Editing Gerrards Cross (section)

==Governance==
There are two tiers of local government covering Gerrards Cross, at civil parish (town) and [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] level: Gerrards Cross Town Council and [[Buckinghamshire Council]]. The town council meets at the [[Gerrards Cross Memorial Building|Gerrards Cross Memorial Centre]] on East Common and has its offices at the adjoining South Lodge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meeting Agendas and Minutes |url=https://www.gerrardscross.gov.uk/agendas-minutes-by-year/ |website=Gerrards Cross Town Council |access-date=19 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=South Lodge and North Lodge, 7 and 9 East Common |url=https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/buckinghamshire/asset/4183 |website=Local Heritage List |publisher=Buckinghamshire Council |access-date=19 February 2025}}</ref>

From the creation of the civil parish of Gerrards Cross in 1895 until 1974 it was included in the [[Eton Rural District]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerrards Cross Chapelry / Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10218925 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=19 February 2025}}</ref> The parish then became part of the Beaconsfield district in 1974, which was renamed [[South Bucks]] in 1980.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=48075  |date=23 January 1980 |page=1130 }}</ref> The district was abolished in 2020, when Buckinghamshire Council was created, also taking the functions of the abolished county council.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019|year=2019|number=957|access-date=30 March 2024}}</ref>

Since 1974, parish councils have had the right to declare their parishes to be a town.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|chapter=70|section=245}}</ref> Gerrards Cross Parish Council declared the parish to be a town with effect from 1 January 2016. The council therefore became Gerrards Cross Town Council.<ref>{{cite web |title=Change of name from Parish to Town Council |url=http://gerrardscross.gov.uk/change-of-name-from-parish-to-town-council/ |website=Gerrards Cross Parish Council |access-date=19 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108165541/http://gerrardscross.gov.uk/change-of-name-from-parish-to-town-council/ |archive-date=8 January 2016}}</ref>