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King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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|government_type = King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
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|leader_name2 = Henry Bellingham (C)
Elizabeth Truss (C)
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}}King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a local government district and borough in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the town of King's Lynn. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 147,451.^[1]

History

The district was formed in 1974 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of King's Lynn, Hunstanton and Downham Market urban districts along with Docking Rural District, Downham Rural District, Freebridge Lynn Rural District and Marshland Rural District. The district was originally known as just West Norfolk, and adopted its present name in 1981.

Politics

{{see also|King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council elections}}

Elections to the borough council are held every four years, with all of the 62 councillors, representing 42 wards, on the council being elected at each election. After being under no overall control from the 1999 election, the Conservative party gained a majority at the 2003 election and has held one ever since.

Following the United Kingdom local elections, 2018 and subsequent defections ^[2] the political composition of King's Lynn and West Norfolk council is as follows:

Year	Conservative	Labour	Independent Member	Independent	Vacant
2019	46	8	4	3	1

Composition

The district comprises the urban area of King's Lynn itself, together with 102 surrounding parishes. At the time of the 2001 census, the district had an area of 1,473 km², of which 28 km² was in the urban area and 1,445 km² in the surrounding parishes. The district had a population of 135,345 in 58,338 households, with 34,564 in 15,285 households living in the urban area, whilst 100,781 people in 43,053 households lived in the surrounding parishes.^[3]

The urban area of King's Lynn itself is unparished. The remainder of the district lies within the following civil parishes:

Letter	Parish
A	Anmer
B	Bagthorpe with Barmer, Barton Bendish, Barwick, Bawsey, Bircham, Boughton, Brancaster, Burnham Market, Burnham Norton, Burnham Overy, Burnham Thorpe
C	Castle Acre, Castle Rising, Choseley, Clenchwarton, Congham, Crimplesham
D	Denver, Dersingham, Docking, Downham Market, Downham West
E	East Rudham, East Walton, East Winch, Emneth
F	Feltwell, Fincham, Flitcham with Appleton, Fordham, Fring
G	Gayton, Great Massingham, Grimston
H	Harpley, Heacham, Hilgay, Hillington, Hockwold cum Wilton, Holme next the Sea, Houghton, Hunstanton
I	Ingoldisthorpe
J
K
L	Leziate, Little Massingham
M	Marham, Marshland St. James, Methwold, Middleton
N	Nordelph, North Creake, North Runcton, Northwold, North Wootton
O	Old Hunstanton, Outwell
P	Pentney
Q
R	Ringstead, Roydon, Runcton Holme, Ryston
S	Sandringham, Sedgeford, Shernborne, Shouldham, Shouldham Thorpe, Snettisham, South Creake, Southery, South Wootton, Stanhoe, Stoke Ferry, Stow Bardolph, Stradsett, Syderstone
T	Terrington St. Clement, Terrington St. John, Thornham, Tilney All Saints, Tilney St. Lawrence, Titchwell, Tottenhill
U	Upwell
V
W	Walpole, Walpole Cross Keys, Walpole Highway, Walsoken, Watlington, Welney, Wereham, West Acre, West Dereham, West Rudham, West Walton, West Winch, Wiggenhall St. Germans, Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen, Wimbotsham, Wormegay, Wretton
X
Y
Z

References

Official Website
West Norfolk Information

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=6275143&c=West+Norfolk&d=13&e=62&g=6449238&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1469545207761&enc=1|title= Local Authority population 2011|accessdate=26 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}
2. ^http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/nigel_farage_says_ukip_has_all_to_play_for_after_five_west_norfolk_councillors_join_1_3884015
3. ^Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls |date=2017-02-11 }}. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

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