East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of the nine statistical regions of England, established in 1994. As of 2024, it consists of the council areas of Derby City Council, Derbyshire County Council, Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council, Lincolnshire County Council, Nottingham City Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, North and West Northamptonshire County Council and Rutland County Council. It broadly corresponds to the eastern half of the area of England traditionally known as the Midlands which, in a statistical context, consists of the East and West Midlands combined.

In terms of counties, the East Midlands consists of most of Derbyshire (except for southern suburbs of Sheffield), Leicestershire, much of Lincolnshire (except northern Lindsey), much of Nottinghamshire, most of Northamptonshire (notably excluding Peterborough), Rutland, with the addition of smaller areas of other counties, including; two sparse areas of north and east Cheshire, the village of Thurning in Huntingdonshire,