Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	West Midlands
Ceremonial County:	West Midlands
Historic County:	Staffordshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 240th 103.95 km²
Admin. HQ:	Walsall
ONS code:	00CU
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 34th 253,500 2,439 / km²
Ethnicity:	86.4% White 10.4% S.Asian 1.4% Black British 1.6% Mixed Race.
Politics
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.walsall.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Bruce George, Richard Shepherd, David Winnick

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Other major towns on the borough include Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Darlaston, Streetly and Willenhall. Aldridge is a town in the West Midlands, England, in the borough of Walsall, although historically it was part of the county of Staffordshire. ... Map sources for Bloxwich at grid reference SJ9902 Bloxwich is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England, with a population of around 40,000 people. ... Brownhills is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, the United Kingdom. ... Darlaston is a town in Walsall in the West Midlands of England. ... Streetly is an area of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. ... Map sources for Willenhall at grid reference SO9698 Willenhall is a small town in the West Midlands of England, with a population of approximately 40,000. ...

The current boundaries of the borough were set in April 1, 1974, when the Local Government Act 1972 came into force. The former county borough of Walsall took in Aldridge-Brownhills urban district from Staffordshire and became a metropolitan district of the West Midlands. is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ... Aldridge-Brownhills is a British parliamentary constituency in the West Midlands consisting of the wards of: Aldridge North and Walsall Wood, Aldridge South and Central, Brownhills, Hatherton Rushall, Pelsall and Streetly. ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ...

In 1986 the Walsall borough became an effective unitary authority when the West Midlands County Council was abolished. However it remains part of the West Midlands for ceremonial purposes, and for functions such as policing, fire and public transport. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ... The West Midlands County Council (WMCC) was the former upper-tier administrative body for the West Midlands county, a metropolitan county in England. ...

Localities

• Aldridge, Alumwell
• Barr Beacon, Bentley,Birchills, Blakenall Heath, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Brownhills West
• Caldmore, Chuckery, Clayhanger, Coalpool
• Darlaston
• Fullbrook
• Goscote
• Harden, High Heath
• Leamore, Little Bloxwich
• Moxley
• New Invention
• Palfrey,Park Hall Pelsall, Pheasey, Pleck
• Rushall
• Shelfield, Shire Oak, Short Heath, Spring Bank, Streetly
• Tamebrigde
• Walsall, Walsall Wood, Willenhall
• Yew Tree

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Politics

The borough council is presently Conservative controlled. The Mayor is Conservative Councillor Melvin Pitt. There are three Members of Parliament in the constituencies Aldridge-Brownhills, Walsall North and Walsall South. Richard Shepherd M.P. (Conservative) is the member for Aldridge-Brownhills. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... Aldridge-Brownhills is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Walsall North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Walsall South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd (born 6 December 1942, Aberdeen) Educated at the London School of Economics and Johns Hopkins University is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ...