Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley
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| Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley | |
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| Geography | |
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| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Admin. County: | Merseyside |
| Area: Total: |
Ranked 232nd 86.47 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Huyton |
| ONS code: | 00BX |
| Demographics | |
| Population: Total (2007 est.): Density: |
Ranked 119th 150,900 1745 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.4% White |
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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.knowsley.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MPs: | George Howarth, Edward O'Hara |
The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It comprises the towns of Kirkby, Prescot, Huyton, Whiston, Halewood and Cronton; Kirkby, Huyton, and Prescot being the major commercial centres. It takes its name from the village of Knowsley.
The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Huyton-with-Roby Urban District, Kirkby Urban District and Prescot Urban District, along with most of Whiston Rural District and a small part of West Lancashire Rural District, all from the administrative county of Lancashire.
It is famed for Knowsley Hall and has its own radio station for young people, KCC Live. It includes Knowsley Safari Park.
The "ow" in the name can be pronounced as in "how" or as in "hoe", but Knowsley Village and the surrounding area usually use the latter.
The district contained the Cronton and Sutton Manor collieries, which closed in 1984 and 1991 respectively.
Steven Gerrard, a boyhood Liverpool fan, despite being pictured in an Everton FC kit as a child, was given the Freedom of the borough of Knowsley in December 2006 and is now the captain of Liverpool FC. One of his privileges after being given the Freedom is that he is allowed to drive his sheep down the main street of his home town.
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[edit] Local government
As of 2008[update] the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is governed by the Labour Party, the largest party represented on the council. The Liberal Democrats, the second largest party, are currently in opposition.
| Year | Labour | Liberal Democrats |
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| 2008 | 47 | 16 |
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[edit] Twin towns
Knowsley is twinned with
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