Metropolitan borough

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This article is about the current districts outside London. For the former districts in London, see Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London. For the Republic of Ireland's metropolitan districts, see Metropolitan district (Ireland).

Metropolitan district
  • Also known as:
  • Metropolitan borough
CategoryLocal authority districts
LocationEngland
Found inMetropolitan county
Created byLocal Government Act 1972
Created
  • 1 April 1974
Number36 (as of 2008)
Possible status
  • City
Additional status
  • Borough
Populations0.1 - 1.1 million

A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of

metropolitan mayor
.

History

London metropolitan boroughs (1900–1965)

Main article: Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London

The term "metropolitan borough" was first used for administrative subdivisions of the County of London between 1900 and 1965. There were 28 of these metropolitan boroughs, which were replaced by a new system of larger London boroughs in 1965, when the County of London was replaced by Greater London.

Current metropolitan boroughs

The current metropolitan boroughs originated as metropolitan districts created in 1974 as subdivisions of new metropolitan counties, created to cover the six largest urban areas in England outside Greater London. The new districts replaced the previous system of

urban and rural districts
.

Metropolitan districts were originally parts of a two-tier structure of local government, and shared power with metropolitan county councils. They differed from

social services and libraries. In non-metropolitan counties these services were (and are) the responsibility of county councils.[3]

Many metropolitan districts were boroughs from their establishment on 1 April 1974; others gained borough status later.

In 1986 the metropolitan county councils were abolished under the Local Government Act 1985 and most of their functions were devolved to the metropolitan boroughs, making them, to a large extent, unitary authorities in all but name. At the same time some of the functions of the abolished metropolitan county councils were taken over by joint bodies such as passenger transport authorities, and joint fire, police and waste disposal authorities.[2]

Metropolitan district councils

The metropolitan districts are administered by metropolitan district councils. They are the principal local authorities in the six metropolitan counties and are responsible for running most local services, such as schools, social services, waste collection, and roads.[4]

The 36 metropolitan boroughs are:

Metropolitan county Metropolitan districts Number County population[citation needed]
Merseyside
Liverpool, Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral
 5 1,365,000
Greater Manchester
Manchester, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan
 10 2,573,200
South Yorkshire
Doncaster, Rotherham
 4 1,290,000
Tyne and Wear
Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Sunderland
 5 1,299,000
West Midlands
Wolverhampton
 7 2,916,458
West Yorkshire Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield 5 2,161,200

See also

References

  1. ^ Local Government Act 1972, Schedule I, Part I, Metropolitan Counties and Metropolitan Districts
  2. ^ a b Local Government Act 1985 c.51
  3. ISBN 0-11-750847-0
    .
  4. ^ "Understand how your council works". Retrieved 28 December 2023.

External links

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