Swindon Borough Council

Swindon Borough Council
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Type
Type
Leadership
Imtiyaz Shaikh,
Labour
since 17 May 2024[1]
Jim Robbins,
Labour
since 19 May 2023
Samantha Mowbray
since July 2023[2]
Structure
Seats57 councillors
Swindon Borough Council composition
Political groups
Administration (41)
  Labour (41)
Other parties (16)
  Liberal Democrats (1)
  Conservative (15)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Plurality-at-large
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Meeting place
Civic Offices at Swindon
Civic Offices, Euclid Street, Swindon, SN1 2JH
Website
www.swindon.gov.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Swindon Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Swindon in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England. It was founded in 1974 as Thamesdown Borough Council, and was a lower-tier district council until 1997. In 1997 it was renamed Swindon Borough Council and became a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council; it is independent from Wiltshire Council, the unitary authority which administers the rest of the county.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2023. It is based at the Civic Offices on Euclid Street.

  1. ^ Thomas, Aled (17 May 2024). "Goan councillor Imtiyaz Shaikh sworn in as new Swindon mayor". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  2. ^ Thomas, Aled (21 July 2023). "Swindon Borough Council interim chief executive names as Sam Mowbray". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

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