Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
Borough of Dudley | |
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Dudley, the administrative centre of the borough | |
| Motto(s): Unity and Progress | |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough shown within West Midlands | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Metropolitan county | West Midlands |
| Historic county | Worcestershire and Staffordshire |
| Status | Metropolitan borough |
| Admin HQ | Dudley |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Metropolitan borough council |
| • Body | Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| • Leadership | Leader and cabinet (Conservative) |
| • Mayor | Hilary Bills |
| • MPs | Sonia Kumar ((Labour)) Cat Eccles (Labour) Alex Ballinger (Labour) Mike Wood (Conservative) Antonia Bance (Labour) |
| Area | |
• Total | 37.82 sq mi (97.96 km2) |
| • Rank | 200th (of 296) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 324,969 |
| • Rank | Ranked 38th |
| • Density | 8,600/sq mi (3,300/km2) |
| Ethnicity (2021) | |
| • Ethnic groups | |
| Religion (2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode areas | |
| Dialling codes | 01384 (Dudley) 0121 (Birmingham) 01902 (Wolverhampton) 01562 (Kidderminster) |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-DUD |
| ONS code | 00CR (ONS) E08000027 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | SO9350590490 |
| NUTS 3 | UKG36 |
| Website | www |
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England. It was created in 1974 following the Local Government Act 1972, through a merger of the existing Dudley County Borough with the municipal boroughs of Stourbridge and Halesowen.
The borough's main settlement is Dudley but it also includes the outlying towns of Brierley Hill, Halesowen, Kingswinford, Lye, Netherton, Sedgley, and Stourbridge.
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.