Salisbury City Council
| Salisbury City Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
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Leader
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Andrew Roberts
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Mayor
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Cllr. Derek Brown, OBE
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 23 |
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10 / 23
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7 / 23
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3 / 23
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2 / 23
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1 / 23
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| Elections | |
| Plurality-at-large voting | |
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Last election
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2013 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Guildhall, Salisbury | |
| Website | |
| salisburycitycouncil.gov.uk | |
Salisbury City Council is an English city council in which the Conservatives currently have the largest number of members but there is no overall control.
The council came into being in April 2009 to serve the city of Salisbury, Wiltshire, as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, although its first elections were not held until June 2009. It is based in the city's historic Guildhall, following the adaptation of the building. Until that was completed it had its offices and meetings at 22, Bedwin Street, Salisbury.
The civil parish of Salisbury - which excludes some of the city's suburbs such as , Britford, Harnham and - had a population of 40,302 at the 2011 census.
Salisbury has been ranked as a city since "time immemorial", and the status was preserved after 1974 by the Charter Trustees of the City of New Sarum, a body which was dissolved at the time of the new grant. The parish was once again granted city status by letters patent dated 1 April 2009.
On 23 March 2010, the city council was granted a royal licence, transferring to it the armorial bearings of the previous City of New Sarum. The arms and supporters were originally recorded at the heraldic visitations of Wiltshire in 1565 and 1623. The blazon of the arms is:
Barry of eight Azure and Or. Supporters: On either side an eagle displayed with two heads Or, ducally gorged Azure.
There do not appear to be any meanings attached to the design. The traditional explanation that the blue stripes represent the rivers that meet in the city is now discounted. It has also been suggested that the eagles derive from the arms of the Bouverie family, Earls of Radnor, benefactors of the city. However, this also can be discounted, as the arms of the city were recorded before the family was connected with it.
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