West Lindsey

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West Lindsey District
Shown within the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Lincolnshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 18th 1,155.71 km²
Admin. HQ:	Gainsborough
ONS code:	32UH
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 276th 84,900 73 / km²
Ethnicity:	99.0% White
Politics
West Lindsey District Council http://www.west-lindsey.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Liberal Democrats
MP:	Edward Leigh

West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. It covers Gainsborough, Market Rasen, Cherry Willingham, Nettleham, and Welton.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, from the urban districts of Gainsborough, Market Rasen, along with Caistor Rural District, Gainsborough Rural District and Welton Rural District. All of these were in the administrative county of Lindsey.

West Lindsey borders North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire to the north, East Lindsey to the east, North Kesteven and the city of Lincoln to the south, and the county of Nottinghamshire to the west.

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Districts of the East Midlands
Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Blaby | Bolsover | Boston | Broxtowe | Charnwood | Chesterfield | Corby | Daventry | Derby | Derbyshire Dales | East Lindsey | East Northamptonshire | Erewash | Gedling | Harborough | High Peak | Hinckley and Bosworth | Kettering | Leicester | Lincoln | Mansfield | Melton | Newark and Sherwood | Northampton | North East Derbyshire | North Kesteven | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham | Oadby and Wigston | Rushcliffe | Rutland | South Derbyshire | South Holland | South Kesteven | South Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | West Lindsey
Counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire