Coordinates: 53°41′49″N 2°41′24″W / 53.697°N 2.690°W / 53.697; -2.690

Borough of South Ribble
Shown within non-metropolitan Lancashire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Lancashire
Area:   Total:	Ranked 206th 113.0 km²
Admin. HQ:	Leyland
ONS code:	30UN
Demographics
Population:   Total (2008 est.):   Density:	Ranked 209th 107,200 949 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.0% White 1.5 S. Asian [1]
Politics
South Ribble Borough Council http://www.southribble.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	David Borrow, Nigel Evans, Mark Hendrick

South Ribble is a non-metropolitan district and borough of Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Leyland. In May 2007, the council was officially declared "Excellent" by the Audit Commission, gaining its place among the best 5 district councils in the country,

On 4 October 2007, a team from South Ribble won the LGC Challenge, beating 40+ other authorities, including larger metropolitan and unitary councils.

South Ribble Borough Council is working in partnership with Chorley Borough Council (a neighbouring authority) on Finance, Procurement, Audit and other centralised functions.

Other notable population areas within South Ribble are Penwortham, Longton, Hutton (headquarters of the Lancashire Police), Bamber Bridge, Lostock Hall and Moss Side.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from Leyland and Walton-le-Dale urban districts, along with part of Preston Rural District.

In 2006, the Labour and Liberal Democrat Councillors then in control at South Ribble Borough Council proposed to merge South Ribble with Preston City Council to form a unitary authority, independent from Lancashire County Council, under the recent Local Government White Paper.^[2] There was widespread public opposition to the merger, which was also strongly opposed by the opposition Conservative Councillors. So on 7 December 2006 the Labour and Liberal Democrat Councillors were forced into an embarrassing u-turn and did not proceed with the merger. Instead, the Council decided to pursue an improved relationship with Lancashire County Council.

In the 2007 local elections, South Ribble witnessed a landslide Conservative victory, gaining 24 seats to hold 44 of 55 on the borough council.^[3]

The Parliamentary Constituency of South Ribble includes the West Lancashire communities of Tarleton, Hesketh Bank and Meols.

[edit] Parishes

The former urban district areas of Leyland and Walton-le-Dale are unparished areas. The rest of the district is divided into the following civil parishes:

• Cuerdale
• Farington
• Hutton
• Little Hoole
• Longton
• Much Hoole
• Penwortham (town)
• Samlesbury

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• South Ribble Borough Council
• South Ribble Neighbourhood Watch Association
• Leyland Lancashire - A Community website

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