Hinckley and Bosworth

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Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth
Shown within Leicestershire	Leicestershire within England
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Leicestershire
Area: - Total	Ranked 156th 297.35 km²
Admin. HQ:	Hinckley
ONS code:	31UE
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 215th 102,800 346 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.9% White 1.1% S.Asian
Politics
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council http://www.hinckleyandbosworthonline.org.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Stephen Dorrell, David Tredinnick

Hinckley and Bosworth is a local government district with borough status in south-western Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Its only towns are Hinckley and Market Bosworth. Villages include Twycross, Groby, Burbage, Barwell, Earl Shilton and Dadlington.

The district is broadly coterminous to the Bosworth parliamentary constituency, which is represented in Parliament by David Tredinnick (Conservative).

The Borough was formed in 1974 by the merger of the Hinckley Urban District and the Bosworth Rural District less Ibstock. It was originally to be known as Bosworth, but the council changed its name on November 20, 1973, before it came into its powers. It was granted borough status in 1974.

[edit] Parishes

Bagworth and Thornton, Barlestone, Burbage
Cadeby, Carlton
Desford
Earl Shilton
Groby
Higham on the Hill
Market Bosworth, Markfield
Nailstone, Newbold Verdon
Osbaston
Peckleton
Ratby
Shackerstone, Sheepy, Stanton-under-Bardon, Stoke Golding, Sutton Cheney
Twycross
Witherley

[edit] Energy policy

In May 2006, a report commissioned by British Gas [1] showed that housing in Hinckley and Bosworth produced the 10th highest average carbon emissions in the country at 7,209 kg of carbon dioxide per dwelling.

See also: Energy efficiency in British housing.