Rugby Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Rugby Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2012, 42 councillors have been elected from 16

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Political control

The town of Rugby had been a municipal borough from 1932 to 1974 with a borough council. The first elections to the enlarged Rugby Borough created under the

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were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2002 have been:

Council elections

* 1973 Rugby Borough Council election * 1976 Rugby Borough Council election * 1979 Rugby Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1980 Rugby Borough Council election * 1982 Rugby Borough Council election * 1983 Rugby Borough Council election * 1984 Rugby Borough Council election *

1986 Rugby Borough Council election The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

* 1987 Rugby Borough Council election * 1988 Rugby Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) * 1990 Rugby Borough Council election * 1991 Rugby Borough Council election * 1992 Rugby Borough Council election * 1994 Rugby Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) *

1995 Rugby Borough Council election File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

1996 Rugby Borough Council election File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone ...

1998 Rugby Borough Council election Elections to Rugby Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council seats were up for election. The council stayed under no overall control. The number of councillors for each party after the election were Labour 22, Conservativ ...

1999 Rugby Borough Council election Elections to Rugby Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council seats were up for election. The council stayed under no overall control. The number of councillors for each party after the election were Labour 22, Conservat ...

2000 Rugby Borough Council election Elections to Rugby Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council seats were up for election. The council stayed under no overall control. The number of councillors for each party after the election were Labour eighteen, Con ...

2002 Rugby Borough Council election Elections to Rugby Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election as a result of the boundary changes that had taken place since the last election in 2000. The council stayed under no overall control. Election res ...

(New ward boundaries) *

2003 Rugby Borough Council election Elections to Rugby Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council seats were up for election. The council stayed under no overall control. The number of councillors for each party after the election were Conservative 18, Lab ...

By-election results

References

External links

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{{Warwickshire elections Local government in Warwickshire Council elections in Warwickshire District council elections in England