Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
| 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 Metropolitan Borough shown within West Midlands |
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| Sovereign state |
 United Kingdom
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| Constituent country |
 England
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| Region | West Midlands | ||
| Metropolitan county |
 West Midlands
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| Status | Metropolitan borough | ||
| Admin HQ | Dudley | ||
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Metropolitan district council | ||
| • Body | Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | ||
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Labour) | ||
| • Mayor | Cllr. Steve Waltho | ||
| • MPs |
Ian Austin (L) Mike Wood (C) Margot James (C) James Morris (C) Pat McFadden (L) |
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 37.82 sq mi (97.96 km2) | ||
| Area rank | 223rd (of 326) | ||
| Population (mid-2014 est.) | |||
| • Total | 315,799 | ||
| • Rank | Ranked 30th | ||
| • Density | 8,300/sq mi (3,200/km2) | ||
| • Ethnicity | 90.4% White 1.6% Mixed 5.6% Asian 1.7% Black 0.7% Other |
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| 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) |
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| OS grid reference | SO9350590490 | ||
| NUTS 3 | UKG36 | ||
| Website | www |
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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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