Bedford (borough)
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| Borough of Bedford | |
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 Shown within Bedfordshire |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | East of England |
| Admin. County: | Bedfordshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 104th 476.41 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Bedford |
| ONS code: | 09UD |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 108th 153,000 321 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 87.0% White 7.7% S.Asian 2.6% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
 Bedford Borough Council http://www.bedford.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Mayor & Cabinet |
| Mayor: | Frank Branston (Independent) |
| MPs: | Alistair Burt, Nadine Dorries, Patrick Hall |
Bedford is a local government district with the status of a borough in the East of England. Its council is based Bedford, which also serves as the county town of Bedfordshire. The borough contains a single urban area comprised of Bedford and the adjacent town of Kempston, surrounded by a rural area with many villages. Unlike most English districts, Bedford's council is led by a directly-elected mayor, currently Frank Branston, who is an independent.
The Bedford District was formed on April 1, 1974 as a merger of the existing borough of Bedford, along with Kempston urban district and Bedford Rural District. In 1975 the district was granted a royal charter granting borough status as North Bedfordshire. The borough was renamed as Borough of Bedford in 1992. The former municipal borough of Bedford is an unparished area, the rest of the district is parished.
| Districts of the East of England |  |
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Babergh | Basildon | Bedford | Braintree | Breckland | Brentwood | Broadland | Broxbourne | Cambridge | Castle Point | Chelmsford | Colchester | Dacorum | East Cambridgeshire | East Hertfordshire | Epping Forest | Fenland | Forest Heath | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Hertsmere | Huntingdonshire | Ipswich | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Luton | Maldon | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Suffolk | North Hertfordshire | North Norfolk | Norwich | Peterborough | Rochford | St Albans | St Edmundsbury | South Bedfordshire | South Cambridgeshire | Southend-on-Sea | South Norfolk | Stevenage | Suffolk Coastal | Tendring | Three Rivers | Thurrock | Uttlesford | Watford | Waveney | Welwyn Hatfield |
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Counties with multiple districts: Bedfordshire - Cambridgeshire - Essex - Hertfordshire - Norfolk - Suffolk |
