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{{Short description|Administrative division or non-administrative ceremonial area of England}}
{{For|other subdivisions|Historical and alternative regions of England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox subdivision type
| name = Subdivisions of England
| map = [[File:England Administrative Map.png|300px|Administrative map of England (2010)]]<br/>Subdivisions of England (as of 1 April 2023) that have a principal local authority: two-tier [[Non-metropolitan county|non-metropolitan counties]] and their [[non-metropolitan district]]s; [[metropolitan borough]]s; [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authorities]]; [[London borough]]s; and the ''sui generis'' [[City of London]] and [[Isles of Scilly]].
| territory =[[England]]
| subdivision =
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{{Politics of England}}

The '''subdivisions of [[England]]''' constitute a hierarchy of [[administrative division]]s and non-administrative ceremonial areas.

Overall, England is divided into [[Regions of England|nine regions]] and [[Ceremonial counties of England|48 ceremonial counties]], although these have only a limited role in public policy. For the purposes of [[Local government in England|local government]], the country is divided into [[Counties of England|counties]], [[Districts of England|districts]] and [[Civil parishes of England|parishes]]. In some areas, counties and districts form a two-tier administrative structure, while in others they are combined under a [[unitary authority]]. Parishes cover only part of England.

The current system is the result of incremental reform which has its origins in legislation enacted in 1965 and [[Local Government Act 1972|1972]].<ref name="Jones">Jones, B., Kavanagh, D., Moran, M. & Norton, P., Politics UK, (2004), Pearson Longman.</ref>

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{{Legend|#984ea3|[[metropolitan county]]|outline=#A0A0A0}}
{{Legend|#e41a1c|two-tier [[non-metropolitan county]]|outline=#A0A0A0}}
{{Legend|#4DA14A|[[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] (non-metropolitan county and district)|outline=#A0A0A0}}
{{Legend|#377eb8|non-metropolitan county with multiple unitary authorities (which are not counties)|outline=#A0A0A0}}
{{Legend|#ff7f00|[[Greater London]]|outline=#A0A0A0}}
{{Legend|#a65628|''sui generis'' areas ([[City of London]] and [[Isles of Scilly]])|outline=#A0A0A0}}
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== Administrative ==
England has a non-universal structure of [[Local government in England|local government]] subdivisions. There are two tiers of local government subdivision - [[Counties of England|(administrative) counties]] and [[Districts of England|districts]] (known as boroughs in London).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Local government structure and elections |url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-government-structure-and-elections |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>

Different local divisions exist across England:<ref name=":0" />
*Tier structure:
** [[county council|County tier]]
** District tier
*Authority structure:
** [[Combined authority]] and [[Greater London Authority]]
** [[Unitary authority]], [[Metropolitan borough]] and [[London boroughs|London borough]]
The authority structure is slowly replacing the tier structure and metropolitan boroughs with all the metropolitan boroughs in combined authorities and periodic abolitions of the tier structure councils into unitary authority councils.
===Tiers===
The 1974 reform of local government established the tier structure throughout England with county authorities in metropolitan and Greater London also existing, 1986 reform abolished these. From the 1996 reform the structure's use has been declining, 21 tiered areas remain out of the original 48. The county tier provides the majority of services, including education and social services while the 164 district-tier councils have a more limited role.<ref name="Jones" />

=== Authorities ===
As of April 2023, there are 62 unitary authorities.<ref name=":0" /> Unitary authorities have control of their areas functioning.<ref name="1992 Act">{{cite web |year=1992 |title=Local Government Act 1992 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/19/contents/made |access-date=8 August 2010 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information}}</ref> 
There is a general push towards the reorganisation of English local government to the authority structure, often reorganisation is a condition of new devolution powers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The political and governance implications of unitary reorganisation {{!}} Local Government Association |url=https://www.local.gov.uk/lga-independent/our-work/political-and-governance-implications-unitary-reorganisation |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=www.local.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref> 46 unitary authorities were created from [[Local Government Commission for England (1992)|the 1996 reform]], nine more were [[2009 structural changes to local government in England|created in 2009]], followed by further changes in [[2019 structural changes to local government in England|2019]], 2020, 2021 and 2023. The [[Greater London]] administrative area was created in 1965 with 32 boroughs, excluding the [[City of London]].<ref name="Travers"/> Six Metropolitan two-tiered areas were created in 1974, similar to the Greater London model. These county-tier councils had extra devolved powers to others. In 1986, the county-tier was abolished with the [[London boroughs]],  [[Metropolitan boroughs]] and combined boards remaining. Apart from status these boroughs have the same powers to unitary authorities.

Combined authorities operate the opposite way round to the county in a tier structure, the combined authority acts on what the unitary authorities have agreed upon to focus on and what powers have been given by central government. In 2000, the [[Greater London Authority]] was created with an elected [[Mayor of London]] and the [[London Assembly]].<ref name="Travers">Travers, T., The Politics of London, (2004), Palgrave</ref> In 2010, the [[Greater Manchester Combined Authority]] was created with a similar modal to the GLA a with further combined authorities based on the GMCA created. {{as of|June 2023}}, 10 combined authorities and the Greater London Authority currently exist.

===Other===
==== ''Sui generis'' ====
The [[Isles of Scilly]] are governed by a ''sui generis'' local authority called the [[Council of the Isles of Scilly]]. The authority was established in 1890 as the Isles of Scilly Rural District Council. It was renamed but otherwise unreformed by the changes in local government that occurred in 1974 in the rest of England outside Greater London.<ref name="1972 Act">{{cite web |year=1972 |title=Local Government Act 1972 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/contents |access-date=9 August 2010 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information}}</ref> Although effectively a unitary authority, for example it is an education authority,<ref name="Scilly Education">{{cite web |title=Education and Learning |url=http://www.scilly.gov.uk/education/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604165157/http://www.scilly.gov.uk/education/ |archive-date=4 June 2009 |access-date=9 August 2010 |publisher=Council of the Isles of Scilly}}</ref> the Isles of Scilly are part of the [[Cornwall]] ceremonial county and combine with [[Cornwall Council]] for services such as health<ref name="Cornwall PCT">{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.cornwallandislesofscilly.nhs.uk/CornwallAndIslesOfScillyPCT/AboutUs/AboutUs.aspx |access-date=9 August 2010 |publisher=Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust}}</ref> and economic development.<ref name="Cornwall Partner">{{cite web |date=30 July 2010 |title=The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Enterprise Partnership |url=http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=24697 |access-date=9 August 2010 |publisher=Cornwall Council}}</ref>

The ancient [[City of London]] is the only part of Greater London not within a London borough; it is governed by the [[City of London Corporation]], a ''sui generis'' authority unlike any other in England<ref name="Travers"/> that has largely avoided any of the reforms of local government in the 19th and 20th centuries.<ref name="Hebbert">{{ cite book | title= London: More by fortune than design | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | first=Michael | last=Hebbert | year= 1998}}</ref>

==== Civil parishes ====
{{main|Civil parishes in England}}
The civil parish is the most local unit of government in England.<ref name="Jones"/> A parish is governed by a [[Parish councils in England|parish council]] or [[parish meeting]], which exercises a limited number of functions that would otherwise be delivered by the local authority. There is one civil parish in Greater London ([[Queen's Park, London|Queen's Park]], in the [[City of Westminster]]),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18249803 |title=Queen's Park parish council gets go-ahead |access-date=2 August 2014 |date=29 May 2012 |work=BBC News London }}</ref> and not all of the rest of England is parished. The number of parishes and total area parished is growing.

==Non-administrative==
=== Regions ===
{{England Labelled Map|width=300|float=right|Londonprefix = Greater|WMsuffix = (region)|caption=Regions of England}}
{{main|Regions of England}}At the highest level, all of England is divided into nine regions that are each made up of a number of counties and districts. These "government office regions" were created in 1994,<ref name="Atkinson">{{ cite book |author1=Atkinson, H.  |author2=Wilks-Heeg, S.  |name-list-style=amp | title=Local Government from Thatcher to Blair | year=2000 | publisher=Polity}}</ref> and from the [[1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|1999 Euro-elections]] up until the UK's exit from the EU, they were used as the [[European Parliament constituencies in the United Kingdom]] and in England's [[European Parliament]] constituencies.

The regions vary greatly in their areas covered, populations and contributions to the national economy.<ref name="Atkinson" /> All have the same status, except [[Greater London|London]] which has substantive [[devolution|devolved powers]].<ref name="Guide London">Collins, S., Colville, I & Pengelly, S., A Guide to the Greater London Authority, (2000), Sweet and Maxwell</ref>

There was a failed attempt to create [[2004 Northern England devolution referendums|elected regional assemblies]] outside London in 2004 and since then the structures of regional governance ([[Regional assembly (England)|regional assemblies]], [[Regional development agency|regional development agencies]] and [[local authority leaders' board]]s) have been subject to review. Following the change of government in 2010, these were scheduled for abolition by 2012<!-- at the latest-->.{{Update inline|date=March 2014}}

=== Ceremonial and historic counties ===
{{main|Ceremonial counties of England|Historic counties of England}}
For non-administrative purposes, England is wholly divided into 48 [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial counties]].<ref name="LA 1997">{{cite web |year=1997 |title=Lieutenancies Act 1997 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/23/contents/made |access-date=8 August 2010 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information}}</ref> These are used for the purposes of appointing [[Lord Lieutenant|Lords Lieutenant]]<ref name="LA 1997" /> who are the Crown's representatives in those areas as well as a way of grouping non-metropolitan counties. They are taken into consideration when drawing up Parliamentary constituency boundaries.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} Ceremonial counties are commonly named after historic counties, the ceremonial county acts as an in between for the administrative boundaries and long established areas used in fields such as sport.
=== Titles, non-metropolitan and metropolitan counties ===
{{main|Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England|Districts of England}}
County-tier councils and each unitary authority are separate [[non-metropolitan counties]], each non-metropolitan county can be known as a district, city or borough. [[Berkshire]] is an anomaly in this arrangement whereby its districts became unitary authorities, the non-metropolitan county remain to keep the title of [[Royal county]], in the same way the metropolitan county remained when the county-tier councils were abolished.<ref name="Berks 1996">{{cite web |year=1996 |title=The Berkshire (Structural Change) Order 1996 |url=http://www.legislaton.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1879/contents/made |access-date=13 September 2012 |publisher=National Archives(legislation.gov.uk)}}</ref> Each correspond to an administrative body.

Non-metropolitan districts can also be a borough, city or district. Unitary authority areas are joint non-metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan districts.

