Borough of Havant

Borough of Havant
Non-metropolitan district
Havant shown within Hampshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Hampshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Havant
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Havant Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	George Hollingbery Alan Mak
Area
• Total	21.4 sq mi (55.3 km²)
Area rank	266th (of 326)
Population (mid-2014 est.)
• Total	122,210
• Rank	181st (of 326)
• Density	5,700/sq mi (2,200/km²)
• Ethnicity	98.5% White
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	24UH (ONS) E07000090 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SU717062
Website	www.havant.gov.uk

The Borough of Havant is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Havant. Other places within the Borough include Bedhampton, Cowplain, Emsworth, Hayling Island, Purbrook, Waterlooville and Widley. The Borough covers much of the semi-urban area in the south east of Hampshire, between the city of Portsmouth and the West Sussex border.

Havant Borough Council

Elections to the borough council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 38 seats on the council being elected at each election. The Conservative party held a majority on the council from 1978 until they lost a majority in 1990. No party had a majority until the 2002 election when the Conservatives regained overall control. Since then the Conservatives have had a majority and as of the 2016 election the council is composed of the following councillors:-^[1]

Party		Councillors
	Conservative Party	31
	UK Independence Party	4
	Labour Party	2
	Liberal Democrats	1

Wards

The wards^[2] are:

Barncroft
Battins
Bedhampton
Bondfields
Cowplain
Emsworth
Hart Plain
Hayling East
Hayling West
Purbrook
St Faith's
Stakes
Warren Park
Waterlooville

References

↑ "Havant". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
↑ "Havant Borough Council councillors". www.havant.gov.uk. Retrieved 2007-11-14.

External links

Ceremonial county of Hampshire

Hampshire Portal

Unitary authorities	City of Portsmouth City of Southampton

Boroughs or districts	Borough of Basingstoke and Deane District of East Hampshire Borough of Eastleigh Borough of Fareham Borough of Gosport District of Hart Borough of Havant District of New Forest Borough of Rushmoor Borough of Test Valley City of Winchester

Major settlements	Aldershot Alton Andover Basingstoke Bishop's Waltham Blackwater Bordon Eastleigh Emsworth Fareham Farnborough Fleet Fordingbridge Gosport Havant Hedge End Hythe Lee-on-the-Solent Lymington New Alresford New Milton Petersfield Portsmouth Ringwood Romsey Southampton Stockbridge Tadley Totton and Eling Waterlooville Whitchurch Winchester Yateley See also: List of civil parishes in Hampshire

Rivers	Avon Beaulieu Hamble Itchen Meon Test Wallington Wey

Topics	Parliamentary constituencies Places SSSIs Country houses Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings South Coast Plain South Downs History Schools Further education Museums Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs

Districts of South East England

Berkshire	Bracknell Forest Reading Slough West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham

Buckinghamshire	Aylesbury Vale Chiltern Milton Keynes South Bucks Wycombe

East Sussex	Brighton and Hove Eastbourne Hastings Lewes Rother Wealden

Hampshire	Basingstoke and Deane East Hampshire Eastleigh Fareham Gosport Hart Havant New Forest Portsmouth Rushmoor Southampton Test Valley Winchester

Isle of Wight	Isle of Wight

Kent	Ashford Canterbury Dartford Dover Gravesham Maidstone Medway Sevenoaks Shepway Swale Thanet Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells

Oxfordshire	Cherwell Oxford South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse West Oxfordshire

Surrey	Elmbridge Epsom and Ewell Guildford Mole Valley Reigate and Banstead Runnymede Spelthorne Surrey Heath Tandridge Waverley Woking

West Sussex	Adur Arun Chichester Crawley Horsham Mid Sussex Worthing

Towns and villages in the Borough of Havant

Havant & contiguous parts	Havant Bedhampton Langstone Warblington Leigh Park (see below)

Leigh Park	Leigh Park (currently divided electorally into four wards)

Waterlooville & adjoining neighbourhoods	Cowplain Hart Plain Purbrook Purbrook Heath Waterlooville Wecock Widley

Emsworth & adjoining neighbourhoods	Emsworth New Brighton

Hayling Island	South Hayling Fleet, Hayling North Hayling/Northney Stoke, Hayling Tye, Hayling

Borough of Havant

Coordinates: 50°51′03″N 0°58′58″W / 50.85088°N 0.98284°W / 50.85088; -0.98284

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