Rugby (borough)
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| Borough of Rugby | |
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 Shown within Warwickshire |
 Warwickshire within England |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Non-metropolitan district, Borough |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Warwickshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 136th 353.56 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Rugby |
| ONS code: | 44UD |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 246th 91,600 259 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 94.0% White 3.5% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Rugby Borough Council http://www.rugby.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative (council NOC) |
| MPs: | Bill Olner, Jeremy Wright |
Rugby is a local government district with borough status in eastern Warwickshire, England.
The borough comprises the town of Rugby where the council has its headquarters, and the rural areas surrounding the town.
The borough has a population of just over 91,000. Of these, over 60,000 live in the town of Rugby, with the remainder living in the rural areas surrounding the town.
The borough stretches from Coventry to the west, to the borders with Northamptonshire and Leicestershire to the east. It borders the Warwickshire districts of Warwick to the south-west, Stratford to the south, and Nuneaton and Bedworth to the north-west.
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[edit] History
The present borough was created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. It was created by a merger of the municipal borough of Rugby (which covered the town of Rugby) and the Rugby Rural District.
The town of Rugby had gained the status of an urban district in 1894 [1]. At the same time the Rugby Rural District was created covering the surrounding countryside. The town and rural district had separate councils, both based in Rugby.
In 1932 Rugby's status was upgraded to that of a municipal borough, and its boundaries expanded to include most of Bilton, Brownsover, Hillmorton and Newbold-on-Avon.
[edit] Rugby Borough Council
The headquarters of Rugby Borough Council are based at Rugby Town Hall on Evereux Way in the town centre. The last elections to the council were held in 2006 (see Rugby local elections).
Currently no party has overall control of the council but the Conservatives are the largest party with 24 seats. Followed by Labour (13), the Liberal Democrats (10) and one Independent councilor.
[edit] Sub-divisions
The borough is divided into 20 wards, with 48 councillors.
The borough of Rugby has 39 civil parishes, some of which contain several settlements. Rugby town is unparished and so does not have a separate town council.
[edit] Parishes and settlements
Places in the borough include:
- Ansty,
- Barnacle, Binley Woods, Birdingbury, Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Brandon, Bretford, Brinklow, Broadwell, Burton Hastings
- Church Lawford, Churchover, Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Coombe Fields, Copston Magna, Cosford
- Dunchurch, Draycote
- Easenhall
- Frankton, Flecknoe
- Grandborough
- Harborough Magna, Hill
- King's Newnham, Kites Hardwick
- Leamington Hastings, Little Lawford, Long Lawford
- Marton, Monks Kirby,
- Newnham Regis, Newton
- Pailton, Princethorpe
- Rugby, Ryton-on-Dunsmore
- Sawbridge, Shilton, Stretton Baskerville, Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Stretton-under-Fosse
- Thurlaston
- Wibtoft, Willey, Willoughby, Withybrook, Wolfhampcote, Wolston, Wolvey.
- Roman settlement Tripontium
| Districts of the West Midlands |  |
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Birmingham | Bridgnorth | Bromsgrove | Cannock Chase | Coventry | Dudley | East Staffordshire | Herefordshire | Lichfield | Malvern Hills | Newcastle-under-Lyme | North Shropshire | North Warwickshire | Nuneaton and Bedworth | Oswestry | Redditch | Rugby | Sandwell | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Solihull | South Shropshire | South Staffordshire | Stafford | Staffordshire Moorlands | Stoke-on-Trent | Stratford-on-Avon | Tamworth | Telford and Wrekin | Walsall | Warwick | Wolverhampton | Worcester | Wychavon | Wyre Forest |
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Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire |
