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Borough of Fareham
Shown within Hampshire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Hampshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 275th 74.24 km²
Admin. HQ:	Fareham
ONS code:	24UE
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 202nd 108,400 1460 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.3% White
Politics
Fareham Borough Council http://www.fareham.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Mark Hoban, Peter Viggers

Fareham is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Fareham. Other places within the Borough include Portchester, Stubbington, Hill Head, Titchfield, Warsash, Locks Heath, Sarisbury and half of Whiteley. The Borough covers much of the semi-urban area between the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth, and is part of the South Hampshire conurbation, with many residents commuting to the two cities for employment.

The district was accorded Borough status in 1972 and was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district by the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974.

The Borough Council is Conservative controlled. Following the elections on 6 May 2006, of the 31 Councillors, 22 are Conservative and 9 Liberal Democrat, representing 15 wards. The Labour Party holds no seats on the Council, having lost its last Councillors in 2002. ^[1] The mayor of the Borough, currently Lib-Dem Cllr Katrina Trott, is elected each year by his or her fellow councillors and is the Civic Head of the Borough.^[2] There is also a Deputy Mayor.^[2] The Executive Leader of the Council is Councillor Seán Woodward and he is the Political Head of the Borough.

The wards^[3] are:

• Fareham East
• Fareham North
• Fareham North-West
• Fareham South
• Fareham West
• Hill Head
• Locks Heath
• Park Gate
• Portchester East
• Portchester West
• Sarisbury
• Stubbington
• Titchfield
• Titchfield Common
• Warsash

The present boundaries date from 1932 when the parishes of Crofton, Hook with Warsash, Portchester, Sarisbury and Titchfield, all previously part of the Fareham Rural District were added to Fareham urban district.^[4]

The western boundary of the borough, with the borough of Eastleigh, is the River Hamble. To the north is the district of the City of Winchester, to the East is the City of Portsmouth (a unitary authority) and to the south is the district of Gosport. The southwest and southeast edges of the borough are both part of the British coastline, bordering the Solent.

1. ^ Fareham Borough Council: Political Parties (HTML). www.fareham.gov.uk (November 2006). Retrieved on 2006-11-06.
2. ^ ^{a b} Fareham Borough Council: The Mayor of Fareham (ASP). www.fareham.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.
3. ^ Fareham Borough Council: Boundary Ward Map (ASP). www.fareham.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.
4. ^ Fareham UD Hampshire through time (HTML). www.visionofbritain.org.uk (October 2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-28.

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