Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time.
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan countie ...
is the local authority for 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, ...
in
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...
, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 57
councillor
A councillor is an elected representative for a local government council in some countries.
Canada
Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unl ...
s have been elected from 19
wards.
New ward boundaries have been prepared to take effect from the 2023 election.
Political control
Tameside was created under the
Local Government Act 1972 as a
metropolitan borough, with
Greater Manchester County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Greater Manchester County Council was abolished in 1986 and Tameside became a
unitary authority
A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:
Leadership
The
leaders of the council since 1974 have been:
Council elections
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1998 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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1999 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2000 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2002 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2003 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2004 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election (whole Metropolitan Borough Council elected after boundary changes)
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2006 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2007 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2008 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2010 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2011 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2012 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2014 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2015 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2016 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2018 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2019 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2020 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
By-election results
References
By-election results
External links
Tameside Council
{{Metropolitan districts of England
Council elections in Greater Manchester
Local government in Tameside
Elections in Tameside
Metropolitan borough council elections in England