West Wiltshire
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West Wiltshire District | |
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![]() Shown within non-metropolitan Wiltshire | |
Area | |
• 2009 | 516.92 km2 (Ranked 96th) |
Population | |
• 2009 | ? |
• Ethnicity | 98.1% White |
History | |
• Created | 1 April 1974 |
• Abolished | 1 April 2009 |
• Succeeded by | Wiltshire Council |
Status | District |
ONS code | 46UF |
Government | West Wiltshire District Council |
• Type | Leader & Committees, later Leader & Cabinet |
• HQ | Trowbridge |
Contained within | |
• Region | South West England |
• Admin. County | Wiltshire |
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West Wiltshire was a local government district in Wiltshire, England, between 1974 and 2009, when it was superseded by Wiltshire Council.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, further to the
The district council was based at purpose-built offices in Bradley Road, Trowbridge. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 as part of the 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-four members, all elected together for a four-year term of office. The first elections were held in 1973 and the last in 2007.
Political control
Initially, in 1973, the district council had no overall control. The
Parliamentary representation
At the parliamentary level, most of the district of West Wiltshire was in the Westbury constituency, with the remaining two parishes coming under Devizes. Throughout the district's existence, both seats were held by Conservative Members of Parliament, latterly Andrew Murrison (Westbury) and Michael Ancram (Devizes).
Settlements
Populated places in West Wiltshire included:
- Ashton Gifford
- Atworth
- Bishopstrow
- Boyton
- Bradford-on-Avon
- Bratton
- Broughton Gifford
- Bulkington
- Chapmanslade
- Chitterne
- Codford
- Corsley
- Coulston
- Dilton Marsh
- Edington
- Heytesbury
- Holt
- Horningsham
- Imber
- Keevil
- Knook
- Limpley Stoke
- Longleat
- Melksham
- Melksham Without
- Monkton Farleigh
- North Bradley
- Norton Bavant
- Old Dilton
- Semington
- Sherrington
- Southwick
- South Wraxall
- Staverton
- Steeple Ashton
- Sutton Veny
- Trowbridge
- Upton Lovell
- Upton Scudamore
- Warminster
- West Ashton
- Westbury
- Winsley
- Yarnbrook
See also
- Wiltshire County Council
References
- ^ F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 706