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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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of the West Midlands. The first election to the new council was held in 1973. For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's outgoing authorities. The new metropolitan district and its council formally came into being on 1 April 1974, at which point the old districts
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In 2022 the government appointed commissioners to oversee the operation of certain functions at the council due to concerns about its performance. The commissioners were withdrawn in 2024 following improvements to the way the council operated.
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services. Some strategic functions in the area are provided by the West Midlands Combined Authority; the leader and deputy leader of the council sit on the board of the combined authority as Sandwell's representatives. There no
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since 2017. The combined authority provides strategic leadership and co-ordination for certain functions across the county, but Sandwell Council continues to be responsible for most local government functions.
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and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the
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From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the
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The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Sandwell. Political leadership is instead provided by the
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The council's headquarters are at the Council House on Freeth Street in the town centre of
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The new district was named Sandwell and it was one of the seven districts in the new
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from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.
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and their councils were abolished. The metropolitan district was awarded
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Since the last boundary changes in 2004, the council has comprised 72
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Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:
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majority control since 1979. It is based at the Council House in
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The council has been under Labour majority control since 1979.
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Prior to 1989, the council met and had its main offices at
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of Sandwell and its council were created in 1974 under the
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