HINCKLEY AND BOSWORTH

Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth ''Shown within Leicestershire''	''Leicestershire within England''
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Leicestershire
Area: - Total	Ranked 156th 297.35 km²
Admin. HQ:	Hinckley
ONS code:	31UE
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	97.9% White 1.1% S.Asian
Politics
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council http://www.hinckleyandbosworthonline.org.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Stephen Dorrell, David Tredinnick

'Hinckley and Bosworth' is a local government district with borough status in south-western Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Its only towns are Hinckley and Market Bosworth. Villages include Twycross, Groby, Burbage, Barwell, Earl Shilton and Dadlington.
The district is broadly coterminous to the Bosworth parliamentary constituency, which is represented in Parliament by David Tredinnick (Conservative).
The Borough was formed in 1974 by the merger of the Hinckley Urban District and the Bosworth Rural District less Ibstock. It was originally to be known as 'Bosworth', but the council changed its name on November 20, 1973, before it came into its powers. It was granted borough status in 1974.
==Parishes==

★ Barwell (Re-created in 2007)

★ Bagworth and Thornton, Barlestone, Burbage

★ Cadeby, Carlton

★ Desford

★ Earl Shilton (A town council)

★ Groby

★ Higham on the Hill

★ Market Bosworth, Markfield

★ Nailstone, Newbold Verdon

★ Osbaston

★ Peckleton

★ Ratby

★ Shackerstone, Sheepy, Stanton-under-Bardon, Stoke Golding, Sutton Cheney

★ Twycross

★ Witherley

Contents

Energy policy

External links

Energy policy

In May 2006, a report commissioned by British Gas [1] showed that housing in Hinckley and Bosworth produced the 10th highest average carbon emissions in the country at 7,209 kg of carbon dioxide per dwelling.
:''See also: Energy efficiency in British housing''.

External links

★ Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council's Website