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Map (in equal-size constituencies) of the 2017 general election results showing the red wall. In political terms, the South, and particularly South East England (outside inner London) and East of England, is largely centre-right, and supportive of the Conservative Party, while the North was, at least until the 2019 general election, more supportive of the centre-left Labour Party.
An English North-South dividing line defined by Danny Dorling, former Geography professor at the University of Sheffield. [4] Severn-Wash Line, a common but unofficial way to define the North-South divide in England. [5] [6]
The increasing awareness of the North–South divide strengthened the distinct Northern English identity, which, despite regeneration in some of the major cities, remains to this day. [124] The region saw several IRA attacks during the Troubles, including the M62 coach bombing, the Warrington bomb attacks and the 1992 and 1996 Manchester bombings.
However, this is not to say that the north–south divide is uniform; some of the worst pockets of deprivation can be found in London, whilst parts of Cheshire and North Yorkshire are very wealthy. Nor is the North-South divide limited to the economic sphere; cultural and political divisions weigh heavily too.
The Maastricht Treaty encouraged the creation of regional boundaries for selection of members for the Committee of the Regions of the European Union: Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland had each constituted a region, but England represents such a large proportion of the population of the United Kingdom that further division was thought necessary.
The North-South divide can refer to: North–South divide of the world (Global North and Global South) North–South divide in Belgium; North–South divide in China; North–South divide in Ireland; North–South divide in Italy; North–South divide in Korea; North–South divide in Taiwan; North–South divide in the United Kingdom. North ...
Furthermore, in Regionalism Across the North-South Divide: State Strategies and Globalization, Jean Grugel stated that the three factors that direct the economic development of states in the Global south are "élite behaviour within and between nation states, integration and cooperation within 'geographic' areas, and the resulting position of ...
Culturally, the Midlands is distinct but contains elements from both Northern and Southern England in the North-South divide. [3] The Midlands' biggest city, Birmingham, is the second-largest in the United Kingdom. Other important cities include Coventry, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, and Worcester.