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Swindon Borough Council Elections
Swindon Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Swindon in Wiltshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 its area was a non-metropolitan district called Thamesdown Borough Council, with Wiltshire County Council providing the county-level services. District council * 1973 Thamesdown Borough Council election * 1976 Thamesdown Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1978 Thamesdown Borough Council election * 1979 Thamesdown Borough Council election * 1980 Thamesdown Borough Council election * 1982 Thamesdown Borough Council election (Some new ward boundaries & borough boundary changes) * 1983 Thamesdown Borough Council election * 1984 Thamesdown Borough Council election * 1986 Thamesdown Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1987 Thamesdown Borough Council election * 1988 Thamesdown Borough Council election * 1990 Thamesdown Borough Council election * 1991 Thamesdown Borough Council election * 1992 Thamesdown Borough Council election * 1994 Tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swindon Borough Council
Swindon Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Swindon in Wiltshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. As such, it is administratively separate from the rest of Wiltshire. It was formed in 1997, replacing Thamesdown Borough Council. Powers, functions and operations The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. For the purposes of local government, Swindon Borough is a non-metropolitan area of England. As a unitary authority, Swindon Borough Council has the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and district council. In its capacity as a district council it is a billing authority collecting Council Tax and business rates, it processes local planning applications, and it is responsible for housing, waste collection and environmental health. In its capacity as a county council it is a local educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Thamesdown Borough Council Election
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2004 Swindon Borough Council Election
The 2004 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was *Conservative 33 * Labour 19 * Liberal Democrat 7 Election result Ward results References {{United Kingdom local elections, 2004 2004 English local elections 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ... 2000s in Wiltshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Swindon Borough Council Election
The 2003 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was * Conservative 29 * Labour 22 * Liberal Democrat 8 Voting trial Swindon was one of 3 councils which trialed voting by television in 2003 for the first time anywhere in the world. Voters in Swindon also had 8 electronic information kiosks in the town centre where they could vote, telephone and internet voting. These trials, which were open for voting in the week before the election, followed a trial of electronic voting in the 2002 election which saw turnout increase by 3.5%. Overall turnout in the election was 29.82%, lower than in 2002. However the number of electronic votes increased by 75% from 2002 to 11,055, including 349 cast by television. Election result Ward results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Swindon Borough Council Election
The 2002 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was * Labour 29 *Conservative 22 * Liberal Democrat 8 Voting pilot The election in Swindon was one of thirty that trialed different methods of voting or counting in the 2002 local elections, with Swindon having a trial of voting via the internet. The trial results had 5% of voters using the phone to cast a vote and over 10% voting via the internet. A survey in Swindon found that those who voted via the Internet were more likely to be younger and male than those who voted at a polling station. Overall turnout in the election was 31.33%. Election result Ward results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News Online
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2000 Swindon Borough Council Election
The 2000 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2000 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by 5. The Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. Election result The election saw a trial of all-postal voting in several wards, with these wards seeing turnout increase by up to 13%. In 1999 turnout in these wards had been below 20% compared to an average across Swindon of 26%, while in 2000 3 of the 4 wards which had the trial saw turnout of over 30% compared to an average of 27.6% in the whole council. References {{United Kingdom local elections, 2000 2000 English local elections 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Swindon Borough Council Election
The 1999 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was * Labour: 39 * Liberal Democrat: 10 *Conservative: 5 Election result Overall turnout in the election was 25.6%. References {{United Kingdom local elections, 1999 1999 English local elections 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school s ... 1990s in Wiltshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Swindon Borough Council Election
The 1998 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was * Labour 40 * Liberal Democrat 9 *Conservative 5 Election result Overall turnout in the election was 25%. References {{United Kingdom local elections, 1998 1998 English local elections 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ... 1990s in Wiltshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Thamesdown Borough Council Election
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1995 Thamesdown Borough Council Election
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strikes Kobe, Japan, killing 5,000-6,000 people; The Unabomber Manifesto is published in several U.S. newspapers; Gravestones mark the victims of the Srebrenica massacre near the end of the Bosnian War; Windows 95 is launched by Microsoft for PC; The first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered; Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Space station Mir in a display of U.S.-Russian cooperation; The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is bombed by domestic terrorists, killing 168., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 O. J. Simpson murder case rect 200 0 400 200 Kobe earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Unabomber Manifesto rect 0 200 300 400 Oklahoma City bombing rect 300 200 600 400 Srebrenica massacre rect 0 400 200 600 Space Shuttle Atlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Thamesdown Borough Council Election
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