Salisbury District

Salisbury District
Salisbury Salisbury District shown within non-metropolitan Wiltshire
Area
• 2001	387 sq. miles (1,004.13 km²)
Population
• 2001	115,000
History
• Origin	Municipal Borough of New Sarum (or Salisbury) and Municipal Borough of Wilton, Amesbury Rural District, Mere and Tisbury Rural District, Salisbury and Wilton Rural District.
• Created	1974
• Abolished	2009
• Succeeded by	Wiltshire Council
Status	non-metropolitan district
ONS code	46UD
Government	Salisbury District Council
• HQ	Salisbury

Salisbury was a local government district in Wiltshire, England from 1974 to 2009. Its main urban area was the city of Salisbury.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the previous municipal boroughs of Salisbury and Wilton, along with Amesbury Rural District, Mere and Tisbury Rural District and Salisbury and Wilton Rural District.

On 1 April 2009, the district was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, when its functions were taken over by the new Wiltshire Council unitary authority. At the same time, a parish council serving only Salisbury and its suburbs was formed, called Salisbury City Council.

Political control

The political control of the Council was as follows

• 1976-1979 NOC (No Overall Control)
• 1979-1983 NOC
• 1983-1987 NOC
• 1987-1991 Conservative
• 1991-1995 Conservative
• 1995-1999 Liberal Democrat
• 1999-2003 NOC
• 2003-2007 Conservative
• 2007-2009 NOC (administration by coalition of Liberal Democrat and Labour)

The political composition of the authority when it came to an end on 31 March 2009 was 22 Conservatives, 19 Liberal Democrats, ten Labour members, and four Independents.

Places

• Alderbury, Allington, Alvediston, Amesbury, Ansty
• Berwick St John, Berwick St Leonard, Broad Chalke, Bulford
• Donhead, Downton, Durrington
• Ebbesbourne Wake
• Laverstock
• Mere
• Redlynch
• Salisbury, Shrewton
• Tilshead, Tisbury
• West Grimstead
• Wilton, Winterbourne Stoke, Winterslow