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Lancashire
Geography
Status: Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County
Region: North West England
Area:
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area
Ranked 17th
3,075 kmē
Ranked 16th
2,903 kmē
Admin HQ: Preston
ISO 3166-2:GB-LAN
ONS code:30
NUTS 3:UKD43
Demographics
Population:
- Total ( 2002 est.)
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop.
Ranked 8thThis is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population 2002 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics, unrounded figures published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Entitlement Notification Reports for Revenue Supp
1,421,912
462 / kmē
Ranked 4thThis is a List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population that is to say Administrative counties with a two-tier County council structure, not including Administrative counties which are Unitary Authorities. Populations are 2002 mid-year es
1,140,539
Ethnicity:93.4% White
5.3% S.Asian
Politics

Lancashire County Council
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/
Executive: Labour
Members of ParliamentThis is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election and changes in party allegiance are noted at
Janet AndersonJanet Anderson (born 6 December 1949) is the British Member of Parliament for Rossendale and Darwen. She is a member of the Labour Party. Anderson, Janet., David BorrowDavid Stanley Borrow (born August 2, 1952) is a British politician, and Labour member of Parliament for South Ribble. He was leader of Preston Council before his election to parliament in the 1997 elections. Borrow, David., Hilton DawsonThomas Hilton Dawson (born 30 September 1953) is the Labour Party member of Parliament for Lancaster and Wyre. He first became an MP in the 1997 election. In 2004 he announced he would not be seeking re-election at the next General Election, with the loca, Nigel EvansNigel Martin Evans (born 10 November 1957) is Conservative member of Parliament for Ribbly Valley in northern England. He entered Parliament in 1992, and is a Eurosceptic. He was Shadow Secretary of State for Wales from 2001 to 2003, but was sacked by Mic, Mark Hendrick, Lindsay Hoyle, Joan Humble, Michael Jack, Gordon Marsden, Colin Pickthall, Peter Pike, Greg Pope, Gordon Prentice, Geraldine Smith, Jack Straw
Districts
  1. West Lancashire
  2. Chorley
  3. South Ribble
  4. Fylde
  5. Preston
  6. Wyre
  7. Lancaster
  8. Ribble Valley
  9. Pendle
  10. Burnley
  11. Rossendale
  12. Hyndburn
  13. Blackpool (Unitary)
  14. Blackburn with Darwen (Unitary)


Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. Its name is sometimes abbreviated to Lancs. Its traditional county town was Lancaster, but the county council is now based in Preston.

The county borders Cumbria, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside, and contains the unitary authorities of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen.

Lancashire is divided into a number of local government districts. These are Burnley, Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Preston, the Ribble Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire, and Wyre.





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