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Telford and Wrekin is a borough and unitary authority in Shropshire, England. In 1974, a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire was created called the Wrekin, named after a prominent hill to the west of Telford. In 1998, the district became a unitary authority and was renamed "Telford and Wrekin", which remains part of the Shropshire ceremonial county and shares institutions such as the Fire and Rescue Service and Community Health with the rest the county.
The borough's major settlement is Telford, which was designated a new town in the 1960s and incorporated the towns of Dawley, Madeley, Oakengates, and Wellington. After the Telford conurbation, which includes the aforementioned towns, the next-largest settlement is Newport which is located in the northeast of the borough and is not part of the original new town of Telford.
The borough borders Staffordshire, but is surrounded by the unitary district of Shropshire which covers the area previously administered by Shropshire County Council.




History


The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 covering the area of five former districts, plus a small part of a sixth:

Dawley Urban District
Newport Urban District
Oakengates Urban District
Wellington Rural District
Wellington Urban District
From Shifnal Rural District, the part of the parish of Shifnal within the designated area of Telford New Town (which was added to the parish of Lilleshall)
The district was initially called "Wrekin", but during 1974 the council changed the name to "The Wrekin". A significant part of the new district was within the designated area of the Telford New Town, which had been initially designated in 1963 as Dawley New Town before being enlarged and renamed to Telford in 1968. The Telford Development Corporation existed alongside the elected councils until it was wound up in 1991, running various functions such as town planning which would otherwise have been council responsibilities.
On 1 April 1998, as a result of the Local Government Commission for England's review, the district became a unitary authority, independent from Shropshire County Council. On the same day the district's name was changed from "The Wrekin" to "Telford and Wrekin".
All of the council houses previously owned by Wrekin District Council and the subsequent Telford and Wrekin Council were transferred to a newly created housing association, the Wrekin Housing Trust, in 1999 which now owns the majority of social housing in Telford.
Telford and Wrekin applied unsuccessfully for city status in 2000. The district was granted borough status in 2002.




Towns, villages and other settlements



Settlements in Telford and Wrekin -

Coalbrookdale (town)
Crudgington
Edgmond
Great Bolas
High Ercall
Ironbridge (town)
Jackfield
Lilleshall
Little Wenlock
Newport (town)
Church Aston
Longford
Preston upon the Weald Moors
Roden
Telford (new town)
Dawley (town)
Donnington
Donnington Wood
Hadley
Ketley
Lawley
Madeley (town)
Muxton
Oakengates (town)
Shawbirch
Priorslee
Stirchley
St George's
Trench
Wellington (town)
Sambrook, Shropshire
Tibberton
Waters Upton
Wrockwardine




Divisions






= Parishes

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The borough is divided into 29 civil parishes.

List of parishes




= Wards

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For the borough council itself there is a system of thirty wards to elect councillors.

List of wards at Telford and Wrekin website
Current ward councillors at Telford and Wrekin website




= Election history

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Borough elections are held every 4 years.

Previous Election Results




Governance



Telford and Wrekin operates a cabinet-style council. It has 54 elected councillors who appoint the seven cabinet members, including the leader, each year. The cabinet members make decisions as a whole and meet every two weeks.
Telford and Wrekin is currently a Labour controlled council.




Policing


Telford and Wrekin is part of the West Mercia Police police area. The force is based in Worcester (outside Shropshire) and the borough's area is a Territorial Policing Unit in the force's organisation.




Demography






Economy



This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Telford and Wrekin at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British pounds sterling.




Freedom of the Borough


The following people, military units and organisations have received the Freedom of the Borough of Telford and Wrekin.




= People

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Iris Butler: 2002
Richie Woodhall: 2002
Lee Carter: 2005
Elizabeth Holt: 2008
Peter Gibbons: 2009
George Whyle: 2011
Corporal Ricky Fergusson: 2012
Mickey Bushell: 2014
Alan Olver: 2015
John Alfred David Gill: 2017
Liam Davies: 2023




= Military units

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The Rifles: 29 May 2010




= Organisations

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Telford Crisis Support: 11 June 2022
The Wrekin Housing Group




See also


Telford and Wrekin local elections
The Wrekin – prominent hill to the west of Telford
1990s UK local government reform
Shropshire Council – the other unitary authority in Shropshire
Healthcare in Shropshire




References






External links


Telford & Wrekin Council

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