Spelthorne

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Borough of Spelthorne
Shown within Surrey
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Surrey
Area: - Total	Ranked 298th 51.16 km²
Admin. HQ:	Staines
ONS code:	43UH
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 254th 90,500 1769 / km²
Ethnicity^[1]:	91.8% White 2.8% S.Asian 3.8% S.Asian 1.3% Black 1.7% Mixed Race 1.3% Chinese or Other
Politics
Spelthorne Borough Council http://www.spelthorne.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MP:	David Wilshire

Spelthorne is a local government district and borough in Surrey, England. It includes the towns of Ashford, Laleham, Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell and Sunbury. Boroughs adjacent to Spelthorne include Runnymede, Elmbridge, and Windsor and Maidenhead. The borough is home to a number of large reservoirs, including Queen Mary, Staines and King George VI, all important bird reserves as is the large Staines Moor, designated an area of outstanding scientific interest.

1 History
2 Politics
3 Districts
4 Twinning
5 See also
6 External links
7 References

[edit] History

Spelthorne appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Spelet(h)orne. Spelthorne was a hundred (these are not marked on the Surrey map, which shows only Domesday manors) an administrative area, where local leaders met about once a month.^[2] The Spelthorne hundred also covered East Bedfont, Feltham and Hanworth, all now in the London Borough of Hounslow in Greater London.

The borough was formed in 1974 from Staines Urban District and Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District. The urban districts had originally been part of Middlesex; however in 1965 when much of the rest of Middlesex was absorbed into Greater London these two were instead transferred to Surrey. Its boundary changed in 1995 when Poyle was transferred to Slough in Berkshire. The borough remained inside the Metropolitan Police District, and was not transferred to Surrey Police until the boundary was realigned to Greater London in 2000.

[edit] Politics

The 3rd May 2007 election results produced 31 Conservative seats and 8 Liberal Democrat seats.^[3]

[edit] Districts

The borough is a mix of leafy suburbs (mainly towards the river Thames) and suburban housing. Kempton Park Racecourse and Shepperton Studios are both located in Spelthorne. Staines is both the largest town in the borough and its administrative centre, at Knowle Green.