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| Borough of Milton Keynes | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Ceremonial County: | Buckinghamshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 154th 308.63 kmē |
| Admin. HQ: | Milton Keynes |
| ONS code: | 00MG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 59th 210,426 682 / kmē |
| Ethnicity: | 90.7% White 3.7% S.Asian 2.4% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
Milton Keynes Council http://www.miltonkeynes.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrats |
| MPs: | Phyllis StarkeyPhyllis Margaret Starkey (born 4 January 1947) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour Party member of Parliament for Milton Keynes South West, and was first elected in 1997. She had previously been leader of Oxford City Council. External lin, Brian WhiteBrian White can refer to: Brian White (British politician), a British Labour Party MP Brian White (Canadian politician), a Canadian former Progressive Conservtive MP Brian White, an actor on The Shield''. |
Milton Keynes is a 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 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 was formed on April 1April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. Events 527 Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. 1789 In New York City, the United Stat, 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped by the merger of the urban districts of BletchleyBletchley is a town in the county of Milton Keynes, though until the administrative boundary change in 1995 it was in Buckinghamshire. It is situated south of Milton Keynes itself, though urban growth has joined the two towns together. The town name is An, Newport PagnellNewport Pagnell is a town in the traditional county of Buckinghamshire, England. It also lies within the Unitary District of Milton Keynes. It is situated about three miles north of the town of Milton Keynes itself. The town was first mentioned in the Dom and Wolverton, Newport Pagnell Rural District and part of Wing Rural District .
Before April 1, 1997 it was part of Buckinghamshire, but now forms an independent county of itself, making it a unitary authority. It borders the administrative counties of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Its largest town is Milton Keynes.
Milton Keynes is home to the Open University, the largest University in the UK, and is the home of Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing and others worked in WWII to break the German Enigma code.