Broxtowe
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| Borough of Broxtowe | |
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| Missing image NottinghamshireBroxtowe.png Broxtowe Shown within Nottinghamshire | |
| 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 (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 199th 108,217 1,351 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 95.5% White 2.0% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
 Broxtowe Borough Council http://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour + Liberal Democrats |
| MPs: | Geoff Hoon, Nick Palmer |
Broxtowe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England, west of the city of Nottingham.
It was formed on April 1, 1974 by merging the Beeston and Stapleford urban district, the Eastwood urban district and part of Basford Rural District. Serttlements include Beeston, Stapleford, Chilwell, Toton, Bramcote, Cossall, Awsworth, Eastwood, Brinsley, Giltbrook, Newthorpe, Kimberley, Swingate, Watnall, Moorgreen, Nuthall
Broxtowe has also been the name of a Parliamentary constituency since 1983. Recent MPs have been:
- 1992 Sir Jim Lester (Conservative)
- 1997 Nick Palmer (Labour)
- 2001 Nick Palmer (Labour)
- 2005 Nick Palmer (Labour)
The constituency boundaries do not exactly match the borough boundaries, with some wards of the Broxtowe borough being in the Ashfield parliamentary constituency.
| Districts of England - East Midlands | 
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Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Blaby | Bolsover | Boston | Broxtowe | Charnwood | Chesterfield | Corby | Daventry | Derby | Derbyshire Dales | East Lindsey | East Northamptonshire | Erewash | Gedling | Harborough | High Peak | Hinckley and Bosworth | Kettering | Leicester | Lincoln | Mansfield | Melton | Newark and Sherwood | Northampton | North East Derbyshire | North Kesteven | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham | Oadby and Wigston | Rushcliffe | Rutland | South Derbyshire | South Holland | South Kesteven | South Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | West Lindsey | |
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire |