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org">Wiltshire Council</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_Wiltshire_County_Council.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Arms_of_Wiltshire_County_Council.svg/170px-Arms_of_Wiltshire_County_Council.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Arms_of_Wiltshire_County_Council.svg/255px-Arms_of_Wiltshire_County_Council.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Arms_of_Wiltshire_County_Council.svg/340px-Arms_of_Wiltshire_County_Council.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="816" data-file-height="1067" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The coat of arms of the council</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiltshire_Council_logo.svg" 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</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1 April 1889</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chairmen_of_Wiltshire_County_Council" title="List of chairmen of Wiltshire County Council">Chairman</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Bridget Wayman, <br /><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <br />since 21 May 2024<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">Leader</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Richard Clewer, <br /><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <br />since 18 May 2021 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">Chief Executive</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Terence Herbert <br />since 1 July 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">98 councillors</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiltshire_Council_composition.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Wiltshire Council composition" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Wiltshire_Council_composition.svg/260px-Wiltshire_Council_composition.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Wiltshire_Council_composition.svg/390px-Wiltshire_Council_composition.svg.png 1.5x, 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<dt>Other parties (39)</dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FAA61A; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> (29)</span></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (7)</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4003B; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (3)</dd></dl> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Length of term</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4 years</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">First past the post</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2021_Wiltshire_Council_election" title="2021 Wiltshire Council election">6 May 2021</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2025_Wiltshire_Council_election" title="2025 Wiltshire Council election">1 May 2025</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:County_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3768045.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="County Hall at Trowbridge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/County_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3768045.jpg/250px-County_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3768045.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/County_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3768045.jpg/375px-County_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3768045.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/County_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3768045.jpg/500px-County_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3768045.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1704" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label"><a href="/wiki/County_Hall,_Trowbridge" title="County Hall, Trowbridge">County Hall</a>, Bythesea Road, <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge">Trowbridge</a>, BA14<span class="nowrap"> </span>8JN</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk">www<wbr />.wiltshire<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wiltshire Council</b>, known between 1889 and 2009 as <b>Wiltshire County Council</b>, is the <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_England" title="Local government in England">local authority</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">non-metropolitan county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_(district)" title="Wiltshire (district)">Wiltshire</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_West_England" title="South West England">South West England</a>. Since 2009 it has been a <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">unitary authority</a>, being a county council which also performs the functions of a <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">district council</a>. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_county" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceremonial county">ceremonial county</a>, the latter additionally including <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Swindon" title="Borough of Swindon">Swindon</a>. Wiltshire Council has been controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> since 2000, and has its headquarters at <a href="/wiki/County_Hall,_Trowbridge" title="County Hall, Trowbridge">County Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge">Trowbridge</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiltshire_Council&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiltshire_County_Council.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d1/Wiltshire_County_Council.svg/220px-Wiltshire_County_Council.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d1/Wiltshire_County_Council.svg/330px-Wiltshire_County_Council.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d1/Wiltshire_County_Council.svg/440px-Wiltshire_County_Council.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="544" data-file-height="184" /></a><figcaption>The logo until 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>Elected county councils were established in 1889 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1888" title="Local Government Act 1888">Local Government Act 1888</a>, taking over administrative functions previously carried out by unelected <a href="/wiki/Magistrate" title="Magistrate">magistrates</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Quarter_sessions" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarter sessions">quarter sessions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chamber_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chamber-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first elections to the new county council were held on 23 January 1889; the council had sixty seats, but in twenty-eight the candidate ran unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-times1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first provisional meeting of the council was held at <a href="/wiki/Devizes_Assize_Court" title="Devizes Assize Court">Devizes