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| Borough of Barnsley | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Ceremonial County: | South Yorkshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 150th 329.05 kmē |
| Admin. HQ: | Barnsley |
| ONS code: | 00CC |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 54th 217,932 662 / kmē |
| Ethnicity: | 99.1% White |
| Politics | |
| Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.barnsley.gov.uk | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | LabourThe Labour Party is a centre- left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdom's three main political parties. Under its leader Tony Blair it won a landslide in the 1997 general election, and forme |
| MPsThis 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: | Eric IllsleyEric Evlyn Illsley (born April 9, 1955) is a British trade unionist and Labour member of Parliament for Barnsley Central. He was on the frontbench during opposition but in government is a backbencher. He voted against the privatisation of NATS. Illsley, E, Jeff Ennis, Michael ClaphamMichael Clapham (born 15 May 1943) is an English Labour politician, and member of Parliament for Barnsley West and Penistone. He is a left-winger and a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, and has rebelled against the government on various issues. |
Barnsley is a metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, 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. Its main town is Barnsley.
The borough is bisected by the M1 motorway; it is rural to the west, and largely urban/industrial to the east.
Settlements in the borough of Barnsley include:
| Districts of England - Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| Barnsley | Bradford | Calderdale | Craven | Doncaster | East Riding of Yorkshire | Hambleton | Harrogate | Hull | Kirklees | Leeds | North Lincolnshire | North East Lincolnshire | Richmondshire | Rotherham | Ryedale | Scarborough | Selby | Sheffield | Wakefield | York | |
| Administrative counties with multiple districts: North Yorkshire - South Yorkshire - West Yorkshire |