Borough status is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England , Wales and Northern Ireland . The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district. In Scotland , similarly chartered communities were known as royal burghs , although the status is no longer granted.
25-721: The City of Milton Keynes is a borough with city status , in Buckinghamshire , England. It is the northernmost district of the South East England Region . The borough abuts Bedfordshire , Northamptonshire and the remainder of Buckinghamshire. The borough is administered by Milton Keynes City Council , a unitary authority . The principal built-up area in the borough is the Milton Keynes urban area , which accounts for about 20% of its area and 90% of its population. The borough also includes many rural areas surrounding
50-419: A level 1 qualification, 14.2% had level 2, 4.7% were in apprenticeship, 15.7% had level 3, 35.8% had level 4 and 2.9% had other qualifications. In the 2021 census, almost 71.8% of the population described their ethnic origin as white, 12.3% as Asian, 9.7% as black, 4% as mixed, and 2% as another ethnic group. The following table shows the religion of respondents in recent censuses in
75-581: A resolution admitting "persons of distinction" and persons who have "rendered eminent service" to be an honorary freeman of the borough. This power has been used to grant honorary freedom not only to individuals, but to units and ships of the armed forces. Borough charters granted under section 245 of the Local Government Act 1972 to metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts of England Granted city status in 2012 Renamed Redcar and Cleveland 1996 Abolished 1998 Abolished 1996 Greater London
100-431: A self-governing unitary authority by being redefined as its own non-metropolitan county , independent from Buckinghamshire County Council. Milton Keynes remains part of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire for the purposes of lieutenancy . On 15 August 2022, letters patent were issued giving the borough the status of a city , allowing the council to change its name to Milton Keynes City Council . Arising from
125-464: A town or urban area. Outside Greater London , borough status is granted to metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts under the provisions of section 245 of the Local Government Act 1972 . This section allows the council of a district to petition the monarch for a charter granting borough status. The resolution must have the support of at least two-thirds of the councillors. Having received
150-459: Is divided into thirty-two London boroughs . Their borough status dates from 1965, although each of them had previously included municipal , county or metropolitan boroughs: The districts created in 1974 were abolished in 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 . The 1994 Act amended section 245 of the Local Government Act 1972, allowing the new unitary county councils established by
175-572: Is similar to the England average." The City of Milton Keynes is fully parished . These are the parishes, and the districts they contain, that are now elements of the Milton Keynes built-up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics . Bletchley, Central Milton Keynes, Fenny Stratford, Newport Pagnell, Stony Stratford, Woburn Sands and Wolverton are towns. The rural area accounts for about 80% of
200-428: The 26 districts with 11 larger districts . The "statutory transition committee" handling each council merger had the right to request transfer of borough status as in 1972, and unionist -majority councils did so, while nationalist -majority councils chose not to apply. There were complications where places had city status; therefore Belfast, Derry and Lisburn 's borough charters carried over automatically, without
225-455: The Act to apply for a charter in a similar manner to the old district councils. On receiving a charter a county became a "county borough". The privileges of borough status are that the council chairperson is called "mayor"; up to one quarter of councillors can be called "alderman"; and the council can award freedom of the borough . The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840 extinguished all
250-605: The Borough (1982–2021). Borough status in the United Kingdom Until the local government reforms of 1973 and 1974 , boroughs were towns possessing charters of incorporation conferring considerable powers, and were governed by a municipal corporation headed by a mayor. The corporations had been reformed by legislation beginning in 1835 ( 1840 in Ireland ). By the time of their abolition there were three types: Many of
275-410: The Milton Keynes urban area (especially to the north), containing several villages and the town of Olney . At the 2021 census, the population of the unitary authority area was just over 287,000. The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , covering the whole area of four former districts and part of a fifth, which were all abolished at the same time: The new district
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#1732847501686300-699: The Port", recalling an historic jurisdiction. The lord mayors of Chester and Kingston-upon-Hull are admirals of the Dee and the Humber respectively, the Mayor of Medway is Admiral of the River Medway, and the mayors of Poole and Southampton are admirals of those ports. Privileges or rights belonging to citizens or burgesses of a former borough can be transferred to the inhabitants of the new borough. Borough councils are permitted to pass
