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Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, also known as Dudley Council, is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. The town of Dudley had been a borough since the thirteenth century, being reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the ...
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Dudley in the West Midlands , England .
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley was created in 1974 from the existing boroughs of Dudley, the Municipal Borough of Stourbridge and the Municipal Borough of Halesowen.. This followed an earlier reorganisation 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 ...
The second part of the new complex was the council house in Priory Road. It was built with financial support from Earl of Dudley, [8] who laid the foundation stone in June 1934. [1] It was designed by the same architect in a similar style, built with similar materials and was officially opened by the Duke of Kent in December 1935. [1]
After Dudley market place was cleaned and paved by the newly established Borough Council, there was a need for a public amenity that would ornament and enhance the market place. The fountain was designed by James Forsyth, a Scottish sculptor who had also designed the Perseus and Andromeda fountain at Whitley Court in Worcestershire. [1]
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Dudley is the administrative centre of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, governed by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. The borough, which also includes the towns of Halesowen and Stourbridge , had a population of 312,925 as of the 2011 census.
The 2015 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [1] It was held on the same day as other local elections , as well as the election of MPs for Dudley South , Dudley North , Halesowen and Rowley Regis and Stourbridge .