Metropolitan Borough of Dudley

Metropolitan Borough of Dudley

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 (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 17th 305,300 3117 / km²
Ethnicity:	92.0% White 1.3% Mixed 4.7% Asian 1.3% Black 0.4% Chinese 0.3% Other^[1]
Politics
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.dudley.gov.uk/
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. Following the 2008 local elections there were 43 Conservative councillors, 26 Labour councillors, 2 Liberal Democrat councillors, and one UK Independence Party councillor.

The Merry Hill Shopping Centre is situated in the borough.

[edit] Localities

Localities within the borough include:

v • d • e Ceremonial county of West Midlands

Metropolitan districts	City of Birmingham • City of Coventry • City of Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough of Dudley • Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell • Metropolitan Borough of Solihull • Metropolitan Borough of Walsall

Cities and towns	Aldridge • Amblecote • Bilston • Birmingham • Blackheath • Bloxwich • Brierley Hill • Brownhills • Coseley • Coventry • Darlaston • Dudley • Halesowen • Hampton-in-Arden • Oldbury • Rowley Regis • Sedgley • Smethwick • Solihull • Stourbridge • Sutton Coldfield • Tipton • Walsall • Wednesbury • Wednesfield • West Bromwich • Willenhall • Wolverhampton See also: West Midlands

Rivers	River Blythe • River Cole • River Penk • River Rea • River Sherbourne • River Sowe • River Stour • River Tame

Topics	Birmingham Canal Navigations • Black Country • Centro • History of West Midlands County • Conservation areas

West Midlands conurbation • Coventry/Bedworth Urban Area • Category:West Midlands

v • d • e Districts of the West Midlands Region

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