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Bedford (borough)
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| Borough of Bedford | |
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 Shown within the administrative county of Bedfordshire |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | East of England |
| Admin. County: | Bedfordshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 104th 476.41 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Bedford |
| ONS code: | 09UD |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density |
Ranked 107th 154,700 325 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 87.0% White 7.7% S.Asian 2.6% Afro-Carib 0.4% Chinese |
| Politics | |
 Bedford Borough Council http://www.bedford.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Mayor & Cabinet |
| Mayor: | Frank Branston (Independent) |
| MPs: | Alistair Burt, Nadine Dorries, Patrick Hall |
Bedford is a local government district with the status of a borough in the East of England. Its council is based at Bedford, which also serves as the county town of Bedfordshire. The borough contains a single urban area comprised of Bedford and the adjacent town of Kempston, surrounded by a rural area with many villages. Unlike most English districts, Bedford's council is led by a directly-elected mayor, currently Frank Branston, who is an independent.
The Bedford District was formed on April 1, 1974 as a merger of the existing borough of Bedford, along with Kempston urban district and Bedford Rural District. In 1975 the district was granted a royal charter granting borough status as North Bedfordshire. The borough was renamed as Borough of Bedford in 1992. The former municipal borough of Bedford is mostly unparished (the ward of Brickhill is a parish), the rest of the district is parished.
The Borough of Bedford will become a unitary authority in 2009 following a reogranisation of the administrative structure of Bedfordshire. [1]
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As of 2007 there are 54 councillors in addition to the mayor. Following the May 2007 local elections, these are broken down as follows:
- Conservative Party: 19
- Liberal Democratic Party: 16
- Labour Party: 12
- Independents: 7 (plus the mayor)
The mayor heads a cabinet with independent, Conservative and Labour members.
The civil parishes in the rural part of the borough are as follows:
- Biddenham, Bletsoe, Bolnhurst and Keysoe, Bromham
- Cardington, Carlton, Chellington, Clapham, Colmworth
- Dean and Shelton
- Eastcotts, Elstow
- Felmersham
- Great Barford
- Harrold
- Kempston Rural
- Knotting and Souldrop
- Little Barford, Little Staughton
- Melchbourne and Yielden, Milton Ernest
- Oakley, Odell
- Pavenham, Pertenhall, Podington
- Ravensden, Renhold, Riseley, Roxton
- Sharnbrook, Stagsden, Staploe, Stevington, Stewartby, Swineshead
- Thurleigh, Turvey
- Wilden, Willington, Wilshamstead, Wootton, Wymington
- ^ Communities and Local Government (2007-11-19). Healey invites Bedfordshire restructuring proposals. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.
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Babergh • Basildon • Bedford • Braintree • Breckland • Brentwood • Broadland • Broxbourne • Cambridge • Castle Point • Chelmsford • Colchester • Dacorum • East Cambridgeshire • East Hertfordshire • Epping Forest • Fenland • Forest Heath • Great Yarmouth • Harlow • Hertsmere • Huntingdonshire • Ipswich • King's Lynn and West Norfolk • Luton • Maldon • Mid Bedfordshire • Mid Suffolk • North Hertfordshire • North Norfolk • Norwich • Peterborough • Rochford • St Albans • St Edmundsbury • South Bedfordshire • South Cambridgeshire Southend-on-Sea • South Norfolk • Stevenage • Suffolk Coastal • Tendring • Three Rivers • Thurrock • Uttlesford • Watford • Waveney • Welwyn Hatfield Counties with multiple districts: Bedfordshire - Cambridgeshire - Essex - Hertfordshire - Norfolk - Suffolk |
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