Crewe and Nantwich was, from 1974 to 2009, a

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with

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, England. It had a population (2001 census) of 111,007. It contained 69 civil parishes and one unparished area: the town of

Crewe Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The Crewe built-up area had a total population of 75,556 in 2011, which also covers parts of the adjacent civil parishes of Willaston ...

. It now forms part of the

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History

The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich was created on 1 April 1974 under the

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by the merger of the

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(an industrial town), the

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Nantwich Nantwich ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It has among the highest concentrations of listed buildings in England, with notably good examples of Tudor and Georgian architecture. ...

(a smaller market town), and Nantwich Rural District. The new district was proposed to be called just "Crewe", but the shadow authority elected in 1973 to oversee the transition to the new system successfully petitioned the government to change the name to "Crewe and Nantwich" before the district came into being. The new district was awarded

from its creation, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor. In 2006 the

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considered reorganising Cheshire's administrative structure as part of the

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. The decision to merge the boroughs of Crewe and Nantwich,

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and

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to create a single unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007, following a consultation period in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected. The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich was abolished on 1 April 2009, when the new

unitary authority was formed.

Civil parishes

The former Crewe Municipal Borough was unparished, but the rest of the Crewe and Nantwich district included the following civil parishes:

Demographics

From the Census 2001: *Average age: 39.1 (''England and Wales: 38.6'') *Marital status: **Never married: 26% (''30.1%'') **Married or remarried: 55.2% (''50.9%'') **Separated: 2.1% (''2.4%'') **Divorced: 8.2% (''8.2%'') **Widowed: 8.5% (''8.4%''). *Ethnicity: **White: 98.0% (''90.9%'') **Mixed: 0.7% (''1.3%'') **Asian/Asian British: 0.5% (''4.6%'') **Black/Black British: 0.4% (''2.1%'') **Chinese or other: 0.4% (''0.9%'') *Religion: **Christian: 80.2% (''71.8%'') **Buddhist: 0.1% (''0.3%'') **Hindu: 0.1% (''1.1%'') **Jewish: 0.0% (''0.5%'') **Muslim: 0.4% (''3.0%'') **Sikh: 0.0% (''0.6%'') **Other religion: 0.2% (''0.3%'') **No religion: 11.9% (''14.8%'') **No religion stated: 6.9% (''7.7%''). *Economic activity: **Employed: 62.2% (''60.6%'') **Unemployed: 2.8% (''3.4%'') **Economically active full-time student: 2.6% (''2.6%'') **Retired: 15.0% (''13.6%'') **Economically inactive student: 3.6% (''4.7%'') **Looking after home/family: 6.1% (''6.5%'') **Permanently sick or disabled: 5.1% (''5.5%'') **Other economically inactive: 2.6% (''3.1%''). *Crime levels (per 1000 population) **Violence against the person: 5.7 (England and Wales: ''11.4''). **Sexual offences: 0.2 (''0.7''). **Robbery: 0.4 (''1.8''). **Burglary from a dwelling: 7.2 (''7.6''). **Theft of a motor vehicle: 2.4 (''6.4''). **Theft from a motor vehicle: 7.8 (''11.9''). According to 2003 figures, Crewe had the lowest crime rate and highest detection levels in Cheshire.

Political control

The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 2009 was held by the following parties:

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 1974 were: On 4 May 2006 a referendum was held to decide whether the "Leader and Cabinet" form of local government would be replaced by an elected mayor. The proposal was rejected by 18,768 (60.8%) votes to 11,808 (38.2%) on a 35.3% turnout.

Twin towns

Crewe and Nantwich is twinned with: *

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, France

Council elections

By-election results

External links

Crewe and Nantwich Council

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crewe And Nantwich Districts of England established in 1974 English districts abolished in 2009 Former non-metropolitan districts of Cheshire Former boroughs in England Council elections in Cheshire Crewe District council elections in England