Borough of Swindon
| Borough of Swindon | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, Borough |
| Region: | South West England |
| Ceremonial County: | Wiltshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 177th 230.10 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Swindon |
| ONS code: | 00HX |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density | Ranked 80th 184,000 800 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 95.2% White 2.1% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Swindon Borough Council http://www.swindon.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Anne Snelgrove, Michael Wills |
Swindon is a borough in Wiltshire ceremonial county , South West England. It was formed in 1974 as the Thamesdown district of Wiltshire, from the municipal borough of Swindon and Highworth Rural District.
It covers not just the town of Swindon, but surrounding countryside and the town of Highworth and villages including Wroughton, Chiseldon, Wanborough, Liddington and Badbury
On April 1, 1997 it was made administratively independent of Wiltshire, with its council becoming a unitary authority. [1] It adopted the name Swindon on April 24, 1997. The former Thamesdown name and logo is still used by the main local bus company of Swindon, called Thamesdown Transport Limited [2]
Economy
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Swindon at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
| Year | Regional Gross Value Added | Agriculture | Industry | Services |
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| 1995 | 2,654 | 13 | 1,023 | 1,618 |
| 2000 | 4,085 | 9 | 1,368 | 2,708 |
| 2003 | 4,259 | 8 | 1,185 | 3,067 |
↑ includes hunting and forestry
↑ includes energy and construction
↑ includes Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured
↑ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
References
- ^ The Wiltshire (Borough of Thamesdown)(Structural Change) Order 1995
- ^ Thamesdown Transport Limited Website.
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Categories
Local government in Wiltshire | Swindon | Unitary authorities in England