Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council
| Borough of Crewe and Nantwich | |
|---|---|
 Shown within Cheshire |
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| History | |
| • Origin |
Crewe Municipal Borough Nantwich Urban District Nantwich Rural District |
| • Created | 1 April 1974 |
| • Abolished | 31 March 2009 |
| • Succeeded by | Cheshire East |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| ONS code | 13UD |
| • HQ | Crewe |
Crewe and Nantwich was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It had a population (2001 census) of 111,007. It contained 69 civil parishes and one unparished area: the town of Crewe.
The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 by the merger of the borough of Crewe (an industrial town), the urban district of Nantwich (a much smaller market town), and Nantwich Rural District.
The former Crewe Municipal Borough was unparished, but the rest of the Crewe and Nantwich district included the following civil parishes;
From the Census 2001:
According to 2003 figures, Crewe had the lowest crime rate and highest detection levels in Cheshire.
Crewe and Nantwich is twinned with:
On 4 May 2006 a referendum was held to decide whether the "Leader and Cabinet" form of local government would be replaced by an elected Mayor. The proposal was rejected by 18,768 (60.8%) votes to 11,808 (38.2%) on a 35.3% turnout.
In 2006 the Department for Communities and Local Government considered reorganising Cheshire's administrative structure as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. The decision to merge the boroughs of Crewe and Nantwich, Congleton and Macclesfield to create a single unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007, following a consultation period in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected.
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