== Lists ==
{{seealso|List of county councils in England}}
{{seealso|List of English districts}}

===Regions===
{| class="wikitable"
! Type
|[[Regions of England|Region]]
|-
! Set up
| 1994
|-
! {{Abbr|No|Number}}
| 9
|-
!Units
| {{div col|small=no|colwidth=22em}}
*[[East of England]]
*[[East Midlands]]
*[[Greater London|London]]
*[[North East England|North East]]
*[[North West England|North West]]
*[[South East England|South East]]
*[[South West England|South West]]
*[[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]]
*[[Yorkshire and the Humber]]
{{div col end}}
|}

===Non-metropolitan (two-tier)===
{| class="wikitable"
! Type
| [[Non-metropolitan county]]
| [[Non-metropolitan district]]
|-
! Set up
| 1974
| 1974
|-
!{{Abbr|No|Number}}
| 21
| 164
|-
!Units
| {{div col|small=no|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Cambridgeshire]]
*[[Derbyshire]]
*[[Devon]]
*[[East Sussex]]
*[[Essex]]
*[[Gloucestershire]]
*[[Hampshire]]
*[[Hertfordshire]]
*[[Kent]]
*[[Lancashire]]
*[[Leicestershire]]
*[[Lincolnshire]]
*[[Norfolk]]
*[[Nottinghamshire]]
*[[Oxfordshire]]
*[[Staffordshire]]
*[[Suffolk]]
*[[Surrey]]
*[[Warwickshire]]
*[[West Sussex]]
*[[Worcestershire]]{{div col end}}
| ''[[Non-metropolitan district#List of counties and districts|List of districts]]''
|}

===Metropolitan===
{| class="wikitable"
! Type
| [[Metropolitan county|County]]
| [[Metropolitan borough|Borough]]
|-
! Set up
| 1974
| 1974
|-
!{{Abbr|No|Number}}
| 6
| 36
|-
!rowspan=6|Units
|[[Greater Manchester]]
| {{div col|small=no|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Bolton|Bolton]]
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Bury|Bury]]
*[[Manchester]]
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham|Oldham]]
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale|Rochdale]]
*[[City of Salford|Salford]]
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Stockport|Stockport]]
*[[Tameside]]
*[[Trafford]]
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Wigan|Wigan]]{{div col end}}
|-
|[[Merseyside]]
| {{div col|small=no}}
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley|Knowsley]]
*[[Liverpool]]
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]]
*[[Metropolitan Borough of St Helens|St Helens]]
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|Wirral]]
{{div col end}}
|-
| [[South Yorkshire]]
|{{div col|small=no}}
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley|Barnsley]]
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster|Doncaster]]
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham|Rotherham]]
*[[City of Sheffield|Sheffield]]
{{div col end}}
|-
|[[Tyne and Wear]]
|{{div col|small=no}}
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead|Gateshead]]
*[[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
*[[North Tyneside]]
*[[South Tyneside]]
*[[City of Sunderland|Sunderland]]
{{div col end}}
|-
| [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]
|{{div col|small=no}}
*[[Birmingham]]
*[[Coventry]]
*[[Dudley (borough)|Dudley]]
*[[Sandwell]]
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Solihull|Solihull]]
*[[Metropolitan Borough of Walsall|Walsall]]
*[[Wolverhampton]]
{{div col end}}
|-
|[[West Yorkshire]]
|{{div col|small=no}}
*[[City of Bradford|Bradford]]
*[[Calderdale]]
*[[Kirklees]]
*[[City of Leeds|Leeds]]
*[[City of Wakefield|Wakefield]]
{{div col end}}
|}

===London===
{| class="wikitable"
! Type 
| [[London borough]]
| ''Sui generis''
|-
! Set up
| 1965
| in antiquity
|-
! {{Abbr|No|Number}}
| 32
| 1
|-
! Units
| {{div col|small=no|colwidth=22em}}
*[[London Borough of Barking and Dagenham|Barking and Dagenham]]
*[[London Borough of Barnet|Barnet]]
*[[London Borough of Bexley|Bexley]]
*[[London Borough of Brent|Brent]]
*[[London Borough of Bromley|Bromley]]
*[[London Borough of Camden|Camden]]
*[[City of Westminster]]
*[[London Borough of Croydon|Croydon]]
*[[Ealing]]
*[[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]]
*[[Royal Borough of Greenwich|Greenwich]]
*[[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]]
*[[Hammersmith and Fulham]]
*[[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]]
*[[London Borough of Harrow|Harrow]]
*[[Havering]]
*[[Hillingdon]]
*[[Hounslow]]
*[[Islington]]
*[[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|Kensington and Chelsea]]
*[[Kingston upon Thames]]
*[[Lambeth]]
*[[Lewisham]]
*[[London Borough of Merton|Merton]]
*[[Newham]]
*[[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge]]
*[[Richmond upon Thames]]
*[[Southwark]]
*[[London Borough of Sutton|Sutton]]
*[[London Borough of Tower Hamlets|Tower Hamlets]]
*[[Waltham Forest]]
*[[Wandsworth]]{{div col end}}
|
*[[City of London]]
|-
! Total
| colspan="2" | 33 
|}

