Tewkesbury (borough)
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Borough of Tewkesbury | |
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Shown within Gloucestershire |
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Geography | |
Status: | Borough |
Region: | South West England |
Admin. County: | Gloucestershire |
Area: - Total |
Ranked 113th 414.42 km² |
Admin. HQ: | Tewkesbury |
ONS code: | 23UG |
Demographics | |
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 299th 78,400 189 / km² |
Ethnicity: | 98.6% White |
Politics | |
Tewkesbury Borough Council http://www.tewkesburybc.gov.uk/ |
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Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.31 |
Control: | NOC (Conservative administration) |
MPs: | Mark Harper, Laurence Robertson |
Tewkesbury is a local government district and borough in Gloucestershire, south-west England. It is named after its main town, Tewkesbury. Other places in the borough include Ashchurch, Bishop's Cleeve, Churchdown and Winchcombe.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the municipal borough of Tewkesbury, along with Cheltenham Rural District and part of Gloucester Rural District.
Districts of South West England | |
Bath and North East Somerset | Bournemouth | Bristol | Caradon | Carrick | Cheltenham | Christchurch | Cotswold | East Devon | East Dorset | Exeter | Forest of Dean | Gloucester | Isles of Scilly | Kennet | Kerrier | Mendip | Mid Devon | North Cornwall | North Devon | North Dorset | North Somerset | North Wiltshire | Penwith | Plymouth | Poole | Purbeck | Restormel | Salisbury | Sedgemoor | South Gloucestershire | South Hams | South Somerset | Stroud | Swindon | Taunton Deane | Teignbridge | Tewkesbury | Torbay | Torridge | West Devon | West Dorset | West Somerset | West Wiltshire | Weymouth and Portland |
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Counties with multiple districts: Cornwall - Devon - Dorset - Gloucestershire - Somerset - Wiltshire |