Merseyside
Shown within England
Geography
Status	Metropolitan county & Ceremonial county
Origin	1974 (Local Government Act 1972)
Region	North West England
Area - Total	Ranked 43rd 645 km² (249 sq mi)
ONS code	2B
NUTS 2	UKD5
Demography
Population - Total (2004) - Density	Ranked 9th 1,365,901 2,118/km² (5,486/sq mi)
Ethnicity	97. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level Administrative division of England. The ceremonial counties are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as the Counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in England and Wales The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one North West England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. This is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area. See also Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating Census and other statistical data The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, ( NUTS) for the French nomenclature d'unités territoriales statistiques, is a Geocode In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume This is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population. 1% White British 2. " White British " was a racially -based classification used by the 2001 census. 9% Black British, British Asian, British Chinese, British Mixed
Politics
No county council
Members of Parliament	Joe Benton (L) Ben Chapman (L) Claire Curtis-Thomas (L) Angela Eagle (L) Maria Eagle (L) Louise Ellman (L)/(Co-op) Frank Field (L) Stephen Hesford (L) George Howarth (L) Jane Kennedy (L) Peter Kilfoyle (L) Edward O'Hara (L) John Pugh (LD) Robert Wareing (L) David Watts (L) Shaun Woodward (L)
Districts
Liverpool Sefton Knowsley St Helens Wirral

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. See also British African-Caribbean community, Caribbean British Black British is a term which has had different meanings and uses as a racial and political British Asians are British citizens who are immigrants or descendants of immigrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka British Chinese, including British-born Chinese (often informally referred to as BBC) are people of Chinese ancestry who were born in or have migrated Mixed Race was included as an ethnic classification on the UK Census from 2001. Composition Graphical representation of the House of Commons This is a comparison of the party strengths in the British House of Commons Joseph Edward Benton, known as Joe Benton, (born 28 September 1933) British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the James Keith Chapman, known as Ben Chapman, (born 8 July 1940 is a British Politician and former civil servant. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Dr Claire Curtis-Thomas, previously known as Claire Curtis-Tansley (born 30 April 1958 is a British Politician and Engineer. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Angela Eagle (born 17 February 1961 is Labour Member of Parliament for Wallasey. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Maria Eagle (born 17 February 1961) is a British Politician and Solicitor. 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Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Rt Hon George Edward Howarth (born 29 June 1949) is a politician in the United Kingdom. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Jane Elizabeth Kennedy (born 4 May 1958, as Jane Elizabeth Hodgson) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, and currently The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Peter Kilfoyle (born on June 9, 1946 in Liverpool) is a UK politician The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Edward O'Hara (born 1 October 1937) is a politician in the United Kingdom. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the John David Pugh (born 28 June, 1948; Liverpool) is a Politician in the United Kingdom. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the Robert Nelson Wareing, commonly known as Bob Wareing, (born 20 August 1930 Liverpool) is a British independent Politician and Member of The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the David Leonard Watts (born 26 August 1951 St Helens Merseyside) is a politician in the United Kingdom. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Shaun Anthony Woodward MP (born 26 October 1958, Bristol) is a British politician Secretary of State for Northern Ireland The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. The Metropolitan Borough of St Helens is a Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. Wirral or The Wirral (ˈwɪrəl is a Metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, which occupies the northern The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level Administrative division of England. North West England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Taking its name from the River Mersey, the title "Merseyside" came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974, after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, and the county consists of five metropolitan boroughs adjoining the Mersey estuary, including the City of Liverpool. See also Mersey River (Tasmania and Mersey River (Nova Scotia. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in England and Wales A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England covering urban areas within metropolitan counties.

Merseyside County Council was abolished in 1986, and so its districts (the metropolitan boroughs) are now effectively unitary authorities. The Merseyside County Council (MCC was from 1974 to 1986 the upper-tier administrative body for Merseyside, a Metropolitan county in See also Independent city A unitary authority is a type of Local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all Local government functions However, the metropolitan county continues to exist in law and as a geographic frame of reference. ^[1][2][3]

Merseyside is divided into two parts by the Mersey estuary: the Wirral is located on the west side of the estuary upon the Wirral Peninsula; the rest of the county is located on the east side. See also Mersey River (Tasmania and Mersey River (Nova Scotia. Wirral or The Wirral (ˈwɪrəl is a Metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, which occupies the northern Wirral or the Wirral (ˈwɪrəl is a Peninsula in the north west of England. The northern part of Merseyside borders onto Lancashire to the north, Greater Manchester to the east, both parts border Cheshire to the south. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Greater Manchester is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2 Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England.

The territory comprising the county of Merseyside previously formed the county boroughs of Birkenhead, Wallasey, Liverpool, Bootle, and St Helens and part of the administrative counties of Lancashire (north of the River Mersey) and Cheshire (south of the River Mersey). Administrative counties were a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government from 1889 to 1974 Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England.

