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| Borough of Pendle | |
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Shown within Lancashire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Admin. County: | Lancashire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 201st 169.36 km˛ |
| Admin. HQ: | Nelson |
| ONS code: | 30UJ |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 247th 90,238 533 / km˛ |
| Ethnicity: | 84.9% White 14.1% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Pendle Borough Council http://www.pendle.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrats |
| MPThis 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: | Gordon PrenticeGordon Prentice (born 28 January 1951) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is member of Parliament for Pendle, and is a member of the Labour Party. He was first elected in 1992. He used to be married to Bridget Prentice. Prentice, Gordon. |
Pendle is a district boroughA borough is a political division originally used in England. The equivalent, burgh was used in Scotland. Bury often ends towns' names in the South of England, but borough more often in the Midlands. Bury is more common in America's New England — but burg of Lancashire, EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England, on the North YorkshireNorth Yorkshire is a county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. It is divided into the districts of Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby. Contained within its boundaries are the North York Moors and West YorkshireWest Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. It borders on Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. It is composed borders. It adjoins the Lancashire boroughs of Burnley and Ribble ValleyRibble Valley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Clitheroe. Other places include Longridge. Lancashire.. It has a total population of about 90,000 people, and is represented in Parliament by Gordon Prentice ( Labour).
It was created in 1972 as a result of local government reorganisation from the former Municipal Boroughs of Nelson and Colne, the former urban districts of Barnoldswick, Barrowford , Brierfield, Earby and Trawden, and from parts of Burnley and Skipton Rural District Councils. It was named after the historical district of Pendle Forest .
The area is closely associated with the Pendle Witches, and the landscape in the south of the borough is dominated by Pendle Hill.
Places in Pendle include:
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