Salisbury (district)

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Salisbury District
Shown within non-metropolitan 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: 115,000 - Total (2007 est.) - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.7% White
Politics
Salisbury District Council http://www.salisbury.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Robert Key, Andrew Murrison

Salisbury was a local government district in Wiltshire, England. It is now defunct. It was formed in 1974. 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. A parish council serving only Salisbury and its suburbs was formed, called Salisbury City Council.

[edit] Political control

The political control of the Council was as follows^[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
• 2007-2009 NOC

From May 2007 to March 2009, the administration was formed by a coalition of Liberal Democrat and Labour councillors. Representation on the council was as follows:

• Conservative: 22
• Liberal Democrat: 19
• Labour: 10
• Independent: 4

[edit] Places

• Alderbury, Amesbury
• Broad Chalke, Bulford
• Donhead, Downton, Durrington
• Laverstock
• Mere
• Redlynch
• Salisbury, Shrewton
• Tilshead, Tisbury
• West Grimstead
• Wilton, Winterslow

[edit] References

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