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| Borough of Broxtowe | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Nottinghamshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 264th 80.10 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Beeston |
| ONS code: | 37UD |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total () - Density | Ranked / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 95.5% White 2.0% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | |
| MPs: | Geoff Hoon, Nick Palmer |
Broxtowe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England, west of the city of Nottingham. It is part of the Greater Nottingham metropolitan area. Broxtowe's neigbour to the west is the Borough of Erewash in Derbyshire.
Settlements
Settlements include Beeston where the council is based, Awsworth, Bramcote, Brinsley, Chilwell, Cossall, Eastwood, Giltbrook, Kimberley, Moorgreen, Newthorpe, Nuthall, Stapleford, Swingate, Toton, and Watnall.
Formatation
It was formed on April 1, 1974 by a merger of the Beeston and Stapleford urban district, the Eastwood urban district and part of Basford Rural District. The area name derives from the old Broxtowe wapentake of Nottinghamshire. Broxtowe Estate is not within the borough, but is instead within the boundaries of the City of Nottingham.
Twinning
Broxtowe is twinned with Gütersloh in Germany
Parliament Constituency
Since 1983 Broxtowe has also been a Parliamentary constituency. The constituency boundaries do not exactly match the borough boundaries, with some wards of Broxtowe borough (Brinsley, Eastwood East, Eastwood North and Eastwood South), being in the Ashfield constituency. Recent MPs have been:
- 1992 Sir Jim Lester (Conservative)
- 1997 Nick Palmer (Labour)
- 2001 Nick Palmer (Labour)
- 2005 Nick Palmer (Labour)
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