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Metropolitan Borough of Dudley

— Metropolitan borough —

Dudley Council House in Dudley, West Midlands

Logo of the Borough Council

Motto: Unity and Progress

Dudley MBC shown within West Midlands

Status

Admin HQ

Incorporated

1 April 1974

Government

• Type

Metropolitan district council

• Body

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

• Leadership

Leader & Cabinet (Labour)

• MPs

Ian Austin (L)
Chris Kelly (C)
Margot James (C)
James Morris (C)
Pat McFadden (L)

Area

• Total

37.82 sq mi (97.96 km²)

Population (2010 est.)

• Total

307,400 (Ranked 24th)

• Density

8,130/sq mi (3,138/km²)

• Ethnicity

92.0% White
1.3% Mixed
4.7% Asian
1.3% Black
0.4% Chinese
0.3% Other

Time zone

GMT (UTC0)

• Summer (DST)

BST (UTC+1)

Postcode

DY, B, WV

01384, 0121, 01902

GB-DUD

00CR

NUTS 3

UKG36

Website

www.dudley.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974 after a merger of the Dudley County Borough with the municipal boroughs of Stourbridge and Halesowen.^[1] The borough borders Sandwell to the east, the city of Birmingham to the south east, Bromsgrove to the south in Worcestershire, South Staffordshire District to the west, and the city of Wolverhampton to the north.

Being a metropolitan borough, Dudley is effectively a unitary authority, except for public transportation (Centro, publicly branded as Network West Midlands), fire and police services and the local government pension fund (West Midlands Pension Fund) which are jointly run by the seven metropolitan boroughs of the West Midlands county.

For Eurostat purposes, Dudley is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG36), and is one of seven boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region.^[2]

Contents

1 Government
- 1.1 Wards
2 Demography
3 Economy
4 Localities
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Government

Coat of Arms of the Borough Council

Dudley Council has its main offices in Dudley (where the council house is located), along with additional offices in Stourbridge. The council is made up of 72 councillors representing 24 wards, and as of the latest election, the political make-up is as follows:^[3]

Party		Councillors
	Labour Party	41
	Conservative Party	29
	Green Party	1

Wards

The 24 wards of the Dudley Borough are each represented by 3 councillors:^[4]

Ward name	Area (ha)/mi²	Population (2001 census)	Population density (people per hectare)	Ref.
Amblecote	445 hectares (1.72 sq mi)	19,170	43.08	^[5]
Belle Vale	395 hectares (1.53 sq mi)	12,209	N/A	^[6]
Brierley Hill	339 hectares (1.31 sq mi)	9,631	28.42	^[7]
Brockmoor and Pensnett	529 hectares (2.04 sq mi)	14,162	26.76	^[8]
Castle and Priory	359 hectares (1.39 sq mi)	11,393	31.76	^[9]
Coseley East	324 hectares (1.25 sq mi)	12,054	37.26	^[10]
Cradley and Foxcote	418 hectares (1.61 sq mi)	13,114	N/A	^[11]
Gornal	504 hectares (1.95 sq mi)	18,542	36.79	^[12]
Halesowen North	342 hectares (1.32 sq mi)	11,854	34.64	^[13]
Halesowen South	696 hectares (2.69 sq mi)	11,954	17.18	^[14]
Hayley Green and Cradley South	476 hectares (1.84 sq mi)	11,778	N/A	^[15]
Kingswinford and Wall Heath	512 hectares (1.98 sq mi)	12,778	24.90	^[16]
Kingswinford South	321 hectares (1.24 sq mi)	12,435	38.78	^[17]
Lye and Wollescote	395 hectares (1.53 sq mi)	12,402	31.43	^[18]
Netherton, Woodside and St. Andrews	528 hectares (2.04 sq mi)	14,308	N/A	^[19]
Norton	569 hectares (2.20 sq mi)	11,943	20.98	^[20]
Pedmore and Stourbridge East	477 hectares (1.84 sq mi)	12,567	26.33	^[21]
Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood	316 hectares (1.22 sq mi)	12,332	N/A	^[22]
St. James's	330 hectares (1.3 sq mi)	11,547	34.99	^[23]
St. Thomas's	330 hectares (1.3 sq mi)	12,702	38.49	^[24]
Sedgley	381 hectares (1.47 sq mi)	11,923	31.29	^[25]
Upper Gornal and Woodsetton	331 hectares (1.28 sq mi)	13,281	N/A	^[26]
Wollaston and Stourbridge Town	274 hectares (1.06 sq mi)	12,923	N/A	^[27]
Wordsley	337 hectares (1.30 sq mi)	14,661	43.48	^[28]

