Wyre Forest (district)
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| Wyre Forest District | |
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 Shown within Worcestershire |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Non-metropolitan district |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Worcestershire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 191st 195.41 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Stourport-on-Severn |
| ONS code: | 47UG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density |
Ranked 228th 98,200 503 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.2% White |
| Politics | |
| Wyre Forest District Council http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Richard Taylor, Bill Wiggin |
For the woodland in Shropshire and Worcestershire, see Wyre Forest - for the district in Lancashire, see Wyre
Wyre Forest is a local government district in Worcestershire, England, covering the towns of Kidderminster, Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley. Its council is based in Stourport-on-Severn.
The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on April 1, 1974, as a merger of Bewdley and Kidderminster municipal boroughs, Stourport-on-Severn Urban District Council and Kidderminster Rural District Council.
The Wyre Forest parliamentary constituency, which covers most of the district, is represented by the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern MP Dr Richard Taylor. His party was the dominant party, but in the May 2008 local election, the Conservative Party took control of the council.
| Current Composition [1] | ||
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| Conservative | 22 | |
| Health Concern | 10 | |
| Liberal | 6 | |
| Labour | 2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 2 | |
A wiki with over 1000 articles regarding the district has been created at Wyofopedia
[edit] Parishes in Wyre Forest District
Kidderminster is unparished.
- Areley Kings
- Bewdley
- Broome
- Chaddesley Corbett
- Churchill and Blakedown
- Kidderminster Foreign
- Ribbesford
- Rock
- Rushock
- Stone
- Stourport-on-Severn
- Upper Arley
- Wilden
- Wolverley and Cookley
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