West Lancashire - Definition and Overview

West Lancashire District
Shown within Lancashire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 138th 346.79 km²
Admin. HQ:	Ormskirk
ONS code:	30UP
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 193rd 108,562 313 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.5% White
Politics
West Lancashire District Council http://www.westlancsdc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	David Borrow, Colin Pickthall

West Lancashire is a local government district in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Ormskirk.

Other towns in the district include Skelmersdale, Burscough and Banks.

In plans proposed by the Boundary Committee for reorganisation of local government into unitary authorities in Lancashire if North West England votes to have an elected regional assembly; the district would possibly be split into two, with the western part going with Sefton and the eastern part going to Wigan.

In the original plan this controversially included splitting the town of Ormskirk itself. These have since been changed by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and Ormskirk is entirely included in the proposed Sefton and West Lancashire authority.

Districts of England - North West England
Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside