Borough of Tamworth

"Tamworth (district)" redirects here. For other uses, see Tamworth (disambiguation).

Borough of Tamworth
Borough and Non-metropolitan district
Tamworth Borough Council
Tamworth shown within Staffordshire Tamworth shown within Staffordshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	West Midlands
Non-metropolitan county	Staffordshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Tamworth
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Tamworth Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Christopher Pincher
Area
• Total	11.91 sq mi (30.85 km2)
Area rank	308th (of 326)
Population (mid-2014 est.)
• Total	77,112
• Rank	294th (of 326)
• Density	6,500/sq mi (2,500/km2)
• Ethnicity	96.5% White British 3.5% Other
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	41UC (ONS) E07000193 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SK207040
Website	www.tamworth.gov.uk

Tamworth is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire in England. It is named after Tamworth which is the town in which it covers.

Areas of Tamworth include Amington, Belgrave, Bolehall, Coton Green, Dosthill, Glascote, Stonydelph and Wilnecote. The town of Fazeley despite bordering Tamworth is within the Lichfield District.

The borough is completely unparished.

At the last election in May 2013, the Conservative Party held the borough with 17 councillors and Labour held 12 and there was 1 Independent. The Wp The Mayor Cllr Richard Kingstone is the incumbent Mayor.

Since 2011, Tamworth has formed part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership along with neighbouring authorities Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Redditch, Solihull and Wyre Forest.

Elections

Main article: Tamworth Borough Council elections

External links

• Tamworth Borough Council