City of Winchester

City of Winchester
—  Non-metropolitan district, Borough, City  —
Winchester Guildhall
Winchester shown within Hampshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Hampshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district, Borough, City
Admin HQ	Winchester
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
- Type	Non-metropolitan district council
- Body	Winchester City Council
- Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative (council NOC))
- MPs	Steve Brine
Area
- Total	255.2 sq mi (660.97 km2)
Area rank	59th (of 326)
Population (2010 est.)
- Total	114,300
- Rank	188th (of 326)
- Density	447.9/sq mi (172.9/km2)
- Ethnicity	97.8% White
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
- Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	24UP
OS grid reference	SU485295
Website	winchester.gov.uk

Winchester ( /ˈwɪntʃɨstər/) is a local government district in Hampshire, England, with city status. It covers an area of central Hampshire including the city of Winchester itself, and neighbouring towns and villages including New Alresford, Colden Common and Bishops Waltham.

The current city boundaries were set on 1 April 1974 when the City of Winchester merged with Droxford Rural District and part of Winchester Rural District.

Other than Gosport and Eastleigh, Winchester is the only non Unitary Authority, council District in Hampshire not to border another county and is the only one that neither borders another county nor the coast. The two Unitary Authorities in Hampshire that don't border another county are Portsmouth and Southampton, Portsmouth and Southampton are the only Unitary Authorities in Hampshire.

Elections

Main article: Winchester local elections

Elections to the council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the seats on the council being elected at each election. From 1995 to the 2004 election the Liberal Democrats had a majority on the council, but after 2 years when no party held a majority the 2006 election saw the Conservative party gain control.^[1] The elections on 6 May 2010 saw the Liberal Democrats re take control of the council.^[2]

The make up of the council as of May 2011 is:^[3]

• Liberal Democrats - 27
• Conservatives - 27
• Independent Group - 2
• Labour - 1

Settlements and parishes

Settlements in the district include:

• Avington
• Badger Farm, Beauworth, Bighton, Bishops Sutton, Bishops Waltham, Boarhunt, Bramdean, Brockwood Park
• Cheriton, Chilcomb, Colden Common, Compton and Shawford, Corhampton, Crawley, Curdridge
• Denmead, Droxford, Durley
• Easton, Exton
• Hambledon, Headbourne Worthy, Hinton Ampner, Hursley
• Itchen Abbas, Itchen Stoke, Itchen Valley
• Kilmeston, Kings Worthy
• Littleton and Harestock
• Martyr Worthy, Meonstoke, Micheldever
• New Alresford, Northington
• Old Alresford, Olivers Battery, Otterbourne, Ovington, Owslebury
• Shedfield, Soberton, Southwick, South Wonston, Sparsholt, Sutton Scotney, Swanmore
• Tichborne, Twyford
• Upham
• Warnford, West Meon, Whiteley (part), Wickham, Widley, Winchester, Winnall, Wonston

References

1. ^ "Local elections: Winchester". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/24up.stm. Retrieved 2010-02-04. 
2. ^ "City Councillors". Winchester City Council. http://www.winchester.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/ElectedRepresentatives/CityCouncillors/. Retrieved 29 May 2010. 
3. ^ "Election Results May 2011" (HTML). Winchestert City Council. 2011. http://www.winchester.gov.uk/General.asp?id=SX9452-A785D7C9&cat=8172. Retrieved 2011-05-08. 

Coordinates: 51°03′43″N 1°19′01″W / 51.062°N 1.317°W / 51.062; -1.317