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There are six metropolitan counties: <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merseyside" title="Merseyside">Merseyside</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Yorkshire" title="South Yorkshire">South Yorkshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear" title="Tyne and Wear">Tyne and Wear</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a>. </p><p>The metropolitan counties were created in 1974 as part of a <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">reform of local government</a> in England and Wales. They were the top tier of a two-tier system of counties and <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">metropolitan boroughs</a>, and were created to govern large urban areas. In 1986 their county councils were abolished, and since then the metropolitan counties have had no local government role. The local government functions were largely taken over by the metropolitan boroughs, with joint boards created to co-ordinate some county-wide services.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The metropolitan counties are all <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">ceremonial counties</a> which share their borders. </p><p>All of the metropolitan boroughs belong to <a href="/wiki/Combined_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined authority">combined authorities</a>, which are <a href="/wiki/Statutory_body" title="Statutory body">statutory bodies</a> introduced in 2011 that allow local authorities to voluntarily pool responsibilities and collaborate. The combined authorities for Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire, West Midlands and West Yorkshire cover the same areas as the metropolitan counties; the boroughs of Merseyside are part of the <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_City_Region" title="Liverpool City Region">Liverpool City Region</a>, and those of Tyne and Wear are part of the <a href="/wiki/North_East_Combined_Authority" title="North East Combined Authority">North East Combined Authority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Counties_and_districts">Counties and districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_county&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Counties and districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The six metropolitan counties and their metropolitan districts are: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Metropolitan county </th> <th scope="col">Population (2021) </th> <th scope="col">Constituent metropolitan boroughs </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a> </th> <td>2,919,600 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/City_of_Birmingham" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Coventry" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Coventry">Coventry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley" title="Metropolitan Borough of Dudley">Dudley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Sandwell" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell">Sandwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Solihull" title="Metropolitan Borough of Solihull">Solihull</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Walsall" title="Metropolitan Borough of Walsall">Walsall</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Wolverhampton" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a> </th> <td>2,867,800 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Bolton" title="Metropolitan Borough of Bolton">Bolton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Bury" title="Metropolitan Borough of Bury">Bury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Oldham" title="Metropolitan Borough of Oldham">Oldham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale" title="Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale">Rochdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Salford" title="City of Salford">Salford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Stockport" title="Metropolitan Borough of Stockport">Stockport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Tameside" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Borough of Tameside">Tameside</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Trafford" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Borough of Trafford">Trafford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Wigan" title="Metropolitan Borough of Wigan">Wigan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a> </th> <td>2,351,600 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/City_of_Bradford" title="City of Bradford">Bradford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calderdale" title="Calderdale">Calderdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kirklees" title="Kirklees">Kirklees</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Leeds" title="City of Leeds">Leeds</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Wakefield" title="City of Wakefield">Wakefield</a>, </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Merseyside" title="Merseyside">Merseyside</a> </th> <td>1,423,300 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Knowsley" title="Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley">Knowsley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Sefton" title="Metropolitan Borough of Sefton">Sefton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_St_Helens" title="Metropolitan Borough of St Helens">St Helens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Wirral" title="Metropolitan Borough of Wirral">Wirral</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/South_Yorkshire" title="South Yorkshire">South Yorkshire</a> </th> <td>1,375,100 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Barnsley" title="Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley">Barnsley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Doncaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster">Doncaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham" title="Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham">Rotherham</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Sheffield" title="City of Sheffield">Sheffield</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear" title="Tyne and Wear">Tyne and Wear</a> </th> <td>1,127,200 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead" title="Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead">Gateshead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle-upon-Tyne" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle-upon-Tyne">Newcastle-upon-Tyne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_North_Tyneside" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside">North Tyneside</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_South_Tyneside" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside">South Tyneside</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Sunderland" title="City of Sunderland">Sunderland</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_county&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Creation">Creation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_county&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The idea of creating administrative areas based upon the large <a href="/wiki/Conurbation" title="Conurbation">conurbations</a> outside <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, modelled on the <a href="/wiki/County_of_London" title="County of London">County of London</a> or <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>, was mooted several times in the 20th century. In 1948, the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Boundary_Commission_(1945_-_1949)" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Government Boundary Commission (1945 - 1949)">Local Government Boundary Commission</a> proposed several new counties, including '<a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">South East Lancashire North East Cheshire</a>' ("Selnec"), and '<a href="/wiki/Merseyside" title="Merseyside">South West Lancashire North West Cheshire</a>'. In the 1960s the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Commission_for_England_(1958_-_1967)" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Government Commission for England (1958 - 1967)">Local Government Commission for England</a> proposed such an arrangement for <a href="/wiki/Tyneside" title="Tyneside">Tyneside</a> and draft proposals considered it for Selnec. For the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_conurbation" title="West Midlands conurbation">West Midlands conurbation</a>, the commission proposed instead a group of contiguous <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county boroughs</a> with no overall metropolitan authority. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Redcliffe-Maud_Report" title="Redcliffe-Maud Report">Redcliffe-Maud Report</a> of 1969 proposed the creation of three large "metropolitan areas" based upon the conurbations surrounding <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> and <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> (Selnec, <a href="/wiki/Merseyside" title="Merseyside">Merseyside</a>, and <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a>), which were to have both metropolitan councils covering the entire areas, and district councils covering parts. <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a>'s government published a <a href="/wiki/White_paper" title="White paper">white paper</a> broadly accepting these recommendations, and adding <a href="/wiki/South_Yorkshire" title="South Yorkshire">South Yorkshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a> as metropolitan areas.<sup id="cite_ref-Hampton_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hampton-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The proposals were radically altered when <a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> government came to power in 1970. The Conservatives' local government white paper was published in February 1971, naming the metropolitan areas "metropolitan counties", and giving them as "Merseyside, south-east Lancashire and north-east Cheshire, the West Midlands, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, and the <a href="/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear" title="Tyne and Wear">Tyne and Wear</a> area".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The proposed counties were also far smaller than in the original proposals; they were trimmed at each successive stage. The Redcliffe-Maud Report had included <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a> in Merseyside and <a href="/wiki/Redditch" title="Redditch">Redditch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford">Stafford</a> in West Midlands. The Conservative policy favoured retaining historic boundaries as far as was practicable,<sup id="cite_ref-Hampton_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hampton-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the new white paper proposals generally reduced the metropolitan counties to the continuously built up area. Many areas on the edges were excluded from the metropolitan counties when the bill was passed: <a href="/wiki/Easington,_County_Durham" title="Easington, County Durham">Easington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrogate" title="Harrogate">Harrogate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knaresborough" title="Knaresborough">Knaresborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ellesmere_Port" title="Ellesmere Port">Ellesmere Port</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neston,_Cheshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Neston, Cheshire">Neston</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mills" title="New Mills">New Mills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whaley_Bridge" title="Whaley Bridge">Whaley Bridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glossop" title="Glossop">Glossop</a>; other areas were excluded during the bill's passage, such as <a href="/wiki/Seaham,_County_Durham" class="mw-redirect" title="Seaham, County Durham">Seaham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skelmersdale_and_Holland" title="Skelmersdale and Holland">Skelmersdale and Holland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poynton" title="Poynton">Poynton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilmslow" title="Wilmslow">Wilmslow</a>. One area, the county borough of <a href="/wiki/Southport" title="Southport">Southport</a>, was added to Merseyside in the bill, at the local council's request. </p><p>Several other proposals for metropolitan counties were made during the bill's passage, including a revival of the proposal for <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a> (either the southern part or all of it)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Central_Lancashire" title="Central Lancashire">central Lancashire</a>. A Thamesside metropolitan county, covering areas of north <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> and south <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Thames_Estuary" title="Thames Estuary">Thames Estuary</a> (and now considered part of the <a href="/wiki/Thames_Gateway" title="Thames Gateway">Thames Gateway</a>) was also proposed.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The metropolitan counties were created by the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>. The county councils were first elected in 1973, and were formally established in April 1974. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Structure">Structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_county&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The metropolitan counties were first created with a two-tier structure of local government. Local government functions were divided between the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan district">metropolitan district</a> councils as lower tier authorities and metropolitan county councils as the upper tier. </p><p>The structure differed from the <a href="/wiki/Shire_county" class="mw-redirect" title="Shire county">non-metropolitan counties</a> in the allocation of powers between the county and district councils. The metropolitan districts had more powers than <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">non-metropolitan districts</a>, in that they were additionally responsible for education and social services, responsibilities allocated to county councils elsewhere. </p><p>The metropolitan county councils were intended to be strategic authorities that ran regional services such as main roads, public transport, emergency services, civil protection, waste disposal, and <a href="/wiki/Structure_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Structure Plan">strategic town and country planning</a>. The metropolitan county councils functioned between 1974 and 1986. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abolition_of_the_county_councils">Abolition of the county councils</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_county&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Abolition of the county councils"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Just a decade after they were established, the mostly <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>-controlled metropolitan county councils (MCCs) and the <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Council" title="Greater London Council">Greater London Council</a> (GLC) had several high-profile clashes with the Conservative government of <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> about overspending and high <a href="/wiki/Rates_(tax)" title="Rates (tax)">rates</a>. Government policy on the issue was considered throughout 1982, and the Conservative Party put a "promise to scrap the metropolitan county councils", and the GLC, in their manifesto for the <a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The exact details of the reform caused problems.