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Why is Peterborough listed and mentioned on this page as being in the East Midlands? True, that was once the case when Peterborough was in Northamptonshire, but Peterborough has not been in Northamptonshire since 1965 when it left Northamptonshire to become part of the newly formed county of 'Huntingdon and Peterborough'. In 1974, the Huntingdon and Peterborough county was abolished and instead of being returned to Northamptonshire, Peterborough was instead transferred to Cambridgeshire. The administrative area is known as the 'City of Peterborough' and it is a Unitary Authority, considered part of Cambridgeshire for ceremonial purposes. Cambridgeshire is a county in the East of England region; therefore, Peterborough is not in the East Midlands region but in the East of England. I suggest that all the mentions of Peterborough are removed from the East Midlands page, except where Peterborough is being mentioned in a historical context (specifically, prior to 1965, when the city was still in Northamptonshire).
Lincoln is listed as a town when it is actually a city in the East Midlands
If Derby is the largest city by area, and Leicester is the largest city by population, then by what classification is Nottingham also the largest city. The sentence containing these contradictory statements is therefore a nonsense. Hence the dispute.--jrleighton 06:45, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Can anyone clarify why Nottingham is listed as the Admin HQ of the East Midlands? The East Midlands Regional Eassembly is based in Melton Mowbray, Leics. What exactly does an 'Admin HQ' for a region mean anyway? I corrected the URL for the EMRA and the HQ, but it was reverted as 'vandalism'. Would anyone care to suggest why the HQ of the EMRA is not the HQ for government in the region?-- Michig 19:27, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
Maybe someone could explain why these are listed as being in the East Midlands? I was under the impression they were in Yorkshire & The Humber and they are correctly included in the Yorkshire & The Humber article, it seems confusing to have these districts included in two regions-- 80.189.245.89 18:29, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Er _who_ puts Burton in the East Midlands?. The West Midlands has to start somewhere, and across a county boundary is as good a place to start as any. (Especially since it's on the appropriate side (SW) of the defining river - River Dove. Linuxlad 13:27, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Burton is practically a suburb of Derby, despite being in Staffordshire. There isn't even a road from there to Stafford, and it has Derby postcodes. It certainly seems to be economically tied to Derby/East Midlands, not Stafford or Birmingham. Walshie79 ( talk) 15:28, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
It might be worth noting that most people in the UK don't consider the Derbyshire Peak District to be in the "East Midlands", despite it falling in the European Parliament constituency. The city of Derby yes, but Buxton, Glossop, Chapel en le Frith etc is usually considered Northern England. In particular the bit of Derbyshire that before 1974 was in Cheshire is very much "Northern" and looks towards Greater Manchester rather than Derby/Nottingham. North Lincs has a better claim to be "East Midlands" than this area, much of which is further west than Birmingham. Walshie79 ( talk) 00:08, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
The 2 sentences linking social deprivation with Labour or Tory MPs cite a dead link probably because the 2007 version is currently being updated. I believe these sentences contains wp:original research as constituency boundaries and council districts do not align making any correlation difficult to show, therefore I've removed them. JRPG ( talk) 09:27, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
There should be a map of the whole Britain in the article, because it might be difficult to position E. M. within England and England within Britain for the big picture, without a visual clue (especially for visitors with a foreign background). 82.131.210.163 ( talk) 12:18, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I’m Andrew Clark and I work at the Office for National Statistics in the UK.
We publish lots of infographics and I wonder if this one on East Midlands ( https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Regional_Profile_of_the_East_Midlands.png) would be of interest for East_Midlands
FYI, the full gallery, updated weekly, is here < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Content_created_by_the_Office_for_National_Statistics>
All the best
Andrew Clark (smanders1982) 10 Dec 2013
Smanders1982 ( talk) 13:18, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
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Why is Peterborough listed and mentioned on this page as being in the East Midlands? True, that was once the case when Peterborough was in Northamptonshire, but Peterborough has not been in Northamptonshire since 1965 when it left Northamptonshire to become part of the newly formed county of 'Huntingdon and Peterborough'. In 1974, the Huntingdon and Peterborough county was abolished and instead of being returned to Northamptonshire, Peterborough was instead transferred to Cambridgeshire. The administrative area is known as the 'City of Peterborough' and it is a Unitary Authority, considered part of Cambridgeshire for ceremonial purposes. Cambridgeshire is a county in the East of England region; therefore, Peterborough is not in the East Midlands region but in the East of England. I suggest that all the mentions of Peterborough are removed from the East Midlands page, except where Peterborough is being mentioned in a historical context (specifically, prior to 1965, when the city was still in Northamptonshire).
Lincoln is listed as a town when it is actually a city in the East Midlands
If Derby is the largest city by area, and Leicester is the largest city by population, then by what classification is Nottingham also the largest city. The sentence containing these contradictory statements is therefore a nonsense. Hence the dispute.--jrleighton 06:45, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Can anyone clarify why Nottingham is listed as the Admin HQ of the East Midlands? The East Midlands Regional Eassembly is based in Melton Mowbray, Leics. What exactly does an 'Admin HQ' for a region mean anyway? I corrected the URL for the EMRA and the HQ, but it was reverted as 'vandalism'. Would anyone care to suggest why the HQ of the EMRA is not the HQ for government in the region?-- Michig 19:27, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
Maybe someone could explain why these are listed as being in the East Midlands? I was under the impression they were in Yorkshire & The Humber and they are correctly included in the Yorkshire & The Humber article, it seems confusing to have these districts included in two regions-- 80.189.245.89 18:29, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Er _who_ puts Burton in the East Midlands?. The West Midlands has to start somewhere, and across a county boundary is as good a place to start as any. (Especially since it's on the appropriate side (SW) of the defining river - River Dove. Linuxlad 13:27, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Burton is practically a suburb of Derby, despite being in Staffordshire. There isn't even a road from there to Stafford, and it has Derby postcodes. It certainly seems to be economically tied to Derby/East Midlands, not Stafford or Birmingham. Walshie79 ( talk) 15:28, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
It might be worth noting that most people in the UK don't consider the Derbyshire Peak District to be in the "East Midlands", despite it falling in the European Parliament constituency. The city of Derby yes, but Buxton, Glossop, Chapel en le Frith etc is usually considered Northern England. In particular the bit of Derbyshire that before 1974 was in Cheshire is very much "Northern" and looks towards Greater Manchester rather than Derby/Nottingham. North Lincs has a better claim to be "East Midlands" than this area, much of which is further west than Birmingham. Walshie79 ( talk) 00:08, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
The 2 sentences linking social deprivation with Labour or Tory MPs cite a dead link probably because the 2007 version is currently being updated. I believe these sentences contains wp:original research as constituency boundaries and council districts do not align making any correlation difficult to show, therefore I've removed them. JRPG ( talk) 09:27, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
There should be a map of the whole Britain in the article, because it might be difficult to position E. M. within England and England within Britain for the big picture, without a visual clue (especially for visitors with a foreign background). 82.131.210.163 ( talk) 12:18, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I’m Andrew Clark and I work at the Office for National Statistics in the UK.
We publish lots of infographics and I wonder if this one on East Midlands ( https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Regional_Profile_of_the_East_Midlands.png) would be of interest for East_Midlands
FYI, the full gallery, updated weekly, is here < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Content_created_by_the_Office_for_National_Statistics>
All the best
Andrew Clark (smanders1982) 10 Dec 2013
Smanders1982 ( talk) 13:18, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
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