Editing Trowbridge (section)

==Governance==
The [[Town council#United Kingdom|Town Council]] is the first tier of local government and is composed of 21 [[councillor]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Councillors |url=https://www.trowbridge.gov.uk/your-council/councillors/ |access-date=20 July 2024 |website=Trowbridge Town Council}}</ref>[[File:WiltshireCouncilTrowbridge.jpg|thumb|left|[[County Hall, Trowbridge|County Hall]] in Bythesea Road]]
[[County Hall, Trowbridge|County Hall]] in Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, is the administrative centre for [[Wiltshire Council]], a [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] created in April 2009 which replaced both [[West Wiltshire District Council]] and the former [[Wiltshire County Council]], also headquartered at County Hall since 1940. Trowbridge civil parish is divided into seven electoral divisions,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Maps: Great Britain |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |access-date=20 July 2024 |website= |publisher=Ordnance Survey}}</ref> each electing one member of Wiltshire Council.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Your Councillors |url=https://cms.wiltshire.gov.uk/ |access-date=20 July 2024 |website=Wiltshire Council |language=en}}</ref>

Trowbridge is within the [[South West Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Wiltshire]] parliamentary constituency, which has been represented by [[Andrew Murrison]] ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]) since its formation in 2010.