In article ,
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
In article ,
(Ian Jelf) wrote:
But, although having powers analogous to those of a county, there is no
such things as the County of Southend on Sea.
/pedant

That depends on the purposes. It's a county for the pruposes of the
Parliamentary Boundary Commission, for example,

No it isn't, it's being reviewed along with Essex.

but a district in terms of the Local Government Act 1972.

There used to be such things as "Parliamentary Counties" for some
Boroughs: Norwich, Bristol, Exeter, and Nottingham.

I think it would have been better not to have opened this can of
worms.

Almost certainly right.

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