Taunton Deane | |
Settlement Type: | Non-metropolitan district |
Image Blank Emblem: | Taunton Deane logo.png |
Blank Emblem Size: | 189px |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
Subdivision Name: | United Kingdom |
Subdivision Type1: | Constituent country |
Subdivision Name1: | England |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | South West England |
Subdivision Type3: | Ceremonial county |
Subdivision Name3: | Somerset |
Subdivision Type4: | Admin HQ |
Subdivision Name4: | Taunton |
Government Type: | Non-metropolitan district |
Established Title: | Created |
Established Date: | 1 April 1974 |
Extinct Title: | Abolished |
Extinct Date: | 31 March 2019 |
Area Total Km2: | 463.26 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | 0 |
Timezone Dst: | BST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | TA1-4 |
Area Code: | 01823 |
Website: | http://www.tauntondeane.gov.uk/ |
Taunton Deane was a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. Its council was based in Taunton.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Municipal Borough of Taunton, Wellington Urban District, Taunton Rural District, and Wellington Rural District.
Taunton Deane was granted borough status in 1975, perpetuating the mayoralty of Taunton.[1]
The district was given the name of an alternative form of the Taunton Deane Hundred.
In September 2016, West Somerset and Taunton Deane councils agreed in principle to merge the districts into one (with one council) subject to consultation.[2] The new district would not be a unitary authority, with Somerset County Council still performing its functions.[3] In March 2018 both councils voted in favour of the merger and it came into effect on 1 April 2019, with the first elections to the new council in May 2019. The new district was known as Somerset West and Taunton.[4] [5] [6]
See also: Taunton Deane Borough Council elections. The district was governed by Taunton Deane Borough Council, and had periods of both Conservative and Liberal Democrat control, as well as times under no overall control. At the final election in 2015, the Conservatives gained an increased majority on the council.[7]
Party | Seats Held | Net Gain/Loss | Votes Received | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 36 | +8 | 49,934 | |
Liberal Democrat | 14 | -9 | 39,608 | |
Independent | 3 | +1 | 5,310 | |
Labour | 2 | -1 | 9,268 | |
UKIP | 1 | +1 | 1,349 |
Settlements in bold have a town charter or a population over 2,500.
Part of the former Taunton Municipal Borough is unparished.
Image | Name | Status | Population | Former local authority | Coordinates | Refs | |
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Ashbrittle | Civil parish | 225 | Wellington Rural District | 50.98°N -3.35°W | [8] [9] | ||
Civil parish | 155 | 51.06°N -3.21°W | [10] | ||||
Civil parish | 194 | 51.01°N -3.31°W | |||||
Civil parish | 122 | 50.96°N -3.03°W | |||||
Civil parish | 2,975 | 51.02°N -3.14°W | |||||
Civil parish | 2,839 (includes Cotford St Luke) | 51.06°N -3.19°W | |||||
Civil parish | 622 | 51°N -3.18°W | |||||
Civil parish | 508 | 51.07°N -2.92°W | |||||
Civil parish | 1,929 | 51.04°N -3.08°W | |||||
Civil parish | 309 | 51.04°N -3.37°W | |||||
Civil parish | 752 | 50.92°N -3.15°W | |||||
Civil parish | 261 | 51.08°N -3.21°W | |||||
Civil parish | 5,463 | 51.01°N -3.13°W | |||||
Civil parish | 253 | 50.97°N -3.09°W | |||||
Civil parish | created post-census | 51.0392°N -3.1886°W | |||||
Civil parish | 111 | 51.08°N -3.16°W | |||||
Civil parish | 2,416 | 51.02°N -3.04°W | |||||
Civil parish | 225 | 50.95°N -3.03°W | |||||
Civil parish | 136 | 51.05°N -3.01°W | |||||
Civil parish | 264 | 51.05°N -3.26°W | |||||
Civil parish | 290 | 51.04°N -3.23°W | |||||
Civil parish | 620 | 50.98°N -2.99°W | |||||
Civil parish | 921 | 51.06°N -3.11°W | |||||
Civil parish | 535 | 51°N -3.27°W | |||||
Civil parish | 506 | 51.09°N -3.25°W | |||||
Civil parish | 1,438 | 51.02°N -3.25°W | |||||
Civil parish | 1,640 | 51.02°N -2.96°W | |||||
Civil parish | 3,046 | 51.02°N -3.15°W | |||||
Civil parish | 415 | 50.99°N -3.23°W | |||||
Civil parish | 765 | 51.02°N -3.21°W | |||||
Civil parish | 150 | 50.99°N -3.08°W | |||||
Civil parish | 356 | 50.92°N -3.1°W | |||||
Civil parish | 956 | 50.97°N -3.11°W | |||||
Civil parish | 1,473 | 51.02°N -3.05°W | |||||
Civil parish | 268 | 50.96°N -3.28°W | |||||
Civil parish | 189 | 50.96°N -3.05°W | |||||
Civil parish | 1,649 | 51.03°N -3.12°W | |||||
Civil parish | 279 | 51°N -3.33°W | |||||
Civil parish | 942 | 51.04°N -2.94°W | |||||
Civil parish | 421 | 50.99°N -3.05°W | |||||
Civil parish | 119 | 51.01°N -3.02°W | |||||
Civil parish | 81 | 51.08°N -3.28°W | |||||
Civil parish | 2,288 | 51°N -3.12°W | |||||
Town | 13,822 | 50.98°N -3.22°W | [11] | ||||
– | Civil parish | 727 | 50.96°N -3.23°W | ||||
Civil parish | 358 | 51.09°N -3.18°W | |||||
Civil parish | 1,189 | 50.98°N -3.18°W | |||||
Civil parish | 306 | 50.98°N -3.02°W | |||||
Civil parish | 2,787 | 51.05°N -3.05°W | |||||
Town | 2,893 | 51.04°N -3.31°W |
Population Profile[12] | |||||
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Taunton Deane | England | ||||
Total population | 102,299 | 4,928,434 | 49,138,831 | ||
Foreign born | 4.1% | 9.4% | 9.2% | ||
White | 98.4% | 97.7% | 91% | ||
Asian | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4.6% | ||
Black | 0.2% | 0.4% | 2.3% | ||
Christian | 75.9% | 74.0% | 72% | ||
Muslim | 0.3% | 0.5% | 3.1% | ||
Hindu | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% | ||
No religion | 15.7% | 16.8% | 15% | ||
Over 75 years old | 9.5% | 9.3% | 7.5% | ||
Unemployed | 2.4% | 2.6% | 3.3% |
Taunton formed part of the larger borough of Taunton Deane which also includes the town of Wellington and surrounding villages. Taunton Deane had an estimated population of 102,600 in 2001.[14]
The figures below are for the Taunton Deane area.
Population since 1801 - Source: A Vision of Britain through Time | |||||||||||||||
Year | 1801 | 1851 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1941 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | |
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Population Taunton Deane[15] | 33,139 | 51,844 | 53,759 | 55,666 | 56,161 | 56,661 | 62,745 | 69,492 | 75,320 | 81,639 | 84,795 | 95,791 | 102,304 | 110,546 |
County schools (those which are not independent) in the five non-metropolitan districts of the county were operated by Somerset County Council, or are independent of the council and run as academies.
For a full list of schools see: List of schools in Somerset