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| Borough of Bracknell Forest | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Ceremonial County: | Berkshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 238th 109.38 kmē |
| Admin. HQ: | Bracknell |
| ONS code: | 00MA |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 188th 109,627 1,002 / kmē |
| Ethnicity: | 95.1% White 1.9% S.Asian 1.0% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Bracknell Forest Borough Council http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| 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 Mackay, Michael TrendMichael St. John Trend (born 19 April 1952) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative Party member of Parliament for Windsor in Berkshire, and was first elected in 1992. He had previously written for the Daily Telegraph. He is the son of S |
Bracknell Forest is a Unitary authorityA unitary authority is a term used in a two-tier local government system to describe a unit of local government that operates as a single tier. New Zealand In New Zealand a unitary authority is a territorial authority (district or city) which also perform 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 the former countyOriginally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. The term has since tended to represent a tertiary geographical unit of administrat of Berkshire in southern 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. It covers the towns of Bracknell, Binfield , and the surrounding area.
It was formed on April 1 1974, as the Bracknell district. It changed its name in May 1988, at the same time as it was granted borough status.
On April 1, 1998, Berkshire County Council was abolished, and Bracknell Forest Borough Council became a unitary authority.
See also: Regions of England