West Midlands County Council (WMCC) was, from 1974 to 1986, the upper-tier administrative body for the West Midlands county, a metropolitan county in England...
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West Midlands is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the larger West Midlands region of England. A landlocked county, it is bordered by Staffordshire...
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The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is the combined authority for the West Midlands metropolitan county in the United Kingdom. It was established...
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The West Midlands region straddles the historic borders between the counties of Warwickshire (Birmingham and Coventry), Staffordshire in the north, and...
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Local elections to the West Midlands County Council, a Metropolitan County Council encompassing the West Midlands, were held on 7 May 1981, resulting in...
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The West Midlands Metro is a light-rail/tram system in the county of West Midlands, England. The network has 33 stops with a total of 14 miles (23 km)...
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after the abolition of the West Midlands County Council, Sandwell effectively became a unitary authority. Sandwell Council's headquarters are in Oldbury...
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traditionally known as the Midlands. The region consists of the counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire...
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covering the entire West Midlands since the 1981 West Midlands County Council election, the former West Midlands County Council having been dissolved...
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The ceremonial county of West Midlands, England, is divided into 28 parliamentary constituencies, each of which elect one Member of Parliament (MP) to...
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The 2024 West Midlands mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the mayor of the West Midlands. The election took place on the same day as other...
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Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is the public body responsible for co-ordinating transport services in the West Midlands metropolitan county in England...
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definition for the Midlands. If defined as being made up of the statistical regions of East Midlands and West Midlands, it includes the counties of Derbyshire...
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The West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE) was the public body responsible for public transport in the West Midlands metropolitan county in...
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(grid reference SP035905) is an inner-city area of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. Historically in Staffordshire, Handsworth lies just outside...
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West Midlands county. From 1974 until 1986 Coventry City Council was a lower-tier authority, with the West Midlands County Council providing county-level...
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residential area of Oldbury in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands of the United Kingdom. Historically in both Worcestershire and Shropshire...
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West Midlands region of England. It is contained within the counties of the West Midlands, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire...
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Borough Council was a lower-tier authority, with the West Midlands County Council providing county-level services. Following the abolition of the county council...
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trading as Diamond West Midlands, and also operating under the West Midlands Bus brand identity, is a bus operator in the West Midlands. It is a subsidiary...
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has been support from several council leaders for an East Midlands combined authority (in response to the West Midlands) with discussions to follow on...
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a metropolitan borough, with West Midlands County Council providing county-level services. West Midlands County Council was abolished in 1986 and Walsall...
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Coventry (redirect from West Orchards Shopping Centre)
/ˈkʌv-/ KUV-) is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement...
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county of West Midlands. For the next twelve years there was a two-tier structure in place, with West Midlands County Council providing higher county-level...
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Blackheath is a town in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, in the county of West Midlands, England. Before 1841, Bleak Heath or Blake Heath was a small group...
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John Taylor (Solihull MP) (category Councillors in the West Midlands (county))
his career in the Solihull County Borough Council in 1971, then went on to the West Midlands Metropolitan County Council in 1973. He became Leader of...
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metropolitan borough, with West Midlands County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973,...
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Nottingham City Council. The council is a constituent member of the East Midlands Combined County Authority. Elected county councils were created in 1889...
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metropolitan district of the newly created West Midlands county under the West Midlands County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and Birmingham...
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West Bromwich (/ˈbrɒmɪtʃ/ BROM-itch), commonly known as West Brom, is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. Historically part...
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