Wyre Forest (district): Map

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Wyre Forest District
Shown within Worcestershire
Geography
Status:	Non-metropolitan district
Region:	West Midlands
Admin. County:	Worcestershire
Area: - Total	Ranked 195.41 km²
Admin. HQ:	Stourport-on-Severn
ONS code:	47UG
Demographics
Population: - Total ( ) - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.2% White
Politics
Wyre Forest District Council http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Richard Taylor, Bill Wiggin

This article is about the local government district in Worcestershire

Wyre Forest is a local government district in Worcestershire, England

, covering the towns of Kidderminster

, Stourport-on-Severn

and Bewdley

, and several civil parishes and their villages Its council is based in Stourport-on-Severn

.

The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974, as a merger of Bewdley and Kidderminster municipal boroughs, Stourport-on-Severn Urban District Council and Kidderminster Rural District

Council.

The Wyre Forest parliamentary constituency

, which covers most of the district, is represented by the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern MP Dr Richard Taylor. His party was the dominant party, but in the May 2008 local election, the Conservative Party took control of the council.