| South Kesteven District | |
 Shown within the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire |
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| Geography | |
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| Status: | District |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Lincolnshire |
| Area: Total: |
Ranked 30th 942.6 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Grantham |
| ONS code: | 32UG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: Total (2007 est.): Density: |
Ranked 151st 131,100 139 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.4% White |
| Politics | |
| South Kesteven District Council http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Quentin Davies, John Hayes, Douglas Hogg |
South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Grantham, Stamford, Bourne and Market Deeping.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the municipal boroughs of Grantham and Stamford, along with Bourne Urban district, South Kesteven Rural District and West Kesteven Rural District.
South Kesteven borders North Kesteven to the north, South Holland to the east, the unitary authorities of Rutland and Peterborough to the south, and the counties of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire to the west. It is interesting to add that, since 1965, the border with Northamptonshire is Britain's smallest border at only 10 meters.[1]
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Electoral wards
South Kesteven consists of 34 electoral wards:
- All Saints (Stamford)
- Aveland
- Barrowby
- Belmont
- Bourne East
- Bourne West
- Deeping St James
- Earlesfield (Grantham)
- Ermine
- Forest
- Glen Eden
- Grantham St Johns
- Green Hill
- Greyfriars
- Harrowby
- Heath
- Hillsides
- Isaac Newton
- Lincrest
- Loveden
- Market and West Deeping
- Morkery
- Peascliffe
- Ringstone
- Saxonwell
- St. Annes
- St. George's
- St. Mary's
- St. Wulfram's
- Stamford St John's
- Thurlby
- Toller
- Truesdale
- Witham Valley
Link to all 56 South Kesteven district councillors.
Civil parishes in South Kesteven
- Allington
- Ancaster
- Aslackby and Laughton (link)
- Barholm and Stowe (link)
- Barkston
- Barrowby
- Baston (link)
- Belton and Manthorpe
- Billingborough (link)
- Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe
- Boothby Pagnell
- Bourne (link)
- Braceborough and Wilsthorpe (link to Braceborough) (link to Wilsthorpe)
- Braceby and Sapperton (link)
- Burton Coggles
- Careby Aunby and Holywell (link to Careby) (link to Holywell)
- Carlby (link)
- Carlton Scroop
- Castle Bytham (link)
- Cawthorpe
- Caythorpe
- Claypole
- Colsterworth
- Corby Glen (link)
- Counthorpe and Creeton (link)
- Deeping St James (link)
- Denton
- Dowsby (link)
- Dunsby (link)
- Easton
- Edenham (link to Edenham) link to Grimscastle)
- Fenton
- Folkingham (link)
- Foston
- Fulbeck
- Great Gonerby
- Great Ponton
- Greatford (link)
- Gunby and Stainby
- Haconby (link to Haconby) (link to Stainfield)
- Harlaxton
- Heydour
- Honington
- Horbling
- Hough-on-the-Hill
- Hougham
- Ingoldsby
- Irnham (link)
- Kirkby Underwood (link)
- Langtoft (link)
- Lenton Keisby and Osgodby (link to Lenton) (link to Keisby)
- Little Bytham (link)
- Little Ponton and Stroxton
- Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without
- Long Bennington
- Market Deeping (link)
- Marston
- Morton and Hanthorpe (link)
- Normanton
- North Witham
- Old Somerby
- Pickworth (link)
- Pointon and Sempringham (link to Pointon) (link to Sempringham)
- Rippingale (link)
- Ropsley and Humby
- Sedgebrook
- Skillington
- South Witham
- Stamford
- Stoke Rochford
- Stubton
- Swayfield (link)
- Swinstead (link)
- Syston
- Tallington (link)
- Thurlby (link)
- Toft with Lound and Manthorpe (link to Manthorpe) (link to Toft)
- Uffington
- Welby
- West Deeping (link)
- Westborough and Dry Doddington
- Witham on the Hill (link)
- Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir
- Wyville cum Hungerton
Local area forums
The district council organizes six Local Area Forums (formerly called Local Area Assemblies) which are designed as a medium by which county, district and town/parish councillors, together with local officials, consult the public in the relevant parts of the district. [2]
Demographics
There were 124,788 citizens in the district at the 2001 census; it is the second largest district in Lincolnshire by population after East Lindsey. However, it has the most number of people in the county aged under 19 and between 25-49. It has the most number of university-educated people in the county and the healthiest people. It has the most number of employed people in the county - 61,000. The median age of the district is 39.
Education
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References
- ^ The Huntingdon and Peterborough Order 1964 (SI 1964/367), see Local Government Commission for England (1958 - 1967), Report and Proposals for the East Midlands General Review Area (Report No.3), 31 July 1961 and Report and Proposals for the Lincolnshire and East Anglia General Review Area (Report No.9), 7 May 1965
- ^ The distribution of parishes among the Local Area Assemblies
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