23-529: East Staffordshire is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire , England. The council is based in Burton upon Trent . The borough also contains the town of Uttoxeter and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The neighbouring districts are Lichfield , Stafford , Staffordshire Moorlands , Derbyshire Dales and South Derbyshire . The district was created on 1 April 1974 under
46-543: A town council or city council , and are instead directly managed by a higher local authority such as a district or county council. Until the mid-nineteenth century there had been many areas that did not belong to any parish, known as extra-parochial areas . Acts of Parliament between 1858 and 1868 sought to abolish such areas, converting them into parishes or absorbing them into neighbouring parishes. After 1868 there were very few extra-parochial areas left; those remaining were mostly islands, such as Lundy , which did not have
69-434: A borough or district council. In these cases local government functions are divided between county and district councils, to the level where they can be practised most efficiently: Many districts have borough status , which means the local council is called a borough council instead of district council and gives them the right to appoint a mayor . Borough status is granted by royal charter and, in many cases, continues
92-425: A district will consist of a market town and its more rural hinterland. However districts are diverse with some being mostly urban such as Dartford, and others more polycentric such as Thurrock. Non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of English non-metropolitan counties which have a two-tier structure of local government. Two-tier non-metropolitan counties have a county council and several districts, each with
115-418: A mayor. They ceased to operate when East Staffordshire was made a borough in 1992, allowing a district-wide mayor to be appointed instead. The Burton area was divided into seven civil parishes in 2003. 52°48′29″N 1°38′45″W / 52.8080°N 1.6457°W / 52.8080; -1.6457 Non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts , or colloquially " shire districts ", are
138-508: A neighbouring parish into which they could be absorbed. Modern unparished areas (also termed "non-civil parish areas"), were created in 1965 in London and in 1974 elsewhere. They generally arose where former urban districts , municipal boroughs or county boroughs were abolished and where no successor parish was established. Parishes were not allowed in Greater London until the passing of
161-463: A shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in East Staffordshire. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council . The leaders since 2009 have been: Following the 2023 election the composition of
184-457: A style enjoyed by a predecessor authority, which can date back centuries. Some districts such as Oxford or Exeter have city status , granted by letters patent , but this does not give the local council any extra powers other than the right to call itself a city council . By 1899, England had been divided at district level into rural districts , urban districts , municipal boroughs , county boroughs and metropolitan boroughs . This system
207-486: A type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties ) in a two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status are known as boroughs , able to appoint a mayor and refer to itself as a borough council. Some shire counties now have no sub divisions so are a single Non-metropolitan district such as Cornwall. Typically
230-600: A unitary authority or those that transferred from one county to another, including those that changed name. Nor does it include unitary authorities that have been abolished ( Bournemouth and Poole ). Unparished area In England , an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a civil parish (the lowest level of local government, not to be confused with an ecclesiastical parish ). Most urbanised districts of England are either entirely or partly unparished. Many towns and some cities in otherwise rural districts are also unparished areas and therefore no longer have
253-662: Is also a station serving Tutbury , also on the Crewe to Derby Line called Tutbury and Hatton . This is in the South Derbyshire district. In terms of television, the area is served by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central (West) broadcasting from Birmingham . Television signals are received the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter. The Waltham TV transmitter can also be received which broadcast BBC East Midlands and ITV Central (East) from Nottingham . Local radio stations for
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#1732844723306276-584: The District Councils' Network , special interest group which sits within the Local Government Association . The network's purpose is to "act as an informed and representative advocate for districts to government and other national bodies, based on their unique position to deliver for local people." This is a list of two-tier non-metropolitan counties and their districts. All unitary authorities are also non-metropolitan districts, which, with
299-614: The Local Government Act 1972 covering four former districts, which were all abolished at the same time: The new district was named East Staffordshire, reflecting its position within the wider county. The district received borough status in 1992, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. Since 2011, East Staffordshire Borough Council has been a member of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership . In 2020, East Staffordshire also joined
322-640: The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (which allows their formation in the London boroughs ) and it remained entirely unparished from 1965 until Queen's Park was created in 2014. Some cities and towns which are unparished areas in larger districts (i.e. not districts of themselves) have charter trustees to maintain a historic charter , such as city status (an example being in Bath ) or simply
345-503: The mayoralty of a town. Local authorities which are entirely parished are not listed. The ceremonial counties of Cornwall (apart from Wolf Rock ), Herefordshire , Isle of Wight , Northamptonshire , Northumberland , Rutland , Shropshire , and Wiltshire are entirely parished. Less parts from both included in parish of Ingol and Tanterton (created 2012). This is a list of unparished areas as they existed on 1 April 1974, noting changes which have happened since then to create
368-497: The Stoke and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership. East Staffordshire Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Staffordshire County Council . The whole district is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under Labour majority control since the 2023 election . The first elections were held in 1973, initially operating as
391-462: The area are: Local newspapers are Burton Mail and Uttoxeter Advertiser . The whole borough is covered by civil parishes. The parish council for Uttoxeter has declared that parish to be a town, allowing it to take the style "town council". Between 1974 and 2003 the former county borough of Burton upon Trent was an unparished area . There were charter trustees for Burton which operated between 1974 and 1992, allowing Burton to continue to appoint
414-449: The areas for Wales and England had been enacted separately and there were no Welsh metropolitan areas, the term 'non-metropolitan district' does not apply to Wales. A similar system existed in Scotland , which in 1975 was divided into regions and districts, this was also abolished in 1996 and replaced with a fully unitary system . In England most of the district councils are represented by
437-470: The council was: The next election is due in 2027. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 37 councillors representing 16 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The council is based at Burton upon Trent Town Hall . The building was originally built in 1878 as the St Paul's Institute and Liberal Club, before being given to
460-487: The exception of those of Berkshire , are coterminous with non-metropolitan counties. For a full list of districts of all types including unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs , see Districts of England . This is a list of former two-tier districts in England which have been abolished, by local government reorganisations such as the 2009 structural changes to local government in England . It does not include districts that still exist after becoming
483-560: The old Burton upon Trent Borough Council in 1891 and subsequently converted to become a town hall. Significant extensions were added in 1894 and 1939. Main roads within the borough include the A38 through Burton upon Trent and the A50 near Uttoxeter . There are two railway stations in the borough, Burton-on-Trent on the Cross Country Route and Uttoxeter on the Crewe to Derby Line , There
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#1732844723306506-526: The two-tier structure, but reforms in the 1990s and 2009 reduced their number to 192. A further 55 non-metropolitan districts are now unitary authorities, which combine the functions of county and borough/district councils. In Wales , an almost identical two-tier system of local government existed between 1974 and 1996 (see Districts of Wales ). In 1996, this was abolished and replaced with an entirely unitary system of local government, with one level of local government responsible for all local services. Since
529-611: Was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and the Local Government Act 1972 . Non-metropolitan districts were created by this act in 1974 when England outside Greater London was divided into metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties. Metropolitan counties were sub-divided into metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan counties were sub-divided into non-metropolitan districts. The metropolitan districts had more powers than their non-metropolitan counterparts. Initially, there were 296 non-metropolitan districts in
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