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The town of Swindon was made a municipal borough in 1900 as a merger of the two urban districts of Old Swindon and New Swindon. Swindon was then governed by a body formally called the 'mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Swindon', generally known as the corporation, town council or borough council.
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The first borough of Swindon was a municipal borough, created in 1900 as a merger of the two urban districts of Old Swindon and New Swindon. [2]In 1974 the borough of Thamesdown was created under the Local Government Act 1972.
The first tier of local government is St Andrews Parish Council. [2] For elections to Swindon Borough Council, the parish is covered by the St Andrews ward which elects three councillors. [3] For Westminster elections, the parish is part of the Swindon North constituency. [4]
The local council was created in 1974 as the Borough of Thamesdown, out of the areas of Swindon Borough and Highworth Rural District. It was not initially called Swindon, because the borough covers a larger area than the town; it was renamed as the Borough of Swindon in 1997.
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The parish was formed from parts of the unparished area of Swindon and the parish of Chiseldon. [5] [6] The parish was created with the official name of Central Swindon South. Representatives of the new parish unsuccessfully petitioned Swindon Borough Council to change the name to South Swindon in November 2017. [7]
In 1993 Swindon Borough Council and the Swindon Chamber of Commerce unveiled a joint public relations venture "Swindon – City for the 21st Century" to raise awareness of the town and gauge public opinion for a potential bid for city status. The partnership mounted an exhibition in London but the project stalled. [1]