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The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to the county's seven borough councils, including Sandwell, with some services provided through joint committees. [8] Since 2016 the council has been a member of the West Midlands Combined Authority, which has been led by the directly elected Mayor of the West Midlands since 2017 ...
Sandwell's Strategic Town Centre is designated as West Bromwich, the largest town in the borough, while Sandwell Council House (the headquarters of the local authority) is situated in Oldbury. In 2019 Sandwell was ranked 12th most deprived of England's 317 boroughs.
Sandwell Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands , England .
The 2024 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council elections was held on 2 May 2024 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom and the 2024 West Midlands mayoral election. [1] One third of seats on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council were up for election. [2] The council remained under Labour majority control.
Oldbury is a market town in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England.It is the administrative centre of the borough. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 13,606, [2] while the 2017 population of the wider built-up area was estimated at 25,488. [3]
Sandwell is a consistently Labour council. Labour have held majorities every election since its creation in 1973, apart from 1978 when the Conservatives gained the council. [ 4 ] From 2018 to 2021 , Sandwell was one of the few councils to be comprised fully of one party, with Labour in control of all 72 wards. [ 5 ]
Newton is a ward in Sandwell, West Midlands, England. [1] On the eastern bank of the River Tame, it is currently represented by 3 Labour Party councillors, who sit on the Metropolitan Borough Council. [2] Newton is part of the West Bromwich East parliament constituency for elections to the House of Commons.
Bearwood is the southern part of Smethwick, in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. It lies north of the A456 Hagley Road. Bearwood Hill was the original name of the High Street from Smethwick Council House to Windmill Lane. The border at the Shireland Brook where Portland Road, Edgbaston becomes Shireland Road ...