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2003 Alnwick Council Election
An election for the Alnwick District Council was held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. One of the three seats in the Rothbury and South Rural ward had no candidate for the seat. Election result 5 Liberal Democrat, 2 Conservative and 1 Independent candidates were unopposed. Ward results External linksBBC report of 2003 Alnwick election result 2009-10-25) {{United Kingdom local elections, 2003 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alnwick (district)
Alnwick was a local government district of Northumberland, England. Its council was based in the town of Alnwick and the district had a population of 31,029 according to the 2001 census. It was one of the most rural and sparsely populated districts in the United Kingdom, having a resident population of 32,300 in an area of 1,079.51 square kilometres, according to the 2001 census. (That is 29 persons per km² compared with the UK average of 245 persons per km².) Just over 50% of the population was located in the three main towns of Alnwick (7,600), Amble (6,100) and Rothbury (2,500), with the remainder dispersed across large and small villages, hamlets and isolated dwellings. It was the second most racially homogeneous community in the country, in the terms measured in the 2001 census with 99.6% of the population recording their ethnicity as ''White''. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 as a merger of the urban districts of Alnwick and Amble and the rural districts of Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rothbury
Rothbury is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the River Coquet. It is northwest of Morpeth, Northumberland, Morpeth and of Newcastle upon Tyne. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2001 Census, it had a population of 2,107. Rothbury emerged as an important town because of its location at a crossroads over a ford on the River Coquet. Toll road, Turnpike roads leading to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Alnwick, Hexham and Morpeth allowed for an influx of families and the enlargement of the settlement during the Middle Ages. In 1291, Rothbury was chartered as a market town and became a centre for dealing in cattle and wool for the surrounding villages during the Early Modern Era. Later, Rothbury developed extensively in the Victorian era, due in large part to the Rail transport in Great Britain, railway and the industrialist William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Cragside, Sir William Armstrong. Between 1862 and 1865, Armstrong built Crag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 English Local Elections
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Alnwick District Council Elections
Alnwick District Council elections were generally held every four years between the council's creation in 1974 and its abolition in 2009. Alnwick District was a non-metropolitan district in Northumberland, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b .... The council was abolished and its functions transferred to Northumberland County Council with effect from 1 April 2009. Political control The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. From 1973 until its abolition in 2009 political control of the council was held by the following parties: Council elections * 1973 Alnwick District Council election * 1976 Alnwick District Council election * 1979 Alnwick District Council elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
