The North East England devolution referendum was an all postal ballot referendum that took place on 4 November 2004 throughout North East England on whether or not to establish an elected assembly for the region. Devolution referendums in the regions of Northern England were initially proposed under provisions of the Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act 2003.

In England, the term North–South divide refers to the cultural, economic, and social differences between: . Southern England: the South East and South West, including Greater London and the East of England; Northern England: the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber and the North West including Merseyside and Greater Manchester.; There is also the central region of the …

The regional chambers of England were a group of indirectly elected regional bodies that were created by the provisions of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998. There were eight regional chambers, one for each of the regions of England except Greater London, which had opted for an elected mayor and assembly in 1998. All eight regional chambers had adopted the …

North East Derbyshire is a constituency created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Lee Rowley of the Conservative Party. This was the first time a Conservative candidate had been elected since 1935. . The seat had been, relative to others, a marginal seat from 2005 to 2019 as its winner's majority had not exceeded 5.7% of the vote …

The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait.The island's area is 113,729 square kilometres (43,911 sq mi), making it the world's 14th-largest island.It has a population of 3,922,000 (June 2022), accounting for approximately 77% of the …

The downland is part of the Southern England Chalk Formation which runs from Dorset in the west to Kent in the east and also includes the Dorset Downs, Purbeck Hills, Cranborne Chase, Wiltshire Downs, Salisbury Plain, the Isle of Wight, Chiltern Hills and the North and South Downs.. The area is a site of scientific interest in numerous fields and has an internationally …

The constituency was created in 1918 when the two-seat Portsmouth constituency was split into three divisions: Central, North and South. It was abolished for the 1950 general election and largely replaced by a new Portsmouth West constituency as the axis of division changed, but was re-established for the February 1974 general election.

History. The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election, when the former two-seat constituency of Norwich was divided into two single-member seats, Norwich North and Norwich South.. It was initially a safe seat for the Labour Party, held continuously by the party until 1983, when major boundary changes made the seat …

Go North East operates both local and regional bus services in County Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland, North Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear, England.It was previously known as the Northern General Transport Company and Go-Ahead Northern. The company was the foundation of today's Go-Ahead Group, which now operates bus and rail services across the United …

Location of West Midlands within England. County: West Midlands: Electorate: 74,870 (December 2010) Major settlements: Coventry: Current constituency; Created: 1974 () Member of Parliament: Colleen Fletcher (Labour) Number of members: One: Created from: Coventry North, Coventry East: Coventry North East is a constituency represented in the ...