West Lancashire
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| West Lancashire District | |
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| File:LancashireWest.png Shown within non-metropolitan Lancashire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | North West England |
| Admin. County: | Lancashire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 138th 346.79 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Ormskirk |
| ONS code: | 30UP |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density | Ranked 199th 109,500 316 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.5% White |
| Politics | |
| File:Arms-w-lancs.jpg West Lancashire District Council http://www.westlancsdc.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | David Borrow, Rosie Cooper |
West Lancashire is a local government district in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Ormskirk. The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Ormskirk and Skelmersdale and Holland urban districts along with part of West Lancashire Rural District and part of Wigan Rural District.
Other towns in the district include Skelmersdale, Burscough, Halsall and Banks.
[edit] Elections
[edit] Parish Councils in West Lancashire
- Bickerstaffe
- Burscough
- Dalton
- Downholland
- Great Altcar
- Halsall
- Hesketh-with-Becconsall
- Hilldale
- Lathom
- Newburgh
- North Meols
- Parbold
- Rufford
- Scarisbrick
- Simonswood
- Tarleton
- Up Holland
- Wrightington
Simonswood was transferred to the district from Knowsley in 1994.
[edit] Twin towns
West Lancashire is twinned with:
| Districts of North West England | File:Flag of England.svg |
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Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre | |
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Counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |
