As part of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee in 2022, city-status was awarded to eight towns across the UK and its dependencies / overseas territories. Can you name all 39 towns / places that submitted a bid to be made a city?
Towns are ordered by their 2021 populations (according to citypopulation.de). Ceremonial counties are included to help with the English towns.
The eight successful bids are highlighted in gold.
Light blue background = a unitary authority, not a town. Pink background = a county, not a town.
Excluding Southend-on-Sea, which was separately made a city in 2022 in honour of its murdered MP Sir David Amess.