Nuneaton and Bedworth

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Nuneaton Borough Council)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Settlement short description".Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Expression error: Unexpected < operator.

Nuneaton and Bedworth is a local government district with borough status in Warwickshire, England. It includes the towns of Nuneaton (where the council is based) and Bedworth, as well as a modest rural hinterland including the village of Bulkington.

The neighbouring districts are Rugby, Coventry, North Warwickshire and Hinckley and Bosworth.

History

The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of two former districts which were both abolished at the same time, these were:[1]

The new district was initially named Nuneaton, after its largest town.[2] Nuneaton's borough status, which it had held since 1907,[3] was transferred to the enlarged district, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.[4] Following a campaign from Bedworth residents the borough's name was changed to "Nuneaton and Bedworth" with effect from 1 October 1980.[5][6]

Governance

Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

File:Bedworth civic hall 30s07.JPG
Bedworth, the second town and second-largest settlement in the borough

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Warwickshire County Council.[7] There are no civil parishes in the borough, which is an unparished area.[8]

Political control

At the 2024 election, Labour won a two-seat majority on the council.[9] A subsequent change of allegiance in December 2024 left Labour with exactly half the seats on the council, since when it has been under no overall control.[10]

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:[11][12]

Party in control Years
  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || 1974–2008

  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || 2008–2010

  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || 2010–2012

  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || 2012–2018

  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || 2018–2021

  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || 2021–2024

  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || 2024–2024

  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell[10] || 2024–present

Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Nuneaton and Bedworth. Political leadership is provided instead by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1974 have been:

Councillor Party From To
Fred Warr[13][14]
  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || align=right|1 Apr 1974 || align=right|Jan 1975

John Haynes[15][16]
  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || align=right|Feb 1975 || align=right|1982

Bill Olner[17]
  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || align=right|May 1982 || align=right|May 1986

Dennis Harvey[18][19]
  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || align=right|1986 || align=right|May 2008

Marcus Jones[20][21]
  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || align=right|May 2008 || align=right| 2009

Peter Gilbert[22]
  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || align=right|2009 || align=right|May 2010

Dennis Harvey[23]
  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || align=right|May 2010 || align=right|May 2018

Julie Jackson[24][25]
  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || align=right|16 May 2018 || align=right|May 2021

Kris Wilson[26][27]
  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || align=right|19 May 2021 || align=right|15 May 2024

Chris Watkins[28][27]
  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell || align=right|15 May 2024 || align=right|

Composition

Following the 2024 election,[29] and a subsequent change of allegiance in December 2024, the composition of the council was:[30]

Party Councillors
  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell

19
  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell

17
  1. REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Template:Redirect category shell

2
Total 38

The next election is due in 2026.[30]

Elections

Template:Also Since the last boundary changes in 2024 the council has comprised 38 councillors representing 19 wards, with each ward electing two councillors. Elections are held in alternate years, with half the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four-year term of office.[31]

Premises

The council is based at Nuneaton Town Hall on Coton Road in Nuneaton. The building was purpose-built for the old Nuneaton Borough Council and opened in 1934.[32]

Subdivisions

File:Church Street, Bulkington 2.jpg
Bulkington, the third-largest settlement in the borough
File:Nuneaton and Bedworth UK ward map 2010 (blank).svg
Wards of Nuneaton and Bedworth

Nuneaton and Bedworth are divided into 19 wards, each represented by 2 councillors, giving a total of 38 councillors. The borough has no civil parishes.

Ward name Approximate coverage Population
(2001 census) 		Population
(2011 census)
Arbury Heath End, Glendale, Bermuda, Arbury 5,482 6,736
Attleborough Attleborough, Maple Park, SW Whitestone 7,564 7,676
Bede Collycroft (east), Furnace Fields (north), Bedworth town centre, Burnside, Water Tower estate 6,760 6,666
Bulkington Bulkington, Weston-in-Arden, Ryton, Marston Jabbett, Bramcote (west) 6,303 6,146
Camp Hill Camp Hill 7,325 7,321
Chilvers Coton Chilvers Coton Template:Tbd Template:Tbd
Eastboro Eastboro Template:Tbd Template:Tbd
Exhall Exhall (west), Ash Green, Neals Green, Keresley End 7,381 8,006
Galley Common Galley Common, Chapel End, Whittleford 7,593 8,233
Heath Bedworth Heath, Goodyers End, Market End 6,377 7,473
Milby Milby Template:Tbd Template:Tbd
Poplar Furnace Fields (south), Coalpit Field, Exhall (east), Hawkesbury Village 6,850 8,043
Slough Collycroft (west), Mount Pleasant, Bedworth Woodlands, Woodland Park 7,058 7,041
St Mary's St Mary's Template:Tbd Template:Tbd
St Nicolas Horeston Grange, Hinckley Road, The Long Shoot, St Nicolas Park (south) 7,073 6,943
Stockingford East Stockingford East Template:Tbd Template:Tbd
Stockingford West Stockingford West Template:Tbd Template:Tbd
Weddington Weddington, St Nicolas Park (north) 7,286 7,256
Whitestone Whitestone (except SW part), Attleborough Fields 7,435 6,877
TOTAL NUNEATON & BEDWORTH 119,132 125,252

For a sortable list of wards in Nuneaton and Bedworth by population, see List of wards in Nuneaton and Bedworth by population.

Twinnings

Nuneaton and Bedworth is twinned with:

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Template:Cite legislation UK
  2. ↑ Template:Cite legislation UK
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Template:Cite legislation UK
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". (Put "Nuneaton & Bedworth" in search box to see specific results.)
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  16. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  18. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  19. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  22. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  23. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  24. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  25. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  26. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  27. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  28. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  29. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  30. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  31. ↑ Template:Cite legislation UK
  32. ↑ Veasey, E.A. (2002), Nuneaton A History, Phillimore & Co. Limited, pages 104, 113–114, 126 Template:ISBN.

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Script error: No such module "Navbox". Script error: No such module "Navbox". Template:Authority control

Script error: No such module "Coordinates".

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Nuneaton_and_Bedworth&oldid=4743076"