Chester (district)
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For the smaller central city area, and principal settlement of this district, see Chester. For the football club, see Chester City F.C.. For the parliamentary constituency, see City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency).
| Chester (district) | |
 Shown within Cheshire |
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| Geography | |
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| Status: | City (1541) |
| Region: | North West England |
| Admin. County: | Cheshire |
| Area: Total: |
Ranked 111th 448.04 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Chester |
| ONS code: | 13UB |
| Demographics | |
| Population: Total (2006 est.): Density: |
Ranked 166th 119,700 267 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 96.4% White 1.5% Asian 0.9% Mixed Race 0.8% Chinese and others 0.5% Black[1] |
| Politics | |
 Chester City Council http://www.chester.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Andrew Miller, Stephen O'Brien, Christine Russell |
Chester is a non-metropolitan local government district of Cheshire, England, with the status of a city and a borough.
Apart from Chester itself, which is the principal settlement, the district covers a large rural area. Other settlements include Malpas and Tarvin.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the existing city and county borough of Chester with the Chester Rural District and Tarvin Rural District. The district council uses the name Chester City Council[2].
In 2007, plans were announced to combine the district with the neighbouring boroughs of Ellesmere Port and Neston and Vale Royal, to form a new "West Cheshire" unitary authority[3].
[edit] Council political composition
| Party | Councillors | |
| Conservative | 33 | |
| Labour | 13 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 13 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
[edit] References
- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics Site. Official UK Government website. Retrieval Date: March 25, 2008.
- ^ Chester City Council web site
- ^ Future of local government in Cheshire
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