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| Essex | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County |
| Region: | East of England |
| Area: - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area | Ranked 11th 3,670 km˛ Ranked 11th 3,465 km˛ |
| Admin HQ: | Chelmsford |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-ESS |
| ONS code: | 22 |
| NUTS 3: | UKH33 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - DensityFor other meanings of density, see density (disambiguation Density (symbol: rho Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. The higher an object's density, the higher its mass per volume. The average density of an object equals its total mass div - Admin. council - Admin. pop. | Ranked 6thThis 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 1,622,403 442 / km˛ Ranked 2ndThis 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 1,318,408 |
| Ethnicity: | 96.8% White 1.2% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
Essex County Council http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/ | |
| Executive: | ConservativeThe Conservative Party is the largest centre right political party in the United Kingdom. It is descended from the Tory Party and its members are still commonly referred to as Tories''. It votes with the European People's Party bloc in the European Parlia |
| 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 | |
| David AmessDavid Amess (born 26 March 1952) is a British Member of Parliament for Southend West. He is a member of the Conservative Party and a backbencher. See also Brass Eye Amess, David Amess, David., John BaronJohn Baron (born June 21, 1959) is a British politician, and member of Parliament for Billericay. He is a member of the The Conservative Party. He has been MP for the seat since the 2001 election. His predecessor was Teresa Gorman. He was a member of Iain, Simon BurnsSimon Hugh McGuigan Burns (born September 6, 1952) is a United Kingdom politician. He has been Tory member of Parliament for Chelmsford West since the 1987 general election. He had served as a junior minister under John Major. Burns, Simon., Mark Francois, Alan Haselhurst, Ivan Henderson, Alan Hurst, Bernard Jenkin, Eleanor Laing, Andrew Mackinlay, Eric Pickles, Bill Rammell, Bob Russell, Angela Smith, Bob Spink, Teddy Taylor, John Whittingdale | |
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Essex is a county located northeast of London, part of the East of England region. As well as Greater London it borders on Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, and has a defined boundary with Kent in the centre of the River Thames.
The name of the county is derived from the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Essex.
In 1998 the districts of
Southend-on-Sea (pop. 160,300) and Thurrock (pop. 143,000) separated from the county of Essex becoming unitary authority areas. Until 1965 the county included also the present-day London boroughs of Havering, Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, Waltham Forest and Newham (except for the small enclave of North Woolwich, formerly in the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich of the County of London).