SALISBURY (DISTRICT)

Salisbury District
Salisbury ''Shown within Wiltshire''
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South West England
Admin. County:	Wiltshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 24th 387 sq. miles (1,004.13 km²)
Admin. HQ:	Salisbury
ONS code:	46UD
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.7% White
Politics
Salisbury Salisbury District Council http://www.salisbury.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Robert Key, Andrew Murrison

'Salisbury' is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. It was formed in 1974. Its main town is the city of Salisbury.
There is no authority called ''Salisbury City Council''. The City of Salisbury, only one-sixtieth of the area of the district, is unparished; since 1974 its dignity & privileges have been vested in Charter Trustees.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the previous municipal boroughs of New Sarum (Salisbury) and Wilton, along with Amesbury Rural District, Mere and Tisbury Rural District and Salisbury and Wilton Rural District.
On 25th July 2007 the Department for Communities and Local Government announced that the district is to be abolished along with Kennet, North Wiltshire and West Wiltshire districts, making Wiltshire County Council a unitary authority.

Contents

Political control

Places

Political control

Control of the authority shifted in the elections of May 2007 from Conservative to no overall control, the current administration being formed by a coalition of Liberal Democrat and Labour councillors. Representation on the council is as follows:
Conservative: 22

Liberal Democrat: 19

Labour: 10

Independent: 4

Previous political control of the Council is as follows (see BBC pages [1])

1976-1979 NOC (No Overall Control)

1979-1983 NOC

1983-1987 NOC

1987-1991 Conservative

1991-1995 Conservative

1995-1999 Liberal Democrat

1999-2003 NOC

2003-2007 Conservative

Places

★ Alderbury, Amesbury

★ Broad Chalke, Bulford

★ Donhead, Downton, Durrington

★ Laverstock

★ Mere

★ Redlynch

★ Salisbury, Shrewton

★ Tilshead, Tisbury

★ West Grimstead

★ Wilton, Winterslow
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