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 1983, Thatcher's government published a white paper entitled <i><a href="/wiki/Streamlining_the_cities" title="Streamlining the cities">Streamlining the cities</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-White_paper_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-White_paper-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which set out detailed plans for the abolition of the MCCs, together with the abolition of the GLC.<sup id="cite_ref-formula_unveiled_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-formula_unveiled-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The bill was announced in the <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Speech" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Speech">Queen's Speech</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was introduced into <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament</a> soon afterwards. It became the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1985" title="Local Government Act 1985">Local Government Act 1985</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-1985_act_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1985_act-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the MCCs and the GLC were abolished at midnight on 31 March 1986. </p><p>The last elections to the councils were held in May 1981; elections that would have been held in 1985 were abandoned under the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Local_Government_(Interim_Provisions)_Act_1984&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984 (page does not exist)">Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-1984_act_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1984_act-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the original plan had been for councillors' terms to expire in April 1985, and for councillors to be replaced by nominees from borough councils until 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-formula_unveiled_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-formula_unveiled-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the abolition of the GLC was highly controversial, the abolition of the MCCs was much less so. The <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a> leader <a href="/wiki/David_Steel" title="David Steel">David Steel</a> had supported abolition of the MCCs in his 1981 conference speech.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The government's stated reasons for the abolition of the MCCs were based on efficiency and their overspending. </p><p>However the fact that all of the county councils were controlled by the Labour Party led to accusations that their abolition was motivated by party politics:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the general secretary of the <a href="/wiki/National_and_Local_Government_Officers%27_Association" title="National and Local Government Officers' Association">National and Local Government Officers' Association</a> described it as a "completely cynical manoeuvre".<sup id="cite_ref-angry_reaction_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-angry_reaction-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="No such article in that issue (see https://ia800601.us.archive.org/11/items/NewsUK1983UKEnglish/Oct%2008%201983%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2361658%2C%20UK%20%28en%29_text.pdf for full-issue scan), nor have one by this title been found in any other so far. No article by that title in the entire Times Archive at Gale. (April 2024)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-Political_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Political-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Merseyside in particular put up a struggle against abolition. Most of the functions of the MCCs passed either to the metropolitan borough councils, or to joint boards. Some assets were given to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Residuary_body&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Residuary body (page does not exist)">residuary bodies</a> for disposal. The split of functions from the metropolitan county councils was as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (April 2024)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width: auto"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="row">Special joint arrangements </th> <td>Grants to voluntary bodies, roads and traffic management, waste disposal, airports </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Joint boards </th> <td>Fire, police, public transport </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Quango" title="Quango">Quangos</a> </th> <td>Arts, pensions and debt, sport </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">District councils</a> </th> <td>Arts, civil defence, planning, trading standards, parks, tourism, archives, industrial assistance, highways </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_status">Current status</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_county&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Current 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/English_administrative_divisions_map_coloured_by_type_2023.svg/220px-English_administrative_divisions_map_coloured_by_type_2023.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/English_administrative_divisions_map_coloured_by_type_2023.svg/330px-English_administrative_divisions_map_coloured_by_type_2023.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/English_administrative_divisions_map_coloured_by_type_2023.svg/440px-English_administrative_divisions_map_coloured_by_type_2023.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1108" data-file-height="1345" /></a><figcaption>Map of the situation in 2023<br /> <span style="display:inline-block;border:1.62px solid black;vertical-align:text-top;" title="#984ea3"><span class="mw-no-invert" style="display:block;padding:0;width:1em;height:1em;background:#984ea3;color:inherit;"> </span></span> <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">metropolitan borough</a><br /> <span style="display:inline-block;border:1.62px solid black;vertical-align:text-top;" title="#ff7f00"><span class="mw-no-invert" style="display:block;padding:0;width:1em;height:1em;background:#ff7f00;color:inherit;"> </span></span> <a href="/wiki/London_borough" class="mw-redirect" title="London borough">London borough</a> or the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a><br /> <span style="display:inline-block;border:1.62px solid black;vertical-align:text-top;" title="#4da14a"><span class="mw-no-invert" style="display:block;padding:0;width:1em;height:1em;background:#4da14a;color:inherit;"> </span></span> <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">unitary authority</a><br /> <span style="display:inline-block;border:1.62px solid black;vertical-align:text-top;" title="#e41a1c"><span class="mw-no-invert" style="display:block;padding:0;width:1em;height:1em;background:#e41a1c;color:inherit;"> </span></span> two-tier <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">non-metropolitan county</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The metropolitan counties are sometimes referred to as "former metropolitan counties",<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although this description is not entirely correct. The county councils were abolished, but