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North Warwickshire is a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of
Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...
, West Midlands, England. Outlying settlements in the borough include the two towns of Atherstone (where the council is based) and Coleshill. Notable villages in the borough include Dordon, Polesworth, Kingsbury, Water Orton and Shustoke. The North Warwickshire district was created on 1 April 1974 by a merger of the Atherstone Rural District and parts of the Meriden Rural District (the rest of which was merged into the West Midlands county). North Warwickshire is a mostly rural area with several small market towns and a number of former mining villages. The area historically had a large
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industry, but this has now all died out. The last coal mine in the area, Daw Mill at
Arley Arley may refer to: Places England * Arley, Cheshire, a village ** Arley Hall, Cheshire * Arley, Warwickshire, a village * Upper Arley, a village in Worcestershire ** Arley railway station, on the Severn Valley Railway United States * Arley, Alab ...
, closed in 2013. The district is relatively remote from the rest of Warwickshire, as the county is almost split in two by the West Midlands Boroughs of Solihull and Coventry. The borough borders the neighboring Warwickshire district of Nuneaton and Bedworth to the south-south-east, Staffordshire to the west and northwest, Leicestershire to the north and northeast, the cities of
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and
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to the southwest and southeast. The borough's landscape is primarily of the mildly undulating agricultural variety, with the North Warwickshire plateau rising to 177 m (581 ft) above sea-level at Bentley Common, 2.5 miles southwest of Atherstone. The most significant bodies of water within North Warwickshire are Kingsbury Water Park,
Shustoke Reservoir Shustoke is a village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 549. It is situated 2.5 miles nor ...
, the River Blythe and the mid-section of the Coventry Canal. The boundaries of North Warwickshire are similar to those of the North Warwickshire parliamentary constituency. However the constituency also includes the town of Bedworth, but does not include the villages of
Hartshill Hartshill is a large village and civil parish in North Warwickshire, England, 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west of the town of Nuneaton. The parish borders the district of Nuneaton and Bedworth at the south, the North Warwickshire district parishes ...
and
Arley Arley may refer to: Places England * Arley, Cheshire, a village ** Arley Hall, Cheshire * Arley, Warwickshire, a village * Upper Arley, a village in Worcestershire ** Arley railway station, on the Severn Valley Railway United States * Arley, Alab ...
. The local MP is Craig Tracey. In 2007 the Conservatives took overall control of the Borough Council for the first time since the creation of the council within its current boundaries. The Council was retaken by Labour in 2011, then returned to Conservative control in 2015.


Parishes and settlements

Settlements in North Warwickshire include: * Ansley,
Arley Arley may refer to: Places England * Arley, Cheshire, a village ** Arley Hall, Cheshire * Arley, Warwickshire, a village * Upper Arley, a village in Worcestershire ** Arley railway station, on the Severn Valley Railway United States * Arley, Alab ...
(Old Arley & New Arley), Astley, Atherstone, Austrey * Baddesley Ensor, Baxterley,
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, Birchley Heath, Birchmoor,
Blythe End Blythe End is a hamlet in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. Blythe End is halfway between Coleshill (where the population details can be found) and Shustoke on the B4114 road (the former A47 Birmingham to Nuneaton road). T ...
* Caldecote, Coleshill, Curdworth, Corley (Corley Ash & Corley Moor North). * Dordon, Duke End * Fillongley, Freasley,
Furnace End Furnace End is a large hamlet in the civil parish of Over Whitacre, and in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It is on the B4114 where the road intersects with the B4098 approximately midway between the market towns of ...
* Gilson, Great Packington, Grendon (Grendon Common,
New Grendon Grendon is a civil parish which includes both Old Grendon and New Grendon in North Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : Old Grendon is a village situated three miles (5 km) west of Atherstone and five ...
, Old Grendon) *
Hartshill Hartshill is a large village and civil parish in North Warwickshire, England, 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west of the town of Nuneaton. The parish borders the district of Nuneaton and Bedworth at the south, the North Warwickshire district parishes ...
, Heath Whitacre,
Hurley Hurley may refer to: Places ;In the United Kingdom: * Hurley, Berkshire * Hurley, Warwickshire * Hurley Common, Warwickshire ;In the United States: * Hurley, Alabama * Hurley, Mississippi * Hurley, Missouri * Hurley, New Mexico * Hurley, New Y ...
,
Hurley Common Hurley Common is a village in North Warwickshire, England, between Wood End, Atherstone, Wood End and Hurley, Warwickshire, Hurley, it consists of several houses and 2 Farms, Hurley common does not have its own Parish Church so it is technically ...
* Kingsbury * Lea Marston, Little Packington * Mancetter, Maxstoke, Merevale, Middleton, Moxhull *
Nether Whitacre Nether Whitacre is a small village and larger rural civil parish in North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England. Topography It is one of 'The Whitacres': Nether Whitacre, Over Whitacre and Whitacre Heath which are in the upper valley of the River ...
, Newton Regis, No Man's Heath *
Over Whitacre Over Whitacre is a hamlet in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 411. It is one of 'The Whitacres' – Over Whitacre, Nether Whitacre and Whitacre Heath, ...
* Polesworth,
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*Ridge Lane Village * Seckington, Shustoke, Shuttington, * Warton, Water Orton, Whitacre Heath, Whittington, Wiggins Hill,
Wishaw Wishaw ( sco, Wishae or Wisha ; gd, Camas Neachdain) is a large town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of the Clyde Valley, south-east of Glasgow city centre. The Burgh of Wishaw was formed in 1855 within Lanarkshire. it form ...
, Wood End (near Kingsbury), Wood End (near Fillongley) For a list of wards in North Warwickshire by population see here


Local election results 1973-2020

, the party composition was as follows:Councillors by political party
North Warwickshire Borough Council. Retrieved 27 September 2020. Historically, local election results have fallen like this:


Parties

The Borough is a very marginal seat between the Conservatives and Labour. Within the Borough, Polesworth East, Dordon, and Wood End are considered Labour
safe seat A safe seat is an electoral district (constituency) in a legislative body (e.g. Congress, Parliament, City Council) which is regarded as fully secure, for either a certain political party, or the incumbent representative personally or a combinat ...
s, and Fillongley, Water Orton, Newton Regis and Curdworth are considered safe Conservative seats.


See also

*
Hurley and Wood End Hurley and Wood End is a ward within North Warwickshire, it is named after the villages of Hurley and Wood End, the ward also contains the villages of Piccadilly, Hurley Common and Foul End. The ward is covered by Kingsbury Civil Parish. Profi ...


References

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