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Oldham Council elections (20 P) Pages in category "Local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The council styles itself Oldham Council rather than its full formal name of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. [10] From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater Manchester's ...
Oldham council's coat of arms, seen here at the Civic Centre. Following the 1974 reorganisation, a new coat of arms was granted to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, based closely on that of the predecessor Oldham County Borough Council. Like the county borough's arms, which dated from 1894, the new coat is derived from the arms of the Oldham ...
People from the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham (12 C, 1 P) Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham (3 C, 43 P) S. ... Oldham Council; M. M postcode area; O.
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Oldham Council , is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester , England.
Greater Manchester was created as a metropolitan county composed of ten metropolitan boroughs on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972.From its investiture through to 31 March 1986, the county had a two-tier system of local government; district councils shared power with Greater Manchester County Council.
The building continued to serve as the offices of Failsworth Urban District Council for much of the 20th century, [6] but ceased to be the local seat of government when Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council was formed in 1974. [7] The new council accommodated various departments in the building.
McMahon in 2015. McMahon was first elected as a Member of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council for Failsworth East in a by-election on 20 November 2003. He held various posts on Oldham Council before becoming the council's Labour group leader in 2008 after the Liberal Democrats won control of the authority.