under the Local Government Act 1972, the counties themselves remain in existence,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although they no longer exist in <a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GB" title="ISO 3166-2:GB">ISO 3166-2:GB</a> as extant administrative subdivisions. </p><p>By virtue of the <a href="/wiki/Lieutenancies_Act_1997" title="Lieutenancies Act 1997">Lieutenancies Act 1997</a> they remain as <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">ceremonial counties</a> (sometimes called 'geographic counties') which have an appointed <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Lieutenant">Lord Lieutenant</a>. They are also used in certain government statistics, although they no longer appear on <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey" title="Ordnance Survey">Ordnance Survey</a> maps, which show the individual metropolitan boroughs. </p><p>Some local services are still run on a metropolitan county-wide basis, administered by statutory <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_England#Joint_arrangements" title="Local government in England">joint boards</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and special joint arrangements; these include <a href="/wiki/Policing_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Policing in the United Kingdom">policing</a> (by joint <a href="/wiki/Police_authority" title="Police authority">police authorities</a>), <a href="/wiki/Fire_Service_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Fire Service in the United Kingdom">fire services</a>, <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Transport in the United Kingdom">public transport</a> (by <a href="/wiki/Passenger_transport_executive" title="Passenger transport executive">passenger transport executives</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Waste_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Waste in the United Kingdom">waste disposal</a> (in Merseyside and Greater Manchester). These joint boards are made up of councillors appointed by the boroughs. Since 2000, the metropolitan counties have been used as the areas of joint <a href="/wiki/Local_transport_plan" title="Local transport plan">local transport plans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, following a successful referendum, the Labour government under <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> legislated to create a strategic authority for London (the <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority" title="Greater London Authority">Greater London Authority</a>). Despite some talk of doing so, no bodies were established to replace the MCCs. The Blair government instead pursued the idea of elected <a href="/wiki/Regional_assembly_(England)" title="Regional assembly (England)">regional assemblies</a>, although after an unsuccessful referendum in the most positive<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (February 2019)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> region, the North East, this idea now has few proponents. The idea of <a href="/wiki/City_region" title="City region">city regions</a> has been proposed subsequently, although the 2006 local government white paper had no firm proposals for formal recognition of this concept. This changed in 2010 when the Government accepted a proposal from the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Greater_Manchester_Authorities" title="Association of Greater Manchester Authorities">Association of Greater Manchester Authorities</a> to establish a <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Combined_Authority" title="Greater Manchester Combined Authority">Greater Manchester Combined Authority</a> as an indirectly elected, top tier, strategic authority for <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014 similar indirectly elected <a href="/wiki/Combined_authorities" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined authorities">combined authorities</a> were established for the metropolitan counties of South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, and two combined authorities were established which each covered a metropolitan county and adjacent non-metropolitan districts: the <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_City_Region_Combined_Authority" title="Liverpool City Region Combined Authority">Liverpool City Region Combined Authority</a> for Merseyside and the <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Halton" title="Borough of Halton">Borough of Halton</a> unitary authority, and the <a href="/wiki/North_East_Combined_Authority" title="North East Combined Authority">North East Combined Authority</a> for Tyne and Wear and the unitary authorities of <a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">County Durham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a>. In 2017 the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Combined_Authority" title="West Midlands Combined Authority">West Midlands Combined Authority</a> was established for the West Midlands county. Many of these new combined authorities have elected or are in the process of electing authority-wide regional mayors. </p><p>Since 1995, the cities of Birmingham, <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>, Liverpool, Manchester, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a> have assembled together in the <a href="/wiki/Core_Cities_Group" title="Core Cities Group">Core Cities Group</a>. This organisation accords no distinct legal status on these councils over any other city council in England but appears to be organically moving towards some kind of recognition of their role as regional capitals outside London. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_county&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_local_governments_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of local governments in the United Kingdom">List of local governments in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_county&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/beginner-s-guide/administrative/england/counties--non-metropolitan-districts-and-unitary-authorities/map-of-the-uk-counties-and-unitary-administrations.pdf">Map of the UK counties and unitary administrations</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/beginner-s-guide/administrative/england/counties--non-metropolitan-districts-and-unitary-authorities/map-of-all-uk-local-authorities.pdf">Map of all UK local authorities</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_county&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 August</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Cmnd.+9063&rft.pub=Bopcris.ac.uk&rft.date=2007-03-27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bopcris.ac.uk%2Fbopall%2Fref21456.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMetropolitan+county" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-formula_unveiled-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-formula_unveiled_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-formula_unveiled_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ia800601.us.archive.org/11/items/NewsUK1983UKEnglish/Oct%2008%201983%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2361658%2C%20UK%20%28en%29_text.pdf">"Metropolitan counties white paper: 'Streamlined' city 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href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Bill to abolish GLC centrepiece of Queen's Speech". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>. 7 November 1984.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Bill+to+abolish+GLC+centrepiece+of+Queen%27s+Speech&rft.date=1984-11-07&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMetropolitan+county" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1985_act-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1985_act_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1985, c. 51.