===Unitary authorities===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="8%"| Type || Set up || {{Abbr|No|Number}} ||width="92%"| Units
|-
| County gained district functions || 2023 || 2 || 
{{div col|small=no|colwidth=22em}}
*[[North Yorkshire (district)|North Yorkshire]]{{efn|name=C2|Also a ceremonial county covering a larger area}}
*[[Somerset (district)|Somerset]]{{efn|name=C2}}
{{div col end}}
|-
|District(s) gained county functions
|2023
|2
| 
*[[Cumberland (unitary authority)|Cumberland]]{{efn|name=New District}}
*[[Westmorland and Furness]]{{efn|name=New District}}
|-
|District(s) gained county functions
|2021
|2
| 
*[[North Northamptonshire]]{{efn|name=New District}}
*[[West Northamptonshire]]{{efn|name=New District}}
|-
|District(s) gained county functions
|2020
|1
| 
*[[Buckinghamshire (district)|Buckinghamshire]]{{efn|name=New District|A new district was created, merging previous districts, to form the basis of the unitary authority}}{{efn|name=C2}}
|-
|District(s) gained county functions
|2019
|2
|
* [[Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole]]{{efn|name=New District}}
* [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]]{{efn|name=New District}}{{efn|name=C2}}
|-
| County gained district functions || 2009 || 5 || 
{{div col|small=no|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Cornwall (district)|Cornwall]]{{efn|name=C2}}
*[[County Durham (district)|Durham]]{{efn|name=C2}}
*[[Northumberland]]{{efn|name=C1|Also a ceremonial county of identical area}}
*[[Shropshire (district)|Shropshire]]{{efn|name=C2}}
*[[Wiltshire (district)|Wiltshire]]{{efn|name=C2}}
{{div col end}}
|-
| District(s) gained county functions || 2009 || 4 || 
{{div col|small=no|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Borough of Bedford|Bedford]]
*[[Central Bedfordshire]]{{efn|name=New District}}
*[[Cheshire East]]{{efn|name=New District}}
*[[Cheshire West and Chester]]{{efn|name=New District}}
{{div col end}}
|-
| District(s) gained county functions || 1998 || 21 || 
{{div col|small=no|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Blackburn with Darwen]]
*[[Borough of Blackpool|Blackpool]]
*[[Bracknell Forest]]
*[[Halton (borough)|Halton]]
*[[Herefordshire]]{{efn|name=New District}}{{efn|name=C1}}
*[[Medway]]{{efn|name=New District}}
*[[Nottingham]]
*[[City of Peterborough|Peterborough]]
*[[Plymouth]]
*[[Borough of Reading|Reading]]
*[[Borough of Slough|Slough]]
*[[Borough of Southend-on-Sea|Southend-on-Sea]]
*[[Stoke-on-Trent]]
*[[Borough of Swindon|Swindon]]
*[[Telford and Wrekin]]
*[[Thurrock]]
*[[Torbay]]
*[[Borough of Warrington|Warrington]]
*[[West Berkshire]]
*[[Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead|Windsor and Maidenhead]]
*[[Wokingham (district)|Wokingham]]
{{div col end}}
|-
| District(s) gained county functions || 1997 || <s>11</s><br/>9 || 
{{div col|small=no|colwidth=22em}}
*<s>[[Bournemouth (borough)|Bournemouth]]</s>{{efn|name=BCP|merged into [[Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole]] in 2019}}
*[[Brighton and Hove]]{{efn|name=New District}}
*[[Derby]]
*[[Darlington (borough)|Darlington]]
*[[Leicester]]
*[[Borough of Luton|Luton]]
*[[City of Milton Keynes|Milton Keynes]]
*<s>[[Poole (borough)|Poole]]</s>{{efn|name=BCP}}
*[[Portsmouth]]
*[[Rutland]]{{efn|name=C1}}
*[[Southampton]]
{{div col end}}
|-
| District gained county functions || 1996 || 13 || 
{{div col|small=no|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Bath and North East Somerset]]{{efn|name=New District}}
*[[Bristol]]{{efn|name=C1}}
*[[East Riding of Yorkshire]]{{efn|name=New District}}{{efn|name=C2}}
*[[Hartlepool (borough)|Hartlepool]]
*[[Kingston upon Hull]]
*[[Middlesbrough (borough)|Middlesbrough]]
*[[North East Lincolnshire]]{{efn|name=New District}}
*[[North Lincolnshire]]{{efn|name=New District}}
*[[North Somerset]]
*[[Redcar and Cleveland]]
*[[South Gloucestershire]]{{efn|name=New District}}
*[[Stockton-on-Tees (borough)|Stockton-on-Tees]]
*[[City of York|York]]
{{div col end}}
|-
| County gained district functions || 1995 || 1 || 
*[[Isle of Wight]]{{efn|name=C1}}
|-
| Sui generis || 1890 || 1 || 
*[[Isles of Scilly]]
|-
! colspan="2" | Total || 63 || 
|}

===Civil parishes===
*[[List of civil parishes in England]]

