Editing Lymm (section)

== Governance ==
There are two tiers of local government covering Lymm, at [[civil parish]] and [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] level: Lymm Parish Council and [[Warrington Borough Council]]. The parish council is based at the Village Hall on Pepper Street.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact us |url=https://www.lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk/contact-us |website=Lymm Parish Council |access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref> For national elections, Lymm forms part of the [[Tatton (UK Parliament constituency)|Tatton constituency]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Suvey |access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref>

===Administrative history===
Lymm was an [[ancient parish]] in the [[Bucklow Hundred]] of Cheshire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lymm Ancient Parish / Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10045381 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref>

[[File:Ludc1.jpg|thumb|Official seal of the former Lymm Urban District Council]]
The parish was made a [[Local Government Act 1858|local government district]] in 1863, administered by an elected local board.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22715|page=1417|date=10 March 1863}}</ref> Such districts were reconstituted as [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban districts]] under the [[Local Government Act 1894]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Kelly's Directory of Cheshire |date=1914 |page=431 |url=https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/235628/rec/3 |access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lymm Urban District |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10173814 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref> Lymm Urban District Council subsequently built itself offices at the corner of Whitbarrow Road and Brookfield Road, which were completed in 1902.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Council Offices at Lymm |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0000206%2F19020414&page=6 |access-date=21 February 2025 |work=Manchester Courier |date=14 April 1902 |page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lymm Timeline |url=https://www.lymmhic.co.uk/the-lymm-timeline |website=Lymm Heritage Centre |access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref>

Lymm Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]]. The area became part of the [[Borough of Warrington]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|accessdate=3 March 2023}}</ref> A [[successor parish]] called Lymm was created in 1974 covering the area of the former urban district.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1973|year=1973|number=1110}}</ref> District-level functions passed to Warrington Borough Council, which became a unitary authority in 1998 when it also took over county-level services within the borough from [[Cheshire County Council]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Cheshire (Boroughs of Halton and Warrington) (Structural Change) Order 1996|year=1996|number=1863|article=6|access-date=23 July 2024}}</ref>