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The Districts of England are the lowest level of local government in England except for Parish/Town councils. England is first divided into governmental regions, then administrative counties. Counties are then subdivided into districts.
Districts have various status
- District - a normal district
- Borough - an honorific title given to a district
- City - another honorific title, more prestigious than borough
- Royal Borough - another honorific title, very rare
Metropolitan and London Boroughs can be cities or Royal Boroughs as well. Technically there can be metropolitan districts (though all are boroughs), but there are no London districts.
Where a county and district are coterminous, or where a non-metropolitan county council has been abolished; the districts are marked as Unitary. Where the council for a district is styled 'County Council', the district is marked as a county, although this can be held to be inaccurate.
| Name | Population | Type | Ceremonial county
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| Adur | 59,627 | District | West Sussex
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| Allerdale | 93,492 | Borough | Cumbria
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| Alnwick | 31,029 | District | Northumberland
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| Amber Valley | 116,471 | Borough | Derbyshire
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| Arun | 140,759 | District | West Sussex
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| Ashfield | 111,387 | District | Nottinghamshire
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| Ashford | 102,661 | Borough | Kent
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| Aylesbury Vale | 165,748 | District | Buckinghamshire
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| Babergh | 83,461 | District | Suffolk
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| Barking and Dagenham | 163,944 | London borough | Greater London
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| Barnet | 314,564 | London borough | Greater London
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| Barnsley | 218,063 | metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire
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| Barrow-in-Furness | 71,980 | Borough | Cumbria
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| Basildon | 165,668 | District | Essex
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| Basingstoke and Deane | 152,573 | Borough | Hampshire
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| Bassetlaw | 107,713 | District | Nottinghamshire
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| Bath and North East Somerset | 169,040 | Unitary district | Somerset
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| Bedford | 147,911 | Borough | Bedfordshire
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| Berwick upon Tweed | 25,949 | Borough | Northumberland
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| Bexley | 218,307 | London borough | Greater London
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| Birmingham | 977,087 | metropolitan borough, City (1889) | West Midlands
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| Blaby | 90,252 | District | Leicestershire
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| Blackburn with Darwen | 137,470 | Unitary borough | Lancashire
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| Blackpool | 142,283 | Unitary borough | Lancashire
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| Blyth Valley | 81,265 | Borough | Northumberland
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| Bolsover | 71,766 | District | Derbyshire
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| Bolton | 261,037 | metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester
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| Boston | 55,750 | Borough | Lincolnshire
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| Bournemouth | 163,444 | Unitary borough | Dorset
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| Bracknell Forest | 109,617 | Unitary borough | Berkshire
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| Bradford | 467,665 | metropolitan borough, City (1897) | West Yorkshire
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| Braintree | 132,179 | District | Essex
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| Breckland | 121,418 | District | Norfolk
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| Brent | 263,464 | London borough | Greater London
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| Brentwood | 68,456 | Borough | Essex
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| Bridgnorth | 52,497 | District | Shropshire
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| Brighton and Hove | 247,817 | Unitary, City (2000) | East Sussex
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| Bristol | 380,615 | Unitary, City (1542) | Bristol
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| Broadland | 118,513 | District | Norfolk
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| Bromley | 295,532 | London borough | Greater London
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| Bromsgrove | 87,837 | District | Worcestershire
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| Broxbourne | 87,054 | Borough | Hertfordshire
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| Broxtowe | 107,570 | Borough | Nottinghamshire
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| Burnley | 89,542 | Borough | Lancashire
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| Bury | 180,608 | metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester
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| Calderdale | 192,405 | metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire
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| Cambridge | 108,863 | City (1951) | Cambridgeshire
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| Camden | 198,020 | London borough | Greater London
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| Cannock Chase | 92,126 | District | Staffordshire
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| Canterbury | 135,278 | City | Kent
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| Caradon | 79,649 | District | Cornwall
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| Carlisle | 100,739 | City | Cumbria
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| Carrick | 87,865 | District | Cornwall
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| Castle Morpeth | 49,001 | Borough | Northumberland
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| Castle Point | 86,608 | Borough | Essex
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| Charnwood | 153,462 | Borough | Leicestershire
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| Chelmsford | 157,072 | Borough | Essex
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| Cheltenham | 110,013 | Borough | Gloucestershire
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| Cherwell | 131,785 | District | Oxfordshire
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| Chesterfield | 98,845 | Borough | Derbyshire
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| Chester-le-Street | 53,692 | District | Durham
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| Chester | 118,210 | City | Cheshire
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| Chichester | 106,450 | District | West Sussex
