| Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster | |
|---|---|
| — Metropolitan borough — | |
| Doncaster | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Ceremonial county | South Yorkshire |
| Founded | |
| Admin. HQ | Doncaster |
| Government | |
| • Type | Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council |
| • Leadership: | Mayor and Cabinet |
| • Executive: | English Democrat Mayor / Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Independent Executive |
| • Mayor | Peter Davies (English Democrats) |
| • MPs: | Caroline Flint, Ed Miliband, Rosie Winterton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 219.3 sq mi (568.0 km2) |
| Area rank | 81st |
| Population (2010 est.) | |
| • Total | 290,600 |
| • Rank | Ranked 31st |
| • Density | 1,325.1/sq mi (511.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC+1) |
| Postcode | |
| ISO 3166-2 | |
| ONS code | 00CE |
| OS grid reference | |
| NUTS 3 | |
| Ethnicity | 96.2% White 1.6% S.Asian[1] |
| Website | doncaster.gov.uk |
The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber Region of England.
In addition to the town of Doncaster, the borough covers Mexborough, Conisbrough, Thorne and Finningley.
The borough was created on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the former county borough of Doncaster along with the urban districts of Adwick le Street, Bentley with Arksey, Conisbrough, Mexborough, Tickhill along with Doncaster Rural District and Thorne Rural District, the parish of Finningley from East Retford Rural District and small parts of the parish of Harworth from Worksop Rural District from Nottinghamshire.
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| WARD | POPULATION | HOUSEHOLDS |
|---|---|---|
| Adwick | 16,142 | 6,220 |
| Armthorpe | 16,977 | 6,495 |
| Askern | 11,414 | 4,293 |
| Balby | 14,336 | 5,514 |
| Bentley Central | 12,168 | 4,665 |
| Bentley North Road | 11,606 | 4,728 |
| Bessacarr | 13,652 | 5,425 |
| Central | 11,481 | 5,144 |
| Conisbrough | 14,894 | 5,837 |
| Edlington & Warmsworth | 12,291 | 4,641 |
| Hatfield | 15,048 | 5,630 |
| Intake | 10,994 | 4,417 |
| Mexborough | 15,282 | 6,281 |
| Richmond | 13,471 | 5,308 |
| Rossington | 12,647 | 4,705 |
| South East | 16,880 | 6,247 |
| Southern Parks | 14,439 | 5,520 |
| Stainforth | 15,447 | 5,825 |
| Thorne | 17,057 | 6,380 |
| Town Field | 11,131 | 4,587 |
| Wheatley | 11,497 | 4,877 |
| Doncaster Total | 288,854 | 112,739 |
It is widely thought that a political scandal popularly known as Donnygate, leading to the conviction of 21 Labour councillors for fraud and the jailing of one councillor and a property developer,[2] was a major factor behind the residents of the area voting for the establishment of a directly elected mayor in 2001. The first mayor, Martin Winter, representing the Labour Party, was elected in 2002 and successfully defended his post in 2005.
In 2009 the English Democrat candidate, Peter Davies, won the election for mayor.[3][4] The mayor's cabinet is made up of councillors from the minority parties on the council: 3 Conservatives, 2 Independents and 1 Liberal Democrat.[5]
The council as a whole has been dominated by the Labour Party traditionally, but in the 2004 local elections, they lost overall control of the council (though they retained more councillors than any other single party). Labour regained overall control at the 2010 local elections.[6]
In January 2010 the Audit Commission initiated a corporate governance inspection of Doncaster Council. This followed the sudden resignation of the Chief Executive leading to a conflict between the mayor and council over the appointment of a successor. The Commission felt that this, along with evidence that the council had not been well run for 15 years, was leading to a loss of public confidence.[7]
The Commission's report was issued in April 2010. It found that Doncaster was a dysfunctional authority and that there were three factors preventing the council from providing good governance:[8]
On the recommendations of the commission, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, John Denham, used powers to appoint an acting chief executive and an advisory board to oversee the council.[7] A Doncaster Recovery Board, comprising four appointed commissioners and seven other members including the mayor and chief executive held its first quarterly meeting on 10 September 2010.[9]
Settlements in the borough of Doncaster include:
Radio stations that can be received in Doncaster are Sine FM 102.6 (serving central districts of around 100,000 households in FM stereo ), TMCR 95.3 (which serves north east Doncaster and more in FM stereo), Trax FM, Galaxy Yorkshire, Hallam FM and BBC Radio Sheffield, although both Viking FM and BBC Radio Humberside overlap into this area. Although the above stations can be received within various areas of Doncaster, the only stations which are actually owned by Doncaster based companies are Sine FM 102.6 and TMCR 95.3
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