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| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Area: - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area | Ranked 21st 2,625 kmē Ranked 20th 2,547 kmē |
| Admin HQ: | Matlock |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-DBY |
| ONS code: | 17 |
| NUTS 3: | UKF12/13 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. | Ranked 20thThis is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population 2002 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics, unrounded figures published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Entitlement Notification Reports for Revenue Supp 962,502 367 / kmē Ranked 11thThis is a List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population that is to say Administrative counties with a two-tier County council structure, not including Administrative counties which are Unitary Authorities. Populations are 2002 mid-year es 739,253 |
| Ethnicity: | 96.0% White 2.3% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Derbyshire County Council http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/ | |
| Executive: | Labour |
| Members of ParliamentThis 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 | |
| Harry BarnesHarry Barnes (born July 2, 1936) is an English politician, and member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire. He is a member of the Labour Party. He has been in Parliament since the 1987 election, and is seen as a left-winger, voting against his leadersh, Margaret BeckettThe Right Honourable Margaret Mary Beckett (born January 15, 1943) is a British Labour Party politician. She is MP for Derby South and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Born Margaret Jackson in Ashton-under-Lyne, she became an en, Liz BlackmanElizabeth Marion Blackman (born September 26, 1949) is a British politician, and member of Parliament for Erewash. She is a member of the Labour Party, and has been an MP since the 1997 election. Blackman, Liz., Paul HolmesPaul Robert Holmes (born 16 January 1957) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Liberal Democrat member of Parliament for Chesterfield, Tony Benn's old seat, and was first elected in 2001. Holmes, Paul Holmes, Paul., Bob Laxton, Tom Levitt, Judy Mallaber, Patrick McLoughlin, Dennis Skinner, Mark Todd | |
| Districts | |
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of England's most attractive hill and mountain scenery. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains part of the National Forest, and borders on Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Cheshire.
It has a two-tier local government, with a county council based in Matlock and eight district councils. Apart from 13 towns with between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants, there is a large amount of sparsely populated agricultural upland: 75% of the population live in 25% of the area.
Before 1998 the county included the city of Derby. Derby is now a unitary authority, but remains part of Derbyshire for ceremonial purposes.