Borough of North Warwickshire
Atherstone, the administrative centre of the borough and one of the two towns
Atherstone, the administrative centre of the borough and one of the two towns
Shown within Warwickshire
Shown within Warwickshire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionWest Midlands
Administrative countyWarwickshire
Founded1974
Admin. HQAtherstone
Government
  TypeNon-metropolitan district
  Leadership:Alternative – Section 31
  MPs:Craig Tracey
Marcus Jones
  LeaderDavid Humphreys
  ExecutiveConservative
Area
  Total109.8 sq mi (284.3 km2)
  Rank123rd
Population
 (2011 census)
  Total62,014[1]
  RankRanked 288th
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode
ONS code44UB (ONS)
E07000218 (GSS)
Ethnicity97.8% White (95.9% White British)
1.1% Asian
0.7% Mixed
0.2% Black
0.1% Other[2]
Websitenorthwarks.gov.uk
Coleshill, the other town of the borough

North Warwickshire is a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Warwickshire, West Midlands, England. The borough includes the two towns of Atherstone (where the council is based) and Coleshill, and the large villages of Polesworth, Kingsbury, Hartshill and Water Orton.

The North Warwickshire district was created on 1 April 1974 by a merger of the Atherstone Rural District and parts of the Meriden Rural District (the rest of which was merged into the West Midlands county).[3]

North Warwickshire is a mostly rural area with several small market towns and a number of former mining villages. The area historically had a large coal mining industry, but this has now all died out. The last coal mine in the area, Daw Mill at Arley, closed in 2013.[4] The district is relatively remote from the rest of Warwickshire, as the county is almost split in two by the West Midlands Boroughs of Solihull and Coventry.

The borough borders the neighboring Warwickshire district of Nuneaton and Bedworth to the south-south-east, Staffordshire to the west and northwest, Leicestershire to the north and northeast, the cities of Birmingham and Coventry to the southwest and southeast.

The borough's landscape is primarily of the mildly undulating agricultural variety, with the North Warwickshire plateau rising to 177 m (581 ft) above sea-level at Bentley Common, 2.5 miles southwest of Atherstone. The most significant bodies of water within North Warwickshire are Kingsbury Water Park, Shustoke Reservoir, the River Blythe and the mid-section of the Coventry Canal.

The boundaries of North Warwickshire are similar to those of the North Warwickshire parliamentary constituency. However the constituency also includes the town of Bedworth, but does not include the villages of Hartshill and Arley. The local MP is Craig Tracey.

In 2007 the Conservatives took overall control of the borough council for the first time since the creation of the council within its current boundaries. The council was retaken by Labour in 2011, then returned to Conservative control in 2015.

Parishes and settlements

Settlements in North Warwickshire include:

For a list of wards in North Warwickshire by population see here

Local election results 1973-2023

Current composition of the council as of May 2023.
  Labour

As of May 2023, the party composition was as follows:[5]

PartyNumber of councillors
Conservative17
Labour15
Independent3
The main offices of North Warwickshire Borough Council in Atherstone

Historically, local election results have fallen like this:

Election yearConservativeLabourLiberal DemocratsRatepayersIndependentNote
20231715003
20192114000
2015 22 13 0 0 0
20111718000
20072114000
20031516400Boundary Changes in effect
1999922201
1995429001
1973819024

Parties

The borough is a very marginal seat between the Conservatives and Labour. Within the Borough, Polesworth East, Dordon, and Wood End are considered Labour safe seats, and Fillongley, Water Orton, Newton Regis and Curdworth are considered safe Conservative seats. However, in the Local Elections of May 2023 for Water Orton the largest number of votes were cast for an independent councillor although the other returned councillor remained Conservative.[6]

See also

References

  1. Release Edition Reference Tables. Ons.gov.uk (17 December 2012). Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
  2. "UK Government Web Archive". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
  3. "Warwickshire Civic Heraldry". Civic heraldry. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. "Daw Mill: Hundreds of jobs go at fire-hit mine". BBC News. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  5. "North Warwickshire result – Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  6. "Election Results".

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