Assize Court</a> on 31 January 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The council formally came into its powers on 1 April 1889, on which day it held its first official meeting at <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_Guildhall" title="Salisbury Guildhall">Salisbury Guildhall</a>. The first chairman was <a href="/wiki/John_Thynne,_4th_Marquess_of_Bath" title="John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath">John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-first_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-first-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The council was granted a <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> in 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until 1974 the lower tier of local government comprised numerous <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">boroughs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(England_and_Wales)" title="Urban district (England and Wales)">urban districts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rural_districts" class="mw-redirect" title="Rural districts">rural districts</a>. In 1974 the lower tier was reorganised and Wiltshire was left with five <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">districts</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kennet_District" title="Kennet District">Kennet</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Wiltshire" title="North Wiltshire">North Wiltshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_District" title="Salisbury District">Salisbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thamesdown" class="mw-redirect" title="Thamesdown">Thamesdown</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Wiltshire" title="West Wiltshire">West Wiltshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1997, Thamesdown was renamed 'Swindon' and converted into a <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">unitary authority</a>, removing it from the <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">non-metropolitan county</a> (the area controlled by Wiltshire County Council).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This reduced the population of the non-metropolitan county by almost a third. Swindon remains part of the wider ceremonial county of Wiltshire.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of the <a href="/wiki/2009_structural_changes_to_local_government_in_England" title="2009 structural changes to local government in England">2009 structural changes to local government</a>, Wiltshire's four remaining districts were abolished and their functions were taken over by Wiltshire County Council as from 1 April 2009. The way the changes were implemented was to create a single non-metropolitan district of Wiltshire matching the non-metropolitan county, but with no separate district council. Instead, the existing county council also took on the functions that legislation assigns to district councils, making it a unitary authority.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county council was given the option of omitting the word 'county' from its name as part of the reforms, which it took, becoming 'Wiltshire Council'.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiltshire_Council&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 2009, Wiltshire Council has provided both <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">county-level</a> and <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">district-level</a> services. The whole county is also covered by <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parishes</a>, which form a lower tier of local government.<sup id="cite_ref-electionmaps_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electionmaps-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most executive decisions are taken by the authority's <a href="/wiki/Cabinet-style_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet-style council">cabinet</a>, each member of which has a particular area of responsibility. <a href="/wiki/Development_control_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Development control in the United Kingdom">Development control</a> is undertaken by five <a href="/wiki/Planning_committee" title="Planning committee">planning committees</a>, the powers of which cannot be exercised by the cabinet. Members of the authority are appointed to a wide range of outside bodies, providing them with some element of democratic accountability, such as the <a href="/wiki/Kennet_and_Avon_Canal" title="Kennet and Avon Canal">Kennet and Avon Canal Trust</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_Victoria_County_History" title="Wiltshire Victoria County History">Wiltshire Victoria County History</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_Historic_Buildings_Trust" title="Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust">Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_control">Political control</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiltshire_Council&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county council has been under <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> majority control since 2000. </p><p>Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-compositions_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-compositions-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Upper-tier authority</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1974–1977 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1977–1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1985–1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td>1997–1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1997–2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>2000–2009 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Unitary authority</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>2009–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership">Leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiltshire_Council&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_chairmen_of_Wiltshire_County_Council" title="List of chairmen of Wiltshire County Council">List of chairmen of Wiltshire County Council</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">leaders of the council</a> since 1998 have been: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Chalke" title="Peter Chalke">Peter Chalke</a><sup id="cite_ref-15Jul2023_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15Jul2023-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">1998</td> <td align="right">15 Jul 2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jane_Scott,_Baroness_Scott_of_Bybrook" title="Jane Scott, Baroness Scott of Bybrook">Jane Scott</a><sup id="cite_ref-15Jul2023_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15Jul2023-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">15 Jul 2003</td> <td align="right">9 Jul 2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Philip Whitehead<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">9 Jul 2019</td> <td align="right">May 