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    The 1986 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on Thursday, 8 May 1986, with one third of the council to be elected. The Conservatives...
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    from which Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is based. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG32) and is one of seven boroughs or unitary...
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    Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, also known as Solihull Council, is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands...
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  • Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time...
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    Solihull (/ˈsɒlihʌl, ˈsoʊl-, ˌsoʊliˈhʌl/ SO(H)L-ee-hul, SOH-lee-HUL) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull...
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    Elections to Trafford Council were held on 8 May 1986. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year...
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    Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1986, with one third of the seats scheduled for re-election. Since the previous election three...
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    and metropolitan boroughs, and were created to govern large urban areas. In 1986 their county councils were abolished, and since then the metropolitan counties...
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    A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972...
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    purposes West Midlands comprises seven metropolitan boroughs: Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, and Wolverhampton. They collaborate...
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    The 2024 Fareham Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 32 members of...
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    Redditch (redirect from Borough of Redditch)
    Redditch is a town and non-metropolitan district with borough status in Worcestershire, England. It is located south of Birmingham, east of Bromsgrove...
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    Olton (category Solihull)
    Olton is an area/suburban village within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands, England. In the 13th century, the Lords of the Manor...
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    32 London boroughs the whole council was up for election. All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. In 2 districts...
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    & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership. Since 2008 the council has developed shared working arrangements with neighbouring Redditch Borough Council, with...
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    county-tier councils had extra devolved powers to others. In 1986, the county-tier was abolished with the London boroughs, Metropolitan boroughs and combined...
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    structure". 17 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016. "Election news | Tamworth Borough Council". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 17 November...
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    mayor would be elected by voters in the metropolitan boroughs of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, and Wolverhampton, and act as...
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    Local Enterprise Partnership which serves Birmingham, Solihull and some additional local council areas within the West Midlands. The authority's initial...
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    Warwickshire (category Non-metropolitan counties)
    re-organisation in 1974. In 1986 the West Midlands County Council was abolished and Birmingham, Coventry, and Solihull became effective unitary authorities. However...
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    Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Sefton Council. This was on the same day as other local elections....
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    Dudley (category Metropolitan Borough of Dudley)
    administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. In the 2011 census, it had a population of 79,379. The wider Metropolitan Borough had a population of...
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    borough councils, two-tier county and district councils, metropolitan district councils and unitary authorities. Some local authorities have borough,...
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    Elections to Wigan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003 with one-third of the council was up for election. Prior to the election, there had been two...
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    Wolverhampton (/ˌwʊlvərˈhæmptən/ WUUL-vər-HAMP-tən) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Birmingham...
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  • Thumbnail for 1986 Leeds City Council election
    The Leeds City Council elections were held on Thursday, 8 May 1986, with one third of the council and a vacancy in Halton to be elected, following the...
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    Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1987, with one third of the council up for election. Previous to the election there had been...
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  • politician, candidate in Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1986 and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1988 Miriam Harris Murray...
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    and district councils remains in use today in large parts of England, although the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986, and both county...
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    Elections to Trafford Council were held on 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year...
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