Bedford (borough)
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| Borough of Bedford | |
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Shown within Bedfordshire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | East of England |
| Admin. County: | Bedfordshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 104th 476.41 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Bedford |
| ONS code: | 09UD |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 111th 149,907 315 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 87.0% White 7.7% S.Asian 2.6% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Bedford Borough Council http://www.bedford.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Mayor & Cabinet |
| Mayor: | Frank Branston (Independent) |
| MPs: | Alistair Burt, Nadine Dorries, Patrick Hall |
Bedford is a local government district and borough in the East of England. Its council is based in the town of Bedford. Unlike most English districts, Bedford's council is led by a directly-elected mayor, currently Frank Branston, who is an independent.
The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 as a merger of the existing borough of Bedford, along with Kempston urban district and Bedford Rural District. It was was known as North Bedfordshire until 1992.
| Districts of England - East of England | |
| Babergh | Basildon | Bedford | Braintree | Breckland | Brentwood | Broadland | Broxbourne | Cambridge | Castle Point | Chelmsford | Colchester | Dacorum | East Cambridgeshire | East Hertfordshire | Epping Forest | Fenland | Forest Heath | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Hertsmere | Huntingdonshire | Ipswich | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Luton | Maldon | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Suffolk | North Hertfordshire | North Norfolk | Norwich | Peterborough | Rochford | St Albans | St Edmundsbury | South Bedfordshire | South Cambridgeshire | Southend-on-Sea | South Norfolk | Stevenage | Suffolk Coastal | Tendring | Three Rivers | Thurrock | Uttlesford | Watford | Waveney | Welwyn Hatfield | |
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Bedfordshire - Cambridgeshire - Essex - Hertfordshire - Norfolk - Suffolk |
