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Preston Rural East

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Population
  
4,577 (2011)

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Ceremonial county
  
Lancashire

Country
  
England

EU Parliament
  
North West

UK parliament constituency
  
Wyre and Preston North

Preston Rural East

Councillors
  
Neil Cartwright – Conservative Thomas Davies – Conservative

District
  
City of Preston, Lancashire


Preston Rural East is an electoral ward in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. The ward is in the eastern and northeastern part of the city near the M55 motorway moving out towards Sherwood and Grimsargh. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 4,577.

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Parishes

Unlike many other districts of Preston, the ward of Preston Rural East is parished, in that it has within it parish councils with their own structure and elected councillors. The parishes within Preston Rural East are Grimsargh, Haighton, and Broughton-in-Amounderness.

Demographics

At the most recent census in 2001, the electoral ward of Preston Rural East had a population of 3,814. Over 88% described themselves as Christian. Many of the people living in the wards and parishes rely on farming and agriculture for their living. At the most recent elections, the Preston Council election, 2008, the electorate of the ward was 3,905. The ward forms, in conjunction with its neighbour Preston Rural North, the Lancashire County Council electoral division of Preston Rural.

References

Preston Rural East Wikipedia


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