Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the

Metropolitan Borough of Tameside The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after the River Tame, which flows through the borough, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, D ...

in Greater Manchester, England. It is a

metropolitan district council A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan ...

, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Tameside. The council was documented in the 2014 BBC TV series ''Call the Council'', which showed its workers carrying out their duties.

Parliamentary representation

Tameside is currently covered by three

constituencies An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...

Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, east of Manche ...

(six wards), Denton and Reddish (five wards) and Stalybridge and Hyde (eight wards).

Wards and councillors

Each ward is represented by three councillors. Tameside Council Wards Numbered

Arms

References

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* {{Metropolitan districts of England Metropolitan district councils of England Local authorities in Greater Manchester Leader and cabinet executives Local education authorities in England Billing authorities in England 1974 establishments in England Tameside