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Wokingham Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The council has been under no overall control since 2022. Following the 2024 election a minority Liberal Democrat ...
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 as Wokingham District, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Wokingham and Wokingham Rural District. It is governed by Wokingham Borough Council (formerly Wokingham District Council), which has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1998, following the abolition of ...
The borough council, which met in the town hall, was reformed under the Municipal Corporations Act 1883. [4] The building contained the local police station until it relocated to Rectory Road in 1905, [ 5 ] at which time the former police superintendent's office on the ground floor was converted into a mayor's parlour. [ 1 ]
It will be renovated and used as a post-16 SEND hub for up to 40 people after plans were approved by Wokingham councillors on Thursday. The borough council said consultants will be appointed to ...
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A successor parish called Wokingham covering the area of the former borough was created in 1974, with its council taking the name Wokingham Town Council. [19] Wokingham District Council became a unitary authority in 1998 when it took over county-level functions from the abolished Berkshire County Council. [20]
A map of Berkshire, showing the districts: (1) West Berkshire; (2) Reading; (3) Wokingham; (4) Bracknell Forest; (5) Windsor and Maidenhead; and (6) Slough. A civil parish is a country subdivision, forming the lowest unit of local government in England.
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Berkshire in South East England.All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown.