Sevenoaks District
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Sevenoaks District | |
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— Non-metropolitan district — | |
Sevenoaks shown within Kent | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | South East England |
Non-metropolitan county | Kent |
Status | Non-metropolitan district |
Admin HQ | Sevenoaks |
Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
Government | |
• Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
• Body | Sevenoaks District Council |
• Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
• MPs | Michael Fallon Gareth Johnson John Stanley |
Area | |
• Total | 142.99 sq mi (370.34 km2) |
Area rank | 112th (of 326) |
Population (2010 est.) | |
• Total | 114,100 |
• Rank | 189th (of 326) |
• Density | 800/sq mi (310/km2) |
• Ethnicity | 95.2% White 1.5% S.Asians 1.2% Black 1.2% Mixed Race |
Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
• Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
ONS code | 29UK |
OS grid reference | TQ525555 |
Website | www.sevenoaks.gov.uk |
Sevenoaks is a local government district[1] 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, Sevenoaks Rural District and part of Dartford Rural District.
[edit] The council
The council consists of 54 elected councillors, representing wards in the district.[2]
In 2009 the Audit Commission named Sevenoaks District Council one of the four best run and most efficient councils in the country.[3]
[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
- Sevenoaks (Town)
- Sevenoaks Weald
- Shoreham
- Sundridge with Ide Hill
- Swanley (Town)
- Westerham
- West Kingsdown
[edit] References
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