page_title: Rugby, Warwickshire
section_title: Local government
hierarchical_section_title: Rugby, Warwickshire / Politics and governance / Local government
caption_attribution_description: English: Rugby town hall in Rugby town centre, in Warwickshire, England. The hall is the headquarters of Rugby Borough Council, and was opened in 1961. The earlier town hall in the High Street is now a Marks and Spencers shop. Photo by G-Man April 2005
context_page_description: Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon. The town has a population of 70,628
  making it the second-largest town in the county. The town is the main settlement within the larger Borough of Rugby which has a population of 100,500.
  Rugby is on the eastern edge of Warwickshire, near the borders of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. It is 83 miles north of London, 30 miles east-southeast of Birmingham and 11 miles east of Coventry.
  Rugby School, an independent school situated in the town, is the birthplace of Rugby football.
context_section_description: Rugby is administered by two local authorities: Rugby Borough Council which covers Rugby and its surrounding countryside, and Warwickshire County Council. The two authorities are responsible for different aspects of local government. Rugby is an unparished area and so does not have its own town council.
  The Borough of Rugby was created in its current form in 1974, with the first elections held in 1973, since then, Rugby Borough Council has spent the majority of its time under no overall control, but since 2018 it has been controlled by the Conservative Party (see Rugby Borough Council elections)
  Rugby Town Hall (pictured) was built between 1959 and 1961 by J.C. Prestwich & Sons, and is beside Caldecott Park. The entrance portico is inscribed with the borough motto "Floreat Rugbeia", Latin for "May Rugby Flourish". Two previous town halls existed on High Street: The first one was built in 1857, and was mostly destroyed by a fire in 1921, being replaced by a building which was until 2009 a Woolworths shop. The second one dated from 1895 and was for many years used as a Marks and Spencer shop.
caption: Rugby Town Hall – The headquarters of Rugby Borough Council
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