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Dudley Metropolitan Borough

Borough of Dudley
Metropolitan borough
Dudley Council House in Dudley, West Midlands
Dudley Council House in Dudley, West Midlands
Coat of arms of Borough of Dudley
Coat of arms
Official logo of Borough of Dudley
Logo of the Borough Council
Motto: Unity and Progress
Dudley Metropolitan Borough shown within West Midlands
Dudley Metropolitan Borough shown within West Midlands
Sovereign state United Kingdom United Kingdom
Constituent country England England
Region West Midlands
Metropolitan county  West Midlands
Status Metropolitan borough
Admin HQ Dudley
Incorporated 1 April 1974
Government
 • Type Metropolitan district council
 • Body Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
 • Leadership Leader & Cabinet (Labour (council NOC))
 • Mayor Cllr. Mohammed Hanif
 • MPs Ian Austin (L)
Mike Wood (C)
Margot James (C)
James Morris (C)
Pat McFadden (L)
Area
 • Total 37.82 sq mi (97.96 km2)
Area rank 223rd (of 326)
Population (mid-2015 est.)
 • Total 316,500
 • Rank Ranked 30th
 • Density 8,400/sq mi (3,200/km2)
 • Ethnicity 90.4% White
1.6% Mixed
5.6% Asian
1.7% Black
0.7% Other
Time zone GMT (UTC0)
 • Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)
Postcode DY, B, WV
Area code(s) 01384, 0121, 01902, 01562
ISO 3166 code GB-DUD
ONS code 00CR (ONS)
E08000027 (GSS)
OS grid reference SO9350590490
NUTS 3 UKG36
Website www.dudley.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough of West Midlands in England. It was created in 1974 following the Local Government Act 1972, through a merger of the existing Dudley County Borough with the municipal boroughs of Stourbridge and Halesowen. The borough borders Sandwell to the east, the city of Birmingham to the south east, Bromsgrove to the south in Worcestershire, South Staffordshire District to the west, and the city of Wolverhampton to the north.

Being a metropolitan borough Dudley is effectively a unitary authority, with the exceptions of Transport for West Midlands, (publicly branded as Network West Midlands), fire and police services, and the local government pension fund (West Midlands Pension Fund), which are jointly run by the seven metropolitan boroughs of the West Midlands county.

For Eurostat purposes, Dudley is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG36), and is one of seven boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region.

The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley was created in 1974 from the existing boroughs of Dudley, Stourbridge and Halesowen. This followed an earlier reorganization in 1966, as per the provisions of the Local Government Act 1958, which saw an expansion of the three boroughs from the abolition of the surrounding urban districts of Amblecote, Brierley Hill, Coseley, and Sedgley; and the municipal boroughs of Tipton, Oldbury, and Rowley Regis.


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