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For the village within this borough, see Sefton, Merseyside. Sefton is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England.
For the suburb of Sydney, Australia, see Sefton, New South Wales. Sefton is a Suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Metropolitan Borough of Sefton
Sefton
Geography
Status: Metropolitan borough
Region: North West England
Admin. A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. 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.  County: Merseyside
Area:
  Total:		 Ranked 209th
153.14 km²
Admin. Merseyside is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1365900 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 Districts of England ordered by area. The areas given are calculated from the Output Areas created for Census 2001 and made available To help compare different Orders of magnitude and geographical regions we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km² Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of  HQ: Bootle
ONS code: 00CA
Demographics
Population:
  Total (2006 est. Bootle is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating Census and other statistical data In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology ):
  Density:		 Ranked 27th
277,400
1811 / km²
Ethnicity: 98. The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different The figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics. 4% White
Politics
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
http://www.sefton.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: TBA (council NOC)
MPs: Joe Benton, Claire Curtis-Thomas, George Howarth, John Pugh

The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. The pattern of local government in England is complex with the distribution of functions varying according to the local arrangements Within the context of Local councils of the United Kingdom the term No Overall Control (abbreviated to NOC refers to a situation in which no single party achieves 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 Dr Claire Curtis-Thomas, previously known as Claire Curtis-Tansley (born 30 April 1958 is a British Politician and Engineer. Rt Hon George Edward Howarth (born 29 June 1949) is a politician in the United Kingdom. John David Pugh (born 28 June, 1948; Liverpool) is a Politician in the United Kingdom. A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. Merseyside is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1365900 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 Its local authority is Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council. Sefton Council is the governing body for the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, north-western England.

Sefton was formed by the Local Government Act 1972 on April 1, 1974, by the amalgamation of the former county boroughs of Bootle and Southport, and, from the administrative county of Lancashire, the municipal borough of Crosby, the urban districts of Formby and Litherland, and part of the Rural District of West Lancashire. 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 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. 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 Bootle is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Southport is a seaside town on the Irish Sea coast situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in England, UK. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Municipal boroughs were a type of Local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974 in Northern Ireland from 1840 to Crosby is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, on Merseyside, England In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of Local government district that covered an Urbanised area Formby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. Litherland is an area of Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is north of Bootle and was formerly an Urban district Rural districts were a type of Local government area &ndash now superseded &ndash established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and West Lancashire was a Rural district from 1894 to 1974 in Lancashire, England It was placed in the metropolitan county of Merseyside. The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level Administrative division of England. Merseyside is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1365900

The borough consists of a coastal strip of land on the Irish Sea, and extends from Bootle, part of the Liverpool Urban Area, in the south, to Southport in the north. The Irish Sea ( Irish: Muir Éireann or Muir Meann; Scottish Gaelic: Muir Eireann Welsh: Môr Iwerddon, Bootle is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. The " Liverpool Urban Area" is a term used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS to denote the Urban area around Liverpool in England In the south-east, it extends inland to Maghull. Maghull is a town and Civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. The district is bounded by Liverpool to the south, Knowsley to the south-east, and West Lancashire to the east. 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. West Lancashire is a local government district of Lancashire, England.

It is named after the village and parish of Sefton, near Maghull. Sefton is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. Maghull is a town and Civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. A Sefton Rural District covering some of the villages in the district had existed from 1894 to 1932. Sefton was a Rural district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1932

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Politics

The existence of Sefton has been an ongoing local controversy, especially in Southport, MPs of which have campaigned for separation from Bootle, and possibly inclusion as a district in the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire. A non-metropolitan county or shire county in England, is a county-level entity which is not a Metropolitan county. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea [1]

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"). [2]

The council has been under no overall control since the 1980s.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Sefton 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[1] Agriculture[2] Industry[3] Services[4]
1995 2,079 20 496 1,563
2000 2,500 8 468 2,024
2003 2,994 10 418 2,566

^  includes hunting and forestry

^  includes energy and construction

^  includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

^  Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Towns and Villages in Sefton

Parliamentary constituencies

See also: List of Parliamentary constituencies on Merseyside

Town twinning

References

  1. ^ Final Recommendations on the Future Local Government of Sefton, Local Government Commission for England, November 1997
  2. ^ Sefton poll, where 51% residents belonged strongly to Merseyside, and compared to 35% to Lancashire; Wirral poll, where 45% of residents belonged strongly to Merseyside; compared to 30% to Cheshire. Ainsdale-on-Sea is a Village in Sefton, Merseyside, England, situated three miles south of Southport, of which it is a suburb Aintree is a Village and Civil parish in Sefton, Merseyside. It lies between Walton and Maghull on the A59 Birkdale is a village and district in the southern part of the Conurbation of the town of Southport, within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Blowick is a suburb of the town of Southport, Merseyside, England. Blundellsands or Blundell Sands is an area of Sefton, Merseyside, England and a Sefton council electoral ward Bootle is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Churchtown is a suburb of the town of Southport, Merseyside, England. Crossens is the northernmost district of the town of Southport, Merseyside, England and part of the ancient Parish of North Meols Ford is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, North West England. Formby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. Great Altcar is a village and Civil parish in West Lancashire, close to Formby on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. Great Crosby, commonly known simply as Crosby is a suburb of Sefton on the outskirts of Liverpool, in Merseyside, North West England Ince Blundell is a village in the borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. Litherland is an area of Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is north of Bootle and was formerly an Urban district Little Altcar is a village in Sefton on Merseyside, on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, that has been absorbed into Formby. Little Crosby is a small village in Merseyside, North West England. Lunt is a small village in the borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England, close to Sefton Village and to the west of Maghull and Lydiate is a village in Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is located to the north of Maghull, with which it has a common Maghull is a town and Civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Marshside is a suburb of the town of Southport, Merseyside, England. Melling is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Netherton is an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. Orrell is the name given to an area in Merseyside, England, between Bootle and the Liverpool city boundary Seaforth is a residential suburb within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, North West England History Seaforth comes from Sefton is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. Southport is a seaside town on the Irish Sea coast situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in England, UK. Thornton is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Waterloo is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, on Merseyside, England. Woodvale is a Village in Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is situated between Formby and Ainsdale, to the south of The Ceremonial county of Merseyside is divided into 16 Parliamentary constituencies - 14 Borough constituencies and 2 County constituencies Southport is a Borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Crosby is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Bootle is a Borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Knowsley North and Sefton East is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate Canal system is a city in Broward County, Florida, Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Mons ( Dutch: Bergen, Picard: Mont) is a Walloon City and municipality located in the Belgian The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those In both boroughs, "very strongly" ratings for the historic county were larger than that for Merseyside, but "fairly strongly" was lower.

See also

External links

S2F2, the Sefton Short Film Festival is an independent film festival based in Sefton, Merseyside to the North of Liverpool Sefton Cost is a 46053 hectare Site of special scientific interest which stretches for 20 km between Southport and Crosby. A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a Conservation designation denoting a Protected area in the United Kingdom.
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