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| Chiltern | 89,228 | District | Buckinghamshire
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| Chorley | 100,449 | Borough | Lancashire
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| Christchurch | 44,865 | Borough | Dorset
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| City of London | 7,185 | Unitary, City | Greater London
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| Colchester | 155,796 | Borough | Essex
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| Congleton | 90,655 | Borough | Cheshire
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| Copeland | 69,318 | Borough | Cumbria
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| Corby | 53,174 | Borough | Northamptonshire
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| Cotswold | 80,376 | District | Gloucestershire
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| Coventry | 300,848 | metropolitan borough, City (1345) | West Midlands
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| Craven | 53,620 | District | North Yorkshire
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| Crawley | 99,744 | Borough | West Sussex
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| Crewe and Nantwich | 111,007 | Borough | Cheshire
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| Croydon | 330,587 | London borough | Greater London
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| Dacorum | 137,799 | Borough | Hertfordshire
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| Darlington | 97,838 | Unitary, Borough | Durham
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| Dartford | 85,911 | Borough | Kent
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| Daventry | 71,838 | District | Northamptonshire
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| Derbyshire Dales | 69,469 | District | Derbyshire
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| Derby | 221,708 | Unitary, City (1977) | Derbyshire
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| Derwentside | 85,074 | District | Durham
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| Doncaster | 286,866 | metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire
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| Dover | 104,566 | District | Kent
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| Dudley | 305,155 | metropolitan borough | West Midlands
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| Durham | 87,709 | City | Durham
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| Ealing | 300,948 | London borough | Greater London
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| Easington | 93,993 | District | Durham
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| Eastbourne | 89,667 | Borough | East Sussex
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| East Cambridgeshire | 73,214 | District | Cambridgeshire
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| East Devon | 125,520 | District | Devon
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| East Dorset | 83,786 | District | Dorset
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| East Hampshire | 109,274 | District | Hampshire
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| East Hertfordshire | 128,919 | District | Hertfordshire
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| East Lindsey | 130,447 | District | Lincolnshire
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| East Northamptonshire | 76,550 | District | Northamptonshire
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| East Riding of Yorkshire | 314,113 | Unitary, District | East Riding of Yorkshire
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| East Staffordshire | 103,770 | Borough | Staffordshire
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| Eastleigh | 116,169 | Borough | Hampshire
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| Eden | 49,777 | District | Cumbria
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| Ellesmere Port and Neston | 81,672 | Borough | Cheshire
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| Elmbridge | 121,936 | Borough | Surrey
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| Enfield | 273,559 | London borough | Greater London
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| Epping Forest | 120,896 | District | Essex
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| Epsom and Ewell | 67,059 | Borough | Surrey
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| Erewash | 110,099 | Borough | Derbyshire
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| Exeter | 111,076 | City | Devon
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| Fareham | 107,977 | Borough | Hampshire
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| Fenland | 83,519 | District | Cambridgeshire
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| Forest Heath | 55,510 | District | Suffolk
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| Forest of Dean | 79,982 | District | Gloucestershire
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| Fylde | 73,217 | Borough | Lancashire
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| Gateshead | 191,151 | metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear
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| Gedling | 111,787 | Borough | Nottinghamshire
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| Gloucester | 109,885 | City | Gloucestershire
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| Gosport | 76,415 | Borough | Hampshire
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| Gravesham | 95,717 | Borough | Kent
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| Great Yarmouth | 90,810 | Borough | Norfolk
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| Greenwich | 214,403 | London borough | Greater London
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| Guildford | 129,701 | Borough | Surrey
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| Hackney | 202,824 | London borough | Greater London
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| Halton | 118,208 | Unitary, Borough | Cheshire
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| Hambleton | 84,111 | District | North Yorkshire
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| Hammersmith and Fulham | 165,242 | London borough | Greater London
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| Harborough | 76,559 | District | Leicestershire
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| Haringey | 216,507 | London borough | Greater London
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| Harlow | 78,768 | District | Essex
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| Harrow | 206,814 | London borough | Greater London
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| Hartlepool | 88,611 | metropolitan borough | Durham
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| Hart | 83,505 | District | Hampshire
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| Hastings | 85,029 | Borough | East Sussex
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| Havant | 116,849 | Borough | Hampshire
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| Havering | 224,248 | London borough | Greater London
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| Herefordshire | 174,871 | Unitary, County | Herefordshire
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| Hertsmere | 94,450 | Borough | Hertfordshire
