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The council styles itself Oldham Council rather than its full formal name of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. [10] From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater Manchester's ...
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Oldham Council , is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester , England.
Oldham council's coat of arms, seen here at the Civic Centre. Following the 1974 reorganisation, a new coat of arms was granted to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, based closely on that of the predecessor Oldham County Borough Council. Like the county borough's arms, which dated from 1894, the new coat is derived from the arms of the Oldham ...
The council elected a mayor from their membership to head the council at their annual meeting. In 1886 the number of wards was increased to twelve: Clarksfield, Coldhurst, Hartford, Hollinwood, Mumps, St James, St Mary's, St Paul's, St Peter's, Waterhead, Werneth, and Westwood. The size of the council was accordingly increased to forty-eight. [11]
Arooj Shah is a British Labour politician and since May 2023 is the leader of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, a position she also previously held between 2021 and 2022. As leader she is a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and is the combined authority's portfolio lead for Equalities and Communities ...
Oldham Council elections (20 P) Pages in category "Local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton (known as Oldham West and Royton prior to 2024) [2] is a constituency [n 1] in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. [ n 2 ] It has been represented by the Labour Party since its creation in 1997.
Failsworth Town Hall, also known as Failsworth and Hollinwood District Town Hall, is a former municipal building on Oldham Road, Failsworth, a town in Greater Manchester in England. The building, which served as the offices and meeting place of Failsworth Urban District Council, now accommodates a library, a lifelong learning centre, the ...