Contents 1 History 2 Identity 3 Local government 3.1 Metropolitan boroughs 3.2 County level functions 4 Economy 5 Settlements 6 Places of interest 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

History

Merseyside was designated as a "Special Review" area in the Local Government Act 1958, and the Local Government Commission for England started a review of this area in 1962, based around the core county boroughs of Liverpool/Bootle/Birkenhead/Wallasey. The Local Government Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz2 c55 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom affecting local government in England and Wales outside The Local Government Commission for England was established by the Local Government Act 1958 to review the organisation of local government and make "such proposals Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Bootle is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. Wallasey is a large town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England, on the mouth of the River Mersey Further areas, including Widnes and Runcorn, were added to the Special Review Area by Order in 1965. Widnes is an industrial town within the borough of Halton, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England with an urban area population of 57663 in Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port within the borough of Halton in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England Draft proposals were published in 1965, but the commission never completed its final proposals as it was abolished in 1966.

Instead, a Royal Commission was set up to review English local government entirely, and its report (known as the Redcliffe-Maud Report) proposed a much wider Merseyside metropolitan area covering southwest Lancashire and northwest Cheshire, extending as far south as Chester and as far north as the River Ribble. The Redcliffe-Maud Report (Cmnd 4040 is the name generally given to the report published by the Royal Commission on Local Government in England 1966-1969 Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 The River Ribble is a river that runs through North Yorkshire and Lancashire, in the North of England. This would have included four districts: Southport/Crosby, Liverpool/Bootle, St Helens/Widnes and Wirral/Chester. Southport is a seaside town on the Irish Sea coast situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in England, UK. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Bootle is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. St Helens ( is a large town in Merseyside, England It is the largest settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100000 Widnes is an industrial town within the borough of Halton, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England with an urban area population of 57663 in Wirral or the Wirral (ˈwɪrəl is a Peninsula in the north west of England. Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040

In 1970 the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive (which operates under the Merseytravel brand) was set up, covering the Liverpool and Wirral conurbations, but excluding St. The Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive ( MPTE, or Merseytravel, as it is branded is the Passenger Transport Executive responsible for the coordination A conurbation is an Urban area or Agglomeration comprising a number of Cities, large Towns and larger urban areas that through Population Helens.

The Redcliffe-Maud Report was rejected by the incoming Conservative Party government, but the concept of a two-tier metropolitan area based on the Mersey area was retained. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. A White Paper was published in 1971. The Local Government Bill presented to Parliament involved a substantial trimming from the White Paper, excluding the northern and southern fringes of the area, excluding Chester, Ellesmere Port (and, unusually, including Southport, whose council had requested to be included). The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in England and Wales Further alterations took place in Parliament, with Skelmersdale being removed from the area, and a proposed district including St Helens and Huyton being subdivided into what are now the metropolitan boroughs of St Helens and Knowsley. Skelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, England. It lies on high-ground on the River Tawd, to the northeast of Liverpool, south-southwest Huyton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, in Merseyside, England. The Metropolitan Borough of St Helens is a Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

Merseyside was created on April 1, 1974 from areas previously parts of the administrative counties of Lancashire and Cheshire, along with the county boroughs of Birkenhead, Wallasey, Liverpool, Bootle, and St Helens. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Administrative counties were a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government from 1889 to 1974 Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (excluding Scotland) to refer to a Borough or a City Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. Wallasey is a large town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England, on the mouth of the River Mersey Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Bootle is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. St Helens ( is a large town in Merseyside, England It is the largest settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100000 Following the creation of Merseyside, Merseytravel expanded to take in St. Helens and Southport.

Between 1974 and 1986 the county had a two-tier system of local government with the five boroughs sharing power with the Merseyside County Council. The Merseyside County Council (MCC was from 1974 to 1986 the upper-tier administrative body for Merseyside, a Metropolitan county in However in 1986 the government of Margaret Thatcher abolished the county council along with all other metropolitan county councils, and so its boroughs are now effectively unitary authorities. Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 See also Independent city A unitary authority is a type of Local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all Local government functions

Merseyside however still exists legally, both as a metropolitan and ceremonial county. The ceremonial counties are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as the Counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies ^[4][5][6]

Identity

To express location within the Merseyside area by the preposition on - thus "on Merseyside" as opposed to "in Merseyside" - was traditionally the more usual. However, the logic of suggestions in support of this from some quarters (that, after all, one would always be "on” the side of the Mersey, not "in" it) falls down; since it is, in fact, entirely possible to be situated [both] "in" or "on" [either] “side” of the river Mersey and area(s) thus designated. Therefore, more recent usage tends to draw distinctions between the geographical "Merseyside" - for which "on" is considered appropriate - and the Metropolitan county of "Merseyside", for which "in" is used.

