Gedling
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| Borough of Gedling | |
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| Image:NottinghamshireGedling.png Shown within Nottinghamshire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Nottinghamshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 226th 119.98 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Arnold |
| ONS code: | 37UE |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density | Ranked 184th 111,300 928 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 96.2% White 1.4% S.Asian 1.0% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Image:Arms-gedling.jpg Gedling Borough Council http://www.gedling.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative + Labour + Liberal Democrats |
| MPs: | Vernon Coaker, Paddy Tipping |
Gedling is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in Arnold.
It was formed on April 1, 1974 by merging the Arnold and Carlton urban districts and part of Basford Rural District. It is named after the village of Gedling located within the borough. Other settlements in the borough include Burton Joyce, Calverton, Colwick and Ravenshead.
Description
The borough's centre, Arnold, has a significant amount of council housing, whereas properties in the Newstead Abbey area of the borough retail at between £1 and 3 million. The area is split into urban commuter base and rural farmland.
Arnold's Bonnington Theatre is named after the painter Richard Parkes Bonington. The borough's most famous former resident is Lord Byron who resided at Newstead Abbey.
In the older part of Gedling is All Saints Anglican Church. It dates from the 11th century, with the oldest part of the church (the entrance) dating back to 1089.
Politics
The borough council is currently under no overall control, with 21 Labour, 21 Conservative, 7 Liberal Democrat and 1 independent councillors.
The borough is covered by two parliamentary constituencies. Most of the more part of the borough adjoining Nottingham is in the Gedling constituency, which until 1983 was known as Carlton. This had traditionally been Conservative, until 1997 when it was taken by the Labour Party. Vernon Coaker has been the MP since then. The rural part of the borough, including Calverton and Ravenhead, forms part of the Sherwood constituency, whose MP is Labour's Paddy Tipping.
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