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UK Local Government April 2006


Thurrock	1
Hounslow	2
Lewes	3
Durham City	4
Taunton Deane	5
New Forest	6
Tynedale	7
Hastings	7
Oldham	9
Milton Keynes	10
Eden	11
Merton	12
Gedling	13
Adur	13
Shepway	15
Elmbridge	15
Barking & Dagenham	17
Redbridge	18
Oswestry	19
Isle of Wight	20
West Dorset	21
Trafford	22
Stockport	23
Mansfield	24
Angus	25
Coventry	26
Stratford-on-Avon	27
Wansbeck	28
Leeds	29
Aylesbury Vale	30
Rutland	31
High Peak	32
Crewe and Nantwich	33
Slough	34
Chester	35
Stockton-on-Tees	36
Great Yarmouth	37
South Lakeland	38
South Tyneside	39
Redcar and Cleveland	40
Allerdale	41
Warwick	42
Kirklees	43
Newark and Sherwood	44
North Norfolk	45
Herefordshire	46
Essex	47
Wellingborough	48
Knowsley	49
Dover	50
Wear Valley	51
Portsmouth	52
Solihull	53
Bridgnorth	54
North Devon	55
Test Valley	56
Wolverhampton	57
Isles of Scilly	58
South Cambridgeshire	59
Stroud	60
Nottinghamshire	61
Tameside	62
Kettering	63
Newcastle-under-Lyme	64
Walsall	65
Pendle	66
Harborough	67
Waverley	68
Calderdale	69
Stirling	70
Worcestershire	71
Kensington & Chelsea	72
Wrexham	73
Havering	74
Bromsgrove	74
South Norfolk	76
St Helens	77
Braintree	78
East Sussex	79
Vale Royal	80
Surrey Heath	81
Tonbridge and Malling	82
Charnwood	83
Rossendale	84
Mid Bedfordshire	85
Richmond upon Thames	86
East Lindsey	87
Northampton	88
Tandridge	89
Wakefield	90
Nuneaton & Bedworth	91
Castle Morpeth	92
North Warwickshire	93
Wandsworth	94
Staffordshire	95
Cardiff	96
Chester-le-Street	97
South Shropshire	98
Rotherham	99
North Cornwall	100
Derbyshire	101
Barrow-in-Furness	102
Shropshire	103
Mid Sussex	104
South Bucks	105
South Kesteven	106
Broxbourne	107
Melton	108
Hillingdon	109
Gloucester	110
Croydon	111
Lichfield	111
Fife	113
Wyre	114
West Oxfordshire	115
Hinckley & Bosworth	116
Chiltern	117
Huntingdonshire	118
Gosport	119
East Renfrewshire	120
Broxtowe	121
East Staffordshire	122
Congleton	123
North Shropshire	124
Gwynedd	125
Hertfordshire	126
Gateshead	127
Lambeth	128
Rhondda Cynon Taff	129
South Holland	130
York	131
Liverpool	132
Malvern Hills	133
Bassetlaw	134
Ceredigion	135
Crawley	136
West Lindsey	137
Aberdeenshire	138
Caradon	139
Bracknell Forest	140
Ealing	141
Woking	142
Shrewsbury & Atcham	143
Bradford	144
Broadland	145
Carlisle	146
Eastleigh	147
Uttlesford	148
Oadby & Wigston	149
Alnwick	150
Salford	151
Berwick-Upon-Tweed	152
South Somerset	153
Rugby	154
Burnley	155
North Lincolnshire	156
West Dunbartonshire	157
Shetland Islands	158
Neath Port Talbot	159
Oxford	160
Camden	161
Easington	162
Highland	163
Tamworth	164
North Tyneside	165
Macclesfield	166
Salisbury	167
Southampton	168
Cannock Chase	169
Edinburgh	170
Scarborough	171
Havant	172
Teesdale	173
Richmondshire	174
Bath & North East Somerset	175
Lincoln	176
Ribble Valley	177
Dacorum	178
Wigan	179
Lancaster	180
Luton	181
South Gloucestershire	182
Wyre Forest	183
Worthing	184
Forest of Dean	185
Westminster	186
North Kesteven	187
Preston	188
Southend-on-Sea	189
North East Derbyshire	190
Dartford	191
Canterbury	192
Sevenoaks	193
Bristol	194
City of London	195
Tendring	196
Wycombe	197
East Hertfordshire	198
Conwy	199
Staffordshire Moorlands	199
St Albans	201
Hampshire	202
Peterborough	203
Wychavon	204
Hartlepool	205
Ipswich	206
Rushmoor	207
Newham	208
Mendip	209
Maidstone	210
Chelmsford	211
Restormel	212
Newport	213
Wiltshire	214
South Bedfordshire	215
Barnet	216
Gravesham	218
Horsham	219
Kent	220
Islington	221
North Yorkshire	222
Blackburn with Darwen	223
Stafford	224
Surrey	225
Tunbridge Wells	226
Lisburn	227
North Dorset	228
Leicestershire	229
West Somerset	230
Pembrokeshire	231
West Berkshire	232
Windsor and Maidenhead	233
Cherwell	234
Erewash	235
Runnymede	235
Bedford	237
Sedgemoor	238
North Down	239
Dudley	240
