Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
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| Metropolitan Borough of Stockport | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Ceremonial County: | Greater Manchester |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 225th 126.06 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Stockport |
| Grid reference: | SJ 89 90 |
| ONS code: | 00BS |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 23rd 281,600 2,234 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 95.7% White 2.1% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.stockport.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrats |
| MPs: | Ann Coffey, Andrew Gwynne, Mark Hunter, Andrew Stunell |
The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in north west England. It is named after its largest town - Stockport. It also includes the neighbouring towns of Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme, Marple, Bredbury, Reddish and Romiley. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council governs the borough.
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[edit] History
The borough was created in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 from the former area of the county borough of Stockport and from the administrative county of Cheshire the urban districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall and Marple.
Stockport became a county borough in 1889 and was enlarged by gaining territory from Lancashire, including in 1906 Reddish and in 1913, the Four Heatons. [1] The Marple Urban District of Cheshire, formed in 1894, gained parts of Derbyshire in 1936 including Mellor and Ludworth from Chapel en le Frith Rural District.[2]
[edit] Population
The 2005 population estimate recorded a population of 281,600 in the borough. Source: Office of National Statistics mid-2005 population estimate.
- 2001 - 284,528 [3]
- 2000 - 291,100
- 1999 - 291,900
- 1998 - 292,800
- 1997 - 291,500
- 1993 - 291,400
- 1988 - 287,700 [4]
[edit] Localities
- Adswood
- Bramhall, Bredbury, Brinnington
- Cale Green, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Compstall
- Davenport
- Edgeley
- Four Heatons
- Hazel Grove, Heald Green, High Lane
- Marple, Mellor
- Offerton
- Reddish, Romiley
- Woodford, Woodley, Woodsmoor
[edit] Parishes
[edit] Unparished Areas
Showing former status (prior to 1974)
- Bredbury and Romiley (Urban District)
- Cheadle and Gatley (Urban District)
- Hazel Grove and Bramhall (Urban District)
- Marple (Urban District)
- Stockport (County Borough)
[edit] References
- ^ Vision of Britain - Heaton Norris UD
- ^ Vision of Britain - Marple Urban District
- ^ National Statistics, 2001 Census on population of Stockport.
- ^ Manchester UK: "Manchester Population: Facts & Figures", details population trends in different districts over a period of time.
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