Charnwood (borough)

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Borough of Charnwood
Shown within Leicestershire	Leicestershire within England
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Leicestershire
Area: - Total	Ranked 164th 279.06 km²
Admin. HQ:	Loughborough
ONS code:	31UC
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked {{EnglishDistrictRank / km²
Ethnicity:	91.7% White 6.0% S.Asian
Politics
Charnwood Borough Council http://www.charnwoodbc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Stephen Dorrell, Andy Reed

Charnwood is a local government district with borough status in northern Leicestershire, England. It is named for Charnwood Forest, which it contains. The main town is Loughborough.

It was formed on April 1, 1974 as a merger of the municipal borough of Loughborough, Shepshed urban district and the Barrow upon Soar Rural District. HMSO. [S.I. 1972/2039] It was granted borough status on May 15, 1974. [Charnwood Borough Council; The Mayoralty in Charnwood.] Accessed January 31, 2006.

To the south it borders Leicester, about 20km away from Loughborough. There is a moderately urbanised A6 corridor between the towns and close to the River Soar, including Quorn, Barrow-on-Soar, Mountsorrel, Birstall, Thurnby, Syston and East Goscote. Shepshed, to the west of Loughborough, is the other major town in the district.

There are two Parliamentary constituencies covering the district. Charnwood is represented by the Conservative Stephen Dorrell, the former National Heritage Secretary (1994-1995) and Health Secretary (1995-1997) during John Major's government. Loughborough is represented by the Labour Party's Andy Reed.

• Anstey
• Barkby, Barkby Thorpe, Barrow upon Soar, Beeby, Birstall, Burton on the Wolds
• Cossington, Cotes
• East Goscote
• Hathern, Hoton
• Mountsorrel
• Newtown Linford
• Prestwold
• Queniborough, Quorn
• Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Rearsby, Rothley
• Seagrave, Shepshed, Sileby, South Croxton, Swithland, Syston
• Thrussington, Thurcaston and Cropston, Thurmaston
• Ulverscroft
• Walton on the Wolds, Wanlip, Woodhouse, Wymeswold

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