Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
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| Borough of Stockport | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Ceremonial County: | Greater Manchester |
| Traditional County: | Cheshire, part in Lancashire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 225th 126.06 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Stockport |
| Grid reference: | |
| ONS code: | 00BS |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density | Ranked {{English district rank / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 95.7% White 2.1% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.stockport.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | |
| MPs: | Ann Coffey, Andrew Gwynne, Mark Hunter, Andrew Stunell |
The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester. It is named after its main town of Stockport and includes neighbouring towns such as Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme, Marple, Bredbury, Reddish and Romiley.
The present borough was created in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the county borough of Stockport along with the urban districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall and Marple, in Cheshire. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council governs the borough.
Population
The 2005 population estimate recorded a population of 305,532 in the borough.
- 2001 - 284,528 [National Statistics], 2001 Census on population of Stockport.
- 2000 - 291,100
- 1999 - 291,900
- 1998 - 292,800
- 1997 - 291,500
- 1993 - 291,400
- 1988 - 287,700 [Manchester UK: "Manchester Population: Facts & Figures"], details population trends in different districts over a period of time.
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
Parishes
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)
References
| Districts of North West England |
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| Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre | |
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Counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |
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