===Hierarchical list of regions, strategic authorities, counties and districts===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Region || Strategic<br />authority || Ceremonial<br />county || Metropolitan or<br />non-metropolitan<br />county || Districts<br />{{small|{{nobold|May also hold borough and/or city status}}}}
|- style="border-top: 3px solid black"
| rowspan="11" align="center" |'''[[East of England]]'''<br />[[File:East of England counties 2019 map.svg|250px]] || rowspan="7" style="background: #f4f4f4" | || rowspan="3" | [[Essex]] || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''1'''.&nbsp;[[Thurrock]] U.A. 
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''2'''.&nbsp;[[Borough of Southend-on-Sea|Southend-on-Sea]] U.A. 
|-
|style="background: #fff1f1" | '''3'''.&nbsp;[[Essex County Council|Essex]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Harlow]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Epping Forest (district)|Epping Forest]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Brentwood (borough)|Brentwood]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Basildon (district)|Basildon]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Castle Point]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[Rochford (district)|Rochford]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[Maldon District|Maldon]], ''h'')&nbsp;[[Chelmsford (borough)|Chelmsford]], ''i'')&nbsp;[[Uttlesford]], ''j'')&nbsp;[[Braintree (district)|Braintree]], ''k'')&nbsp;[[Colchester (borough)|Colchester]], ''l'')&nbsp;[[Tendring District|Tendring]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #fff1f1" | '''4'''.&nbsp;[[Hertfordshire]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Three Rivers, England|Three Rivers]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Watford]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Hertsmere]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Welwyn Hatfield]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Broxbourne (borough)|Broxbourne]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[East Hertfordshire]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[Stevenage]], ''h'')&nbsp;[[North Hertfordshire]], ''i'')&nbsp;[[City and District of St Albans|St Albans]], ''j'')&nbsp;[[Dacorum]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Bedfordshire]] || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''5'''.&nbsp;[[Borough of Luton|Luton]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''6'''.&nbsp;[[Borough of Bedford|Bedford]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''7'''.&nbsp;[[Central Bedfordshire]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority|Cambridgeshire and Peterborough]] || rowspan="2" | [[Cambridgeshire]] || style="background: #fff1f1" | '''8'''.&nbsp;[[Cambridgeshire County Council|Cambridgeshire]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Cambridge]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[South Cambridgeshire]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Huntingdonshire]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Fenland District|Fenland]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[East Cambridgeshire]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''9'''.&nbsp;[[City of Peterborough|Peterborough]] U.A. 
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background: #f4f4f4" | || colspan="2" style="background: #fff1f1" | '''10'''.&nbsp;[[Norfolk]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Norwich]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[South Norfolk]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Great Yarmouth|Great Yarmouth]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Broadland]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[North Norfolk]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[Breckland (district)|Breckland]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[King's Lynn and West Norfolk]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #fff1f1" | '''11'''.&nbsp;[[Suffolk]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Ipswich (borough)|Ipswich]], ''b'') [[East Suffolk (district)|East Suffolk]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Babergh District|Babergh]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Mid Suffolk]], ''e'') [[West Suffolk (district)|West Suffolk]] 
|- style="border-top: 3px solid black"
| rowspan="10" align="center" |'''[[East Midlands]]'''<br />[[File:East Midlands counties 2021 map.svg|250px]] || rowspan="4" style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[East Midlands Combined County Authority|East Midlands]] || rowspan="2" | [[Derbyshire]] || style="background: #fff1f1" | '''1'''.&nbsp;[[Derbyshire County Council|Derbyshire]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Borough of High Peak|High Peak]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Derbyshire Dales]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[South Derbyshire]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Erewash|Erewash]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Amber Valley]], ''f'')&nbsp; [[North East Derbyshire]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Chesterfield|Chesterfield]], ''h'')&nbsp;[[Bolsover (district)|Bolsover]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''2'''.&nbsp;[[Derby]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Nottinghamshire]] || style="background: #fff1f1" | '''3'''.&nbsp;[[Nottinghamshire County Council|Nottinghamshire]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Rushcliffe]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Broxtowe|Broxtowe]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Ashfield, Nottinghamshire|Ashfield]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Gedling|Gedling]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Newark and Sherwood]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[Mansfield (district)|Mansfield]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[Bassetlaw District|Bassetlaw]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''4'''.&nbsp;[[Nottingham]] U.A.
|-
| style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority|Greater Lincolnshire]]<br />{{small|(part only)}}   || [[Lincolnshire]]<br />{{small|(part only)}} || style="background: #fff1f1" | '''5'''.&nbsp;[[Lincolnshire County Council|Lincolnshire]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[North Kesteven]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[South Kesteven]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[South Holland, England|South Holland]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Boston (borough)|Boston]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[East Lindsey]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[West Lindsey]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="background: #f4f4f4" | || rowspan="2" | [[Leicestershire]] || style="background: #fff1f1" | '''6'''.&nbsp;[[Leicestershire County Council|Leicestershire]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Charnwood (borough)|Charnwood]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Melton (borough)|Melton]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Harborough District|Harborough]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Oadby and Wigston]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Blaby (district)|Blaby]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[Hinckley and Bosworth]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[North West Leicestershire]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''7'''.&nbsp;[[Leicester]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="3" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''8'''.&nbsp;[[Rutland]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Northamptonshire]] || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''9'''.&nbsp;[[West Northamptonshire]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''10'''.&nbsp;[[North Northamptonshire]] U.A.
|- style="border-top: 3px solid black"
| rowspan="2" align="center" |'''[[London Region|London]]''' <br />[[File:Greater London boroughs 2009 map.svg|300px]]  || rowspan="2" style="background: #FFF8D1" | [[Greater London Authority]] || '''1'''.&nbsp;[[Greater London]] || style="background: #f4f4f4" | ''none'' || style="background: #FFFAED" | 
