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Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster

Borough of Doncaster
Metropolitan borough
Doncaster shown within South Yorkshire
Doncaster shown within South Yorkshire
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county South Yorkshire
Admin. HQ Doncaster
Government
 • Type Metropolitan district council
 • Body Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
 • Leadership: Mayor and Cabinet
 • Mayor Ros Jones (Lab)
 • MPs: Caroline Flint (Lab),
Ed Miliband (Lab),
Rosie Winterton (Lab)
Area
 • Total 219.3 sq mi (568.0 km2)
Area rank 81st
Population (mid-2015 est.)
 • Total 304,800
 • Rank Ranked 35th
 • Density 1,400/sq mi (540/km2)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
ONS code 00CE (ONS)
E08000017 (GSS)
Ethnicity 96.2% White
1.6% S.Asian
Website doncaster.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber Region of England.

In addition to the town of Doncaster, the borough covers the towns of Mexborough, Conisbrough, Thorne, Bawtry and Tickhill.

The borough was created on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the former county borough of Doncaster along with the urban districts of Adwick le Street, Bentley with Arksey, Conisbrough, Mexborough, Tickhill along with Doncaster Rural District and Thorne Rural District, the parish of Finningley from East Retford Rural District and small parts of the parish of Harworth from Worksop Rural District from Nottinghamshire.

Political composition of the council:

According to the 2011 census, the estimated population of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is 302,400.


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