South Wight: Difference between revisions

| Name |Name= = South Wight

| HQ |HQ= = [[Newport, Isle of Wight|Newport]]

| Status |Status= = [[non-metropolitan district]], [[borough status in the United Kingdom|borough]]

| Start |Start= = 1974

| End |End= = 1995

| Replace |Replace= = [[Isle of Wight]]

| Civic |Civic= [[File:South_wight.png|140px|Insignia of South Wight Borough Council]]

| PopulationFirst |PopulationFirst= = 44,890

| PopulationFirstYear |PopulationFirstYear= 1973<ref>Registrar General's annual estimated figure mid 1973</ref>

| AreaFirst |AreaFirst= {{convert|65185|acre|km2}}<ref name=guide>{{cite book |title=Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System |year=1974 |publisher=[[HMSO]] |location=London |isbn=01175084700-11-750847-0 |page=61 }} </ref>

| PopulationLast |PopulationLast= = 53,600

| PopulationLastYear |PopulationLastYear= = 1992<ref>OPCS Key Population and Vital Statistics 1992</ref>

'''South Wight''' was a [[non-metropolitan district]] with the [[borough status in the United Kingdom|status of a borough]] on the [[Isle of Wight]] in [[England]] from 1974 to 1995.

The district was formed by the [[Local Government Act 1972]], and was a merger of [[Sandown-Shanklin]] and [[Ventnor]] [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]]s and [[Isle of Wight Rural District]]. It was one of two districts on the island formed in 1974 -&nbsp;– the other was [[Medina, Isle of Wight|Medina]].

Following a review by the [[Local Government Commission for England (1992)|Local Government Commission for England]], the borough was abolished on 1 April 1995, when a single [[Isle of Wight Council]] replaced the island's county council and two district councils.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1994/Uksi_19941210_en_1.htm |title=The Isle of Wight (Structural Change) Order 1994 |accessdateaccess-date=12 January 2009 |work= |publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information]] |date=2004}}</ref>