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West Berkshire



         


|- !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography |- |width="45%"|Status:||Unitary, District |- |Region:||South East England |- |Ceremonial County:||Berkshire |- |Area:
- Total||Ranked 55th
704.17 km² |- |Admin. HQ:||Newbury |- |ONS code:||00MB |- !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics |- |Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density||Ranked 114th
143,965
204 / km² |- |Ethnicity:||97.4% White |- !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics |- |colspan=2 align=center|West Berkshire Council
http://www.westberks.gov.uk/ |- |Leadership:||Leader & Cabinet |- |Executive:||Liberal Democrats |- |MPs:||John Redwood, David Rendel, Martin Salter |} West Berkshire is an local government district in Berkshire, South East England, governed by a unitary authority (West Bershire Council). Its administrative capital is Newbury and it is approximately coterminous with the parliamentary constituency of Newbury.

Apart from Newbury, other places in the district include Hungerford and Thatcham.

Until April 1, 1998, Newbury District Council and Berkshire County Council were responsible for the region at local government level. On April 1, 1998, Bershire County Council was abolished and Newbury District Council changed its name to West Berkshire Council and took on the former County Council's responsibilities.




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