Salisbury District

Coordinates: 51°04′01″N 1°47′53″W / 51.067°N 1.798°W / 51.067; -1.798

Salisbury District

Salisbury District shown within non-metropolitan Wiltshire
Area
  2001 387 sq. miles (1,004.13 km²)
Population
  2001 115,000
History
  Origin Municipal Borough of New Sarum (or Salisbury) and Municipal Borough of Wilton, Amesbury Rural District, Mere and Tisbury Rural District, Salisbury and Wilton Rural District.
  Created 1974
  Abolished 2009
  Succeeded by Wiltshire Council
Status non-metropolitan district
ONS code 46UD
Government

Salisbury District Council

  HQ Salisbury

Salisbury was a local government district in Wiltshire, England, from 1974 to 2009. Its main urban area was the city of Salisbury.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the previous municipal boroughs of Salisbury and Wilton, along with Amesbury Rural District, Mere and Tisbury Rural District and Salisbury and Wilton Rural District.

On 1 April 2009, the district was abolished 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. At the same time, a parish council serving only Salisbury and its suburbs was formed, called Salisbury City Council.

Political control

The political control of the Council was as follows:[1]

The political composition of the authority when it came to an end on 31 March 2009 was 22 Conservatives, 19 Liberal Democrats, ten Labour members, and four Independents.

Places

References

  1. "English local elections 2007". BBC News. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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