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Richard Clewer<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">18 May 2021</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composition">Composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiltshire_Council&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2021_Wiltshire_Council_election" title="2021 Wiltshire Council election">2021 election</a> and by-elections and changes of allegiance up to April 2024, the composition of the council was:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>Councillors </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="center">59 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td align="center">29 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td align="center">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total: </th> <th>98 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Six of the independent councillors sit together as a group. The next election is due in <a href="/wiki/2025_Wiltshire_Council_election" title="2025 Wiltshire Council election">2025</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiltshire_Council&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_County_Council_elections" title="Wiltshire County Council elections">Wiltshire County Council elections</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_Council_elections" title="Wiltshire Council elections">Wiltshire Council elections</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_electoral_divisions_and_wards_in_Wiltshire#Wiltshire" title="List of electoral divisions and wards in Wiltshire">List of electoral divisions and wards in Wiltshire § Wiltshire</a></div> <p>Since the last full review of boundaries in 2021 the county has been divided into 98 <a href="/wiki/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom">electoral divisions</a>, each electing one <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillor</a>. Elections are held every four years.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Premises">Premises</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiltshire_Council&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Premises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council is based at <a href="/wiki/County_Hall,_Trowbridge" title="County Hall, Trowbridge">County Hall, Trowbridge</a>, which was purpose-built for the council and was completed in 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-past_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-past-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also has offices in <a href="/wiki/Chippenham" title="Chippenham">Chippenham</a>, Devizes and Salisbury.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the council's first official meeting in 1889 there was a debate about where the council should meet in future. The quarter sessions which preceded the county council had met in rotation at Devizes, <a href="/wiki/Marlborough,_Wiltshire" title="Marlborough, Wiltshire">Marlborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salisbury" title="Salisbury">Salisbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warminster" title="Warminster">Warminster</a>, and some advocated that the council should similarly travel around. Others made the case that the rapidly growing town of <a href="/wiki/Swindon" title="Swindon">Swindon</a> should be one of the meeting places. It was decided that <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge">Trowbridge</a> should be the meeting place; although not central to the county geographically, it had the best railway connections to other parts of the county, and there was also a large new <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_Town_Hall" title="Trowbridge Town Hall">Town Hall</a> already under construction there which could serve as a meeting place.<sup id="cite_ref-first_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-first-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Listed_building,_Arlington_House,_72_Fore_Street,_Trowbridge,_Wiltshire._2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Listed_building%2C_Arlington_House%2C_72_Fore_Street%2C_Trowbridge%2C_Wiltshire._2019.jpg/220px-Listed_building%2C_Arlington_House%2C_72_Fore_Street%2C_Trowbridge%2C_Wiltshire._2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Listed_building%2C_Arlington_House%2C_72_Fore_Street%2C_Trowbridge%2C_Wiltshire._2019.jpg/330px-Listed_building%2C_Arlington_House%2C_72_Fore_Street%2C_Trowbridge%2C_Wiltshire._2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Listed_building%2C_Arlington_House%2C_72_Fore_Street%2C_Trowbridge%2C_Wiltshire._2019.jpg/440px-Listed_building%2C_Arlington_House%2C_72_Fore_Street%2C_Trowbridge%2C_Wiltshire._2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2160" data-file-height="2880" /></a><figcaption>Arlington House, 72 Fore Street, Trowbridge: Council's headquarters 1896–1940.</figcaption></figure> <p>As it happened, the council did continue to hold meetings in other towns for the first few years, but gradually consolidated its offices and meeting place in Trowbridge.<sup id="cite_ref-bho_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bho-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1896, the council acquired Arlington House at 72 Fore Street in Trowbridge to act as its offices. The building was extended in 1900 to include a dedicated council chamber, and was extended again in 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-listed_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-listed-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bho_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bho-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1930, the council decided to build a new county hall in <a href="/wiki/Devizes" title="Devizes">Devizes</a>, which is nearer the geographical centre of Wiltshire, but construction was delayed and in 1933 the decision was reversed.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead a new <a href="/wiki/County_Hall,_Trowbridge" title="County Hall, Trowbridge">County Hall</a> was subsequently built on the former <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_Town_F.C." title="Trowbridge Town F.C.">Trowbridge Town Football Club</a> site on Bythesea Road in Trowbridge. The new building opened in 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-past_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-past-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012 County Hall was renovated and expanded at a cost of about £24 million.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Services provided to the public in the building include the Trowbridge library,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the main office of the council's <a href="/wiki/Register_office_(United_Kingdom)" title="Register office (United Kingdom)">Registration Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiltshire_Council&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Wiltshire" title="List of civil parishes in Wiltshire">List of civil parishes in Wiltshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Wiltshire" title="List of places in Wiltshire">List of places in Wiltshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_and_Swindon_History_Centre" title="Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre">Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_Library_and_Information_Service" title="Wiltshire Library and Information Service">Wiltshire Library and Information Service</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cms.wiltshire.