Tameside_Council

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Add article description

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 counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Tameside.

Quick Facts Type, History ...

The council was documented in the 2014 BBC TV series Call the Council, which showed its workers carrying out their duties.[1]

Parliamentary representation

Tameside is currently covered by three constituencies: Ashton-under-Lyne (six wards), Denton and Reddish (five wards) and Stalybridge and Hyde (eight wards).[2]

Wards and councillors

For historical political control and leadership, see Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council elections.

Each ward is represented by three councillors.[3]

Council Wards
1 Ashton Hurst
2 Ashton St. Michael's
3 Ashton Waterloo
4 Droylsden East
5 Droylsden West
6 St. Peters
7 Audenshaw
8 Denton North East
9 Denton South
10 Denton West
11 Dukinfield
12 Dukinfield / Stalybridge
13 Hyde Godley
14 Hyde Newton
15 Hyde Werneth
16 Longdendale
17 Mossley
18 Stalybridge North
19 Stalybridge South
More information Parliamentary constituency, Ward ...

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Crest
Out of a mural crown Gules a demi-lion guardant Or resting the sinister forepaw on an escutcheon of the arms, mantled Gules doubled Or.
Escutcheon
Per bend Or and Vert a bend barry wavy Argent and Azure between in chief a rose Gules barbed and seeded Proper and in base a Garb Or.
Supporters
On the dexter a lion Or gorged with a chain pendent therefrom a mullet pierced Sable and on the sinister a male griffin Gules armed, beaked, irradiated and gorged with a chain pendent therefrom a cogwheel Or.
Motto
'Industry And Integrity'[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Dorsett, Bethan. "Tameside Council workers return to TV with second series of the BBC's Call the Council". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Your MPs". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Your Councillors by Ward". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Tameside". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
More information Awards and achievements ...
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Tameside_Council, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.