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| Borough of Castle Morpeth | |
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Shown within Northumberland | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | North East England |
| Admin. County: | Northumberland |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 72nd 618.23 kmē |
| Admin. HQ: | Morpeth |
| ONS code: | 35UE |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 341st 49,043 79 / kmē |
| Ethnicity: | 98.1% White |
| Politics | |
Castle Morpeth Borough Council http://www.castlemorpeth.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.31 |
| Control: | Labour + Liberal DemocratsThe Liberal Democrats ("Lib Dems") are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. The party was formed in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal Party and the short lived Social Democratic Party (the two parties had already been in an allian |
| 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: | Peter AtkinsonPeter Atkinson (born 19 January 1943) is a British Member of Parliament for Hexham. He is a member of the Conservative Party. Atkinson, Peter Atkinson, Peter., Denis MurphyDenis Murphy (born 2 November 1948) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Party member of Parliament for Wansbeck, and was first elected in 1997. He had previously led Wansbeck District Council. Murphy, Denis. |
Castle Morpeth 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 Northumberland, 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 administrative centre is Morpeth. The 2001 census recorded it having a population of 49,001.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the borough of Morpeth and Morpeth Rural District , along with part of Castle Ward Rural District .