Regions of England

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The Region is the first level of administrative division, below the United Kingdom national government, within the country of England. Historically, the administrative divisions of England included Counties, Unitarian Authorities and Metropolitan counties. There were many attempts to rationalise these small divisions into a regional structure after world world war two. In 1972, the local government act reformed the administration of Scotland and Wales into regions but implementation in England was delayed and piecemeal. Some government departments set up regional offices with limited roles and the boundaries varied form department to department. In 1994, under John Major's government, 10 Regional offices were set up in order to standardise the regional boundaries across all departments. The new Labor government in 1997 used the Regional setup to establish Regional Development Agencies. Later, in 1998, the Region of Merseyside was merged into the North East Region, reducing the number to just 9 Regions. The regions borders also form the European Parliament constituencies for England.

Only one region - London - has a directly elected administration in the form of the London Assembly, Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The other regions have appointed assemblies containing members nominated by the county councils within each region. A referendum was held on 4 November 2004 in the North East Region on whither people wanted and elected assembly with devolved powers. The proposal was rejected and plans for referendums in other Regions have been put on hold indefinitely.

Catalog of Regions

Name Regional HQ European Parliament
Representative
Land-area (km²) Population[1] Subdivisions
North East Newcastle 3 MEP   2,515,442 x Ceremonial counties

Which further divide into
x Counties

x Unitary Authorities
x District
North West Liverpool and Manchester 9 MEP 14165[2] 6,729,800 x Ceremonial counties

Which further divide into
x Counties
x Unitary Authorities

x District
Yorkshire and the Humber Leeds and Sheffield 6 MEP 15411[3] 4,964,838 x Ceremonial counties

Which further divide into
x Counties
x Unitary Authorities

x District
West Midlands Birmingham 7 MEP   5267337 x Ceremonial counties

Which further divide into
x Counties
x Unitary Authorities

x District
East Midlands Melton Mowbray 6 MEP   4,172,179 x Ceremonial counties

Which fruther divide into
x Counties
x Unitary Authorities

x District
East Cambridge 7 MEP   5,388,154 x Ceremonial counties

Which further divide into
x Counties
x Unitary Authorities

x District
London Southwark 9 MEP   7,172,036 x Ceremonial counties

Which further divide into
x Counties
x Unitary Authorities

x District
South East Guildford 10 MEP   8,000,550 x Ceremonial counties

Which further divide into
x Counties
x Unitary Authorities

x District
South West Bristol and Plymouth 7 MEP   4,928,458 x Ceremonial counties

Which further divide into
x Counties
x Unitary Authorities

x District

References

  1. Estimated figures for 2005. Population Estimates. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved on May 12, 2007.
  2. NWRA :: The Region. North West Regional Assembly. Retrieved on May 12, 2007.
  3. Yorkshire & Humber Assembly. Yorkshire and Humber Assembly. Retrieved on May 12, 2007.