North West Leicestershire

North West Leicestershire District
—  District  —
Shown within Leicestershire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Leicestershire
Founded
Admin. HQ	Coalville
Government
- Type	North West Leicestershire District Council
- Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
- Executive:	Conservative
- MP:	Andrew Bridgen (Con)
Area
- Total	107.8 sq mi (279.3 km2)
Area rank	146th
Population (2008 est.)
- Total	90,800
- Rank	Ranked 253rd
- Density	842/sq mi (325.1/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2
ONS code	31UH
OS grid reference
NUTS 3
Ethnicity	98.8% White
Website	nwleics.gov.uk

North West Leicestershire is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. Its main towns are Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Coalville.

The district contains East Midlands Airport, which operates flights to the rest of Britain and to various places in Europe. It is also notable as the location of Castle Donington and Donington Park, a grand-prix circuit and a major venue for music festivals.

The district is represented in the UK Parliament by the constituency of the same name.

The area has a long history of mineral extraction, with coal, brick clay, gravel and granite amongst the products. All the deep coal mines in the area have closed, but opencast mining still continues.

The district was formed in 1974 by a merger of Ashby de la Zouch Urban District, Ashby Woulds Urban District, Coalville Urban District, Ashby de la Zouch Rural District, Castle Donington Rural District and Ibstock from the Market Bosworth Rural District.

Contents 1 Politics 2 Parishes[4] 3 Economy 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Politics

Like many other shire districts, authority over North West Leicestershire is shared between the district council and the county council. Areas of responsibility of the district council include local planning, building control, council housing, refuse collection, recycling, and some leisure services and parks.

The district council is currently controlled by 38 councillors who are elected every four years; the last election took place in May 2011^[1] and saw the Conservatives hold onto control after previously winning it for the first time since its creation in 1973. The current political make-up of the council is as follows^[2]:

Political party

Current members

Conservative

Labour

Liberal Democrat

The council has a six-member executive known as the Cabinet^[3] which is made up of councillors who have special responsibilities and power. As the Conservatives won overall control of the council in 2007, they hold all of the seats on the cabinet.

Position	Councillor		Respective Ward
Leader of the Council		Cllr Richard Blunt	Appleby
Corporate Portfolio Holder		Cllr Nicholas Rushton	Breedon
Portfolio Holder for Housing		Cllr Roger Bayliss	Ashby Holywell
Portfolio Holder for Community		Cllr Trevor Pendleton	Kegworth & Whatton
Portfolio Holder for Environment		Cllr Alison Smith	Kegworth & Whatton
Portfolio Holder for Transforming Services		Cllr Annette Bridges	Moira

[edit] Parishes^[4]

• Appleby Magna, Ashby Woulds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch,
• Bardon, Belton, Breedon on the Hill
• Castle Donington, Charley, Chilcote, Coleorton
• Ellistown and Battleflat
• Heather
• Ibstock
• Isley cum Langley
• Kegworth
• Lockington cum Hemington, Long Whatton
• Measham
• Normanton le Heath
• Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe, Osgathorpe
• Packington
• Ravenstone with Snibston
• Snarestone, Staunton Harold, Stretton en le Field, Swannington, Swepstone
• Worthington
• Whitwick

[edit] Economy

BMI (British Midland), an airline, is headquartered in Donington Hall, Castle Donington.^[5] Prior to its disestablishment, Excalibur Airways had its head office on the grounds of East Midlands Airport in Castle Donington.^[6] Prior to its disestablishment, Orion Airways had its head office on the grounds of East Midlands Airport.^[7]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• North West Leicestershire

v · d · eCeremonial county of Leicestershire England Portal Unitary authorities Leicester Boroughs or districts District of Blaby · Borough of Charnwood · Borough of Harborough · Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth · Borough of Melton · District of North West Leicestershire · Borough of Oadbury and Wigston Major settlements Ashby-de-la-Zouch · Braunstone Town · Coalville · Earl Shilton · Hinckley · Leicester · Loughborough · Lutterworth · Market Bosworth · Market Harborough · Melton Mowbray · Oadby · Shepshed · Syston · Wigston Magna See also: List of civil parishes in Leicestershire Topics Birds · Museums · Parliamentary constituencies · Places · SSSIs

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Coordinates: 52°43′01″N 1°22′12″W / 52.71694°N 1.37°W / 52.71694; -1.37