South Ribble

South Ribble
Borough and non-metropolitan district
From left to right Top: Leyland Motors Clock Middle: Bamber Bridge and Lostock Hall Bottom: Penwortham parish church and South Ribble Borough Council offices
Shown within the ceremonial county of Lancashire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Lancashire
Founded	1 April 1974
Admin. HQ	Leyland
Government
• Type	South Ribble Borough Council
• MPs:	Katherine Fletcher, Nigel Evans
Area
• Total	44 sq mi (113 km2)
• Rank	183rd
Population  (2022)
• Total	112,166
• Rank	Ranked 214th
• Density	2,600/sq mi (990/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 95.4% White 2.1% Asian 1.7% Mixed 0.5% Black 0.3% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 61.8% Christianity 30.8% no religion 5% not stated 0.9% Islam 0.7% Hinduism 0.3% other 0.2% Buddhism 0.1% Sikhism 0.1% Judaism
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	30UN (ONS) E07000126 (GSS)

South Ribble Borough Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district
Leadership
Mayor	Chris Lomax, Labour since 24 May 2023[2]
Leader	Paul Foster, Labour since 15 May 2019[3]
Chief Executive	Chris Sinnott since January 2023[4]
Structure
Seats	50 councillors
Political groups	Administration (29)   Labour (29) Other parties (21)   Conservative (15)   Liberal Democrats (5)   Independent (1)
Elections
Voting system	Plurality block voting
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	6 May 2027
Meeting place
Civic Centre, West Paddock, Leyland, PR25 1DH
Website
www.southribble.gov.uk

South Ribble is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Leyland. The borough also includes the towns and villages of Penwortham, Leyland, Farington, Hutton, Longton, Walmer Bridge, Salmesbury, Lostock Hall, Walton le Dale and Bamber Bridge. Many of the built-up areas in the borough form part of the wider Preston built-up area.

The neighbouring districts are Preston, Ribble Valley, Blackburn with Darwen, Chorley, West Lancashire and Fylde.