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| Leicestershire | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Area: - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area | Ranked 28th 2,156 kmē Ranked 26th 2,083 kmē |
| Admin HQ: | Leicester |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-LEC |
| ONS code: | 31 |
| NUTS 3: | UKF22 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. | Ranked 21stThis 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 899,069 417 / kmē Ranked 17thThis 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 615,491 |
| Ethnicity: | 85.0% White 11.9% S.Asian 1.2% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Leicestershire County Council http://www.leics.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 | |
| Stephen DorrellThe Right Honourable Stephen Dorrell (born March 25 1952) is an English politician and Tory member of Parliament for Charnwood. He is a member of the Privy Council, and a patron of the Tory Reform Group. He became MP for Loughborough in 1979, and became a, Alan DuncanAlan James Carter Duncan (born March 31, 1957) is an English politician, and member of Parliament for Rutland and Melton. He is a member of the Conservative Party, and sits on the front bench as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development., Edward GarnierEdward Henry Garnier (born 26 October 1952) is a barrister and politician in the United Kingdom. He has been member of Parliament for Harborough since 1992, and is a member of the Conservative Party. Garnier, Edward., Parmjit Singh GillParmjit Singh Gill is a British Liberal Democrat politician and Member of Parliament for Leicester South. He is the first ever ethnic minority Liberal Democrat MP. He is a councillor for the Stoneygate Ward in Leicester, and was the Liberal Democrat's can, Patricia Hewitt, Andy Reed, Andrew Robathan, David Taylor, David Tredinnick, Keith Vaz | |
| Districts | |
Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester which has traditionally been its administrative centre, but is now a unitary authority administratively separate from Leicestershire. It borders onto Leicester, Rutland, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Staffordshire, and contains part of the National Forest.
The population of Leicestershire (excluding Leicester) is 609,579 ( 2001). The county covers an area of 2,084 sq km (804 sq mi).
Leicestershire's administrative centre is Leicestershire County Council County Hall