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=130&MId=15456&Ver=4">"Council minutes, 21 May 2024"</a>. <i>Wiltshire Council</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Councils</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bath_and_North_East_Somerset_Council" title="Bath and North East Somerset Council">Bath and North East Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_Borough_Council" title="Bedford Borough Council">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_with_Darwen_Borough_Council" title="Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council">Blackburn with Darwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Council" title="Blackpool Council">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bournemouth,_Christchurch_and_Poole_Council" title="Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council">Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracknell_Forest_Council" title="Bracknell Forest Council">Bracknell Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_and_Hove_City_Council" title="Brighton and Hove City Council">Brighton and Hove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_Council" title="Bristol City Council">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire_Council" title="Buckinghamshire Council">Buckinghamshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire_Council" title="Central Bedfordshire Council">Central Bedfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East_Council" title="Cheshire East Council">Cheshire East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_West_and_Chester_Council" title="Cheshire West and Chester Council">Cheshire West and Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall_Council" title="Cornwall Council">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Durham_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="County Durham Council">County Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Council" title="Cumberland Council">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Darlington Borough Council">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_City_Council" title="Derby City Council">Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_Council_(UK)" title="Dorset Council (UK)">Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire_Council" title="East Riding of Yorkshire Council">East Riding of Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halton_Borough_Council" title="Halton Borough Council">Halton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartlepool Borough Council">Hartlepool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_Council" title="Herefordshire Council">Herefordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_Council" title="Isle of Wight Council">Isle of Wight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_Isles_of_Scilly" title="Council of the Isles of Scilly">Isles of Scilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_Council" title="Hull City Council">Kingston upon Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_Council" title="Leicester City Council">Leicester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Borough_Council" title="Luton Borough Council">Luton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medway_Council" title="Medway Council">Medway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_Council" title="Middlesbrough Council">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_City_Council" title="Milton Keynes City Council">Milton Keynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Lincolnshire_Council" title="North East Lincolnshire Council">North East Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Lincolnshire_Council" title="North Lincolnshire Council">North Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Northamptonshire_Council" title="North Northamptonshire Council">North Northamptonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Somerset_Council" title="North Somerset Council">North Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire_Council" title="North Yorkshire Council">North Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County_Council" title="Northumberland County Council">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_City_Council" title="Nottingham City Council">Nottingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_City_Council" title="Peterborough City Council">Peterborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_City_Council" title="Plymouth City Council">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_City_Council" title="Portsmouth City Council">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_Borough_Council" title="Reading Borough Council">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redcar_and_Cleveland_Borough_Council" title="Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council">Redcar and Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutland_County_Council" title="Rutland County Council">Rutland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shropshire_Council" title="Shropshire Council">Shropshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slough_Borough_Council" title="Slough Borough Council">Slough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Council" title="Somerset Council">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_City_Council" title="Southampton City Council">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend-on-Sea_City_Council" title="Southend-on-Sea City Council">Southend-on-Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire_Council" title="South Gloucestershire Council">South Gloucestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockton-on-Tees_Borough_Council" title="Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council">Stockton-on-Tees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_City_Council" title="Stoke-on-Trent City Council">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Borough_Council" title="Swindon Borough Council">Swindon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telford_and_Wrekin_Council" title="Telford and Wrekin Council">Telford and Wrekin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurrock_Council" title="Thurrock Council">Thurrock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torbay_Council" title="Torbay Council">Torbay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrington_Borough_Council" title="Warrington Borough Council">Warrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Berkshire_Council" title="West Berkshire Council">West Berkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westmorland_and_Furness_Council" title="Westmorland and Furness Council">Westmorland