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| High Peak | 89,433 | Borough | Derbyshire
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| Hinckley and Bosworth | 100,141 | Borough | Leicestershire
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| Hillingdon | 243,006 | London borough | Greater London
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| Horsham | 122,088 | District | West Sussex
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| Hounslow | 212,341 | London borough | Greater London
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| Huntingdonshire | 156,954 | District | Cambridgeshire
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| Hull | 243,589 | Unitary, City (1299) | East Riding of Yorkshire
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| Hyndburn | 81,496 | Borough | Lancashire
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| Ipswich | 117,069 | Borough | Suffolk
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| Isle of Wight | 132,731 | Unitary, County | Isle of Wight
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| Isles of Scilly | 2,153 | Unitary, District | Cornwall
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| Islington | 175,797 | London borough | Greater London
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| Kennet | 74,838 | District | Wiltshire
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| Kerrier | 92,517 | District | Cornwall
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| Kensington and Chelsea | 158,919 | London borough | Greater London
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| Kettering | 81,844 | Borough | Northamptonshire
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| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 135,345 | Borough | Norfolk
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| Kingston | 147,273 | London borough | Greater London
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| Kirklees | 388,567 | metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire
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| Knowsley | 150,459 | metropolitan borough | Merseyside
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| Lambeth | 266,169 | London borough | Greater London
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| Lewisham | 248,922 | London borough | Greater London
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| Lancaster | 133,914 | City (1937) | Lancashire
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| Leeds | 715,402 | Unitary, City (1893) | West Yorkshire
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| Leicester | 279,921 | Unitary, City (1919) | Leicestershire
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| Lewes | 92,177 | District | East Sussex
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| Lichfield | 93,232 | City | Staffordshire
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| Lincoln | 85,595 | City | Lincolnshire
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| Liverpool | 439,473 | Unitary, City (1880) | Merseyside
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| Luton | 184,371 | Unitary | Bedfordshire
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| Macclesfield | 150,155 | Borough | Cheshire
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| Maidstone | 138,948 | Borough | Kent
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| Maldon | 59,418 | District | Essex
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| Malvern Hills | 72,172 | District | Worcestershire
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| Manchester | 392,819 | metropolitan borough, City (1853) | Greater Manchester
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| Mansfield | 98,181 | District | Nottinghamshire
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| Medway | 249,488 | Unitary, Borough? | Kent
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| Melton | 47,866 | Borough | Leicestershire
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| Mendip | 103,869 | District | Somerset
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| Merton | 187,908 | London borough | Greater London
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| Mid Bedfordshire | 121,024 | District | Bedfordshire
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| Mid Devon | 69,774 | District | Devon
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| Mid Suffolk | 86,837 | District | Suffolk
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| Mid Sussex | 127,378 | District | West Sussex
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| Middlesbrough | 134,855 | metropolitan borough | North Yorkshire
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| Milton Keynes | 207,057 | Unitary, Borough | Buckinghamshire
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| Mole Valley | 80,287 | District | Surrey
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| Newark and Sherwood | 106,273 | District | Nottinghamshire
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| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 122,030 | Borough | Staffordshire
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| Newcastle upon Tyne | 259,536 | metropolitan borough, City (1882) | Tyne and Wear
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| New Forest | 169,331 | District | Hampshire
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| Newham | 243,891 | London borough | Greater London
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| Northampton | 194,458 | Borough | Northamptonshire
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| North Cornwall | 80,509 | District | Cornwall
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| North Devon | 87,508 | District | Devon
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| North Dorset | 61,905 | District | Dorset
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| North East Derbyshire | 96,940 | District | Derbyshire
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| North East Lincolnshire | 157,979 | Unitary, Borough | Lincolnshire
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| North Hertfordshire | 116,908 | District | Hertfordshire
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| North Kesteven | 94,024 | District | Lincolnshire
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| North Lincolnshire | 152,849 | Unitary, Borough | Lincolnshire
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| North Norfolk | 98,382 | District | Norfolk
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| North Shropshire | 57,108 | District | Shropshire
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| North Somerset | 188,564 | Unitary, District | Somerset
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| North Tyneside | 191,659 | metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear
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| North Warwickshire | 61,860 | Borough | Warwickshire
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| North West Leicestershire | 85,503 | | Leicestershire
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| North Wiltshire | 125,372 | District | Wiltshire
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| Norwich | 121,550 | City (1195) | Norfolk
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| Nottingham | 266,988 | Unitary, City (1897) | Nottinghamshire
