Swindon (borough)
| Borough of Swindon | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, Borough |
| Region: | South West England |
| Ceremonial County: | Wiltshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 158th 230.10 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Swindon |
| ONS code: | 00HX |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2008 est.) - Density |
Ranked 83rd 192,900 838 / km² |
| Ethnicity[1]: | 93.4% White 3.0% S.Asian 1.0% Black British 1.4% Mixed Race 1.2% Chinese or Other |
| Politics | |
| Swindon Borough Council http://www.swindon.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Robert Buckland(C) Justin Tomlinson (C) |
The Borough of Swindon is a local government authority in South West England. It is centred on the town of Swindon and forms part of the ceremonial county of Wiltshire. It was formed in [1974 as the Thamesdown district of Wiltshire, from former areas of the municipal borough of Swindon and Highworth Rural District.
On 1 April 1997 it was made administratively independent of Wiltshire County Council, with its council becoming a new unitary authority.[2] It adopted the name Swindon on 24 April 1997. The former Thamesdown name and logo are still used by the main local bus company of Swindon, called Thamesdown Transport Limited.[3]
Swindon Borough Council is now a 2 star Council according to the Audit Commission.[4]
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[edit] Economy
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Swindon at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
| Year | Regional Gross Value Added[1] | Agriculture[2] | Industry[3] | Services[4] |
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| 1995 | 2,654 | 13 | 1,023 | 1,618 |
| 2000 | 4,085 | 9 | 1,368 | 2,708 |
| 2003 | 4,259 | 8 | 1,185 | 3,067 |
^ includes hunting and forestry
^ includes energy and construction
^ includes Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured
^ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
[edit] Geography
The borough of Swindon occupies an area in the north east corner of Wiltshire and is bordered by two other counties, Gloucestershire (to the north) and Oxfordshire (to the east). Also, West Berkshire is only a short distance from the borough’s south eastern tip. The landscape is marked by the River Thames guiding the northern border and the Marlborough Downs encroaching to the south.
[edit] Area covered
The Borough covers not just the town of Swindon, but surrounding countryside and the town of Highworth and villages including
- Badbury
- Bishopstone
- Blunsdon
- Chiseldon
- Hannington
- Highworth
- Hinton Parva
- Inglesham
- Liddington
- Lydiard Tregoze
- Sevenhampton
- South Marston
- Stanton Fitzwarren
- Stratton St. Margaret
- Wanborough
- Wroughton
[edit] Swindon Borough Council
The council follows a leader and cabinet model[5] and has 59 elected members. Conservative Roderick Bluh is the current leader of the council, while the Conservative Group have 42 members in the council. There are also 12 Labour, 3 Liberal Democrat and two independent councillors[6].
[edit] Wards
The following are the Electoral Wards within the Borough.[7]
- Abbey Meads [3 Conservative Cllrs]
- Blunsdon [1 Conservative Cllr]
- Central [3 Labour Cllrs]
- Covingham and Nythe [3 Conservative Cllrs]
- Dorcan [3 Conservative Cllrs]
- Eastcott [3 Lib Dem Cllrs]
- Freshbrook and Grange Park [3 Conservative Cllrs]
- Gorse Hill and Pinehurst [1 UKIP, 3 Labour Cllrs]
- Haydon Wick [3 Conservative Cllrs]
- Highworth [3 Conservative Cllrs]
- Moredon [3 Conservative Cllrs]
- Old Town and Lawn [3 Conservative Cllrs]
- Parks [1 Conservative, 2 Labour Cllrs]
- Penhill [1 Labour, 1 Ind. Cllrs]
- Ridgeway [1 Conservative Cllr]
- Shaw and Nine Elms [3 Conservative Cllrs]
- St Margaret [3 Conservative Cllrs]
- St Philips [3 Conservative Cllrs]
- Toothill and Westlea [1 Conservative, 1 Ind. Cllrs]
- Walcot [2 Conservative Cllrs]
- Western [3 Labour Cllrs]
- Wroughton and Chiseldon [3 Conservative Cllrs]
[edit] References
- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics
- ^ The Wiltshire (Borough of Thamesdown)(Structural Change) Order 1995
- ^ Thamesdown Transport Limited Website.
- ^ Audit Commission Reports on Swindon Borough Council.
- ^ http://ww2.swindon.gov.uk/moderngov/mgCommitteeDetails.asp?ID=285&J=8
- ^ http://ww2.swindon.gov.uk/moderngov/mgCommitteeDetails.asp?ID=284&J=8
- ^ http://ww2.swindon.gov.uk/moderngov/mgMemberIndex.asp?FN=WARD&J=2 Retrieved on 2010-02-02
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