Nuneaton and Bedworth

Nuneaton and Bedworth
Nuneaton and Bedworth
—  Borough, Non-metropolitan district  —
Shown within Warwickshire
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region West Midlands
Administrative county Warwickshire
Founded
Admin. HQ Nuneaton
Government
 – Type Metropolitan borough
 – Leadership: Leader and cabinet
 – MPs Marcus Jones and Daniel Byles
Area
 – Total 30.5 sq mi (78.95 km2)
Area rank 243rd
Population (2010 est.)
 – Total 122,200
 – Rank Ranked 170th
 – Density 4,008.8/sq mi (1,547.8/km2)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 – Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2
ONS code 44UC
OS grid reference
NUTS 3
Ethnicity 95.1% White
3.8% South Asian
Website Nuneaton and Bedworth

Nuneaton and Bedworth is a local government district with borough status, in northern Warwickshire, England, consisting of the densely populated towns of Nuneaton and Bedworth, the village of Bulkington and the green belt land in between. It has a population of just over 120,000.

It borders the Warwickshire districts of Rugby to the east, and North Warwickshire to the west. To the south it borders the county of West Midlands, and to the north Leicestershire.

As of the most recent local election, no party has overall control of the council.

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History

The Nuneaton and Bedworth district was created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. It was from the merger of the municipal borough of Nuneaton and the urban district of Bedworth (which included Bulkington). The new district was originally named just "Nuneaton"; however, objections from Bedworth residents led to it being renamed "Nuneaton and Bedworth" in 1980.[1]

Nuneaton had gained the status of a municipal borough in 1907,[2] and Bedworth had gained the status of an urban district in 1928.[3] In 1938, Bulkington became part of the Bedworth Urban District. Borough status was conferred upon the new district of Nuneaton and Bedworth on 15 November 1976.

In 2008, after 34 years of Labour Party control, the ruling Labour council lost to the Conservative Party, who gained the four seats needed to gain control; the BNP also gained two seats on the new council (their first ever seats in the borough), but lost one seat to the Labour Party in a by-election held in December 2009. The Labour Party won two seats from the Conservative Party in the 2010 local elections, giving no party overall control of the council.[4]

Subdivisions

Nuneaton and Bedworth is divided into 17 wards, each represented by 2 councillors, giving a total of 34 councillors. The borough has no civil parishes.

Ward name Approximate coverage Population
(2001 census)
Abbey Abbey Green, Nuneaton town centre 7,234
Arbury Heath End, Glendale, Bermuda, Arbury 5,482
Attleborough Attleborough, Maple Park, SW Whitestone 7,564
Bar Pool Black-a-Tree, Sunnyside, Stockingford (east) 7,451
Bede Collycroft (east), Furnace Fields (north), Bedworth town centre, Burnside, Water Tower estate 6,760
Bulkington Bulkington, Weston-in-Arden, Ryton, Marston Jabbett, Bramcote (west) 6,303
Camp Hill Camp Hill 7,325
Exhall Exhall (west), Ash Green, Keresley End 7,381
Galley Common Galley Common, Chapel End, Whittleford 7,593
Heath Bedworth Heath, Goodyers End, Market End 6,377
Kingswood Grove Farm, Robinson's End, Stockingford (west) 6,878
Poplar Furnace Fields (south), Coalpit Field, Exhall (east), Hawkesbury 6,850
St Nicolas Horeston Grange, Hinckley Road, The Long Shoot, St Nicolas Park (south) 7,073
Slough Collycroft (west), Mount Pleasant, Bedworth Woodlands, Woodland Park 7,058
Weddington Weddington, St Nicolas Park (north) 7,286
Wem Brook Hill Top, Caldwell, Chilvers Coton 7,082
Whitestone Whitestone (except SW part), Attleborough Fields 7,435
TOTAL NUNEATON & BEDWORTH 119,132

For a sortable list of wards in Nuneaton and Bedworth by population click here.

Council affiliation

As of March 2011, it was as follows[5][6]


Party Number of councillors
Conservative 14
Independent 6
Labour 16
BNP 1

Twinnings

Nuneaton and Bedworth is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ Bedworth society - Timeline
  2. ^ visionofbritain.org.uk
  3. ^ visionofbritain.org.uk
  4. ^ 2010 Local Election Results
  5. ^ http://www.nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk/council-democracy
  6. ^ http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/corporate/nbbcctee.nsf/WCalpha?OpenView&expandview&Count=30

External links

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Coordinates: 52°31′18″N 1°28′03″W / 52.5218°N 1.4676°W / 52.5218; -1.4676


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