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<p>in informal use for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, the northern parts of Lincolnshire and <a href="page.php?w=Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>, and sometimes the far south of <a href="page.php?w=Northern_England">Northern England</a>. A North Midlands <a href="page.php?w=combined_authority_area">combined authority area</a> was proposed in 2016 for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, but cancelled later that year.</p>

<p><big>History and extent</big></p>
<p>A North Midlands region was first defined for the 1881 <a href="page.php?w=UK_census">UK census</a>.</p><p>
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