Sefton Metropolitan Borough
| Borough of Sefton | |
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| Metropolitan borough | |
Southport Town Hall
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 Sefton shown within Merseyside and England |
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| Coordinates: 53°26′42″N 2°59′53″W / 53.445°N 2.998°W | |
| 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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