Some prefer to use the historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire in preference to the newer county of Merseyside as a geographic frame of reference. The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. ^[7]. MORI polls in the boroughs of Sefton and Wirral in the 2000s showed that more residents in these boroughs identified strongly to Merseyside than to Lancashire or Cheshire respectively (but was less likely to be "very strong" as opposed to "fairly strong"). ^[8]

Local government

Metropolitan boroughs

Merseyside contains the metropolitan boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and the Wirral. A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. The Metropolitan Borough of St Helens is a Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. Wirral or The Wirral (ˈwɪrəl is a Metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, which occupies the northern

County level functions

Despite the abolition of the county council some local services are still run on a county-wide basis, now administered by joint-boards of the five metropolitan boroughs; these include the:

• Merseyside Police
• Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service
• Merseytravel (who are also responsible for the Merseyrail network)
• Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority
• Merseyside Pension Scheme, administered by Wirral Borough Council, with offices in Liverpool

Several organisations are still recognised using the old name of "Merseyside". Local government in the United Kingdom is arranged into four different systems with one each for England Northern Ireland Scotland and Wales Merseyside Police is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing Merseyside in North West England. The Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering the county of Merseyside in north-west England and is The Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive ( MPTE, or Merseytravel, as it is branded is the Passenger Transport Executive responsible for the coordination Merseyrail is the name given to the electric metro-style commuter Train network centred on Liverpool in the metropolitan county of Merseyside The Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority (MWDA is a Waste disposal authority that manages the Municipal solid waste produced in Merseyside, The court service at Liverpool's Magistrate Court for example, registered the domain merseysidemcc. org. uk on 25 March 2000, more than a decade after the Merseyside Council was abolished. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Merseyside at current basic prices published (pp. 240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added[9]	Agriculture[10]	Industry[11]	Services[12]
1995	10,931	50	3,265	7,616
2000	13,850	29	3,489	10,330
2003	16,173	39	3,432	12,701

Settlements

See the list of places in Merseyside. This is a list of cities, Towns and Villages in the ceremonial county of Merseyside, England. Merseyside is divided into two parts by the Mersey estuary, the Wirral is located on the west side of the estuary, upon the Wirral Peninsula and the rest of the county is located on the east side of the estuary. See also Mersey River (Tasmania and Mersey River (Nova Scotia. Wirral or The Wirral (ˈwɪrəl is a Metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, which occupies the northern Wirral or the Wirral (ˈwɪrəl is a Peninsula in the north west of England. The northern part of Merseyside borders onto Lancashire to the north, Greater Manchester to the east, both parts border Cheshire to the south. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Greater Manchester is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2 Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. The territory comprising the county of Merseyside previously formed part of the administrative counties of Lancashire (north of the River Mersey) and Cheshire (south of the River Mersey). Administrative counties were a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government from 1889 to 1974 Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England.

The two parts are linked by two road tunnels, a railway tunnel, and the famous Mersey Ferry. The Mersey Tunnels connect Liverpool with the Wirral Peninsula, under the River Mersey. The Mersey Railway connected Liverpool and Birkenhead, England, via the Mersey Railway Tunnel under the River Mersey. The Mersey Ferry is a Ferry service operating on the River Mersey in north west England, between Liverpool and the Wirral Peninsula Other districts that are part of the urban area (but not part of Merseyside) are Ellesmere Port and Neston and Halton. Ellesmere Port and Neston is a local government district, Borough and parliamentary constituency in Cheshire, England Halton is a local government district in North West England, with borough status and administered by a Unitary authority. The designation "Greater Merseyside" has been adopted for the area comprising Merseyside and Halton, whilst the term "Liverpool City-Region" is less well-defined. Greater Merseyside is a term that has a semi-official usage by the local authorities of the Metropolitan county of Merseyside and Borough of Halton when

Places of interest

Knowsley Road Stadium Anfield Goodison Park Prenton Park Haig Avenue Gambier Terrace Albert Dock Cavern Club Childe of Hale Croxteth Hall Speke Hall - National Trust Mersey Tunnels - Queensway and Kingsway Tate Liverpool, a branch of the Tate Gallery Lady Lever Art Gallery World Museum Liverpool Merseyside Maritime Museum HM Customs & Excise National Museum Museum of Liverpool Life Walker Art Gallery Liverpool Cathedral Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King Port Sunlight Leasowe Castle Bidston Windmill Leasowe Lighthouse Hilbre Island North Wirral Coastal Park St Helens' World of Glass

See also

• Greater Merseyside
• 1911 Liverpool general transport strike
• Category:Culture in Merseyside
• List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Merseyside

References

External links

• Mersey Wiki
• Merseytravel website
• Merseyside Police Authority website
• Merseyside Fire and Rescue website
• Merseyside.com local guide, A-Z, street index
• Merseyside Today - regional guide
• Mersey Reporter History - Merseyside History
• Merseyside Businesses online

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