Demography

Dudley MBC Compared
2001 UK Census	Dudley MBC	West Midlands conurbation	England
Total population	305,155	2,284,093	49,138,831

White	93.7%	79.6%	90.9%
Asian	4.0%	13.5%	4.6%
Black	1.0%	3.9%	2.3%
Source: Office for National Statistics, via Dudley MBC^[29]

At the 2001 Census, the total population of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough was 305,155, making it the 24th largest government district in England. The population density was 31 people per hectare, the 4th highest in the West Midlands.^[29].

Statistics on religious beliefs show that 77.7% of the population identify as Christian, with the second largest religious group being Muslim, at 2.5%. 10.7% were stated as having no religion.^[29]

Unemployment in the borough stood at 5.1% as of May 2010, below the national average, though before the recession began in 2008 it was considerably lower.^[30]

Economy

JCDecaux UK has its Birmingham area office in Halesowen, Borough of Dudley.^[31]

Localities

See List of areas in Dudley

References

England portal

^ "Dudley History". birminghamuk.com. http://www.birminghamuk.com/dudleyhistory.htm. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
^ "NUTS 2010". NUTS by regional level. Eurostat. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nomenclatures/index.cfm?TargetUrl=LST_CLS_DLD&StrNom=NUTS_33&StrLanguageCode=EN#. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
^ "Surprise results see big swing to Labour". Express & Star. Friday, May 4, 2012.
^ "Borough Wards". Dudley Councillors Online. http://councillors.dudley.gov.uk/home/borough-wards/. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
^ "Amblecote ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174742&c=amblecote&d=14&e=13&g=374434&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328974745879&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Belle Vale ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174743&c=belle+vale&d=14&e=13&g=374493&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328975187805&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Brierley Hill ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174744&c=brierley+hill&d=14&e=13&g=374534&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328975297623&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Brockmoor and Pensnett ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174745&c=pensnett&d=14&e=13&g=374540&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328975387439&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Castle and Priory ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174746&c=castle+and+priory&d=14&e=13&g=374614&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328975477678&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Coseley East ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174747&c=coseley&d=14&e=13&g=374649&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328975571791&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Cradley and Foxcote ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174748&c=cradley&d=14&e=13&g=374874&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328975797176&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Gornal ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174749&c=gornal&d=14&e=13&g=374730&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328975932229&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Halesowen North ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174750&c=halesowen&d=14&e=13&g=374789&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328975998561&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Halesowen South ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174751&c=halesowen&d=14&e=13&g=374828&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328975989623&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Hayley Green and Cradley South ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174752&c=hayley+green&d=14&e=13&g=374497&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328976144973&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Kingsinford and Wall Heath ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174753&c=kingswinford&d=14&e=13&g=374904&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328976246572&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Kingsinford South ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174754&c=kingswinford&d=14&e=13&g=374945&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328976307746&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Lye and Wollescote ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174755&c=lye&d=14&e=13&g=374438&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328976377734&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Netherton, Woodside and St. Andrews ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174756&c=netherton&d=14&e=13&g=375025&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328976453628&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Norton ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174757&c=norton&d=14&e=13&g=375055&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328976534116&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Pedmore and Stourbridge East ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174758&c=pedmore&d=14&e=13&g=375004&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328976588071&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174759&c=quarry+bank&d=14&e=13&g=375138&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328976682029&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "St. James's ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174760&c=st+james&d=14&e=13&g=374732&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328976749329&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "St. Thomas's ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174761&c=st+thomas&d=14&e=13&g=375048&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328976815035&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Sedgley ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174762&c=sedgley&d=14&e=13&g=374689&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328976869428&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Upper Gornal and Woodsetton ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174763&c=upper+gornal&d=14&e=13&g=374621&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328976928399&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Wollaston and Stourbridge Town ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174764&c=wollaston&d=14&e=13&g=375124&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328976985777&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ "Wordsley ward – Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174765&c=wordsley&d=14&e=13&g=375388&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1328977054077&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789. Retrieved 11-February-2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Borough Level Statistics - Census 2001". Dudley MBC. http://www.dudley.gov.uk/EasysiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=1546&type=full&servicetype=Attachment. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
^ Unemployment drops in West Midlands – Express and Star.
^ "Contact." JCDecaux UK. Retrieved on 28 September 2011. "JCDecaux - Birmingham 209-215 Long Lane Halesowen, West Midlands Birmingham, B62 9JT"