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1984_act-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1984_act_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1984, c. 53.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Area</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Insular_area" title="Insular area">Insular area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_area" title="Local government area">Local government area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Areas_Board" title="Special Areas Board">Special area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Unincorporated area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unorganized_area" title="Unorganized area">Unorganized area</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Borough" title="Borough">Borough</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">County borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan borough</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Canton_(administrative_division)" title="Canton (administrative division)">Canton</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Half-canton" class="mw-redirect" title="Half-canton">Half-canton</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_capital" title="Federal capital">Federal capital</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Capital_city#Origins" title="Capital city">Imperial capital</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_city" title="Autonomous city">Autonomous city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charter_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter city">Charter city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_city" title="Independent city">Independent city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incorporated_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Incorporated city">Incorporated city</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Imperial_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial city">Imperial city</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Free_imperial_city" title="Free imperial city">Free imperial city</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Royal_free_city" title="Royal free city">Royal free city</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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city-county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">County seat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">County town</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Metropolitan county</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">Non-metropolitan county</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_county_municipality" title="Regional county municipality">Regional county municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viscountcy" class="mw-redirect" title="Viscountcy">Viscounty</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">Country</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_country" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas country">Overseas country</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Department_(administrative_division)" title="Department (administrative division)">Department</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_department" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas department">Overseas department</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/District" title="District">District</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital district">Capital district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_district" title="City district">City district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_district" title="Congressional district">Congressional district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district" title="Electoral district">Electoral district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_district" title="Federal district">Federal district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_government_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian government district">Indian government district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_district" title="Land district">Land district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Manitoba#Local_government_districts" title="List of municipalities in Manitoba">Local government district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan district">Metropolitan district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_district" title="Military district">Military district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_district" title="Municipal district">Municipal district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_district" title="Police district">Police district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_district" title="Regional district">Regional district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_district" title="Rural district">Rural district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanitary_district" title="Sanitary district">Sanitary district</a></li> <li>Service district <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Educational_service_district_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Educational service district (disambiguation)">Educational service district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_service_district" title="Local service district">Local service district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_district" title="School district">School district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Intermediate_school_district" title="Intermediate school district">Intermediate school district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_district_(United_States)" title="Special district (United States)">Special district</a> <ul><li><a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservation</a> (United States)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reserve" title="Indian reserve">Indian reserve</a> (Canada)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">Municipality</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="City municipality">City municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_municipality" title="County municipality">County municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct-controlled_municipality" title="Direct-controlled municipality">Direct-controlled municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_municipality" title="District municipality">District municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neutral_municipality" 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title="Region">Region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Administrative region <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_administrative_region" title="Special administrative region">Special administrative region</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous region">Autonomous region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_region" title="Capital region">Capital region</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_capital_region" class="mw-redirect" title="National capital region">National capital region</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_region" title="Development region">Development region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesoregion_(geography)" title="Mesoregion (geography)">Mesoregion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microregion" title="Microregion">Microregion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas region">Overseas 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