Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley

The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It comprises the towns and districts of Kirkby, Prescot, Huyton, Whiston, Halewood, Cronton and Stockbridge Village; Kirkby, Huyton, and Prescot being the major commercial centres. It takes its name from the village of Knowsley, though its headquarters are in Huyton. It forms part of the wider Liverpool City Region.

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Huyton-with-Roby Urban District, Kirkby Urban District and Prescot Urban District, along with most of Whiston Rural District and a small part of West Lancashire Rural District, all from the administrative county of Lancashire.

According to the 2011 census, 80.9% of people in Knowsley describe themselves as Christian, the highest proportion in any local authority in England and Wales.^[1]

It is famed for Knowsley Hall and Knowsley Safari Park.

Governance

Knowsley Council Composition

After local elections in 2008 the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley was governed by the Labour Party, the largest party represented on the council. The Liberal Democrats, the second largest party, were in opposition. There were no other councillors.

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats
2008	47	16

After local elections in 2010 the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley continued to be governed by the Labour Party, the largest party represented on the council, who increased their total number of seats by 5 to 53. The Liberal Democrats, the second largest party represented on the council, continued to be in opposition losing 5 seats to the governing Labour Party to decrease their total number of seats to 10.

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats
2010	53	10

After local elections in 2011 the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley continued to be governed by the Labour Party, the largest party represented on the council, who increased their total number of seats to 59. The Liberal Democrats, the second largest party represented on the council, continued to be in opposition losing 6 seats to the governing Labour Party to decrease their total number of seats to 4.

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats
2011	59	4

After the local elections in 2012, Knowsley became a one party borough, completely taking out the Liberal Democrat seats.^[2]

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats
2012	63	0

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is one of the six constituent local government districts of the Liverpool City Region. Since 1 April 2014, some of the borough's responsibilities have been pooled with neighbouring authorities within the metropolitan area and subsumed into the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

The combined authority has effectively become the top-tier administrative body for the local governance of the city region and the leader of Knowsley Council, along with the five other leaders from neighbouring local government districts, take strategic decisions over economic development, transport, employment and skills, tourism, culture, housing and physical infrastructure.

Parliamentary constituencies

Twin towns

Knowsley is twinned with

Moers, Germany

References

↑ "Religion in England and Wales 2011". Office for National Statistics.
↑ Vote 2012, hosted by David Dimbledy, aired 3 May 2012, BBC One

External links

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Metropolitan districts	City of Liverpool Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Metropolitan Borough of St Helens Metropolitan Borough of Wirral

Major settlements	Ashton-in-Makerfield (part) Bebington Birkenhead Bootle Crosby Formby Halewood Heswall Hoylake Huyton Kirkby Liverpool Maghull Moreton New Ferry Newton-le-Willows Prescot Southport St Helens Wallasey West Kirby See also: List of civil parishes in Merseyside

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