Spelthorne

Information about Spelthorne

Borough of Spelthorne
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Spelthorne

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Geography
Status:Borough
Region:South East England
Admin. County:Surrey
Area:
- Total		Ranked 298th
51.16 km²
Admin. HQ:Staines
ONS code:43UH
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2005 est.)
- Density		Ranked 259th
88,500
1730 / km²
Ethnicity:94.3% White
2.8% S.Asian
Politics
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Arms of Spelthorne Borough Council

Spelthorne Borough Council
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Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MP:David Wilshire
Spelthorne is a local government district and borough in Surrey, England. It includes the towns of Ashford, Laleham, Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell and Sunbury. See districts below for a complete list.

Spelthorne appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Spelet(h)orne. Spelthorne was a hundred (these are not marked on the Surrey map, which shows only Domesday manors) an administrative area, where local leaders met about once a month.[1]

The borough was formed in 1974 from Staines Urban District and Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District. The urban districts had originally been part of Middlesex; however in 1965 when much of the rest of Middlesex was absorbed into Greater London these two were instead transferred to Surrey. Its boundary changed in 1995 when Poyle was transferred to Slough in Berkshire.

The borough remained inside the Metropolitan Police District, and was not transferred to Surrey Police until the boundary was realigned to Greater London in 2000.

The 3rd May 2007 election results produced 31 Conservative seats and 8 Liberal Democrat seats.[2]

The district is named after the ancient Spelthorne hundred of Middlesex, which covered also East Bedfont, Feltham and Hanworth, all in the London Borough of Hounslow.

The borough is a mix of leafy suburbs (mainly towards the river Thames) and suburban housing. Kempton Park Racecourse and Shepperton Studios are both located in Spelthorne. Staines is both the largest town in the borough and its administrative centre, at Knowle Green.

The borough is home to a number of large reservoirs, including Queen Mary, Staines and King George VI, all important bird reserves as is the large Staines Moor, designated an area of outstanding scientific interest.

Boroughs adjacent to Spelthorne include Runnymede, Elmbridge, and Windsor and Maidenhead.

Districts

Spelthorne is twinned with Melun in France.

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References

1. ^ Surrey Domesday Book
2. ^ BBC news retrieved 4/5/07


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Surrey

Geography
Status Ceremonial & Non-metropolitan county
Origin Historic
Region South East England
Area
- Total
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South East England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics in 1999. Its boundaries include Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex.
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Surrey

Geography
Status Ceremonial & Non-metropolitan county
Origin Historic
Region South East England
Area
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- Admin.
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This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. The areas given are calculated from the Output Areas created for Census 2001 and made available on CD by the Office for National Statistics.
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Staines

Staines ()
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Affiliation Members
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Conservative Party
Liberal Democrats
Democratic Unionist Party
Scottish National Party
Sinn Féin
Plaid Cymru
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Health Concern
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David Wilshire (born 16 September 1943, Bristol) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

He is Member of Parliament for Spelthorne in Surrey, and was first elected in the 1987 general election. He is currently a Conservative whip in the House of Commons.
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Non-metropolitan districts or commonly Shire districts are a type of local government district in England. They are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (Shire counties).

Some unitary authorities are technically non-metropolitan districts.
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A borough is an administrative division used in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
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Surrey

Geography
Status Ceremonial & Non-metropolitan county
Origin Historic
Region South East England
Area
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Ashford

Ashford, Surrey ()
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Laleham

Laleham ()
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Shepperton

Shepperton Lock
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Staines

Staines ()
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Stanwell

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A hundred is a geographic division used in England, Denmark, South Australia and some parts of the USA, Germany, Sweden (and today's Finland) and Norway, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative units.
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Staines was a local government district from 1894 to 1974 around the town of Staines. Apart from Staines itself, it also covered Ashford, Laleham and Stanwell.

In 1894, under the Local Government Act 1894, Staines was created an urban district of Middlesex.
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Sunbury on Thames - also known as Sunbury - was a local government district from 1894 to 1974 around the town of Sunbury-on-Thames, also covering Littleton and Shepperton.
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