Map of Metropolitan Borough of Dudley

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Metropolitan Borough of Dudley

Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	West Midlands
Ceremonial County:	West Midlands
Historic County:	Worcestershire, Staffordshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 97.96 km²
Admin. HQ:	Dudley , Stourbridge
ONS code:	00CR
Demographics
Population: - Total ( ) - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	92.0% White 1.3% Mixed 4.7% Asian 1.3% Black 0.4% Chinese 0.3% Other
Politics
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.dudley.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader and Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Ian Austin, Sylvia Heal, Ian Pearson, Lynda Waltho

The Metropolitan borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England

. It was created in 1974, and is made up of the towns of Dudley

(where the council has its headquarters), Stourbridge

(again, another council administration hq), Halesowen

.

The present borough was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the old County Borough of Dudley

. At the same time becoming part of the metropolitan county of West Midlands. The area is historically part of the counties of Worcestershire and Staffordshire.

The council has 72 councillors, representing 24 wards. Following the 2008 local elections there were 43 Conservative councillors, 26 Labour councillors, 2 Liberal Democrat councillors, and one UK Independence Party councillor.

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