Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
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| Metropolitan Borough of Walsall | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Ceremonial County: | West Midlands |
| Historic County: | Staffordshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 240th 103.95 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Walsall |
| ONS code: | 00CU |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 34th 253,500 2,439 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 86.4% White 10.4% S.Asian 1.4% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.walsall.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Bruce George, Richard Shepherd, David Winnick |
The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough of the county of West Midlands, England. It is named after Walsall, its administrative headquarters.
Other major towns on the borough include Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Darlaston, Streetly and Willenhall.
The current boundaries of the borough were set in April 1, 1974, when the Local Government Act 1972 came into force. The former county borough of Walsall took in Aldridge-Brownhills urban district from Staffordshire and became a metropolitan district of the West Midlands.
In 1986 the Walsall borough became an effective unitary authority when the West Midlands County Council was abolished. However it remains part of the West Midlands for ceremonial purposes, and for functions such as policing, fire and public transport.
[edit] Localities
- Aldridge
- Barr Beacon, Bentley, Blakenall Heath, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Brownhills West
- Caldmore, Clayhanger, Coalpool
- Darlaston
- Fullbrook
- Harden, High Heath
- Leamore, Little Bloxwich
- Moxley
- New Invention
- Palfrey, Pelsall, Pheasey, Pleck
- Rushall
- Shelfield, Shire Oak, Short Heath, Spring Bank, Streetly
- Walsall, Walsall Wood, Willenhall
[edit] Politics
The borough council is presently Conservative controlled. The Mayor is Conservative Councillor Barbara McCracken. There are three Members of Parliament in the constituencies Aldridge-Brownhills, Walsall North and Walsall South. Richard Shepherd M.P. (Conservative) is the member for Aldridge-Brownhills,
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Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
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