| Metropolitan Borough of Dudley | |||
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| — Metropolitan borough — | |||
| Dudley Council House in Dudley, West Midlands | |||
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| Motto: Unity and Progress | |||
| Dudley MBC shown within West Midlands | |||
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | ||
| Constituent country | England | ||
| Region | West Midlands | ||
| Metropolitan county | West Midlands | ||
| Status | Metropolitan borough | ||
| Admin HQ | Dudley, Stourbridge | ||
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Metropolitan district council | ||
| • Body | Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | ||
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) | ||
| • MPs | Chris Kelly Margot James Ian Austin James Morris Pat McFadden |
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 37.8 sq mi (97.96 km2) | ||
| Area rank | 223rd (of 326) | ||
| Population (2010 est.) | |||
| • Total | 307,400 | ||
| • Rank | 24th (of 326) | ||
| • Density | 8,127.4/sq mi (3,138/km2) | ||
| • Ethnicity | 92.0% White 1.3% Mixed 4.7% Asian 1.3% Black 0.4% Chinese 0.3% Other |
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| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) | ||
| Postcode | DY, B, WV | ||
| Area code(s) | 01384, 0121, 01902 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | GB-DUD | ||
| ONS code | 00CR | ||
| OS grid reference | SO9350590490 | ||
| Website | www.dudley.gov.uk | ||
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 (with additional council offices), Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Amblecote, Sedgley and Coseley. For Eurostat purposes Dudley and Sandwell is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG34) and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region.
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 thereby becoming part of the Metropolitan county of the West Midlands. Before 1 April 1974 the area was split between Worcestershire and Staffordshire, with the former Shropshire exclave of Halesowen becoming part of Worcestershire after a reform in 1844.
The borough borders the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell to the east, the city of Birmingham to the south east, Bromsgrove District Council to the south in Worcestershire, South Staffordshire District Council to the west in Staffordshire and the city of Wolverhampton to the north.
Being a metropolitan borough council, Dudley it is effectively a unitary authority, except for public transportation, fire and police services, which are jointly run by the seven metropolitan boroughs of the West Midlands county. The borough also jointly owns Birmingham Airport along with the others.
The council has 72 councillors representing 24 wards. As of 5 May 2011, following the 2008 local elections and by-elections there are 43 Conservative councillors, 28 Labour councillors and one UK Independence Party councillor.
The Merry Hill Shopping Centre is situated in the borough.
The borough includes a number of historic sites such as Dudley Castle, The Leasowes and Himley Hall as well as tourist attractions such as Dudley Zoo, the Black Country Living Museum, Dudley Canal Tunnel and limestone mines, and the Red House Glass Cone.
Unemployment in the borough stood at 5.1% as of May 2010, below the national average, though before the recession which began in 2008 it was considerably lower.[1]
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JCDecaux UK has its Birmingham area office in Halesowen, Borough of Dudley.[2]
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