Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in North East England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. It consists of the five metropolit
Status:
Metropolitan county &
Ceremonial county
Origin:
1974
(Local Government Act 1972)
Region:
North East England
Area
- Total:
Ranked 44th
540 km² (208 sq mi)
ONS code:
2D
NUTS 2:
UKC22/23
Population
- Total (2006 est.)
- Density:
Ranked 12th
1,087,600
2,014/km² (5,216/sq mi)
Ethnicity:
96.8% White
1.8% S. Asian
Executive:
Members of Parliament:
David Anderson Lab
Nick Brown Lab
Stephen Byers Lab
Alan Campbell Lab
David Clelland Lab
Jim Cousins Lab
Bill Etherington Lab
Doug Henderson Lab
Stephen Hepburn Lab
Sharon Hodgson Lab
Fraser Kemp Lab
David Miliband Lab
Chris Mullin Lab