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Dudley Borough Wards

Electoral wards of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough

Amblecote
Belle Vale
Brierley Hill
Brockmoor and Pensnett
Castle and Priory
Coseley East
Cradley and Foxcote
Gornal
Halesowen North
Halesowen South
Hayley Green and Cradley South
Kingswinford and Wall Heath
Kingswinford South
Lye and Wollescote
Netherton, Woodside and St. Andrews
Norton
Pedmore and Stourbridge East
Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood
St. James's
St. Thomas's
Sedgley
Upper Gornal and Woodsetton
Wollaston and Stourbridge Town
Wordsley

v t e Ceremonial county of West Midlands

Metropolitan districts	City of Birmingham City of Coventry City of Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough of Dudley Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough of Solihull Metropolitan Borough of Walsall

Major settlements	Aldridge Bilston Birmingham Blackheath Bloxwich Brierley Hill Brownhills Coventry Cradley Heath Darlaston Dudley Fordbridge Halesowen Oldbury Rowley Regis Sedgley Smethwick Solihull Stourbridge Sutton Coldfield Tipton Walsall Wednesbury Wednesfield West Bromwich Willenhall Wolverhampton See also: West Midlands

Rivers	River Blythe River Cole River Penk River Rea Smestow Brook River Sherbourne River Sow River Sowe River Stour River Tame

Canals	Birmingham Canal Navigations Shropshire Union Canal Staffordshire & Worcestershire Worcester & Birmingham

Topics	Black Country Centro Conservation areas Coventry/Bedworth Urban Area History of West Midlands County Museums West Midlands conurbation

v t e Districts of the West Midlands Region

Herefordshire	Herefordshire

Shropshire	Shropshire Telford and Wrekin

Staffordshire	Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stoke-on-Trent Tamworth

Warwickshire	North Warwickshire Nuneaton and Bedworth Rugby Stratford-on-Avon Warwick

West Midlands	Birmingham Coventry Dudley Sandwell Solihull Walsall Wolverhampton

Worcestershire	Bromsgrove Malvern Hills Redditch Worcester Wychavon Wyre Forest

v t e Metropolitan counties and metropolitan districts

Greater Manchester	Bolton Bury Manchester Oldham Rochdale Salford Stockport Tameside Trafford Wigan

Merseyside	Knowsley Liverpool Sefton St Helens Wirral

South Yorkshire	Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield

Tyne and Wear	Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside South Tyneside Sunderland

West Midlands	Birmingham Coventry Dudley Sandwell Solihull Walsall Wolverhampton

West Yorkshire	Bradford Calderdale Kirklees Leeds Wakefield

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