Metropolitan Borough of Dudley

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.

For the individual settlement, see Dudley.
For the local authority, see Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council.

Borough of Dudley
Metropolitan borough
Dudley, the administrative centre of the borough
Motto(s): 
Unity and Progress
Dudley Metropolitan Borough shown within West Midlands
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionWest Midlands
Metropolitan countyWest Midlands
Historic countyWorcestershire and Staffordshire
StatusMetropolitan borough
Admin HQDudley
Incorporated1 April 1974
Government
 • TypeMetropolitan borough council
 • BodyDudley Metropolitan Borough Council
 • LeadershipLeader & Cabinet (Conservative)
 • MayorAndrea Goddard
 • MPsMarco Longhi (Conservative)
Mike Wood (Conservative)
Suzanne Webb (Conservative)
James Morris (Conservative)
Pat McFadden (Labour)
Area
 • Total37.82 sq mi (97.96 km2)
 • Rank200th (of 296)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total323,581
 • RankRanked 36th
 • Density8,600/sq mi (3,300/km2)
 • Ethnicity
  • 84.9% White
  • 8.4% Asian
  • 2.5% Black
  • 2.8% Mixed
  • 1.4% Other
Time zoneUTC0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas
DY (1 - 6, 8, 9)
B (62, 63)
WV (14)
Dialling codes01384 (Dudley)
0121 (Birmingham)
01902 (Wolverhampton)
01562 (Kidderminster)
ISO 3166 codeGB-DUD
ONS code00CR (ONS)
E08000027 (GSS)
OS grid referenceSO9350590490
NUTS 3UKG36
Websitewww.dudley.gov.uk

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.

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