''a'')&nbsp;[[City of Westminster]], 
''b'')&nbsp;[[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|Kensington and Chelsea]],
''c'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham|Hammersmith and Fulham]],
''d'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]],
''e'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]],
''f'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Southwark|Southwark]],
''g'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Tower Hamlets|Tower Hamlets]],
''h'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]],
''i'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Islington|Islington]],
''j'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Camden|Camden]],
''k'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Brent|Brent]],
''l'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Ealing|Ealing]],
''m'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Hounslow|Hounslow]],
''n'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|Richmond]],
''o'')&nbsp;[[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames|Kingston upon Thames]],
''p'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Merton|Merton]],
''q'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Sutton|Sutton]],
''r'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Croydon|Croydon]],
''s'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Bromley|Bromley]],
''t'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Lewisham|Lewisham]],
''u'')&nbsp;[[Royal Borough of Greenwich|Greenwich]],
''v'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Bexley|Bexley]],
''w'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Havering|Havering]],
''x'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Barking and Dagenham|Barking and Dagenham]],
''y'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge]],
''z'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Newham|Newham]],
''aa'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Waltham Forest|Waltham Forest]],
''ab'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]],
''ac'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]],
''ad'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Barnet|Barnet]],
''ae'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Harrow|Harrow]],
''af'')&nbsp;[[London Borough of Hillingdon|Hillingdon]]
|-
| '''2'''.&nbsp;[[City of London]] || style="background: #f4f4f4" | ''none'' || style="background: #FFFAED" |[[City of London]] 
|- style="border-top: 3px solid black"
| rowspan="10" align="center" |'''[[North East England|North East]]'''<br />[[File:North East England counties 2009 map.svg|200px]] || rowspan="4" style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[North East Combined Authority|North East]] || colspan="3" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''1'''.&nbsp;[[Northumberland]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background: #F6EAF8" | '''2'''.&nbsp;[[Tyne and Wear]] * || style="background: #FDEFFF" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[City of Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle upon Tyne]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[North Tyneside]]
|-
| style="background: #FDEFFF" | ''b'')&nbsp;[[Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead|Gateshead]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[South Tyneside]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[City of Sunderland|Sunderland]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[County Durham|Durham]] || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''3'''.&nbsp;[[County Durham (district)|County Durham]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="6" style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[Tees Valley Combined Authority|Tees Valley]] || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''4'''.&nbsp;[[Darlington (borough)|Darlington]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''5'''.&nbsp;[[Hartlepool (borough)|Hartlepool]] U.A.
|- style="height: 1em"<!-- ensure that Stockton-on-Tees cell spans part of Durham as well as North Yorkshire ceremonial counties rows: workaround for Webkit/Chrome rowheight bug, otherwise defaults to 0 (appearing only within North Yorkshire); min-height has no effect -->
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''6'''.&nbsp;[[Stockton-on-Tees (borough)|Stockton-on-Tees]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[North Yorkshire]]<br />{{small|(part only)}} 
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''7'''.&nbsp;[[Redcar and Cleveland]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''8'''.&nbsp;[[Middlesbrough (borough)|Middlesbrough]] U.A.
|- style="border-top: 3px solid black"
| rowspan="12" align="center" |'''[[North West England|North West]]'''<br />[[File:North West England counties 2023 map.svg|200px]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background: #f4f4f4" |  || rowspan="2" | [[Cumbria]] || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''1'''.&nbsp;[[Cumberland (unitary authority)|Cumberland]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''2'''.&nbsp;[[Westmorland and Furness]] U.A
|-
| rowspan="3" style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[Lancashire Combined County Authority|Lancashire]] || rowspan="3" | [[Lancashire]] || style="background: #fff1f1" | '''3'''.&nbsp;[[Lancashire County Council|Lancashire]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[West Lancashire]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Chorley|Chorley]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[South Ribble]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Fylde|Fylde]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[City of Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Wyre|Wyre]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[City of Lancaster|Lancaster]], ''h'')&nbsp;[[Ribble Valley]], ''i'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Pendle|Pendle]], ''j'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Burnley|Burnley]], ''k'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Rossendale|Rossendale]], ''l'')&nbsp;[[Hyndburn]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''4'''.&nbsp;[[Borough of Blackpool|Blackpool]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''5'''.&nbsp;[[Blackburn with Darwen]] U.A.
|-
| style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[Greater Manchester Combined Authority|Greater Manchester]] || colspan="2" style="background: #F6EAF8" | '''6'''.&nbsp;[[Greater Manchester]] * || style="background: #FDEFFF" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Bolton (borough)|Bolton]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Bury (borough)|Bury]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[City of Manchester|Manchester]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Oldham (borough)|Oldham]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Rochdale (borough)|Rochdale]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[City of Salford|Salford]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[Metropolitan Borough of Stockport|Stockport]], ''h'')&nbsp;[[Tameside]], ''i'')&nbsp;[[Trafford]], ''j'')&nbsp;[[Wigan (borough)|Wigan]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[Liverpool City Region Combined Authority|Liverpool City Region]] || colspan="2" style="background: #F6EAF8" | '''7'''.&nbsp;[[Merseyside]]&nbsp;* || style="background: #FDEFFF" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley|Knowsley]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Liverpool]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[St Helens (borough)|St. Helens]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Wirral (borough)|Wirral]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Cheshire]] || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''8'''.&nbsp;[[Halton (borough)|Halton]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="3" style="background: #f4f4f4" |  || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''9'''.&nbsp;[[Borough of Warrington|Warrington]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''10'''.&nbsp;[[Cheshire West and Chester]] U.A.
|-
|  colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''11'''.&nbsp;[[Cheshire East]] U.A.
