newark and sherwood

olspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Newark and Sherwood District
olspan=2 align=center\| Shown within Nottinghamshire
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Geography
idth="45%"\|Status:	District
a href="/encyclopedia/Regions-of-England" title="Regions of England">Region:	East Midlands
dmin. County:	Nottinghamshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Surface-area" title="Surface area">Area: - Total	Ranked 64th 651.32 km²
dmin. HQ:	Newark
a href="/encyclopedia/ONS-coding-system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code:	37UG
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Demographics
a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 201st 106,695 164 / km²
thnicity:	98.5% White
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Politics
olspan=2 align=center\|Newark and Sherwood District Council http://www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/
a href="/encyclopedia/Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors" title="Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors">Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
xecutive:	Conservative + Liberal Democrats + Independent
a href="/encyclopedia/MPs-elected-in-the-UK-general-election,-2001" title="MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001">MPs:	Patrick Mercer, Paddy Tipping

Newark and Sherwood is a local government district of eastern Nottinghamshire, England. The district is predominantly farmland, with some large forestry plantations, and three small towns: Newark-on-Trent, Southwell and Ollerton. Other settlements in the district include: