Sandwell

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Borough of Sandwell
Metropolitan borough
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Coat of arms
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Sandwell shown within the West Midlands and England
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionWest Midlands
Metropolitan countyWest Midlands
Historic CountyStaffordshire and Worcestershire
StatusMetropolitan borough
Incorporated1 April 1974
Admin HQOldbury
Government
 • TypeMetropolitan district council
 • BodySandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
 • LeadershipLeader & Cabinet (Template:English district control)
 • MayorCllr Bill Gavan (2023 - Present)
 • MPsGurinder Josan (L)
Antonia Bance (L)
Sarah Coombes (L)
Alex Ballinger (L)
Area
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Population
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Ethnicity (2021)
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Religion (2021)
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Time zoneGMT BST
Postcode
B 43 & 64-71, DY 4, WS 5 & 10, WV 14,
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ISO 3166 codeGB-SAW
ONS code00CS (ONS)
E08000028 (GSS)
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NUTS 3UKG37
Websitewww.sandwell.gov.uk

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Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county in England. The borough is named after the Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands conurbation. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council defines the borough as the six amalgamated towns of Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich. Rowley Regis includes the towns of Blackheath and Cradley Heath. Sandwell includes part of Great Barr, Birmingham.[2]

Sandwell's Strategic Town Centre is designated as West Bromwich, the largest town in the borough, while Sandwell Council House (the headquarters of the local authority) is situated in Oldbury. In 2019 Sandwell was ranked 12th most deprived of England's 317 boroughs.[3]

Bordering Sandwell is the City of Birmingham to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley to the south and west, the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall to the north, and the City of Wolverhampton to the north-west. Spanning the borough are the parliamentary constituencies of West Bromwich, Smethwick, the majority of Tipton and Wednesbury and also part of Halesowen, which both cross into the Dudley borough.

The borough covers an area of 86 square kilometres (33 sq mi). At the 2011 census, it had a population of 309,000.[4]

History and culture

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Street nameplate on Rutland Road in Smethwick in April 2007, showing painted out "County Borough" lettering.

The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell was formed on 1 April 1974 as an amalgamation of the county boroughs of Warley (ceremonially within Worcestershire) and West Bromwich (ceremonially within Staffordshire), under the Local Government Act 1972. Warley had been formed in 1966 by a merger of the county borough of Smethwick with the municipal boroughs of Rowley Regis and Oldbury;[5] at the same time, West Bromwich had absorbed the boroughs of Tipton and Wednesbury.[6]

For its first 12 years of existence, Sandwell had a two-tier system of local government; Sandwell Council shared power with the West Midlands County Council. In 1986 the county council was abolished, and Sandwell effectively became a unitary authority. The borough is divided into 24 wards and is represented by 72 ward councillors on the borough council.

The borough was named after Sandwell Priory, the ruins of which are located in Sandwell Valley. Gaining widespread acceptance for the identity of Sandwell and unifying the distinct communities within the borough has been a protracted affair.[7] The local council has considered changing its name over confusion outside the West Midlands as to the whereabouts of the borough. A survey of borough residents in June 2002 found that 65 per cent of respondents favoured retaining the name.[8]

Landmarks and attractions in Sandwell include Sandwell Aquatics Centre, Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery, Bishop Asbury Cottage, West Bromwich Manor House, Oak House, West Bromwich, and Sandwell Valley Country Park. It is also the home of West Bromwich Albion F.C.

Sandwell used to be a popular hotspot for car cruising. In 2015 a High Court order was introduced to ban car cruising in the area. An extension has been secured to run until at least 2021.[9]

Politics

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Since the council election in 2021, the political composition of the council has been as follows:[10]

Party Councillors
Labour Party 60
Conservative Party 10
Independents 2

From the borough's creation in 1974 until 2010, all Members of Parliament (MPs) within its boundaries were Labour. However, in the 2010 general election, Conservative party candidate James Morris was elected to the Halesowen and Rowley Regis seat which incorporates the Sandwell communities of Rowley Regis, Blackheath and Cradley Heath, and the neighbouring area of Halesowen which is situated within Dudley's borders. This was the first time any part of Sandwell had elected a Conservative MP – or indeed an MP from any party other than Labour.[11] In the December 2019 general election, however, Conservative candidates Nicola Richards and Shaun Bailey were elected to represent West Bromwich East and West Bromwich West respectively. This was the first time since the borough's creation that West Bromwich had returned any Conservative MPs to Parliament, and the first time that a constituency fully within the boundaries of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council had been represented by a Conservative MP.[citation needed]

Wards

The Sandwell Borough is divided into 24 electoral wards, with each one represented by 3 councillors on the borough council:[10]

