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town of Marlborough is about 11 miles (18 km) to the south, and the World Heritage Site at Avebury is about 7 miles (11 km) to the south.
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