Editing North West England (section)

===Social deprivation===
Of the nine regions of England, the North West has the [[Countries of the United Kingdom by GVA per capita|fourth-highest GVA per capita]]—the highest outside southern England. Despite this the region has above average [[Multiple deprivation index|multiple deprivation]] with wealth heavily concentrated on very affluent areas like rural Cheshire, rural Lancashire, and south Cumbria. As measured by the [[Indices of deprivation 2007]], the region has many more [[ONS coding system|Lower Layer Super Output Areas]] in the 20% most deprived districts than the 20% least deprived council districts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/576659.pdf |title=LSOA data 2007 |access-date=17 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206165428/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/576659.pdf |archive-date=6 December 2008}}</ref> Only [[North East England]] shows more indicators of deprivation than the North West, but the number of affluent areas in the North West is very similar to [[Yorkshire and the Humber]].

The most deprived local authority areas in the region (based on specific wards within those borough areas) are, in descending order—Liverpool, Manchester, Knowsley, Blackpool, Salford, Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Rochdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Halton, Hyndburn, Oldham, Pendle, St Helens, Preston, Bolton, Tameside, Wirral, Wigan, Copeland, Sefton, and Rossendale.

In 2007 when Cheshire still had district councils, the least deprived council districts in the region by council district, in descending order, were—Congleton, Ribble Valley, Macclesfield, and South Lakeland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/576659.pdf |title=2007 deprivation data |access-date=17 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206165428/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/576659.pdf |archive-date=6 December 2008}}</ref> These areas have Conservative MPs, except South Lakeland has a Lib Dem and Labour MPs. At county level, before it was split into two, Cheshire was the least deprived, followed by Trafford, and by Warrington and Stockport.

In March 2011, the overall [[Jobseeker's Allowance|unemployment claimant]] count was 4.2% for the region. Inside the region the highest was Liverpool with 6.8%, followed by Knowsley on 6.3%, Halton with 5.5% and Rochdale with 5.1%. The lowest claimant count is in [[Eden (district)|Eden]] (Cumbria) and [[Ribble Valley]] (Lancashire) each with 1.3%, followed by [[South Lakeland]] with 1.4%.<ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/elmr/downloads/Table6-18.xls Claimant count] {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>