City of Doncaster

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City of Doncaster
Metropolitan borough and city
The Minster Church of Saint George and the canal basin, Doncaster - geograph.org.uk - 3560854.jpg
Market Place, Tickhill - geograph.org.uk - 5882273.jpg
Conisbrough from Conisbrough Castle - geograph.org.uk - 5463348.jpg
Church Walk, Bawtry - geograph.org.uk - 4616584.jpg
Thorne Lock, Thorne - geograph.org.uk - 5803946.jpg
Askern Mining Wheel, Askern - geograph.org.uk - 5718842.jpg
St. Lawrence's church seen from Station Road - geograph.org.uk - 4271495.jpg
Doncaster UK locator map.svg
Doncaster shown within South Yorkshire
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county South Yorkshire
Admin. HQ Civic Office, Waterdale
Government
 • TypeCity and metropolitan district council
 • Body City of Doncaster Council
 •  Leadership:Mayor and cabinet
 • Mayor Ros Jones (L)
 •  MPs: Lee Pitcher (L),
Ed Miliband (L),
Sally Jameson (L)
Area
 • Total219 sq mi (568 km2)
 • Rank 68th
Population
 (2022)
 • Total311,027
 • Rank Ranked 43rd
 • Density1,400/sq mi (550/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
[1]
 •  Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
[1]
 •  Religion
List
Time zone UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Area code(s) 01302, 01405, 01709, 01977
ISO 3166-2 GB-DNC
ONS code 00CE (ONS)
E08000017 (GSS)
Website doncaster.gov.uk

The City of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. [2] [3] [4] It is named after its principal settlement, Doncaster, and includes the surrounding suburbs of Doncaster as well as numerous towns and villages. The district has large amounts of countryside; at 219 square miles (570 km2), it is the largest metropolitan borough in England by area.

Contents

The largest settlements in the borough are Doncaster itself, followed by the towns of Thorne, Hatfield and Mexborough (the latter of which is part of the Barnsley/Dearne Valley built-up area), and it additionally covers the towns of Conisbrough, Stainforth, Bawtry, Askern, Edlington and Tickhill.

Doncaster borders North Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, North Lincolnshire to the east, Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire to the south-east, Rotherham to the south-west, Barnsley to the west, and Wakefield, West Yorkshire, to the north-west. It is part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region.

The borough was created on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the former County Borough of Doncaster, the urban districts of Adwick-le-Street, Bentley with Arksey, Conisbrough, Mexborough, and Tickhill, Doncaster and Thorne rural districts, and the parish of Finningley from East Retford Rural District and small parts of the parish of Harworth from Worksop Rural District from Nottinghamshire.

Population statistics

According to the 2011 census, the population of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is 302,400.

With approximately 110,000 inhabitants, the town of Doncaster itself contains around a third of the population of the entire borough. Around half of the borough's population reside within Doncaster's urban area (approximately 160,000).

Verified population statistics per Ward from the 2001 census are shown as

Doncaster population
WardPopulationHouseholds
Adwick16,1426,220
Armthorpe16,9776,495
Askern11,4144,293
Balby14,3365,514
Bentley Central12,1684,665
Bentley North Road11,6064,728
Bessacarr13,6525,425
Central11,4815,144
Conisbrough14,8945,837
Edlington & Warmsworth12,2914,641
Hatfield15,0485,630
Intake10,9944,417
Mexborough15,2826,281
Richmond13,4715,308
Rossington12,6474,705
South East16,8806,247
Southern Parks14,4395,520
Stainforth15,4475,825
Thorne17,0576,380
Town Field11,1314,587
Wheatley11,4974,877
Doncaster Total288,854112,739

Elected mayor

A referendum was held in 2001, to decide if a directly elected mayor should be appointed. The first mayor, Martin Winter, representing the Labour Party, was elected in 2002 and successfully defended his post in 2005.

In 2009 the English Democrat candidate, Peter Davies, won the election for mayor. [5] [6] In January 2013 Davies left the English Democrats citing "a big influx of new members (of the English Democrats) joining from the British National Party". [7] In the May 2013 mayoral election he was defeated by Labour's Ros Jones.

Borough council

The council as a whole has been dominated by the Labour Party traditionally, but in the 2004 local elections, they lost overall control of the council (though they retained more councillors than any other single party). Labour regained overall control at the 2010 local elections. [8]

2010 Audit Commission report and central government intervention

In January 2010, the Audit Commission initiated a corporate governance inspection of Doncaster Council. This followed the sudden resignation of the Chief executive leading to a conflict between the mayor and council over the appointment of a successor. The Commission felt that this, along with evidence that the council had not been well run for 15 years, was leading to a loss of public confidence. [9]

The Commission's report was issued in April 2010. It found that Doncaster was a dysfunctional authority and that there were three factors preventing the council from providing good governance: [10]

On the recommendations of the commission, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, John Denham, used powers to appoint an acting chief executive and an advisory board to oversee the council. [9] A Doncaster Recovery Board, comprising four appointed commissioners and seven other members including the mayor and chief executive held its first quarterly meeting on 10 September 2010. [11]

Places

Settlements in the Borough of Doncaster include:

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The nine largest settlements of the Borough of Doncaster
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View from Cusworth Hall towards Doncaster

Media

In terms of television, the area is served by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire broadcasting from the Emley Moor transmitter. [12]

Radio stations that can be received in Doncaster are Sine FM 102.6 (serving central districts of around 100,000 households in FM stereo), TMCR 95.3 (which serves Northeast Doncaster and other areas in FM stereo), TX1 Radio (covering Doncaster and Bassetlaw), Capital Yorkshire, Heart Yorkshire, Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire, Hits Radio South Yorkshire and BBC Radio Sheffield. Although the above stations can be received within various areas of Doncaster, the only stations actually owned by Doncaster-based companies are Sine FM 102.6 and TMCR 95.3.

The borough is also the base of Nova Productions who produce the syndicated TV series Walks Around Britain .

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Doncaster.

Individuals

Military Units

See also

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