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| Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth | |
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Shown within Leicestershire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Leicestershire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 156th 297.35 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Hinckley |
| ONS code: | 31UE |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 215th 100,788 339 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 97.9% White 1.1% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council http://www.hinckleyandbosworthonline.org.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | David Tredinnick, Stephen Dorrell |
Hinckley and Bosworth is a local government district with borough status in south-western Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Its only town is Hinckley. Villages include Market Bosworth, Twycross, Groby, Earl Shilton and Dadlington.
The district is broadly equivalent to the Bosworth parliamentary constituency, which is represented in Parliament by David Tredinnick (Conservative).
It was formed in 1974 by the merger of the Hinckley Urban District and the Bosworth Rural District less Ibstock.
| Districts of England - East Midlands | |
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Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Blaby | Bolsover | Boston | Broxtowe | Charnwood | Chesterfield | Corby | Daventry | Derby | Derbyshire Dales | East Lindsey | East Northamptonshire | Erewash | Gedling | Harborough | High Peak | Hinckley and Bosworth | Kettering | Leicester | Lincoln | Mansfield | Melton | Newark and Sherwood | Northampton | North East Derbyshire | North Kesteven | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham | Oadby and Wigston | Rushcliffe | Rutland | South Derbyshire | South Holland | South Kesteven | South Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | West Lindsey | |
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire |