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Swale is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England and is bounded by Medway to the west, Canterbury to the east, Ashford to the south and Maidstone to the south west. Its council is based in Sittingbourne. The district is named after the narrow channel called The Swale, that separates the mainland of Kent from the Isle of Sheppey, and which occupies the central part of the district.

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Borough of Swale
Non-metropolitan district
Swale shown within Kent
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Kent
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Sittingbourne
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Swale Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Helen Whately (C) Gordon Henderson (C)
Area
• Total	144.2 sq mi (373.4 km2)
• Rank	106th (of 309)
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	150,082
• Rank	137th (of 309)
• Density	1,000/sq mi (400/km2)
• Ethnicity[1]	96.1% White 1.3% S.Asian 1.1% Black 1.0% Mixed Race
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	29UM (ONS) E07000113 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ9018863720
Website	www.swale.gov.uk

The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, from the Borough of Faversham; the Borough of Queenborough-in-Sheppey, which covered the whole of Sheppey; the Sittingbourne and Milton Urban District; and Swale Rural District.

Most of the southern half of the Borough lies within the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, whilst Sittingbourne and the Isle of Sheppey forms the concluding part of the Thames Gateway growth area.[2]

There are four towns in the borough: Sittingbourne and Faversham on the mainland, and Sheerness and Queenborough on Sheppey.

Economy

Swale is a mainly rural borough, containing a high proportion of the UK's apple, pear, cherry and plum orchards (the North Kent Fruit Belt[3]), as well as many of its remaining hop gardens. Faversham has the Shepherd Neame brewery.

Sheerness is a busy port and previously produced steel. Sittingbourne has a variety of smaller industrial sites.

Transport

The Roman Watling Street passed through the area, as witness the straightness of the A2 main road, now by-passed by the M2 motorway.

There are two railway lines in Swale: the Chatham Main Line and the Sheerness Line, which meet at Sittingbourne.

Governance

Swale Borough Council
Type
Type	Borough Council
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor	Cllr Simon Clark, Labour
Leader of the Council	Cllr Mike Baldock, Swale Independents Alliance
Deputy Leader of the Council	Cllr Monique Bonney, Independent
Leader of the Opposition	Cllr Alan Horton, Conservative
Chief Executive	Larissa Reed
Structure
Seats	47 councillors
Political groups	Administration (27)   Labour (9)   Swale Independents (8)   Independent (4)   Liberal Democrats (4)   Green Party (2) Opposition (20)   Conservative (15)   Independent (4)   Reform UK (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2019
Next election	2023
Motto
Known By Their Fruits
Meeting place
Swale House, Sittingbourne
Website
www.swale.gov.uk

Chairmen

• 1973-74 R. D. Sharrock
• 1974-75 R. D. Sharrock
• 1975-76 K. H. Burbidge
• 1976-77 R. W. Barnicott

Mayors

Honorary Freemen of the Borough

• 1978 D. Allen
• 1982 Mrs D. M. Elvy JP DL
• 1986 Bob Geldof KBE [4]
• 2004 Gerald David Thomsett
• 2004 Peter James Salmon
• 2018 Stephen Mark Brown
• 2021 Peter Morgan MBE
• 2021 Robin Castle MBE [5][6]

Elections

Swale Borough Council is elected every four years, with currently 47 councillors being elected at each election. After the Conservatives had a majority on the council from 1976 to 1986, no party had overall control from 1986 until the 2002 election when the Conservatives regained control. The Conservatives held their majority until the last election in 2019 when the council returned to no overall control. The council is currently composed of the following councillors:-[7]

Party		Councillors
	Conservative Party	15
	Labour Party	9
	Independent	8
	Swale Independents	8
	Liberal Democrats	4
	Green	2
	Reform UK	1

Parishes

The district contains the following civil parishes:

References

External links

• Bored In Swale - an information site listing activities for the youth in Swale.

На других языках

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[de] Borough of Swale

Swale ist ein Verwaltungsbezirk mit dem Status eines Borough in der Grafschaft Kent in England. Er ist nach dem schmalen Swale-Kanal benannt, der die Isle of Sheppey vom übrigen Kent trennt. Der größte Teil des Bezirks liegt auf der Insel. Verwaltungssitz ist Sittingbourne; weitere bedeutende Orte sind Bobbing, Eastchurch, Faversham, Queenborough und Sheerness.

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- [en] Borough of Swale

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[ru] Суэйл

Суэ́йл (англ. Swale /sweɪl/) — неметрополитенский район (англ. non-metropolitan district) со статусом боро в графстве Кент (Англия). Административный центр — город Ситтингберн.

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