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For Westminster elections, the parish is part of the Swindon North constituency. [4] The parish was formed on 1 April 2017, when the parish of Blunsdon St Andrew was divided in two along the line of the A419 road: the west half became the new parish of St Andrews, and the east half was renamed Blunsdon. [5] [6] At the same time, the boundary ...
South Swindon parish was created with the official name of Central Swindon South, [1] but the parish council used the name and branding "South Swindon" from its creation. [22] [23] In October 2023, Swindon Borough Council consented to formally change the name to South Swindon.
St Augustine's Church, Even Swindon – a Church of England parish church consecrated in 1908. [8] The Oasis Leisure Centre – a domed structure in operation from 1976 to 2020, expected to reopen in 2026. [9] The North Star campus of Swindon College; The headquarters of the UK Space Agency; Swindon railway station and Swindon loco yard
Swindon North and Swindon South are wholly within the boundaries of the borough of Swindon, while East Wiltshire includes the Swindon borough council wards of Wroughton & Wichelstowe and Ridgeway, and the parish of Chiseldon. [16] Swindon North and Swindon South are seen as key marginal seats at general elections, having been bellwether seats ...
Blunsdon parish covers Broad Blunsdon and the area west of the A419. In the southeast, the boundary with St Andrews leaves the A419 and follows the A4311 Cricklade Road, so that the Groundwell industrial estate is in Blunsdon parish. Until April 2017, the whole area was the civil parish of Blunsdon St Andrew.
A community governance review in 2015–2016 led to the creation of West Swindon parish, effective from April 2017. [8] [9] Besides the modern housing area, the parish extends west to include Lydiard Park, [2] which had been bought by the Corporation of Swindon in 1943. [10] The park was the grounds of the 17th-century mansion known as Lydiard ...
Swindon Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Swindon in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England. It was founded in 1974 as Thamesdown Borough Council , and was a lower-tier district council until 1997.
At the previous council election, Labour gained an overall majority control of Swindon Borough Council after gaining 9 seats, with the Conservatives losing 10 seats. [2] They increased their majority from 5 seats in 2023 to 13 seats in 2024. [3]