Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
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| Borough of Walsall | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Ceremonial County: | West Midlands |
| Traditional County: | Staffordshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 240th 103.95 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Walsall |
| ONS code: | 00CU |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density | Ranked {{English district rank / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 86.4% White 10.4% S.Asian 1.4% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.walsall.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | |
| MPs: | Bruce George, Richard Shepherd, David Winnick |
The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough of the county of West Midlands, England. It is named after Walsall, its administrative headquarters.
Other major towns on the borough include Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Darlaston, Streetly and Willenhall.
The current boundaries of the borough were set in April 1, 1974, when the Local Government Act 1972 came into force. The former county borough of Walsall took in Aldridge-Brownhills urban district from Staffordshire and became a metropolitan district of the West Midlands.
In 1986 the Walsall borough became an effective unitary authority when the West Midlands County Council was abolished. However it remains part of the West Midlands for ceremonial purposes, and for functions such as policing, fire and public transport.
Localities
- Aldridge
- Barr Beacon, Bentley, Blakenall Heath, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Brownhills West
- Caldmore, Clayhanger, Coalpool
- Darlaston
- Fullbrook
- Harden, High Heath
- Leamore, Little Bloxwich
- Moxley
- New Invention
- Palfrey, Pelsall, Pheasey, Pleck
- Rushall
- Shelfield, Shire Oak, Short Heath, Spring Bank, Streetly
- Walsall Wood, Willenhall
Politics
The borough council is presently Conservative controlled. The Mayor is Liberal Democrat Councillor John Cook. There are three Members of Parliament in the constituencies Aldridge-Brownhills, Walsall North and Walsall South. Richard Shepherd M.P. (Conservative) is the member for Aldridge-Brownhills, while the member for Walsall North is currently David Winnick M.P. (Labour) and Rt. Hon. Bruce George, M.P. (Labour) is the member for Walsall South.
Bruce George is also chair of the Defence Select Committee, a member of H.R.H.'s most honourable privy council, and was leader of the international team overseeing the recent elections in Ukraine. Richard Shepherd was one of the so-called Maastricht rebels of the mid 1990s.
| Districts of the 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 | |
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Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire |
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