Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
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| Borough of Oldham | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Ceremonial County: | Greater Manchester |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 213th 142.36 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Oldham |
| ONS code: | 00BP |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 55th 218,070 1,532 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 86.1% White 11.9% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.oldham.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MPs: | Michael Meacher, Phil Woolas |
The Metropolitan borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. It is named for its largest settlement, Oldham, but covers a larger area. Other places include Shaw, Royton, Chadderton and Failsworth.
To the east it covers part of Saddleworth Moor.
Wards
Oldham consists of 20 wards:
- Alexandra
- Chadderton Central
- Chadderton North
- Chadderton South
- Coldhurst
- Crompton
- Failsworth East
- Failsworth West
- Hollinwood
- Lees
- Royton North
- Royton South
- Saddleworth East
- Saddleworth West
- St James
- St Marys
- St Pauls
- Shaw
- Waterhead
- Werneth
See maps illustrating warding of Oldham (http://www.boundarycommittee.org.uk/your-area/oldham.cfm)
The current borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the county borough of Oldham along with Chadderton, Crompton, Failsworth, Lees and Royton urban districts in Lancashire and Saddleworth urban district in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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