Sevenoaks (district)
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| Sevenoaks District | |
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 Shown within Kent |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South East England |
| Admin. County: | Kent |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 128th 370.34 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Sevenoaks |
| ONS code: | 29UK |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density |
Ranked 184th 113,700 307 / km² |
| Ethnicity[1]: | 95.2% White 1.5% S.Asians 1.2% Black 1.2% Mixd Race |
| Politics | |
| Sevenoaks District Council http://www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Michael Fallon, John Stanley, Howard Stoate |
Sevenoaks is a local government district covering the western most part of Kent in England. Its council is based in the town of Sevenoaks. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Sevenoaks Urban District with Sevenoaks Rural District and part of Dartford Rural District.
[edit] The Council
The Council consists of 54 elected councillors, representing wards in the District.
[edit] Town and parish councils
The third tier of government within the District consists of the following town and parish councils:
- Ash-cum-Ridley
- Brasted
- Chevening
- Chiddingstone
- Cowden
- Crockenhill
- Dunton Green
- Edenbridge
- Eynsford
- Farningham
- Fawkham
- Halstead
- Hartley
- Hextable
- Hever
- Horton Kirby and South Darenth
- Kemsing
- Knockholt
- Leigh
- Otford
- Penshurst
- Riverhead
- Seal, Kent
- Sevenoaks (Town)
- Sevenoaks Weald
- Shoreham
- Sundridge with Ide Hill
- Swanley (Town)
- Westerham
- West Kingsdown
[edit] External links
- http://www.sevenoaks.gov.uk - the District Council website
- http://www.bmra.info - the Badgers Mount Residents' Association website
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