Borough of Basingstoke and Deane
Shown within Hampshire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Hampshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 633.81 km²
Admin. HQ:	Basingstoke
ONS code:	24UB
Demographics
Population: - Total ( ) - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	94.7% White 2.1% S.Asian 1.0% Black 1.3% Mixed 1.0% Chinese or other
Politics
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Maria Miller, George Young

Basingstoke and Deane is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England. Its main town is Basingstoke. Other settlements include Bramley, Tadley, Kingsclere, Overton, Oakley, Whitchurch and the hamlet of Deane, some from Basingstoke.

The district was formed as Basingstoke District on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Basingstoke, Basingstoke Rural District and Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District. On 20 January 1978, following the grant of borough status, the district became the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane. The new title included the names of the largest town and smallest village in the borough.

Since the first election in 1973, the council has either been controlled by the Conservative Party or under no overall control. Most recently, a by-election in the Buckskin ward of the council on 21 December 2006 saw the Conservatives regain the council. Since 2004 the Borough has had a youth council named "Basingstoke & Deane Youth Council", although formerly known as "Youth of Basingstoke & Deane".

Basingstoke & Deane has over 430 local neighbourhood watch schemes in the area.

Wards

, Basingstoke and Deane consists of 29 wards:

• Basing
• Baughurst and Tadley North
• Bramley & Sherfield
• Brighton Hill North
• Brighton Hill South
• Brookvale & Kings Furlong
• Buckskin
• Burghclere, Highclere & St Mary Bourne
• Chineham
• East Woodhay
• Eastrop
• Grove
• Hatch Warren & Beggarwood
• Kempshott
• Kingsclere
• Norden
• Oakley & North Waltham
• Overton, Laverstoke & Steventon
• Pamber & Silchester
• Popley East
• Popley West
• Rooksdown
• Sherborne St John
• South Ham
• Tadley Central
• Tadley South
• Upton Grey & The Candovers
• Whitchurch
• Winklebury

See also

• Basingstoke and Deane local elections

References

1. Neighbourhood Statistics
2. Local elections : Basingstoke and Deane (BBC)
3. Bucksin ward by-election (Basingstoke and Deane Council)
4. Basingstoke & Deane Youth Council