and Furness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Northamptonshire_Council" title="West Northamptonshire Council">West Northamptonshire</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wiltshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_and_Maidenhead_Borough_Council" title="Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council">Windsor and Maidenhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wokingham_Borough_Council" title="Wokingham Borough Council">Wokingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_York_Council" title="City of York Council">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bath_and_North_East_Somerset_Council_elections" title="Bath and North East Somerset Council elections">Bath and North East Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_Borough_Council_elections" title="Bedford Borough Council elections">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_with_Darwen_Borough_Council_elections" title="Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council elections">Blackburn with Darwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Borough_Council_elections" title="Blackpool Borough Council elections">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bournemouth,_Christchurch_and_Poole_Council_elections" title="Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council elections">Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracknell_Forest_Borough_Council_elections" title="Bracknell Forest Borough Council elections">Bracknell Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_and_Hove_City_Council_elections" title="Brighton and Hove City Council elections">Brighton and Hove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_Council_elections" title="Bristol City Council elections">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire_Council_elections" title="Buckinghamshire Council elections">Buckinghamshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire_Council_elections" title="Central Bedfordshire Council elections">Central Bedfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East_Council_elections" title="Cheshire East Council elections">Cheshire East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_West_and_Chester_Council_elections" title="Cheshire West and Chester Council elections">Cheshire West and Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall_Council_elections" title="Cornwall Council elections">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_County_Council_elections" title="Durham County Council elections">County Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Council_elections" title="Cumberland Council elections">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_Borough_Council_elections" title="Darlington Borough Council elections">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_City_Council_elections" title="Derby City Council elections">Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_Council_elections" title="Dorset Council elections">Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire_Council_elections" title="East Riding of Yorkshire Council elections">East Riding of Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halton_Borough_Council_elections" title="Halton Borough Council elections">Halton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_Borough_Council_elections" title="Hartlepool Borough Council elections">Hartlepool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_Council_elections" title="Herefordshire Council elections">Herefordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_Council_elections" title="Isle of Wight Council elections">Isle of Wight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_Isles_of_Scilly_elections" title="Council of the Isles of Scilly elections">Isles of Scilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_Council_elections" title="Hull City Council elections">Kingston upon Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_Council_elections" title="Leicester City Council elections">Leicester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Borough_Council_elections" title="Luton Borough Council elections">Luton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medway_Council_elections" title="Medway Council elections">Medway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_Council_elections" title="Middlesbrough Council elections">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Council_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Milton Keynes Council elections">Milton Keynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Lincolnshire_Council_elections" title="North East Lincolnshire Council elections">North East Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Lincolnshire_Council_elections" title="North Lincolnshire Council elections">North Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire_Council_elections" title="South Gloucestershire Council elections">South Gloucestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockton-on-Tees_Borough_Council_elections" title="Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council elections">Stockton-on-Tees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_City_Council_elections" title="Stoke-on-Trent City Council elections">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Borough_Council_elections" title="Swindon Borough Council elections">Swindon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telford_and_Wrekin_Council_elections" title="Telford and Wrekin Council elections">Telford and Wrekin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurrock_Council_elections" title="Thurrock Council elections">Thurrock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torbay_Council_elections" title="Torbay Council elections">Torbay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrington_Borough_Council_elections" title="Warrington Borough Council elections">Warrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Berkshire_Council_elections" title="West Berkshire Council elections">West Berkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westmorland_and_Furness_Council_elections" title="Westmorland and Furness Council elections">Westmorland and Furness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Northamptonshire_Council_elections" title="West Northamptonshire Council elections">West Northamptonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_Council_elections" title="Wiltshire Council elections">Wiltshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_and_Maidenhead_Borough_Council_elections" title="Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council elections">Windsor and Maidenhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wokingham_Borough_Council_elections" title="Wokingham Borough Council elections">Wokingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_York_Council_elections" title="City of York Council elections">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Derbyshire County Council elections">Derbyshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devon_County_Council_elections" title="Devon