Metropolitan Borough of Stockport

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Borough of Stockport
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Greater Manchester
Area: - Total	Ranked 225th 126.06 km²
Admin. HQ:	Stockport
Grid reference:	SJ 89 90
ONS code:	00BS
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 23rd 281,600 2,234 / km²
Ethnicity:	95.7% White 2.1% S.Asian
Politics
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.stockport.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Liberal Democrats
MPs:	Ann Coffey, Andrew Gwynne, Mark Hunter, Andrew Stunell

The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in north west England. It is named after its largest town - Stockport. It also includes the neighbouring towns of Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme, Marple, Bredbury, Reddish and Romiley. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council governs the borough.

Contents 1 History 2 Population 3 Localities 4 Parishes 5 Unparished Areas 6 References

[edit] History

The borough was created in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 from the former area of the county borough of Stockport and from the administrative county of Cheshire the urban districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall and Marple.

Stockport became a county borough in 1889 and was enlarged by gaining territory from Lancashire in 1913, including the Four Heatons. ^[1] The Marple Urban District of Cheshire, formed in 1894, gained parts of Derbyshire in 1936 including Mellor and Ludworth from Chapel en le Frith Rural District.^[2]

[edit] Population

The 2005 population estimate recorded a population of 281,600 in the borough. Source: Office of National Statistics mid-2005 population estimate.

• 2001 - 284,528 ^[3]
• 2000 - 291,100
• 1999 - 291,900
• 1998 - 292,800
• 1997 - 291,500
• 1993 - 291,400
• 1988 - 287,700 ^[4]

[edit] Localities

• Adswood
• Bramhall, Bredbury, Brinnington
• Cale Green, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Compstall
• Davenport
• Edgeley
• Four Heatons
• Hazel Grove, Heald Green, High Lane
• Marple, Mellor
• Offerton
• Reddish, Romiley
• Woodford, Woodley, Woodsmoor

[edit] Parishes

1. Offerton Estate

[edit] Unparished Areas

Showing former status (prior to 1974)

1. Bredbury and Romiley (Urban District)
2. Cheadle and Gatley (Urban District)
3. Hazel Grove and Bramhall (Urban District)
4. Marple (Urban District)
5. Stockport (County Borough)

[edit] References

1. ^ Vision of Britain - Heaton Norris UD
2. ^ Vision of Britain - Marple Urban District
3. ^ National Statistics, 2001 Census on population of Stockport.
4. ^ Manchester UK: "Manchester Population: Facts & Figures", details population trends in different districts over a period of time.

Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester

City of Manchester | City of Salford Metropolitan Borough of Bolton | Metropolitan Borough of Bury | Metropolitan Borough of Oldham | Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale | Metropolitan Borough of Stockport | Metropolitan Borough of Tameside | Metropolitan Borough of Trafford | Metropolitan Borough of Wigan

Districts of North West England
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Counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside