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The Borough of Dartford is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England, in the far north west of the county. Its council is in Dartford. It borders the borough of Gravesham to the east, Sevenoaks District to the south, the London Borough of Bexley to the west, and the Thurrock unitary authority of Essex to the north, across the River Thames, having the longest bridge and tunnel across the river to allow the M25 motorway to cross. According to the 2011 Census, its population was 97,365. The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Dartford, Swanscombe Urban District, and part of Dartford Rural District. In the mid-1990s review of local government in Kent, consideration was given to merging the borough with that of adjoining Gravesham to form a new unitary authority. However the proposal proved unpopular amongst residents who took part in the consultation and the two borough councils kept their identities. ==Government== Since 2010, the main area's MP is Gareth Johnson (Conservative) who replaced the outgoing Howard Stoate (Labour). The Mayor for the year May 2014 to May 2015 is Councillor Avtar Sandhu MBE. The Leader of the Council, from February 2006, is Councillor Jeremy Kite (Conservative). Councillors represent the following seventeen wards, as amended in 2001:〔(The Borough of Dartford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 )〕 * Bean and Darenth * Brent * Castle * Greenhithe * Heath * Joyce Green * Joydens Wood * Littlebrook * Longfield, New Barn and Southfleet * Newtown * Princes * Stone * Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley * Swanscombe * Town * West Hill * Wilmington ''NB the boundaries of these wards do not necessarily coincide with the parish boundaries, which follow'' The following civil parishes are also included in the borough: *Bean *Darenth *Longfield and New Barn *Southfleet *Stone *Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley *Swanscombe and Greenhithe *Wilmington In addition to the settlements named above, there is the urban village of Joydens Wood to the south-west of the town. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Borough of Dartford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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