Hinckley and Bosworth
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| Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth | |
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 Shown within Leicestershire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Leicestershire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 156th 297.35 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Hinckley |
| ONS code: | 31UE |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 215th 101,450 341 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 97.9% White 1.1% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council http://www.hinckleyandbosworthonline.org.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Stephen Dorrell, David Tredinnick |
Hinckley and Bosworth is a local government district with borough status in south-western Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Its only town is Hinckley. Villages include Market Bosworth, Twycross, Groby, Burbage, Barwell, Earl Shilton and Dadlington.
The district is broadly equivalent to the Bosworth parliamentary constituency, which is represented in Parliament by David Tredinnick (Conservative).
It was formed in 1974 by the merger of the Hinckley Urban District and the Bosworth Rural District less Ibstock.
Parishes
- Bagworth and Thornton, Barlestone, Burbage
- Cadeby, Carlton
- Desford
- Earl Shilton
- Groby
- Higham on the Hill
- Market Bosworth, Markfield
- Nailstone, Newbold Verdon
- Osbaston
- Peckleton
- Ratby
- Shackerstone, Sheepy, Stanton-under-Bardon, Stoke Golding, Sutton Cheney
- Twycross
- Witherley
| 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 |