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| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 119,132 | Borough | Warwickshire
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| Oadby and Wigston | 55,795 | Borough | Leicestershire
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| Oldham | 217,273 | metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester
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| Oswestry | 37,308 | Borough | Shropshire
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| Oxford | 134,248 | City (1542) | Oxfordshire
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| Pendle | 89,248 | Borough | Lancashire
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| Penwith | 63,012 | District | Cornwall
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| Peterborough | 156,061 | Unitary, City (1541) | Cambridgeshire
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| Plymouth | 240,720 | Unitary, City (1928) | Devon
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| Poole | 138,288 | Unitary | Dorset
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| Portsmouth | 186,701 | Unitary, City (1926) | Hampshire
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| Preston | 129,633 | City (2002) | Lancashire
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| Purbeck | 44,416 | District | Dorset
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| Reading | 143,096 | Unitary, Borough | Berkshire
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| Redcar and Cleveland | 139,132 | Unitary, Borough | North Yorkshire
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| Redbridge | 238,635 | London borough | Greater London
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| Redditch | 78,807 | Borough | Worcestershire
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| Reigate and Banstead | 126,523 | Borough | Surrey
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| Restormel | 95,562 | Borough | Cornwall
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| Ribble Valley | 53,960 | Borough | Lancashire
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| Richmond | 172,335 | London borough | Greater London
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| Richmondshire | 47,010 | District | North Yorkshire
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| Rochdale | 205,357 | metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester
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| Rossendale | 65,652 | Borough | Lancashire
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| Rotherham | 248,175 | metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire
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| Rother | 85,428 | District | East Sussex
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| Rugby | 87,453 | Borough | Warwickshire
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| Runnymede | 78,033 | Borough | Surrey
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| Rushcliffe | 105,599 | Borough | Nottinghamshire
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| Rushmoor | 90,987 | Borough | Hampshire
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| Rutland | 34,563 | Unitary, County | Rutland
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| Ryedale | 50,872 | District | North Yorkshire
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| St Albans | 129,005 | District | Hertfordshire
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| St Edmundsbury | 98,193 | Borough | Suffolk
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| St Helens | 176,843 | metropolitan borough | Merseyside
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| Salford | 216,103 | metropolitan borough, City (1926) | Greater Manchester
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| Salisbury | 114,613 | District | Wiltshire
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| Sandwell | 282,904 | metropolitan borough | West Midlands
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| Scarborough | 106,243 | Borough | North Yorkshire
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| Sedgefield | 87,206 | Borough | Durham
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| Sedgemoor | 105,881 | District | Somerset
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| Sefton | 282,958 | metropolitan borough | Merseyside
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| Selby | 76,468 | District | North Yorkshire
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| Sevenoaks | 109,305 | District | Kent
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| Sheffield | 513,234 | metropolitan borough, City (1893) | South Yorkshire
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| Shepway | 96,238 | District | Kent
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| Shrewsbury and Atcham | 95,850 | Borough | Shropshire
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| Slough | 119,067 | Unitary, Borough | Berkshire
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| Solihull | 199,517 | metropolitan borough | West Midlands
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| South Bedfordshire | 112,637 | District | Bedfordshire
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| South Buckinghamshire | 61,945 | District | Buckinghamshire
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| South Cambridgeshire | 130,108 | District | Cambridgeshire
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| South Derbyshire | 81,562 | District | Derbyshire
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| South Gloucestershire | 245,641 | Unitary, District | Gloucestershire
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| South Hams | 81,849 | District | Devon
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| South Holland | 76,522 | District | Lincolnshire
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| South Kesteven | 124,792 | District | Lincolnshire
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| South Lakeland | 102,301 | District | Cumbria
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| South Norfolk | 110,710 | District | Norfolk
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| South Northamptonshire | 79,293 | District | Northamptonshire
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| South Oxfordshire | 128,188 | District | Oxfordshire
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| South Ribble | 103,867 | Borough | Lancashire
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| South Shropshire | 40,410 | District | Shropshire
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| South Somerset | 150,969 | District | Somerset
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| South Staffordshire | 105,896 | District | Staffordshire
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| South Tyneside | 152,785 | metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear
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| Southampton | 217,445 | Unitary, City (1964) | Hampshire
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| Southend-on-Sea | 160,257 | Unitary, Borough | Essex |
| Southwark | 244,866 | London borough | Greater London
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| Spelthorne | 90,390 | Borough | Surrey
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| Staffordshire Moorlands | 94,489 | District | Staffordshire
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| Stevenage | 79,715 | Borough | Hertfordshire