Ward name Area Population (2011 census) Population density
(people per hectare) 		Ref.
Abbey 211 hectares (0.81 sq mi) 11,752 55.6 [12]
Blackheath 260 hectares (1.0 sq mi) 12,292 47.3 [13]
Bristnall 231 hectares (0.89 sq mi) 12,151 52.5 [14]
Charlemont with Grove Vale 522 hectares (2.02 sq mi) 11,964 22.9 [15]
Cradley Heath and Old Hill 403 hectares (1.56 sq mi) 13,365 33.6 [16]
Friar Park 299 hectares (1.15 sq mi) 12,625 42.3 [17]
Great Barr with Yew Tree & Tamebridge 346 hectares (1.34 sq mi) 12,597 36.4 [18]
Great Bridge 325 hectares (1.25 sq mi) 12,962 39.9 [19]
Greets Green and Lyng 412 hectares (1.59 sq mi) 11,769 28.6 [20]
Hateley Heath 309 hectares (1.19 sq mi) 14,227 46.1 [21]
Langley 290 hectares (1.1 sq mi) 12,969 44.8 [22]
Newton 276 hectares (1.07 sq mi) 11,558 41.8 [23]
Oldbury 621 hectares (2.40 sq mi) 13,606 21.9 [24]
Old Warley 267 hectares (1.03 sq mi) 11,915 44.6 [25]
Princes End 278 hectares (1.07 sq mi) 12,981 46.7 [26]
Rowley 407 hectares (1.57 sq mi) 11,784 29.0 [27]
Smethwick 222 hectares (0.86 sq mi) 14,146 63.6 [28]
Soho and Victoria 321 hectares (1.24 sq mi) 15,042 46.9 [29]
St. Pauls 437 hectares (1.69 sq mi) 14,226 32.6 [30]
Tipton Green 341 hectares (1.32 sq mi) 12,834 37.6 [31]
Tividale 291 hectares (1.12 sq mi) 12,616 43.4 [32]
Wednesbury North 352 hectares (1.36 sq mi) 12,682 36.0 [33]
Wednesbury South 485 hectares (1.87 sq mi) 12,510 25.8 [34]
West Bromwich Central 652 hectares (2.52 sq mi) 13,290 20.4 [35]
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Sandwell College in West Bromwich

Education

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Sandwell College, the only further education college in the borough, was opened in September 1986 following the merger of Warley College and West Bromwich College.[36] It was originally based in the old Warley College buildings on Pound Road, Oldbury, and the West Bromwich College buildings on West Bromwich High Street, as well as a building in Smethwick town centre, but moved into a new single site campus in West Bromwich town centre in September 2012.[36] In 2004, a debt-ridden Sandwell College was subject to a police investigation.[37]

Demography

Ethnicity

Ethnic Group 1981 estimations[38] 1991 census[39] 2021 census[40]
Number % Number % Number %
White: Total 274,239 88.5% 250,941 85.1% 195,624 57.3%
White: British – – – – 177,929 52.1%
White: Irish – – – – 1,591 0.5%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller – – – – 324 0.1%
White: Roma – – – – 375 0.1%
White: Other – – – – 15,405 4.5%
Asian or Asian British: Total 25,637 32,352 88,024 25.8%
Asian or Asian British: Indian 19,286 23,539 44,378 13.0%
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani 4,071 5,662 22,148 6.5%
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi 1,552 2,289 11,074 3.2%
Asian or Asian British: Chinese 315 340 1,204 0.4%
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian 413 522 9,220 2.7%
Black or Black British: Total 8,441 9,884 29,779 8.7%
Black or Black British: African 213 213 12,668 3.7%
Black or Black British: Caribbean 6,892 8,048 13,103 3.8%
Black or Black British: Other Black 1336 1623 4,008 1.2%
Mixed or British Mixed: Total – – – – 14,680 4.3%
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean – – – – 8,030 2.3%
Mixed: White and Black African – – – – 928 0.3%
Mixed: White and Asian – – – – 3,274 1.0%
Mixed: Other Mixed – – – – 2,448 0.7%
Other: Total 1,346 1,623 13,725 4%
Other: Arab – – – – 2,016 0.6%
Other: Any other ethnic group 1346 1623 11,709 3.4%
Non-White: Total 35,424 43,859 146,208 42.7%
Total 309,663 100% 294,800 100% 341,832 100%

Media

Television

The area is served by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central. Television signals are received from the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter.[41]

Radio

Radio stations for the area are:

BBC Local Radio

Independent Radio

Community Radio

Newspapers

Local newspapers for the area are:[43]

  • Express & Star
  • Oldbury Weekly News
  • Smethwick Telephone
  • Tipton Herald
  • Wednesbury Herald
  • West Bromwich Chronicle

Notable people

See Category:People from Sandwell (district)

Localities

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The six towns that comprise Sandwell and localities within each include:

Local places of interest

Twin towns and cities

Sandwell is twinned with:[45]

See also

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