The Borough of Rugby is a local government district with borough status in eastern Warwickshire, England. The borough comprises the town of Rugby where the council has its headquarters, and the rural areas surrounding the town. The borough has a population of 108,935. Of which, 77,285 live in Rugby itself and the remainder living in the surrounding areas. More notable settlements include Binley Woods, Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Dunchurch, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Stretton-on-Dunsmore and Wolston. The borough stretches from Coventry to the west, to the borders with Northamptonshire and Leicestershire to the east. It borders the Warwickshire districts of Warwick to the south-west, Stratford to the south, and Nuneaton and Bedworth to the north-west.

Borough of Rugby
Borough and Non-metropolitan district
Rugby, the largest settlement and administrative centre of the borough
Shown within Warwickshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	West Midlands
Administrative county	Warwickshire
Admin. HQ	Rugby
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan borough
• Leadership:	Leader and cabinet
• MPs:	Mark Pawsey (Rugby) Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth and Southam)
Area
• Total	135.6 sq mi (351.1 km2)
• Rank	114th
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	108,935
• Rank	Ranked 219th
• Density	800/sq mi (310/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	44UD (ONS) E07000220 (GSS)
Ethnicity	90.5% White (84.1% White British) 5.2% Asian 2.0% Mixed Race 2.0% Black British 0.3% Other [1]
Website	rugby.gov.uk

History

The present borough was created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. It was created by a merger of the municipal borough of Rugby (which covered the town of Rugby) and the Rugby Rural District.

The town of Rugby gained the status of an urban district in 1894.[2] At the same time the Rugby Rural District was created covering the surrounding countryside.[3] The town and rural district had separate councils, both based in Rugby. In 1932, Rugby's status was upgraded to that of a municipal borough, and its boundaries expanded to include most of Bilton, Brownsover, Hillmorton and Newbold-on-Avon.[2]

Rugby Borough Council

The headquarters of Rugby Borough Council is based at Rugby Town Hall on Evreux Way in the town centre. The last elections to the council were held in 2022.

One-third of council seats are elected every year, with one year without an election. The political makeup of the council in the past few elections has been:

Sub-divisions

Wards

The borough is divided into 16 wards, with 42 councillors.[4][5] For a list of wards in Rugby borough see List of wards in Rugby borough by population.

Parishes

The borough of Rugby has 41 civil parishes mainly covering the rural areas of the borough. Rugby town is an unparished area and so does not have a separate town council.[6]

Here is a list of parishes in the borough, some of which contain several settlements. Where a parish contains more than one settlement these are listed in brackets:

• Ansty,
• Binley Woods, Birdingbury, Bourton and Draycote, Brandon and Bretford, Brinklow, Burton Hastings
• Cawston, Church Lawford, Churchover, Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Combe Fields, Copston Magna, Cosford,
• Dunchurch (incl: Toft)
• Easenhall
• Frankton,
• Grandborough
• Harborough Magna
• King's Newnham
• Leamington Hastings (incl: Broadwell, Hill & Kites Hardwick), Little Lawford, Long Lawford
• Marton, Monks Kirby,
• Newton and Biggin
• Pailton, Princethorpe
• Ryton-on-Dunsmore
• Shilton and Barnacle, Stretton Baskerville, Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Stretton-under-Fosse
• Thurlaston,
• Wibtoft, Willey, Willoughby, Withybrook, Wolfhampcote (incl: Flecknoe & Sawbridge), Wolston, Wolvey.

References

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