List of boundary changes in the East Midlands

This is a list of boundary changes occurring in the East Midlands region of England, since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972.

Administrative boundaries

Initial creation When the Local Government Act 1972 was passed there were still some details left to be decided, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England's first work was to clarify these details.

Date Statutory Instrument LGBCE Report1 February 1973 The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972legislation.gov.uk - The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972. Retrieved on 9 May 2016. Report No. 001: Recommendations for new Districts in the non-Metropolitan Counties November 19721 May 1973 The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973legislation.gov.uk - The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973. Retrieved on 9 May 2016. Report No. 002: Names of Non-Metropolitan Districts March 1973

Principal Area Boundary Reviews The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (or LGBCE) was established by the Local Government Act 1972 to review the administrative boundaries of every local authority in England. Between 1974 and 1992 they completed a series of Principal Area Boundary Reviews; reviewing the administrative boundaries of local authorities at their request.

Date Statutory Instrument Effect LGBCE Report(s)1 April 1982 The Lincoln and North Kesteven (Areas) Order 1982 Changes to the Lincoln/North Kesteven (both Lincolnshire) boundary Report No. 412: Lincoln/North Kesteven April 19811 April 1984 The North Kesteven and West Lindsey (Areas) Order 1983 Changes to the North Kesteven/West Lindsey (both Lincolnshire) boundary Report No. 435: North Kesteven/West Lindsey November 19821 April 1985 The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (Areas) Order 1985 Changes to the Broxtowe (Nottinghamshire)/Erewash (Derbyshire) boundary Amber Valley/Erewash (both Derbyshire) boundaryReport No. 439: Erewash/Amber Valley/Broxtowe February 19831 April 1986 The Derbyshire (District Boundaries) Order 1985 Changes to the Bolsover/North East Derbyshire (both Derbyshire) boundary Report No. 490: North East Derbyshire/Bolsover January 19851 April 1986 The Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1985 Changes to the Charnwood (Leicestershire)/Rushcliffe (Nottinghamshire) boundary Melton (Leicestershire)/Rushcliffe (Nottinghamshire) boundary North West Leicestershire (Leicestershire)/Rushcliffe (Nottinghamshire) boundary Rushcliffe/Nottingham (both Nottinghamshire) boundary Rushcliffe/Newark (both Nottinghamshire) boundary North West Leicestershire/Hinckley and Bosworth (both Leicestershire) boundaryReport No. 466: Rushcliffe/Newark/Nottingham/Charnwood/Melton/North West Leicestershire February 1984Report No. 471: North West Leicestershire/Hinckley and Bosworth July 19841 April 1987 The Nottinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987legislation.gov.uk - The Nottinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015. Changes to the Gedling/Newark (both Nottinghamshire) boundary Report No. 510: Gedling/Newark and Sherwood November 19851 April 1988 The Leicestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1987legislation.gov.uk - The Leicestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015. Changes to the Blaby/Leicester (both Leicestershire) boundary Blaby/Oadby and Wigston (both Leicestershire) boundaryReport No. 532: Blaby/Leicester/Oadby and Wigston January 19871 April 1988 The Derbyshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 6 November 2015. Changes to the Chesterfield/North East Derbyshire (both Derbyshire) boundary Report No. 517: Chesterfield/North East Derbyshire November 19861 April 1988 The Nottinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988legislation.gov.uk - The Nottinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 6 November 2015. Changes to the Ashfield/Gedling (both Nottinghamshire) boundary Report No. 526: Ashfield/Gedling January 1987

Other principal area boundary reviews Report No. 431: Charnwood/North West Leicestershire August 1982 Report No. 509: Hinckley and Bosworth/Blaby November 1985

Mandatory Reviews of non-Metropolitan Counties, Metropolitan Districts and London Boroughs In 1985 they began the first full administrative review of all non-metropolitan counties. Their reviews of metropolitan counties and Greater London began in 1987 and both reviews were completed in 1992.

