Editing Oakham (section)

==Governance==
There are two tiers of local government covering Oakham, at [[civil parish|parish]] (town) and [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] level: Oakham Town Council and [[Rutland County Council]]. The town council is based at Rol House on Long Row.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oakham Town Council |url=https://oakhamtowncouncil.gov.uk/ |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> The county council is also based in the town, at [[Catmose House]].

Oakham was an [[ancient parish]], and gave its name to the [[List of hundreds of England#Rutland|Oakham Hundred]], one of the five historic [[hundred (county division)|hundreds]] of Rutland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oakham Hundred / Soke |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10075725 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> When elected parish and district councils were created under the [[Local Government Act 1894]], Oakham was given a parish council and included in the [[Oakham Rural District]]. The parish was removed from the rural district in 1911 to become the [[Oakham Urban District]], with the parish council being replaced by an urban district council. The urban district was abolished in 1974 and a new parish council established, taking the name Oakham Town Council.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1973|year=1973|number=1110|access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref>

Oakham, along with the rest of [[Rutland]], has been represented at [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Westminster]] by the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Member of Parliament [[Alicia Kearns]] since 2019.