325-577: The borough by area and about 10% by population. Olney is a town. These are the extra-urban civil parishes: As of December 2023, the borough has 28 designated Neighbourhood Areas, of which 22 have made/adopted Neighbourhood Development Plans approved by the City Council, spanning both urban and rural parishes. The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the City (from 2022) or Freedom of
350-562: The borough was the highest performing NUTS3 region in the UK outside inner London (which takes the first five places), on the basis of gross value added per head. Further education in the borough is provided by Milton Keynes College . For higher education , the Open University 's headquarters are in Milton Keynes ;– though, as this is a distance education institution,
375-521: The boroughs in Ireland except for ten. In what would in 1921 become Northern Ireland , there were two remaining municipal boroughs in 1840: Belfast (made a city in 1888) and Derry ( officially Londonderry , and a city since 1604). Five towns with abolished corporations remained parliamentary boroughs until 1885 ( Armagh , Carrickfergus , Coleraine , Dungannon , and Enniskillen ) as did three ( Downpatrick , Lisburn , and Newry ) where any corporation
400-417: The city of Milton Keynes. Household tenure breaks down to 60.8% of dwellings owner-occupied, 21% of homes privately rented and 18% are socially rented. Due to the borough's fast-growing population, the City Council plans for a minimum of 26,500 dwellings across the borough over the period between 2016 and 2031, with development primarily focused on city estates , expansion areas and strategic land locations in
425-434: The local government elections of May 2024, the borough is governed by a Labour administration. The Liberal Democrat party is the main opposition group. In the 2024 Labour gained 4 seats to become the majority party, having previously been part of a joint Labour- Lib-Dem run administration. The borough is fully parished, with over 50 parishes . According to data from the Office for National Statistics for 2017,
450-469: The need for the council to pass a resolution. Although Newry received city status in 2002, Newry and Mourne District Council did not receive borough status. In 2015 its successor Newry, Mourne and Down District Council voted not to request borough status, the required two-thirds majority failing after opposition from Sinn Féin . List of districts in Milton Keynes This is a list of
475-692: The older boroughs could trace their origin to medieval charters or were boroughs by prescription, with Saxon origins. Most of the boroughs created after 1835 were new industrial, resort or suburban towns that had grown up after the Industrial Revolution . Borough corporations could also have the status of a city . For pre-1974 boroughs, see Municipal Corporations Act 1835 , Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1835–1882 , Unreformed boroughs in England and Wales 1835–1886 , Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1882–1974 , Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840 Borough status no longer implies
500-528: The only students resident on campus are approximately 200 full-time postgraduates. A campus of the University of Bedfordshire located in Central Milton Keynes, provides conventional undergraduate courses. Cranfield University is the academic partner in project with Milton Keynes City Council to establish a new university, code-named "MK:U", on a reserved site in the city centre. As of January 2022,
525-480: The petition the monarch may, on the advice of the Privy Council , grant a charter whereupon: Charters granted under the 1972 Act may allow the borough council to appoint "local officers of dignity" previously appointed by an abolished borough corporation. Examples include: There is no obligation on the council to appoint persons to these positions. In some boroughs the mayor has the additional title as "Admiral of
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#1732847501686550-407: The project is stalled pending assurance of government funding. At the 2021 census, the population of the borough was 287,060. This was an increase of 15.3% from the 2011 census, when the population of the borough was 248,821. By 2050, the City Council projects that the borough's population will reach 410,000. At the 2021 census, of residents aged 16 and over, 15.8% had no qualifications, 10.9% had
575-471: The south and east of Milton Keynes, Campbell Park (in CMK) and the three "Key Settlements" outside of the 1967 "designated development area" of Milton Keynes: Newport Pagnell, Woburn Sands and Olney. According to Public Health England , "The health of people in Milton Keynes is generally similar to the England average. About 15.1% (8,680) children live in low income families. Life expectancy for both men and women
600-553: Was defunct by 1801. Several of the urban districts in Northern Ireland created under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 later received charters granting borough status. The Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 replaced the multi-tier local government system with 26 unitary districts whose councils could retain the charter of a borough within the district; other districts later received borough charters in their own right. The 2015 local government reforms replaced
625-421: Was named Milton Keynes (after its largest settlement). The district was given borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor . As established in 1974, the borough of Milton Keynes was one of five non-metropolitan districts of Buckinghamshire , with Buckinghamshire County Council providing county-level services to the area. On 1 April 1997, Milton Keynes became
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