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| Borough of Basingstoke and Deane | |
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Shown within Hampshire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Admin. County: | Hampshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 69th 633.81 kmē |
| Admin. HQ: | Basingstoke |
| ONS code: | 24UB |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 103rd 153,032 241 / kmē |
| Ethnicity: | 96.6% White 1.2% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrats + 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: | Andrew HunterAndrew Hunter (born January 8, 1943) is a United Kingdom politician and an Independent Conservative member of Parliament for Basingstoke, and a member of the Orange Order. He was first elected to Basingstoke as a Conservative in the 1983 election, and had, George Young |
Basingstoke and Deane is a local government districtThe Districts of England are the lowest level of local government in England except for civil parishes. England is first divided into governmental regions, then administrative counties. Counties are then subdivided into districts. Status Most districts ca and boroughA borough is a political division originally used in England. The equivalent, burgh was used in Scotland. Bury often ends towns' names in the South of England, but borough more often in the Midlands. Bury is more common in America's New England but burg in Hampshire, 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 Basingstoke. Other settlements include Tadley, Kingsclere , Oakley and Whitchurch .
The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the borough Basingstoke, Basingstoke Rural District and Kingsclere and Whitcurch Rural District .
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