Region (England)

Regions of England

In England, a region is the largest regional subdivision below the central government level.

function

The nine English regions are used for statistical purposes and formed constituencies in the elections to the European Parliament . Apart from Greater London , they have not had any other administrative functions since 2012.

history

Since the 1990s, UK policy has sought to strengthen local government power at the regional level. This program, known as devolution , resulted in elected bodies in Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland .

In April 1994 the British government set up ten Government Office Regions under John Major in England , each with a Government Office . The Labor government, which came into office in 1997, also set up Regional Development Agencies and Regional Chambers in regions outside London . A referendum was held in Greater London in 1998, as a result of which the London Assembly , the Greater London Authority and the office of Mayor of London were established in 2000 .

In North East England on November 4, 2004 the establishment of a directly elected regional assembly was rejected in a referendum. As a result, there were no voting in other regions.

In June 2010, the Conservative and Liberal government announced the abolition of all administrative functions. As a result, the Government Offices were abolished in 2011 and the Regional Development Agencies on March 31, 2012 . Greater London was unaffected by these measures.

List of English regions

region	location	Associated areas
		Counties	Unitary Authorities
East Midlands (Eastern Midlands)		Derbyshire Leicestershire Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire Northamptonshire	Derby Leicester Nottingham Rutland
East of England (East of England)		Cambridgeshire Essex Hertfordshire Norfolk Suffolk	Bedford Central Bedfordshire Luton Peterborough Southend-on-Sea Thurrock
North East England ( North East England , also called Northumbria )		Tyne and Wear	County Durham Darlington Hartlepool Middlesbrough Northumberland Redcar and Cleveland Stockton on Tees
North West England ( North West England )		Cumbria Greater Manchester Lancashire Merseyside	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Halton Warrington
South East England ( South East England )		Buckinghamshire East Sussex Hampshire Kent Oxfordshire Surrey West Sussex	Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Isle of Wight Medway Milton Keynes Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham
South West England ( South West England )		Devon Gloucestershire Somerset	Bath and North East Somerset Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bristol Cornwall Dorset Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth South Gloucestershire Swindon Torbay Wiltshire
West Midlands (West Midlands)		Staffordshire Warwickshire West Midlands Worcestershire	Herefordshire Shropshire Stoke-on-Trent Telford and Wrekin
Yorkshire and the Humber (Yorkshire and Humber area )		North Yorkshire South Yorkshire West Yorkshire	East Riding of Yorkshire Kingston upon Hull North Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire York
Greater London (Greater London)		Greater London ( City of London and 32 London Boroughs )

See also

For a further breakdown of the regions see: Administrative divisions of England

Individual evidence

1. ^ Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 . Opsi.gov.uk. February 1, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
2. ↑ The administrative structure of England (regions, counties, unitary authorities) ( MS Excel ; 211 kB)