borough of Broxtowe

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. The new district covered the whole area of two former districts and part of a third, which were all abolished at the same time:{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|access-date=31 May 2023}}

• Basford Rural District (part, being the parishes of Awsworth, Brinsley, Cossall, Greasley, Kimberley, Nuthall, Strelley and Trowell)
• Beeston and Stapleford Urban District
• Eastwood Urban District

The new district was named after the ancient Broxtowe Wapentake, which had covered a larger area. Despite the name, the district does not include the Broxtowe Estate, which is in Nottingham.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|access-date=31 May 2023}} The district was granted borough status in 1977, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.{{cite web |title=Alteration of status of local authorities |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20221201180356mp_/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/17523/change-bulletin-1975-1978.pdf |website=The National Archives |publisher=Department of the Environment |access-date=1 July 2023}}

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| leader1 = Sue Paterson

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| election1 = 15 May 2024{{cite web |title=Broxtowe Borough Council installs its 48th Mayor |url=https://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/news-events/news/press-releases-2024/may-2024/broxtowe-borough-council-installs-its-48th-mayor/ |website=Broxtowe Borough Council |access-date=16 May 2024 |date=16 May 2024}}

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| election2 = 15 May 2019

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Broxtowe Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Nottinghamshire County Council. Parts of the district are also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|access-date=31 May 2023}}

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:{{cite web |title=Compositions calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3825 |website=The Elections Centre | date=4 March 2016 |access-date=10 August 2022}}{{cite web| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/37ud.stm | title = Broxtowe | accessdate = 2009-09-26 | publisher = BBC News}}

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Broxtowe. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1995 have been:{{cite web |title=Council minutes |url=https://democracy.broxtowe.gov.uk/mgCalendarMonthView.aspx?GL=1&bcr=1 |website=Broxtowe Borough Council |access-date=19 August 2022}}

Following the 2023 election, changes of allegiance reported in August 2023 and January 2025 and a by-election in May 2024, the composition of the council was:{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2023/may/04/elections-2023-results-live-local-council-england#le-full-results|title=Local elections 2023: live council results for England|work=The Guardian|location=London}}{{cite news |last1=Whittaker |first1=Anna |title=Long-standing Lib Dem councillors leave party to create 'Broxtowe Independents' |url=https://www.chad.co.uk/news/politics/council/long-standing-lib-dem-councillors-leave-party-to-create-broxtowe-independents-4240748 |access-date=21 December 2023 |work=Chad |date=2 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewxrzq0489o|title=Twenty councillors quit Labour in Starmer protest|work=BBC|location=Nottingham|date=2 January 2025}}

The next election is due in 2027.

File:BeestonTownHall.JPG was the council's headquarters until 1991]]

The council is based at the Council Offices on Foster Avenue in Beeston. The building was completed in 1991 at a cost of £2.7 million and was formally opened on 17 April 1991 by Andrew Buchanan, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.{{cite news |title=Ceremony salutes one man's dream |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search-newspapers |access-date=1 July 2023 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=17 April 1991 |page=5}}

{{see also|Broxtowe Borough Council elections}}

Since the last full review of boundaries took effect in 2015, the council has comprised 44 councillors elected from 20 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Broxtowe (Electoral Changes) Order 2015|year=2015|number=72|access-date=2 July 2023}}

The wards are:

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• Attenborough and Chilwell East
• Awsworth, Cossall and Trowell
• Beeston Central
• Beeston North
• Beeston Rylands
• Beeston West
• Bramcote
• Brinsley
• Chilwell West
• Eastwood Hall
• Eastwood Hill Top
• Eastwood St Mary's
• Greasley
• Kimberley
• Nuthall East and Strelley
• Stapleford North
• Stapleford South East
• Stapleford South West
• Toton and Chilwell Meadows
• Watnall and Nuthall West

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{{main|Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency)}}

Since 1983 Broxtowe has also been the name of a parliamentary constituency. The constituency boundaries do not exactly match the borough boundaries, with some parts in the north of Broxtowe borough, including Eastwood and Brinsley, being in the Ashfield constituency.{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=2 July 2023}} A Broxtowe constituency

File:UK_Broxtowe_District_2024_Map.svg

also existed from 1918 to 1970. The area of the former constituency was very different, including Hucknall and Kirkby in Ashfield, but excluding Beeston.F. A. Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol. II (London, 1991)

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File:Shops on Derby Road, Stapleford - geograph.org.uk - 3133009.jpg

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{{See also|:Category:Places in the Borough of Broxtowe}}

Settlements include Beeston—where the council is based—Attenborough, Awsworth, Bramcote, Brinsley, Chilwell, Cossall, Eastwood, Giltbrook, Greasley, Kimberley, Moorgreen, Newthorpe, Nuthall, Stapleford, Strelley, Swingate, Toton, Trowell and Watnall. Additionally a small part of Wollaton falls within Broxtowe.

The Broxtowe Estate is not within the borough, but within the boundaries of the City of Nottingham.

{{see also|List of civil parishes in Nottinghamshire}}

Broxtowe has nine civil parishes. The parish councils of Eastwood, Kimberley and Stapleford take the style "town council". An unparished area in the south of the borough covers the town of Beeston and the neighbouring places of Chilwell, Toton, Attenborough and Bramcote, being the area of the former Beeston and Stapleford Urban District minus Stapleford, which was parished in 1987. Strelley was abolished in 2023 and is presently also unparished.{{Cite web |title=Nottinghamshire Registration District |url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/nottinghamshire.html |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=www.ukbmd.org.uk}} The parishes are:

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• Awsworth
• Brinsley
• Cossall
• Eastwood (town)
• Greasley
• Kimberley (town)
• Nuthall
• Stapleford (town)
• Trowell

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File:Guetersloh-Broxtowe.jpg, Stadtmuseum Gütersloh]]

Broxtowe is twinned with Gütersloh in Germany.

Broxtowe's main visitor attraction is the D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum in Eastwood. A small local attraction is the Hemlock Stone in Stapleford. Broxtowe is also the location of the Attenborough Nature Reserve rated as one of the most popular nature reserves in the UK. Its visitor centre was opened in March 2005 by David Attenborough, who can trace his family back to the village of Attenborough located to the east of the visitor centre.

Broxtowe has 13 designated local nature reserves, namely Alexandrina Plantation (Bramcote), Bramcote Park Woodland (Bramcote), Brinsley Headstocks (Brinsley), Hall Om Wong (Kimberley), King George's Park (Bramcote), Nottingham Canal, Sandy Lane Public Open Space (Bramcote), Smithurst Meadows (Giltbrook), Stapleford Hill Woodland (Stapleford), Toton Fields (Toton), Watnall Spinney and Watnall Green (Watnall), and Colliers Wood (Moorgreen).{{cite web| url= http://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4385| title= Nature Reserves| publisher= Broxtowe Council| access-date= 10 March 2015| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150315234537/http://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4385| archive-date= 15 March 2015}}

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The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Broxtowe.

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• Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff: 17 November 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/mr-sunshine-professor-among-group-7832154 |title='Mr Sunshine' and professor among group given Freemen status by Broxtowe Borough Council |last=O'Hare |first=Mia |date=17 November 2022 |website=The Nottingham Post |access-date=21 November 2022 }}

• 170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group Royal Engineers: 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/nottinghamshire-pays-thanks-servicemen-woman-3035623 |title=Nottinghamshire pays thanks to servicemen and woman on Armed Forces Day |last=Ram |first=Phoebe |date=29 June 2019 |website=The Nottingham Post |access-date=21 November 2022 }}

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