Telford and Wrekin
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}}Template:Main other Telford and Wrekin is a borough and unitary authority in Shropshire, England. In 1974, a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire was created called the Wrekin, named after a prominent hill to the west of Telford. In 1998, the district became a unitary authority and was renamed "Telford and Wrekin", which remains part of the Shropshire ceremonial county and shares institutions such as the Fire and Rescue Service and Community Health with the rest the county.
The borough's major settlement is Telford, which was designated a new town in the 1960s and incorporated the towns of Dawley, Madeley, Oakengates, and Wellington. After the Telford conurbation, which includes the aforementioned towns, the next-largest settlement is Newport which is located in the northeast of the borough and is not part of the original new town of Telford. The borough borders Staffordshire, but is surrounded by the unitary district of Shropshire which covers the area previously administered by Shropshire County Council.
HistoryEdit
The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 covering the area of five former districts, plus a small part of a sixth:<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref>
- Dawley Urban District
- Newport Urban District
- Oakengates Urban District
- Wellington Rural District
- Wellington Urban District
- From Shifnal Rural District, the part of the parish of Shifnal within the designated area of Telford New Town (which was added to the parish of Lilleshall)<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref>
The district was initially called "Wrekin", but during 1974 the council changed the name to "The Wrekin".<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A significant part of the new district was within the designated area of the Telford New Town, which had been initially designated in 1963 as Dawley New Town before being enlarged and renamed to Telford in 1968. The Telford Development Corporation existed alongside the elected councils until it was wound up in 1991, running various functions such as town planning which would otherwise have been council responsibilities.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On 1 April 1998, as a result of the Local Government Commission for England's review, the district became a unitary authority, independent from Shropshire County Council. On the same day the district's name was changed from "The Wrekin" to "Telford and Wrekin".<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref>
All of the council houses previously owned by Wrekin District Council and the subsequent Telford and Wrekin Council were transferred to a newly created housing association, the Wrekin Housing Trust, in 1999 which now owns the majority of social housing in Telford.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Telford and Wrekin applied unsuccessfully for city status in 2000. The district was granted borough status in 2002.
WardsEdit
For the borough council itself there is a system of thirty wards to elect councillors.
| File:Telford and Wrekin Electoral Wards.png | 1 – Admaston and Bratton
2 – Apley Castle 3 – Arleston 4 – Brookside 5 – Church Aston and Lilleshall 6 – College 7 – Dawley and Aqueduct 8 – Donnington 9 – Dothill 10 – Edgmond and Ercall Magna 11 – Ercall 12 – Hadley and Leegomery 13 – Haygate 14 – Horsehay and Lightmoor 15 – Ironbridge Gorge 16 – Ketley and Overdale 17 – Madeley and Sutton Hill 18 – Malinslee and Dawley Bank 19 – Muxton 20 – Newport North and West 21 – Newport South and East 22 – Oakengates and Ketley Bank 23 – Park 24 – Priorslee 25 – Shawbirch 26 – St Georges 27 – The Nedge 28 – Woodside 29 – Wrockwardine 30 – Wrockwardine Wood and Trench |
Election historyEdit
Borough elections are held every 4 years.
GovernanceEdit
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Telford and Wrekin operates a cabinet-style council. It has 54 elected councillors who appoint the seven cabinet members, including the leader, each year. The cabinet members make decisions as a whole and meet every two weeks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Telford and Wrekin is currently a Labour controlled council.
PolicingEdit
Telford and Wrekin is part of the West Mercia Police police area. The force is based in Worcester (outside Shropshire) and the borough's area is a Territorial Policing Unit in the force's organisation.
Towns, villages and other settlementsEdit
The main towns of the borough are: Coalbrookdale, Dawley, Madeley, Newport, Oakengates, Telford and Wellington. The table below shows the civil parishes of the borough and their respective settlements:
DemographyEdit
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| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||||
| White: Total | 150,014 | 94.8% | 154,415 | 92.7% | 163,638 | 88.2% | |||
| White: British | 147,314 | 93% | 149,096 | 153,936 | 83% | ||||
| White: Irish | 1,061 | 729 | 723 | ||||||
| White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller | – | – | 166 | 203 | |||||
| White: Roma | – | – | – | – | 187 | ||||
| White: Other | 1,639 | 4,424 | 8,589 | ||||||
| Asian or Asian British: Total | 5,128 | 3.2% | 6,991 | 10,067 | 5.4% | ||||
| Asian or Asian British: Indian | 2,623 | 3,076 | 4,559 | ||||||
| Asian or Asian British: Pakistani | 1,598 | 1% | 2,243 | 3,368 | |||||
| Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi | 98 | 162 | 207 | ||||||
| Asian or Asian British: Chinese | 542 | 647 | 818 | ||||||
| Asian or Asian British: Other Asian | 267 | 863 | 1,115 | ||||||
| Black or Black British: Total | 928 | 0.6% | 1,779 | 5,351 | 2.9% | ||||
| Black or Black British: African | 263 | 1,023 | 3,962 | ||||||
| Black or Black British: Caribbean | 567 | 607 | 748 | ||||||
| Black or Black British: Other Black | 98 | 149 | 641 | ||||||
| Mixed: Total | 1,728 | 1.1% | 2,983 | 4,844 | |||||
| Mixed: White and Black Caribbean | 935 | 1,423 | 2,083 | ||||||
| Mixed: White and Black African | 108 | 278 | 676 | ||||||
| Mixed: White and Asian | 452 | 0.3% | 799 | 1,315 | |||||
| Mixed: Other Mixed | 233 | 483 | 770 | ||||||
| Other: Total | 527 | 473 | 1,643 | ||||||
| Other: Arab | – | – | 86 | – | 242 | ||||
| Other: Any other ethnic group | 527 | 387 | 1,401 | ||||||
| Non-White: Total | 8,311 | 5.2% | 12,226 | 7.3% | 21,905 | 11.8% | |||
| Total | 158,325 | 100% | 166,641 | 100% | 185,543 | 100% | |||
EconomyEdit
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Telford and Wrekin 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<ref group="table">Components may not sum to totals due to rounding</ref> | Agriculture<ref group="table">includes hunting and forestry</ref> | Industry<ref group="table">includes energy and construction</ref> | Services<ref group="table">includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured</ref> |
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| 1995 | 1,763 | 28 | 865 | 870 |
| 2000 | 2,072 | 20 | 773 | 1,279 |
| 2003 | 2,370 | 21 | 850 | 1,500 |
Freedom of the BoroughEdit
The following people, military units and organisations have received the Freedom of the Borough of Telford and Wrekin.
PeopleEdit
- Iris Butler: 2002
- Richie Woodhall: 2002
- Lee Carter: 2005
- Elizabeth Holt: 2008
- Peter Gibbons: 2009
- George Whyle: 2011
- Corporal Ricky Fergusson: 2012
- Mickey Bushell: 2014
- Alan Olver: 2015
- John Alfred David Gill: 2017
- Liam Davies: 2023
Military unitsEdit
- The Rifles: 29 May 2010<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- D Squadron (The Shropshire Yeomanry): 15 May 2025.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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OrganisationsEdit
- Telford Crisis Support: 11 June 2022<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- The Wrekin Housing Group
See alsoEdit
- Telford and Wrekin local elections
- The Wrekin – prominent hill to the west of Telford
- 1990s UK local government reform
- Shropshire Council – the other unitary authority in Shropshire
- Healthcare in Shropshire
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