Date Statutory Instrument Effect LGBCE Report(s)1 April 1988 The Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1988legislation.gov.uk - The Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the South Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire)/Cherwell (Oxfordshire) boundary Report No. 538: Oxfordshire July 19871 April 1988 The Northamptonshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1988legislation.gov.uk - The Northamptonshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Daventry (Northamptonshire)/Rugby (Warwickshire) boundary Report No. 539: Northamptonshire August 19871 April 1989 The Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Uttlesford (Essex)/South Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire) boundary South Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire)/North Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire) boundary Peterborough (Cambridgeshire)/South Holland (Lincolnshire) boundary Fenland (Cambridgeshire)/South Holland (Lincolnshire) boundary Peterborough (Cambridgeshire)/South Kesteven (Lincolnshire) boundaryReport No. 546: Cambridgeshire March 19881 April 1989 The Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989legislation.gov.uk - The Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the North Kesteven (Lincolnshire)/Newark (Nottinghamshire) boundary West Lindsey (Lincolnshire)/Newark (Nottinghamshire) boundaryReport No. 540: Lincolnshire November 19871 April 1991 The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the South Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire)/Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) boundary Dacorum (Hertfordshire)/Chiltern (Buckinghamshire) boundary Wycombe (Buckinghamshire)/South Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire) boundary South Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire)/Aylesbury Vale (Buckinghamshire) boundary Dacorum (Hertfordshire)/Aylesbury Vale (Buckinghamshire) boundary Three Rivers (Hertfordshire)/Chiltern (Buckinghamshire) boundaryReport No. 571: Buckinghamshire May 19891 April 1991 The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Congleton (Cheshire)/Newcastle-under-Lyme (Staffordshire) boundary Wyre Forest (Hereford and Worcester)/South Staffordshire (Staffordshire) boundary High Peak (Derbyshire)/Staffordshire Moorlands (Staffordshire) boundary Derbyshire Dales (Derbyshire)/Staffordshire Moorlands (Staffordshire) boundary Derbyshire Dales (Derbyshire)/East Staffordshire (Staffordshire) boundary South Derbyshire (Derbyshire)/East Staffordshire (Staffordshire) boundary South Derbyshire (Derbyshire)/South Staffordshire (Staffordshire) boundary South Derbyshire (Derbyshire)/Lichfield (Staffordshire) boundaryReport No. 582: Staffordshire February 19901 April 1992 The Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County Boundaries) Order 1991legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the High Peak (Derbyshire)/Tameside (Greater Manchester) boundary Report No. 590: Tameside August 19901 April 1991 The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the North Warwickshire (Warwickshire)/Hinckley and Bosworth (Leicestershire) South Derbyshire (Derbyshire)/North West Leicestershire (Leicestershire) North West Leicestershire (Leicestershire)/Rushcliffe (Nottinghamshire) South Kesteven (Lincolnshire)/Rutland (Leicestershire) boundaryReport No. 577: Leicestershire October 19891 April 1991 The North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991legislation.gov.uk - The North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Selby (North Yorkshire)/Doncaster (South Yorkshire) boundary Doncaster (South Yorkshire)/Bassetlaw (Nottinghamshire) boundaryReport No. 585: Doncaster March 19901 April 1992 The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. n/a n/a1 April 1993 The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Amber Valley (Derbyshire)/Broxtowe (Nottinghamshire) boundary Amber Valley (Derbyshire)/Ashfield (Nottinghamshire) boundary Bolsover (Derbyshire)/Bassetlaw (Nottinghamshire) boundary Erewash (Derbyshire)/Broxtowe (Nottinghamshire) boundary Bolsover (Derbyshire)/Ashfield (Nottinghamshire) boundary Bolsover (Derbyshire)/Mansfield (Nottinghamshire) boundaryReport No. 599: Derbyshire February 19911 April 1994 The Cheshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Macclesfield (Cheshire)/Stockport (Greater Manchester) boundary High Peak (Derbyshire)/Stockport (Greater Manchester) boundary Stockport/Tameside (both Greater Manchester) boundaryReport No. 616: Stockport November 19911 April 1994 The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Bassetlaw (Nottinghamshire)/Bolsover (Derbyshire) boundary Report No. 674: Nottinghamshire (Further Review) September 19921 April 1994 The Derbyshire and South Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and South Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the North East Derbyshire (Derbyshire)/Sheffield (South Yorkshire) boundary Barnsley/Sheffield (both South Yorkshire) boundaryReport No. 614: Sheffield September 19911 April 1994 The Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Bolsover (Derbyshire)/Rotherham (South Yorkshire) boundary North East Derbyshire (Derbyshire)/Rotherham (South Yorkshire) boundary Bassetlaw (Nottinghamshire)/Rotherham (South Yorkshire) boundary Doncaster/Rotherham (both South Yorkshire) boundary