Dumfries and Galloway	241
Breckland	242
Exeter	243
Ards	244
Bolsover	245
Ashford	245
Lewisham	247
Powys	248
Hackney	249
Redditch	250
Waveney	251
Rother	252
Chichester	253
Gloucestershire	254
Fenland	255
Sedgefield	256
North West Leicestershire	257
South Derbyshire	258
Tewkesbury	258
Wokingham	260
West Lancashire	261
London Mayor	262
Blyth Valley	263
Omagh	264
Maldon	265
Harlow	266
Magherafelt	267
Winchester	268
Sunderland	269
Epsom & Ewell	269
South Staffordshire	271
Kerrier	272
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	273
Larne	274
Lincolnshire	275
Limavady	276
Moyle	277
Colchester	278
Bexley	279
Reading	280
Harrow	281
Chesterfield	282
East Northamptonshire	283
Ryedale	284
Stoke-on-Trent	285
Brighton and Hove	286
Reigate and Banstead	287
Daventry	288
Cambridge	289
Renfrewshire	290
Leicester	291
West Sussex	292
Weymouth & Portland	293
Guildford	294
Cornwall	295
Chorley	296
Torridge	297
Denbighshire	298
Manchester	299
South Hams	300
West Wiltshire	301
Flintshire	302
Sheffield	303
Watford	304
Forest Heath	305
Dundee	306
Derby	307
Devon	308
Three Rivers	309
Telford & Wrekin	310
Torfaen	311
Mid Devon	312
Suffolk Coastal	313
Carrick	314
Kingston upon Thames	315
Rochdale	316
Sutton	317
Cambridgeshire	318
Ballymena	319
East Cambridgeshire	320
Ellesmere Port & Neston	321
Isle of Anglesey	322
Nottingham	323
Merthyr Tydfil	323
Welwyn Hatfield	325
Falkirk	326
North East Lincolnshire	327
Rochford	328
Cookstown	328
Hertsmere	330
Derbyshire Dales	331
Carmarthenshire	332
Oxfordshire	333
Waltham Forest	334
Blaby	335
Hart	336
Glasgow	337
East Hampshire	338
Cumbria	339
Bury	340
Halton	341
South Ayrshire	342
Darlington	343
Basingstoke & Deane	344
Suffolk	345
Greenwich	346
Sefton	346
Belfast	348
Kennet	349
Southwark	350
Down	351
Derry	352
Barnsley	353
Strabane	354
East Riding of Yorkshire	355
Norwich	355
Haringey	357
South Oxfordshire	358
Purbeck	359
Perth & Kinross	360
Doncaster	361
Buckinghamshire	362
Stevenage	363
North Hertfordshire	364
Brentwood	365
Moray	366
Boston	367
King's Lynn & West Norfolk	368
Harrogate	369
Ashfield	370
North Somerset	371
Aberdeen	372
Brent	373
Wealden	374
Sandwell	375
Banbridge	376
Newcastle upon Tyne	376
Northamptonshire	378
Plymouth	379
Newry and Mourne	380
West Devon	381
Craigavon	382
Somerset	383
Tower Hamlets	384
Newtownabbey	385
Swindon	386
Corby	387
Rushcliffe	388
Scottish Borders	389
Derwentside	390
Bournemouth	391
Penwith	392
Epping Forest	393
Poole	394
Swansea	394
East Devon	394
Middlesbrough	397
Argyll & Bute	398
Cheltenham	399
Eastbourne	400
Kingston upon Hull	401
Monmouthshire	402
Copeland	403
Teignbridge	404
Cheshire	405
Castle Point	406
Craven	407
East Lothian	408
South Northamptonshire	409
Mid Suffolk	410
Basildon	411
Fylde	412
Wirral	413
Arun	414
Blaenau Gwent	414
Bromley	416
Warwickshire	417
East Ayrshire	418
Norfolk	419
Bolton	420
Armagh	421
Lancashire	422
Antrim	423
Thanet	424
Cotswold	425
Fermanagh	426
Bedfordshire	427
St Edmundsbury	428
Blackpool	429
Vale of White Horse	430
Hammersmith & Fulham	431
West Lothian	432
Babergh	433
Enfield	434
Caerphilly	435
Castlereagh	436
Durham	437
Worcester	438
North Wiltshire	439
Vale of Glamorgan	440
North Lanarkshire	441
Bridgend	442
Hyndburn	443
Birmingham	444
Warrington	445
South Ribble	446
Spelthorne	447
Carrickfergus	448
Torbay	449
Orkney	450
Amber Valley	451
Ballymoney	451
Midlothian	453
Swale	454
Coleraine	455
Inverclyde	456
Northumberland	457
South Lanarkshire	458
North Ayrshire	459
Hambleton	460
Mole Valley	461
East Dunbartonshire	461
Selby	463
Dungannon	464

Changes in rank are compared to March 2006 (UK Local Government). Since then, 1 site entered the survey and 2 sites could not be included in the rankings (same since last).

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