County Council elections">Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_County_Council_elections" title="Durham County Council elections">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Sussex_County_Council_elections" title="East Sussex County Council elections">East Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_County_Council_elections" title="Essex County Council elections">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_County_Council_elections" title="Gloucestershire County Council elections">Gloucestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County_Council_elections" title="Hampshire County Council elections">Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_County_Council_elections" title="Hertfordshire County Council elections">Hertfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_Council_elections" title="Isle of Wight Council elections">Isle of Wight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_County_Council_elections" title="Kent County Council elections">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Council_elections" title="Lancashire County Council elections">Lancashire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicestershire_local_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicestershire local elections">Leicestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_County_Council_elections" title="Lincolnshire County Council elections">Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County_Council_elections" title="Norfolk County Council elections">Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire_Council_elections" title="North Yorkshire Council elections">North Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County_Council_elections" title="Northumberland County Council elections">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire_County_Council_elections" title="Nottinghamshire County Council elections">Nottinghamshire</a></li> <li><a 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title="Mid Bedfordshire (district)">Mid Bedfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Bedfordshire" title="South Bedfordshire">South Bedfordshire</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bedfordshire_outline_map_with_UK_(2009).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Bedfordshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/50px-Bedfordshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Bedfordshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/75px-Bedfordshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Bedfordshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/100px-Bedfordshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png 2x" data-file-width="504" data-file-height="600" 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Cheshire160" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Abolished districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chester_(district)" title="Chester (district)">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congleton_(borough)" title="Congleton (borough)">Congleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crewe_and_Nantwich" title="Crewe and Nantwich">Crewe and Nantwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellesmere_Port_and_Neston" title="Ellesmere Port and Neston">Ellesmere Port and Neston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_(borough)" title="Macclesfield (borough)">Macclesfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vale_Royal" title="Vale Royal">Vale Royal</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cheshire_outline_map_with_UK_(2009).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Cheshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/80px-Cheshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Cheshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/120px-Cheshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Cheshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/160px-Cheshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png 2x" data-file-width="722" data-file-height="552" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_West_and_Chester" title="Cheshire West and Chester">Cheshire West and Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East" title="Cheshire East">Cheshire East</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Existing (1990s)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Warrington" title="Borough of Warrington">Warrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Halton" title="Borough of Halton">Halton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Cornwall160" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Abolished districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caradon" title="Caradon">Caradon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrick,_Cornwall" title="Carrick, Cornwall">Carrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerrier" title="Kerrier">Kerrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Cornwall" title="North Cornwall">North Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penwith" title="Penwith">Penwith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restormel" title="Restormel">Restormel</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cornwall_outline_map_with_UK_(2009).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Cornwall_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/80px-Cornwall_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Cornwall_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/120px-Cornwall_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Cornwall_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/160px-Cornwall_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1351" data-file-height="1069" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall_Council" title="Cornwall Council">Cornwall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Existing (1890s)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isles_of_Scilly" title="Isles of Scilly">Isles of Scilly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="County_Durham160" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">County Durham</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Abolished districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chester-le-Street_(district)" title="Chester-le-Street (district)">Chester-le-Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derwentside" title="Derwentside">Derwentside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Durham (district)">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easington_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Easington (district)">Easington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sedgefield_(borough)" title="Sedgefield (borough)">Sedgefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teesdale_(district)" title="Teesdale (district)">Teesdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wear_Valley" title="Wear Valley">Wear Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Durham_outline_map_with_UK_(2009).