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West Wiltshire District Council Elections
West Wiltshire was a non-metropolitan district in Wiltshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Wiltshire Council. Political control From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2009, political control of the council was held by the following parties: Leadership The leader of the council, leaders of the council from 2003 until the council's abolition in 2009 were: Council elections *1973 West Wiltshire District Council election *1976 West Wiltshire District Council election *1979 West Wiltshire District Council election *1983 West Wiltshire District Council election (New ward boundaries) *1987 West Wiltshire District Council election *1991 West Wiltshire District Council election *1995 West Wiltshire District Council election *1999 West Wiltshire District Council election *2003 West Wiltshire District Council election (New ward boundaries) *2007 West Wiltshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)legislation.gov.uk â€T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Wiltshire
West Wiltshire was a local government district in Wiltshire, England, formed on 1 April 1974, further to the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the former urban districts of Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury, along with Bradford and Melksham Rural District and the Warminster and Westbury Rural District.F. Youngs, ''Local Administrative Units: Southern England'' (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 706 There were five towns in the district, Bradford on Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury, each surrounded by rural parishes. About two-thirds of the district's population was in its five towns. The district council was based at purpose-built offices in Bradley Road, Trowbridge. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, when its functions were taken over by the new Wiltshire Council unitary authority. District Council West Wiltshire District Council had forty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 West Wiltshire District Council Election
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West Wiltshire District Council Elections
West Wiltshire was a non-metropolitan district in Wiltshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Wiltshire Council. Political control From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2009, political control of the council was held by the following parties: Leadership The leader of the council, leaders of the council from 2003 until the council's abolition in 2009 were: Council elections *1973 West Wiltshire District Council election *1976 West Wiltshire District Council election *1979 West Wiltshire District Council election *1983 West Wiltshire District Council election (New ward boundaries) *1987 West Wiltshire District Council election *1991 West Wiltshire District Council election *1995 West Wiltshire District Council election *1999 West Wiltshire District Council election *2003 West Wiltshire District Council election (New ward boundaries) *2007 West Wiltshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)legislation.gov.uk â€T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 West Wiltshire District Council Election
Elections to West Wiltshire District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives took control. Most wards had boundary changes or were new. at opsi.gov.uk One ward, Shearwater, was uncontested. Of the 44 new members, 21 were not members of the outgoing council. The district councillors were elected on 3 May 2007 for a four-year term of office, but a review of determined in 2008 that the four district councils of should ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 West Wiltshire District Council Election
Elections to West Wiltshire District Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats lost their majority, leaving the council with no overall control. Many ward (country subdivision), wards had boundary changes, and some were new. None were uncontested. Results Ward results Atworth and Whitley Bradford-on-Avon North Bradford-on-Avon South Dilton Marsh Ethandune Holt Manor Vale Melksham North Melksham Spa Melksham Without Melksham Woodrow Mid Wylye Valley Paxcroft Shearwater Southwick and Wingfield Summerham Trowbridge Adcroft Trowbridge College Trowbridge Drynham Trowbridge John of Gaunt Trowbridge Park Warminster East Warminster West We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 West Wiltshire District Council Election
Elections to West Wiltshire District Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats held their overall control, winning twenty-seven seats while the Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives took ten, Independent (politician), Independents four and the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party two. Three single-member ward (country subdivision), wards, Ethandune, Melksham Roundpond, and Westbrook, had only one candidate in each case and thus were uncontested. Results Ward results Blackmore Forest Bradford-on-Avon North Bradford-on-Avon South Corsley Dilton Marsh Ethandune Holt Manor Vale Melksham Forest Melksham Lambourne Melksham Roundpond Melksham Town Melksham Woodrow Mid Wylye Valley Paxcroft Shearwater Summerham Trowbridge Adcroft Trowbr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 West Wiltshire District Council Election
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1991 West Wiltshire District Council Election
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1983 West Wiltshire District Council Election
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subseq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-metropolitan District
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially ''shire counties'') in a two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status are known as boroughs, able to appoint a mayor and refer to itself as a borough council. Non-metropolitan districts Non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of English non-metropolitan counties which have a two-tier structure of local government. Most non-metropolitan counties have a county council and several districts, each with a borough or district council. In these cases local government functions are divided between county and district councils, to the level where they can be practised most efficiently: *Borough/district councils are responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recyclin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 West Wiltshire District Council Election
Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ''Chiquitita'' to commemorate the event. ** The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full Sino-American relations, diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978, France, French carmaker Peugeot completes a takeover of American manufacturer Chrysler's Chrysler Europe, European operations, which are based in United Kingdom, Britain's former Rootes Group factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 7 – Cambodian–Vietnamese War: The People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese-backed Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 West Wiltshire District Council Election
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party (1976), Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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