Wokingham (district)


Wokingham (district) - Definition

Wokingham District

Geography
Status:	Unitary, District
Region:	South East England
Ceremonial County:	Berkshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 197th 178.98 km²
Admin. HQ:	Wokingham
ONS code:	00MF
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 105th 151,159 845 / km²
Ethnicity:	93.9% White 3.1% S.Asian
Politics
Wokingham District Council http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Jane Griffiths, Andrew Mackay, Theresa May, John Redwood

Wokingham is a local government district in Berkshire, England. It is named for its main town, Wokingham. Other places in the district include Aborfield, Barkham, Charvil, Earley, Finchampstead, Newland, Remenham, Ruscombe, Shinfield, Twyford, Wargrave, Winnersh and Woodley.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the borough of Wokingham and Wokingham Rural District. It is governed by Wokingham District Council, which has been a unitary authority since April 1, 1998, following the abolition of Berkshire County Council.

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Districts of England - South East England
Adur \| Arun \| Ashford \| Aylesbury Vale \| Basingstoke and Deane \| Bracknell Forest \| Brighton and Hove \| Canterbury \| Cherwell \| Chichester \| Chiltern \| Crawley \| Dartford \| Dover \| Eastbourne \| East Hampshire \| Eastleigh \| Elmbridge \| Epsom and Ewell \| Fareham \| Gosport \| Gravesham \| Guildford \| Hart \| Hastings \| Havant \| Horsham \| Isle of Wight \| Lewes \| Maidstone \| Medway \| Mid Sussex \| Milton Keynes \| Mole Valley \| New Forest \| Oxford \| Portsmouth \| Reading \| Reigate and Banstead \| Rother \| Runnymede \| Rushmoor \| Sevenoaks \| Shepway \| Slough \| Southampton \| South Bucks \| South Oxfordshire \| Spelthorne \| Surrey Heath \| Swale \| Tandridge \| Test Valley \| Thanet \| Tonbridge and Malling \| Tunbridge Wells \| Vale of White Horse \| Waverley \| Wealden \| West Berkshire \| West Oxfordshire \| Winchester \| Windsor and Maidenhead \| Woking \| Wokingham \| Worthing \| Wycombe
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Berkshire - Buckinghamshire - East Sussex - Hampshire - Kent - Oxfordshire - Surrey - West Sussex

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