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The parish was created with the official name of Central Swindon South. Representatives of the new parish unsuccessfully petitioned Swindon Borough Council to change the name to South Swindon in November 2017. [7] Despite refusal of this request, the parish chose to use "South Swindon Parish Council" as a trading name. [8]
Swindon is a railway town, and until the latter part of the 20th century the related works were the primary employer. [5] Today, Swindon is the home of a number of large companies: examples specific to South Swindon include Intel's European headquarters, [6] Nationwide's headquarters [7] and Zurich Financial Services' UK headquarters.
The borough is divided into three Parliamentary constituencies. 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.
The former municipal borough was unparished. An Order effective April 2017 created the civil parishes of Central Swindon North and Central Swindon South, the boundary between them being the Great Western main line. [5] The parish council of the latter parish styled itself as Swindon South Parish Council, [6] and in 2023 officially changed its ...
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.
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.
Liden, Eldene and Park South is an electoral ward in the Borough of Swindon, England. Since 2012 , the ward has elected three councillors to Swindon Borough Council . History
The 2023 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect councillors to Swindon Borough Council in Wiltshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. There were 19 of the 57 seats on the council up for election. Prior to the election the Conservatives held a majority of the seats on the council.