. "Deputy Leader of the Council"@en . "Eastern Area Planning"@en . "Personnel"@en . . . "250"^^ . . "Council Offices, Market Street, Newbury"@en . . . "2023"^^ . . . . ""@en . "Licensing"@en . . "1974-04-01"^^ . "West Berkshire Council"@en . "2019-05-02"^^ . . . "1110153560"^^ . . . "West Berkshire Council is the local authority of West Berkshire in Berkshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. West Berkshire is divided into 30 wards, electing 52 councillors. The council was created by the Local Government Act 1972 as the Newbury District Council and replaced five local authorities: Bradfield Rural District Council, Hungerford Rural District Council, Newbury Borough Council, Newbury Rural District Council and Wantage Rural District Council. On 1 April 1998 it was renamed West Berkshire Council and since then has been a unitary authority, assuming the powers and functions of Berkshire County Council within the district. In the 2015 election the Conservatives won 48 out of 52 seats. In 2019, t"@en . . . "Health Scrutiny"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1.262304E8"^^ . . "43"^^ . "Lynne Doherty"@en . "Chair of the Council"@en . . . "2019-05-02"^^ . . "2022-05-10"^^ . "Resource Management Working Group"@en . . . . . . . "Standards"@en . . . . "260"^^ . . . "Governance and Audit"@en . . . "Leader of the Opposition"@en . . "Chief Executive"@en . "2022-05-10"^^ . . . . . . . "West Berkshire Council"@en . . . . . . "Leader of the Council"@en . "Rick Jones"@en . . . . "Coat of arms"@en . . "Western Area Planning"@en . "Liberal Democrat"@en . . "United Kingdom West Berkshire Council 2019.svg"@en . . "Lee Dillon"@en . . "West Berkshire Council composition"@en . . . . . . . . "District Planning"@en . . . . "West Berkshire Council is the local authority of West Berkshire in Berkshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. West Berkshire is divided into 30 wards, electing 52 councillors. The council was created by the Local Government Act 1972 as the Newbury District Council and replaced five local authorities: Bradfield Rural District Council, Hungerford Rural District Council, Newbury Borough Council, Newbury Rural District Council and Wantage Rural District Council. On 1 April 1998 it was renamed West Berkshire Council and since then has been a unitary authority, assuming the powers and functions of Berkshire County Council within the district. In the 2015 election the Conservatives won 48 out of 52 seats. In 2019, they won 24 out of 43 seats, losing half of their councillors."@en . . "* Green"@en . "8691802"^^ . . . . . . "Nigel Lynn"@en . "Graham Bridgman"@en . . . "2019-05-24"^^ . . "9062"^^ . . . "West Berkshire Council logo.svg"@en . . . . . . "; Administration \n* Conservative \n; Other parties \n*"@en . "Overview and Scrutiny Management"@en . "150"^^ . "West Berkshire Council logo"@en . "West Berkshire Council"@en . "2021-10-18"^^ . . . . .