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Milton Keynes (borough)

The Borough of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority and borough in south central England, at the northern tip of the South East England Region.

It borders the non-metropolitan counties of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. The principal settlement in the borough is Milton Keynes new city, which accounts for about 33% of its area and 90% of its population.
Borough of Milton Keynes

The borough ("5") is shown within England and Buckinghamshire
Geography
Status:Unitary, Borough
Region:South East England
Ceremonial County:Buckinghamshire
Area:
- Total
Ranked 154th
308.63 km²
Admin. HQ:Milton Keynes
ONS code:00MG
Demographics
Population:
- Total (1991)
- Total (2001)
- Total ()
- Density ()
Ranked
176,371
207,063

/ km²
Ethnicity:90.7% White
3.7% S.Asian
2.4% Afro-Carib.
Politics

Arms of Milton Keynes Council

Milton Keynes Council
http://www.miltonkeynes.gov.uk/
Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
Executive:Liberal Democrat minority administration
Leader of the Council:Isobel McCall|-MPs:Phyllis Starkey (Lab.), Mark Lancaster (Con.)

History

The borough was first created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. It was created by the merger of the urban districts of Bletchley, Newport Pagnell and Wolverton, Newport Pagnell Rural District and part of Wing Rural District.

It was originally a district of Buckinghamshire, but on April 1, 1997 it became a self-governing unitary authority, independent from Buckinghamshire County Council. The borough however remains part of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire.

Settlements

Milton Keynes (the "New City")

The urban area accounts for about 33% of the Borough by area and 90% by population. This is a partial list of the districts of Milton Keynes new city.
* Bancroft, Bletchley, Bradwell village and Abbey, Bradwell Common, Broughton
* Caldecotte
* Central Milton Keynes
* Fenny Stratford
* Great Linford
* Loughton
* Middleton (Milton Keynes Village)
* New Bradwell
* Shenley Brook End, Shenley Church End
* Simpson, Stantonbury, Stony Stratford
* Tattenhoe, Tongwell
* Walton, Water Eaton, Wavendon, Willen, Wolverton, Woolstone, Woughton on the Green, Westcroft

Rest of the borough

The rural area accounts for about 66% of the Borough by area and about 10% by population.
* Astwood
* Bow Brickhill
* Caldecote [sic], Castlethorpe, Chicheley, Clifton Reynes, Cold Brayfield
* Emberton
* Filgrave
* Gayhurst
* Hanslope, Hardmead, Haversham
* Lathbury, Lavendon, Lillingstone Dayrell, Lillingstone Lovell, Little Brickhill, Little Linford, Long Street,
* Moulsoe
* Newport Pagnell, Newton Blossomville, North Crawley
* Olney
* Ravenstone
* Sherington, Stoke Goldington,
* Tyringham
* Warrington, Weston Underwood, Woburn Sands

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Milton Keynes at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
AgricultureIndustryServices
19952,83477512,075
20004,16658053,356
20035,20378524,344
includes hunting and forestry

includes energy and construction

includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

External links

* Milton Keynes Borough Council
* Map on MKWEB showing civil parishes in the borough.



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