Merseyside

Merseyside
Merseyside
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Geography
Status	Metropolitan county &; Ceremonial county
Origin	1974; (Local Government Act 1972)
Region	North West England
Area; - Total	Ranked 43rd; 645 km2 (249 sq mi)
ONS code	2B
NUTS 2	UKD5
Demography
Population; - Total (2004); - Density	Ranked 9th; 1,365,900; 2,118/km2 (5,490/sq mi)
Ethnicity	97.1% White British 2.9% Black British, British Asian, British Chinese, British Mixed
Politics
	No county council
Members of Parliament	Peter Dowd (L); Ben Chapman (L); Claire Curtis-Thomas (L); Angela Eagle (L); Maria Eagle (L); Louise Ellman (L)/(Co-op); Frank Field (L); Stephen Hesford (L); George Howarth (L); Jane Kennedy (L); Peter Kilfoyle (L); Edward O'Hara (L); John Pugh (LD); Robert Wareing (L); David Watts (L); Shaun Woodward (L);
Districts
	Liverpool; Sefton; Knowsley; St Helens; Wirral;

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. Taking its name from the River Mersey, the title "Merseyside" came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974.

Merseyside is divided into two parts by the Mersey estuary: the Wirral is on the west side of the estuary upon the Wirral Peninsula; the rest of the county is on the east side. The northern part of Merseyside borders onto Lancashire to the north, Greater Manchester to the east, both parts border Cheshire to the south.

Local government

Metropolitan boroughs

Merseyside contains the metropolitan boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and the Wirral.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Merseyside at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added^[1]	Agriculture^[2]	Industry^[3]	Services^[4]
1995	10,931	50	3,265	7,616
2000	13,850	29	3,489	10,330
2003	16,173	39	3,432	12,701

Settlements

Merseyside is divided into two parts by the Mersey estuary, the Wirral is on the west side of the estuary, upon the Wirral Peninsula and the rest of the county is on the east side of the estuary.

The two parts are linked by two road tunnels, a railway tunnel, and the famous Mersey Ferry. Other districts that are part of the urban area (but not part of Merseyside) are Ellesmere Port and Neston and Halton. The designation "Greater Merseyside" has been adopted for the area that includes Merseyside and Halton, the term "Liverpool City-Region" is less well-defined. Most of the region was once served by the now scraped MTL Trust Holdings Ltd transport company.

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↑ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
↑ includes hunting and forestry
↑ includes energy and construction
↑ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

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[1] Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

[2] udes hunting and forestry

[3] udes energy and construction

[4] udes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

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Merseyside
Shown within England
Geography
Status	Metropolitan county & Ceremonial county
Origin	1974 (Local Government Act 1972)
Region	North West England
Area - Total	Ranked 43rd 645 km² (249 sq mi)
ONS code	2B
NUTS 2	UKD5
Demography
Population - Total (2004) - Density	Ranked 9th 1,365,900 2,118/km² (5,490/sq mi)
Ethnicity	97.1% White British 2.9% Black British, British Asian, British Chinese, British Mixed
Politics
No county council
Members of Parliament	Peter Dowd (L) Ben Chapman (L) Claire Curtis-Thomas (L) Angela Eagle (L) Maria Eagle (L) Louise Ellman (L)/(Co-op) Frank Field (L) Stephen Hesford (L) George Howarth (L) Jane Kennedy (L) Peter Kilfoyle (L) Edward O'Hara (L) John Pugh (LD) Robert Wareing (L) David Watts (L) Shaun Woodward (L)
Districts
Liverpool Sefton Knowsley St Helens Wirral