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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 (2006 est.) - Density |
Ranked 17th 305,300 3117 / 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. Following the 2007 local elections there were 39 Conservative councillors, 28 Labour councillors, and 5 Liberal Democrat councillors.
The Merry Hill Shopping Centre is situated in the borough.
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
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| 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: List of civil parishes in 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 |
| West Midlands conurbation • Coventry/Bedworth Urban Area • Category:West Midlands | |
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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 |