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==Governance== Tring is a part of the [[UK]] Parliament [[constituency]] of [[Harpenden and Berkhamsted (UK Parliament constituency)|Harpenden and Berkhamsted]]. [[Victoria Collins]] has been the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) since the July [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 election]].<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=http://bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000951|title=Hertfordshire South West parliamentary constituency β Election 2019|publisher=BBC News|access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref> Tring has three tiers of local government at parish (town), district, and county level: Tring Town Council, [[Dacorum Borough Council]], and [[Hertfordshire County Council]]. Since the local elections on 2 May 2019, Tring Town Council comprises 11 [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] and 1 [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Town & Parish Elections β Thursday, 2nd May, 2019|url=https://democracy.dacorum.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=500000001&V=1&RPID=503418497|website=Dacorum| date=2 May 2019 }}</ref> ===Administrative history=== {{Infobox historic subdivision |Name=Tring |subdivision_type=[[Local board of health#Local Government Act 1858|Local Government District]] (1859{{ndash}}1894)<br>[[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban District]] (1894{{ndash}}1974) |Image=[[File:The Counting House, Tring - geograph.org.uk - 1479070.jpg|250px]]<br>Council offices 1952{{ndash}}1974: 9 High Street, Tring |HQ=Tring <!-- Statuses --> |Start=2 February 1859 (Local Government District)<br>31 December 1894 (Urban District) |End=31 March 1974 |Replace=[[Dacorum]] <!-- Memberships --> | membership_title1 = County Council | membership1 = [[Hertfordshire County Council|Hertfordshire]] |PopulationFirst=4,525<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10174107 |title=Tring Urban Sanitary District, ''A Vision of Britain through Time'' |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> |PopulationLast=8,815<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10081506 |title=Tring Urban District, ''A Vision of Britain through Time'' |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> |PopulationFirstYear=1891 |PopulationLastYear=1971 }} The parish of Tring formerly included a large rural area as well as the town itself, including [[Long Marston, Hertfordshire|Long Marston]] and [[Wilstone]]. The parish was administered by its [[vestry]], in the same way as most small towns and rural areas. It was included in the [[Berkhamsted]] [[Poor Law Union]] from 1835.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Higginbotham |first1=Peter |title=Berkhamsted Workhouse |url=https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Berkhampstead/ |website=The Workhouse |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> The "Upper Hamlet" of the parish of Tring, covering the town, was made a local government district with effect from 2 February 1859, governed by a [[local board of health|local board]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Local Government Act, 1858: Notice of adoption |journal=London Gazette |date=18 January 1859 |issue=22220 |page=176 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22220/page/176 |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> Following the [[Public Health Acts|Public Health Act 1872]], such local government districts were also called [[sanitary district|urban sanitary districts]]. Under the [[Local Government Act 1894]], urban sanitary districts became [[urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban districts]] on 31 December 1894. The 1894 Act also stipulated that a parish could not be partly in an urban district and partly outside it. The old parish of Tring was therefore split, with the part outside the urban district becoming a separate parish called [[Tring Rural]] with effect from its first parish meeting on 4 December 1894. The Tring Rural Parish, covering Long Marston, Wilstone and the surrounding areas, was included in the [[Berkhamsted Rural District]].<ref>Local Government Act 1894, 56 & 57 Vict. c. 73</ref> Tring Urban District Council held its first meeting on 3 January 1895 at the Vestry Hall in Church Yard. The first chairman was Frederick Butcher, who had been the last chairman of the old local board.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tring Urban Council |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=16 January 2022 |work=Bucks Herald |date=5 January 1895 |location=Aylesbury |page=8}}</ref> Tring Urban District Council continued to meet at the Vestry Hall until 1910, and had an office on Western Road.<ref>{{cite book |title=Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire |date=1914 |location=London |page=251}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tring: Urban District Council |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=16 January 2022 |work=Bucks Herald |date=5 July 1919 |location=Aylesbury |page=8}}</ref> It then moved its meeting place to the [[Tring Market House|Market House]] at 61 High Street, which had been built between 1898 and 1900.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1083558|desc=The Market House|fewer-links=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tring: Urban District Council |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=16 January 2022 |work=Bucks Herald |date=6 December 1919 |location=Aylesbury |page=8}}</ref> The council remained at Market House until 1952, when it moved to the former [[Tring Park]] estate office at 9 High Street, remaining there until the council's abolition.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1078033|desc=9 High Street|fewer-links=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tring Council to have new offices |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=16 January 2022 |work=Bucks Herald |date=9 November 1951 |location=Aylesbury |page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Milestone in council's history |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=16 January 2022 |work=Bucks Herald |date=10 October 1952 |location=Aylesbury |page=8}}</ref> Tring Urban District was abolished under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], becoming part of the [[non-metropolitan district|district]] of Dacorum on 1 April 1974. A [[successor parish]] was created for the former urban district, with its parish council taking the name Tring Town Council.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order |date=1973 |publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office |location=London |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1110/made |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> The former urban district council's offices at 9 High Street became private offices, with the building being renamed the Counting House. Tring Town Council is based at the Market House at 61 High Street.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tring Town Council |url=https://www.tring.gov.uk/contact-information/ |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>
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