|- style="border-top: 3px solid black"
| rowspan="14" align="center" |'''[[South East England|South East]]'''<br />[[File:South East England counties 2020 map.svg|300px]] || rowspan="14" style="background: #f4f4f4" |  || colspan="2" style="background: #E1EAFF" | '''1'''.&nbsp;[[Berkshire]]&nbsp;‡ || style="background: #EDF3FF" |  ''a'')&nbsp;[[West Berkshire]]&nbsp;U.A., ''b'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Reading|Reading]]&nbsp;U.A., ''c'')&nbsp;[[Wokingham (district)|Wokingham]]&nbsp;U.A., ''d'')&nbsp;[[Bracknell Forest]]&nbsp;U.A., ''e'')&nbsp;[[Windsor and Maidenhead]]&nbsp;U.A., ''f'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Slough|Slough]]&nbsp;U.A.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Buckinghamshire]] || colspan=2 style="background: #eeffeb" | '''2'''.&nbsp;[[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''3'''.&nbsp;[[City of Milton Keynes|Milton Keynes]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[East Sussex]] || style="background: #fff1f1" | '''4'''.&nbsp;East Sussex&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Hastings]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Rother District|Rother]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Wealden District|Wealden]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Eastbourne]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Lewes (district)|Lewes]] 
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''5'''.&nbsp;[[Brighton & Hove]] U.A. 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Kent]] || style="background: #fff1f1" | '''6'''.&nbsp;[[Kent County Council|Kent]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Dartford (borough)|Dartford]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Gravesham]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Sevenoaks (district)|Sevenoaks]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Tonbridge and Malling]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Tunbridge Wells (borough)|Tunbridge Wells]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[Maidstone (borough)|Maidstone]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Swale|Swale]], ''h'')&nbsp;[[Ashford (borough)|Ashford]], ''i'')&nbsp;[[Folkestone and Hythe (District)|Folkestone and Hythe]], ''j'')&nbsp;[[City of Canterbury|Canterbury]], ''k'')&nbsp;[[Dover (district)|Dover]], ''l'')&nbsp;[[Thanet District|Thanet]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''7'''.&nbsp;[[Medway]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #fff1f1" | '''8'''.&nbsp;[[Oxfordshire]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[City of Oxford|Oxford]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Cherwell (district)|Cherwell]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[South Oxfordshire]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Vale of White Horse]],'' e'')&nbsp;[[West Oxfordshire]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #fff1f1" | '''9'''.&nbsp;[[Surrey]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Spelthorne|Spelthorne]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Runnymede (district)|Runnymede]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Surrey Heath]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Woking (borough)|Woking]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Elmbridge|Elmbridge]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[Guildford (borough)|Guildford]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Waverley|Waverley]], ''h'')&nbsp;[[Mole Valley]], ''i'')&nbsp;[[Epsom and Ewell]], ''j'')&nbsp;[[Reigate and Banstead]], ''k'')&nbsp;[[Tandridge (district)|Tandridge]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #fff1f1" | '''10'''.&nbsp;[[West Sussex]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Worthing]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Arun District|Arun]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Chichester (district)|Chichester]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Horsham (district)|Horsham]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Crawley]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[Mid Sussex District|Mid Sussex]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[Adur (district)|Adur]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Hampshire]] || style="background: #fff1f1" | '''11'''.&nbsp;[[Hampshire County Council|Hampshire]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Fareham (borough)|Fareham]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Gosport]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[City of Winchester|Winchester]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Havant (borough)|Havant]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[East Hampshire]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[Hart, Hampshire|Hart]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[Rushmoor]], ''h'')&nbsp;[[Basingstoke and Deane]], ''i'')&nbsp;[[Test Valley]], ''j'')&nbsp;[[Eastleigh (borough)|Eastleigh]], ''k'')&nbsp;[[New Forest (district)|New Forest]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''12'''.&nbsp;[[Southampton]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''13'''.&nbsp;[[Portsmouth]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="3" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''14'''.&nbsp;[[Isle of Wight]] U.A.
|- style="border-top: 3px solid black"
| rowspan="15" align="center" |'''[[South West England|South West]]'''<br />[[File:South West England counties 2023 map.svg|300x300px]] ||  rowspan="4" style="background: #f4f4f4" |   || rowspan="2" | [[Dorset]] || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''1'''.&nbsp;[[Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''2'''.&nbsp;[[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset&nbsp;]]U.A.
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Somerset]] || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''3'''.&nbsp;[[North Somerset]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''4'''.&nbsp;[[Somerset Council|Somerset]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="3" style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[West of England Combined Authority|West of England]] || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''5'''.&nbsp;[[Bath and North East Somerset]] U.A
|-
| colspan="3" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''6'''.&nbsp;[[Bristol]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Gloucestershire]] || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''7'''.&nbsp;[[South Gloucestershire]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="3" style="background: #f4f4f4" |   || style="background: #fff1f1" | '''8'''.&nbsp;[[Gloucestershire County Council|Gloucestershire]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[City of Gloucester|Gloucester]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Tewkesbury (borough)|Tewkesbury]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Cheltenham (borough)|Cheltenham]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Cotswold (district)|Cotswold]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Stroud (district)|Stroud]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[Forest of Dean (district)|Forest of Dean]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Wiltshire]] || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''9'''.&nbsp;[[Swindon (borough)|Swindon]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''10'''.&nbsp;[[Wiltshire Council|Wiltshire]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority|Devon and Torbay]] || rowspan="3" |[[Devon]]|| style="background: #fff1f1" |'''11'''.&nbsp;[[Devon County Council|Devon&nbsp;†]]|| style="background: #fff7f7" |''a'')&nbsp;[[Exeter]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[East Devon]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Mid Devon]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[North Devon]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Torridge District|Torridge]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[West Devon]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[South Hams]], ''h'')&nbsp;[[Teignbridge]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" |'''12'''.&nbsp;[[Torbay]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="3" style="background: #f4f4f4" |   || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''13'''.&nbsp;[[Plymouth]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Cornwall]] || style="background: #f4f4f4" | ''none'' ||  '''14'''.&nbsp;[[Isles of Scilly]] ''sui generis'' U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''15'''.&nbsp;[[Cornwall Council|Cornwall]] U.A.