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| Stockport | 284,528 | metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester
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| Stockton on Tees | 178,408 | Unitary, Borough | Durham and North Yorkshire
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| Stoke-on-Trent | 240,636 | Unitary, City (1925) | Staffordshire
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| Stratford-on-Avon | 111,484 | District | Warwickshire
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| Stroud | 107,898 | District | Gloucestershire
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| Suffolk Coastal | 115,141 | District | Suffolk
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| Sunderland | 280,807 | metropolitan borough, City (1992) | Tyne and Wear
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| Surrey Heath | 80,314 | Borough | Surrey
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| Sutton | 179,768 | London borough | Greater London
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| Swale | 122,801 | Borough | Kent
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| Swindon | 180,051 | Unitary, Borough | Wiltshire
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| Tameside | 213,043 | metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester
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| Tamworth | 74,531 | Borough | Staffordshire
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| Tandridge | 79,267 | District | Surrey
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| Taunton Deane | 102,299 | District | Somerset
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| Teesdale | 24,457 | District | Durham
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| Teignbridge | 120,958 | District | Devon
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| Telford and Wrekin | 158,325 | Unitary, Borough | Shropshire
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| Tendring | 78,489 | District | Essex
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| Test Valley | 109,801 | Borough | Hampshire
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| Tewkesbury | 76,405 | Borough | Gloucestershire
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| Thanet | 126,702 | District | Kent
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| Three Rivers | 82,848 | District | Hertfordshire
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| Thurrock | 143,128 | Unitary, Borough | Essex
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| Tonbridge and Malling | 107,561 | Borough | Kent
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| Torbay | 129,706 | Unitary, Borough | Devon
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| Torridge | 58,965 | District | Devon
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| Tower Hamlets | 196,106 | London borough | Greater London
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| Trafford | 210,145 | metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester
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| Tunbridge Wells | 104,030 | Borough | Kent
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| Tynedale | 58,808 | District | Northumberland
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| Uttlesford | 68,946 | District | Essex
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| Vale of White Horse | 115,627 | District | Oxfordshire
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| Vale Royal | 122,089 | Borough | Cheshire
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| Wakefield | 315,172 | metropolitan borough, City (1888) | West Yorkshire
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| Walsall | 253,499 | metropolitan borough | West Midlands
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| Waltham Forest | 218,341 | London borough | Greater London
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| Wansbeck | 61,138 | District | Northumberland
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| Wandsworth | 260,380 | London borough | Greater London
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| Warrington | 191,080 | Unitary, Borough | Cheshire
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| Warwick | 125,931 | District | Warwickshire
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| Watford | 79,726 | Borough | Hertfordshire
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| Waveney | 112,342 | District | Suffolk
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| Waverley | 115,665 | Borough | Surrey
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| Wealden | 140,023 | District | East Sussex
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| Wellingborough | 72,519 | Borough | Northamptonshire
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| Welwyn Hatfield | 97,553 | District | Hertfordshire
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| West Berkshire | 144,483 | Unitary, District | Berkshire
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| West Devon | 48,843 | Borough | Devon
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| West Dorset | 92,360 | District | Dorset
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| West Lancashire | 108,378 | District | Lancashire
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| West Lindsey | 79,515 | District | Lincolnshire
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| West Oxfordshire | 95,640 | District | Oxfordshire
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| West Somerset | 35,075 | District | Somerset
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| West Wiltshire | 118,150 | District | Wiltshire
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| Westminster | 181,286 | London borough, City (1540) | Greater London
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| Weymouth and Portland | 63,648 | Borough | Dorset
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| Wigan | 301,415 | metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester
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| Winchester | 107,222 | City | Hampshire
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| Windsor and Maidenhead | 133,626 | Royal Borough | Berkshire
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| Wirral | 312,293 | metropolitan borough | Merseyside
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| Wokingham | 150,229 | Unitary, District | Berkshire
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| Woking | 89,840 | Borough | Surrey
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| Wolverhampton | 236,582 | metropolitan borough, City (2002) | West Midlands
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| Worcester | 93,353 | City (1189) | Worcestershire
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| Worthing | 97,568 | Borough | West Sussex
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| Wychavon | 112,957 | District | Worcestershire
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| Wycombe | 162,105 | District | Buckinghamshire
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| Wyre Forest | 96,981 | District | Worcestershire
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| Wyre | 105,618 | Borough | Lancashire
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| York | 181,094 | Unitary, City | North Yorkshire
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