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Sefton Metropolitan Borough

Borough of Sefton
Metropolitan borough
Southport Town Hall
Southport Town Hall
Sefton shown within Merseyside and England
Sefton shown within Merseyside and England
Coordinates: 53°26′42″N 2°59′53″W / 53.445°N 2.998°W / 53.445; -2.998
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region North West England
Ceremonial county Merseyside
Historic county Lancashire
Founded 1 April 1974
Admin. HQ Bootle and Southport
Government
 • Type Metropolitan Borough
 • Governing body Sefton Council
 • Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
 • Executive: Labour Party
 • Leader of the Council Cllr Ian Maher
Labour Party
 • MPs: Peter Dowd, Labour
Bill Esterson, Labour
Damien Moore, Conservative
Area
 • Total 59.8 sq mi (155.0 km2)
Area rank 186th
Population (mid-2016 est.)
 • Total 273,790
 • Rank Ranked 52nd
 • Density 4,600/sq mi (1,800/km2)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode L, PR
ONS code 00CA (ONS)
E08000014 (GSS)
Ethnicity 98.4% White
Website http://www.sefton.gov.uk/

The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England, was formed on 1 April 1974 by the amalgamation of the county boroughs of Bootle and Southport, the municipal borough of Crosby, the urban districts of Formby and Litherland, and part of West Lancashire Rural District within the new county of Merseyside. The borough consists of a coastal strip of land on the Irish Sea, and extends from Bootle in the south, to Southport in the north. In the south-east, it extends inland to Maghull. The district is bounded by Liverpool to the south, Knowsley to the south-east, and West Lancashire to the east.

It is named after the village and parish of Sefton, near Maghull. When the borough was created in the Local Government Act 1972 a name was sought that would not unduly identify the borough with any of its constituent parts, particularly the former county boroughs of Bootle and Southport. The locality had strong links with both the Earl of Sefton and the Earl of Derby, resident of Knowsley Hall, and given the fact that the immediately adjacent borough was subsequently named Knowsley it seems equally likely that the choice of name was derived from the names of the local nobility. A Sefton Rural District covering some of the villages in the district existed from 1894 to 1932.


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