Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
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| Metropolitan Borough of Dudley | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Ceremonial County: | West Midlands |
| Historic County: | Worcestershire, Staffordshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 247th 97.96 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Dudley |
| ONS code: | 00CR |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 15th 305,600 3,120 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 93.6% White 1.0% Mixed 4.0% Asian 1.0% Black 0.2% Chinese 0.2% Other[1] |
| Politics | |
 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.dudley.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader and Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Ian Austin, Sylvia Heal, Ian Pearson, Lynda Waltho |
The Metropolitan borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974, and is made up of the towns of Dudley (where the council has its headquarters), Stourbridge, Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Amblecote, Sedgley and Coseley.
The present borough was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the old County Borough of Dudley, with the municipal boroughs of Halesowen and Stourbridge. At the same time becoming part of the metropolitan county of West Midlands. The area had historically been part of the counties of Worcestershire and Staffordshire..
The council has 72 councillors, representing 24 wards.
The Merry Hill Shopping Centre is situated in the borough.
[edit] Localities
Localities within the borough include:
- Amblecote
- Brierley Hill, Bromley, Buckpool
- Coseley, Cradley
- Dudley
- Gornalwood
- Halesowen, Hawbush, Hurst Green, Hurst Hill
- Kingswinford
- Lye
- Netherton
- Old Swinford
- Pensnett
- Quarry Bank
- Sedgley, Stourbridge
- The Straits
- Wall Heath, Withymoor, Wollaston, Wollescote, Wordsley, Wren’s Nest
[edit] References
Birmingham • Bridgnorth • Bromsgrove • Cannock Chase • Coventry • Dudley • East Staffordshire • Herefordshire • Lichfield • Malvern Hills • Newcastle-under-Lyme • North Shropshire • North Warwickshire • Nuneaton and Bedworth • Oswestry • Redditch • Rugby • Sandwell • Shrewsbury and Atcham • Solihull • South Shropshire • South Staffordshire • Stafford • Staffordshire Moorlands • Stoke-on-Trent • Stratford-on-Avon • Tamworth • Telford and Wrekin • Walsall • Warwick • Wolverhampton • Worcester • Wychavon • Wyre Forest
Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