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Durham_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/80px-Durham_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Durham_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/120px-Durham_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Durham_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/160px-Durham_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png 2x" data-file-width="722" data-file-height="478" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">Durham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Existing (1990s)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_(borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartlepool (borough)">Hartlepool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_(borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Darlington (borough)">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockton-on-Tees_(borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stockton-on-Tees (borough)">Stockton-on-Tees</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Northumberland160" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Abolished districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alnwick_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alnwick (district)">Alnwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berwick-upon-Tweed_(borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Berwick-upon-Tweed (borough)">Berwick-upon-Tweed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blyth_Valley" title="Blyth Valley">Blyth Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Morpeth" title="Castle Morpeth">Castle Morpeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tynedale" title="Tynedale">Tynedale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wansbeck_District" title="Wansbeck District">Wansbeck</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Northumberland_outline_map_with_UK_(2009).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Northumberland_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/60px-Northumberland_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Northumberland_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/90px-Northumberland_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Northumberland_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/120px-Northumberland_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="714" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County_Council" title="Northumberland County Council">Northumberland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Existing (1990s)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">None</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Shropshire160" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Abolished districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bridgnorth_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bridgnorth (district)">Bridgnorth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Shropshire" title="North Shropshire">North Shropshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oswestry_(borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oswestry (borough)">Oswestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_and_Atcham" title="Shrewsbury and Atcham">Shrewsbury and Atcham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Shropshire" title="South Shropshire">South Shropshire</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shropshire_outline_map_with_UK_(2009).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Shropshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/60px-Shropshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Shropshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/90px-Shropshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Shropshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png/120px-Shropshire_outline_map_with_UK_%282009%29.png 2x" data-file-width="504" data-file-height="549" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shropshire_Council" title="Shropshire Council">Shropshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Existing (1990s)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Telford_and_Wrekin" title="Telford and Wrekin">Telford and Wrekin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Wiltshire160" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Abolished districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Salisbury (district)">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Wiltshire" title="West Wiltshire">West Wiltshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennet_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kennet (district)">Kennet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Wiltshire" title="North Wiltshire">North Wiltshire</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiltshire_outline_map_with_UK_(2009).png" class="mw-file-description"><img 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title="Highworth">Highworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larkhill" title="Larkhill">Larkhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludgershall,_Wiltshire" title="Ludgershall, Wiltshire">Ludgershall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malmesbury" title="Malmesbury">Malmesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlborough,_Wiltshire" title="Marlborough, Wiltshire">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melksham" title="Melksham">Melksham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mere,_Wiltshire" title="Mere, Wiltshire">Mere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Wootton_Bassett" title="Royal Wootton Bassett">Royal Wootton Bassett</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Salisbury" title="Salisbury">Salisbury</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindon" title="Swindon">Swindon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tidworth" title="Tidworth">Tidworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge">Trowbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warminster" title="Warminster">Warminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westbury,_Wiltshire" title="Westbury, Wiltshire">Westbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilton,_Wiltshire" title="Wilton, Wiltshire">Wilton</a><br /><i>See also:</i> <b><a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Wiltshire" title="List of civil parishes in Wiltshire">List of civil parishes in Wiltshire</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/River_Biss" title="River Biss">Biss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Blackwater_(River_Test)" title="River Blackwater (River Test)">Blackwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Bourne,_Wiltshire" title="River Bourne, Wiltshire">Bourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Avon,_Bristol" title="River Avon, Bristol">Bristol Avon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Chalke" title="River Chalke">Chalke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Cole,_Wiltshire" title="River Cole, Wiltshire">Cole</a></li> 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