|- style="border-top: 3px solid black"
| rowspan="8" align="center" |'''[[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]]'''<br />[[File:West Midlands counties 2009 map.svg|250px]] || rowspan="6" style="background: #f4f4f4" |   || colspan="3" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''1'''.&nbsp;[[Herefordshire]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Shropshire]] || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''2'''.&nbsp;[[Shropshire (district)|Shropshire]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''3'''.&nbsp;[[Telford and Wrekin]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Staffordshire]] || style="background: #fff1f1" | '''4'''.&nbsp;[[Staffordshire County Council|Staffordshire]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Cannock Chase (district)|Cannock Chase]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[East Staffordshire]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Lichfield (district)|Lichfield]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Newcastle-under-Lyme (borough)|Newcastle-under-Lyme]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[South Staffordshire]],  ''f'')&nbsp;[[Stafford (borough)|Stafford]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[Staffordshire Moorlands]], ''h'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Tamworth|Tamworth]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''5'''.&nbsp;[[Stoke-on-Trent]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #fff1f1" | '''6'''.&nbsp;[[Warwickshire]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[North Warwickshire]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Nuneaton and Bedworth]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Rugby (borough)|Rugby]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Stratford-on-Avon (district)|Stratford-on-Avon]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Warwick (district)|Warwick]]
|-
| style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[West Midlands Combined Authority|West Midlands]] || colspan="2" style="background: #F6EAF8" | '''7'''.&nbsp;[[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]&nbsp;* || style="background: #FDEFFF" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[City of Birmingham|Birmingham]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[City of Coventry|Coventry]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Dudley (borough)|Dudley]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Sandwell (borough)|Sandwell]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Solihull (borough)|Solihull]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[Walsall (borough)|Walsall]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[Wolverhampton]]
|-
| style="background: #f4f4f4" |  || colspan="2" style="background: #fff1f1" | '''8'''.&nbsp;[[Worcestershire]]&nbsp;† || style="background: #fff7f7" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[Bromsgrove (district)|Bromsgrove]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Malvern Hills (district)|Malvern Hills]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Borough of Redditch|Redditch]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Worcester, England|Worcester]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Wychavon]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[Wyre Forest (district)|Wyre Forest]]
|- style="border-top: 3px solid black"
| rowspan="8" align="center" |'''[[Yorkshire and the Humber]]'''<br />[[File:Yorkshire and the Humber counties 2023 map.svg|250px]] || style="background: #FFFFE5"| [[South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority|South Yorkshire]] || colspan="2" style="background: #F6EAF8" | '''1'''.&nbsp;[[South Yorkshire]]&nbsp;* || style="background: #FDEFFF" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[City of Sheffield|Sheffield]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham|Rotherham]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley|Barnsley]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster|Doncaster]]
|-
| style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[West Yorkshire Combined Authority|West Yorkshire]] || colspan="2" style="background: #F6EAF8" | '''2'''.&nbsp;[[West Yorkshire]]&nbsp;* || style="background: #FDEFFF" | ''a'')&nbsp;[[City of Wakefield|Wakefield]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Kirklees]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Calderdale]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[City of Bradford|Bradford]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[City of Leeds|Leeds]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority|York and North Yorkshire]] || rowspan="2" | [[North Yorkshire]]<br />{{small|(part only)}} || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''3'''.&nbsp;[[North Yorkshire Council|North Yorkshire]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb" | '''4'''.&nbsp;[[City of York|York]] U.A. 
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority|Hull and East Yorkshire]] || rowspan="2" | [[East Riding of Yorkshire]] || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb"| '''5'''.&nbsp;[[East Riding of Yorkshire Council|East Riding of Yorkshire]] U.A.
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| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb"| '''6'''.&nbsp;[[Kingston upon Hull]] U.A.
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| rowspan="2" style="background: #FFFFE5" | [[Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority|Greater Lincolnshire]]<br />{{small|(part only)}} || rowspan="2" | [[Lincolnshire]]<br />{{small|(part only)}} || colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb"| '''7'''.&nbsp;[[North Lincolnshire]] U.A.
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| colspan="2" style="background: #eeffeb"| '''8'''.&nbsp;[[North East Lincolnshire]] U.A.
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| rowspan="5" style="background: #f4f4f4" |  || rowspan="4" | {{legend|#FFFFE5|[[Combined authority]]|outline=silver}} || colspan="2" | {{legend|#fff1f1|† Two-tier [[non-metropolitan county]]|outline=silver}} || {{legend|#fff7f7|[[Non-metropolitan district]]|outline=silver}} 
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| colspan="2" | {{legend|#E1EAFF|‡ Royal non-metropolitan county|outline=silver}}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{small|(no county council)}} || {{legend|#EDF3FF|Unitary authority district that is not a county|outline=silver}}
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| colspan="3" | {{legend|#eeffeb|U.A. [[unitary authorities of England|Unitary authority area]] (non-metropolitan county and district)|outline=silver}}
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| colspan="2" | {{legend|#F6EAF8|* [[Metropolitan county]]|outline=silver}}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{small|(no county council)}} || {{legend|#FDEFFF|[[Metropolitan district]]|outline=silver}}
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| {{legend|#FFF8D1| Greater London Authority|outline=silver}} || colspan="2" style="background: #f4f4f4" |  || {{legend|#FFFAED|[[London borough]] or [[City of London]]|outline=silver}}
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|}

== See also ==
*[[Combined authority]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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*[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/beginner-s-guide/administrative/england/counties--non-metropolitan-districts-and-unitary-authorities/map-of-the-uk-counties-and-unitary-administrations.pdf Map of the UK counties and unitary administrations] 
*[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/beginner-s-guide/administrative/england/counties--non-metropolitan-districts-and-unitary-authorities/map-of-all-uk-local-authorities.pdf Map of all UK local authorities]

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