Broxtowe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England, west of the City of Nottingham. It is part of the Greater Nottingham metropolitan area. Broxtowe's neighbour to the west is the borough of Erewash, which is in Derbyshire.
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Settlements 1
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Formation 2
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Politics 3
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Wards 3.1
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Parliamentary constituency 3.2
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Twinning 4
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Local attractions 5
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Local Nature Reserves 6
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References 7
Settlements
The borough with the civil parishes (pink) and the unparished part (red).
Settlements include Newthorpe, Nuthall, Stapleford, Strelley, Swingate, Toton, Trowell, and Watnall. Additionally a small part of Wollaton falls within Broxtowe.
The Broxtowe Estate is not within the borough, but is instead within the boundaries of the City of Nottingham.
Civil parishes
Broxtowe has ten civil parishes of which three (Eastwood, Kimberley and Stapleford) have town councils. The unparished area of the borough covers the town of Beeston and the neighbouring places of Chilwell, Toton, Attenborough and Bramcote — this is the area of the former Beeston and Stapleford Urban District, minus Stapleford which was parished in 1987.
Formation
Beeston Town Hall, together with the Council Offices also on Foster Avenue in the town, is the Borough Council's HQ
The district formed on 1 April 1974 by a merger of the Beeston and Stapleford urban district, the Eastwood urban district and part of Basford Rural District. The borough's name was derived from the old Broxtowe wapentake of Nottinghamshire, which covered a larger area.
The district was granted borough status in 1977.
Politics
The first elections to the council took place in 1973, with the Conservatives gaining control. The party held power until 1995 when it lost control to the Labour party. From 2003 no party had overall control. After the 2009 elections the Liberal Democrats led the council with Labour support. Following the 2011 elections Labour led the council with Liberal Democrat support, but the Conservatives had the largest representation on the council. In the 2015 elections the Conservatives gained a majority.
Wards
Since boundary changes in 2015, 44 councillors have been elected from 20 wards. Each ward returns one to three councillors to the Borough Council, depending on the ward's electorate/population.[1] Below is a summary list of the 20 wards and the number of councillors they each elect in brackets.
† These wards form the unparished area of the borough.
Parliamentary constituency
Since 1983 Broxtowe has also been a parliamentary constituency. The constituency boundaries do not exactly match the borough boundaries, with some wards of Broxtowe borough (Brinsley, Eastwood North and Greasley (Beauvale), and Eastwood South) being in the Ashfield constituency. The elections in the constituency have returned the following MPs:
A Broxtowe constituency also existed from 1918 to 1970. The area of the former constituency was very different, including Hucknall and Kirkby in Ashfield, but excluding Beeston.[2]
Twinning
Broxtowe is twinned with Gütersloh in Germany.
Local attractions
Broxtowe's main attraction that receives visitors from all over the world is D.H. Lawrence Heritage in Eastwood. A small local attraction is the Hemlock Stone in Stapleford.
Local Nature Reserves
Broxtowe has 13 designated
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^ Boundary Commission — Broxtowe
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^ F. A. Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol. II (London, 1991)
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^ "Nature Reserves". Broxtowe Council. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
References
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