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Teignbridge

Teignbridge District
Non-metropolitan district
Teignbridge shown within Devon
Teignbridge shown within Devon
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region South West England
Non-metropolitan county Devon
Status Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ Newton Abbot
Incorporated 1 April 1974
Government
 • Type Non-metropolitan district council
 • Body Teignbridge District Council
 • Leadership Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
 • MPs Anne Marie Morris
Mel Stride
Area
 • Total 246.3 sq mi (637.9 km2)
Area rank 56th (of 326)
Population (mid-2015 est.)
 • Total 128,800
 • Rank 167th (of 326)
 • Density 520/sq mi (200/km2)
 • Ethnicity 96.2% White British
Time zone GMT (UTC0)
 • Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)
ONS code 18UH (ONS)
E07000045 (GSS)
OS grid reference SX8475477137
Website www.teignbridge.gov.uk

Coordinates: 50°34′55″N 3°37′41″W / 50.582°N 3.628°W / 50.582; -3.628

Teignbridge is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Newton Abbot.

Other towns in the district include Ashburton, Dawlish and Teignmouth. It is named for the old Teignbridge hundred.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dawlish, Newton Abbot and Teignmouth urban districts along with Newton Abbot Rural District and part of St Thomas Rural District.

Elections to the borough council are held every four years, with all of the 46 seats on the council being elected at each election. The council had been under no overall control since the 1983, until the Conservatives gained a majority in the 2011 elections. The political composition of the borough has been as follows:

Teignbridge contains the following towns and villages:



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