Editing Salisbury (section)

==Governance==
[[File:The Guildhall (geograph 2437520).jpg|thumb|[[Salisbury Guildhall]], completed in 1795, is now the meeting place of the City Council.]]
{{Main|Salisbury City Council|Wiltshire Council}}
Salisbury is within the county of [[Wiltshire]], and the administrative district of the same name. For local government purposes, it is administered by the [[Wiltshire Council]] unitary authority. Salisbury forms a civil parish with a parish council known as the [[Salisbury City Council]].

Since the local boundary review of 2020, two [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral wards]] – St Edmund and Harnham East – cover the city centre within the [[A36 road|A36 ring road]], and the rest of the unitary and city council areas are covered by six further wards. [[Laverstock and Ford]] parish council has the same boundary as the Laverstock ward, as well as part of the [[Old Sarum]] and Upper Bourne Valley ward, at unitary level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220103943/https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |archive-date=20 February 2016 |access-date=14 February 2018 |website=Ordnance Survey}}</ref> The Bishopdown Farm estate on the outskirts of Salisbury is now part of Laverstock and Ford, joining Hampton Park and Riverdown Park.

Prior to 2009, Salisbury was part of the now-abolished non-metropolitan county of Wiltshire. It was governed by [[Wiltshire County Council]] at the county level and [[Salisbury District]] Council, which oversaw most of south Wiltshire as well as the city. Salisbury (previously officially New Sarum) has had city status since time immemorial.

The Member of Parliament for the [[Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Salisbury constituency]], which includes the city, [[Wilton, Wiltshire|Wilton]], Old Sarum, [[Laverstock]] and surrounding rural areas, is [[John Glen (politician)|John Glen]] ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]),<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 July 2024 |title=Salisbury – General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001460 |access-date=2024-07-20 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> who was first elected in 2010.