Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Coat of arms
Corporate logo
Type
Type	Metropolitan district
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Civic Mayor	Tafheen Sharif, Labour since 23 May 2023
Leader of the Council	Gerald Cooney, Labour since 24 May 2022
Chief executive	Sandra Stewart since 6 December 2022
Structure
Seats	57 councillors
Political groups	Administration   Labour (48) Other parties   Conservative (7)   Independent (2)
Joint committees	Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Length of term	Third of council elected three years out of four
Elections
Last election	2023 (all 57 councillors)
Next election	2024 (one third of councillors)
Website
www.tameside.gov.uk

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.

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

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).

Wards and councillors

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

Each ward is represented by three councillors.

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

Parliamentary constituency	Ward	Councillor	Party		Term of office
Ashton-under-Lyne constituency	Ashton Hurst	Mike Glover		Labour	2023-27
		Dan Costello		Conservative	2023-26
		Mohammed Karim		Labour	2024-28
	Ashton St. Michael's	Andrew McLaren		Labour	2023-27
		Bill Fairfoull		Labour	2023-26
		Jean Drennan		Labour	2024-28
	Ashton Waterloo	Vimal Choksi		Labour	2023-27
		Dave Howarth		Labour	2023-26
		Sangita Patel		Labour	2024-28
	Droylsden East	David Mills		Labour	2023-27
		Susan Quinn		Labour	2023-26
		Laura Boyle		Labour	2024-28
	Droylsden West	Ged Cooney		Labour	2023-27
		Ann Holland		Labour	2023-26
		Barrie Holland		Labour	2024-28
	St. Peters	Joyce Bowerman		Labour	2023-27
		Warren Bray		Labour	2023-26
		Kaleel Khan		Independent	2024-28
Denton and Reddish constituency	Audenshaw	Charlotte Martin		Labour	2023-27
		Nick Axford		Labour	2023-26
		Teresa Smith		Labour	2024-28
	Denton North East	Allison Gwynne		Labour	2023-27
		Denise Ward		Labour	2023-26
		Vincent Ricci		Labour	2024-28
	Denton South	George Newton		Labour	2023-27
		Claire Reid		Labour	2023-26
		Jack Naylor		Labour	2024-28
	Denton West	George Jones		Labour	2023-27
		Brenda Warrington		Labour	2023-26
		Mike Smith		Labour	2024-28
	Dukinfield	Jackie Lane		Labour	2023-27
		John Taylor		Labour	2023-26
		Naila Sharif		Labour	2024-28
Stalybridge and Hyde constituency	Dukinfield / Stalybridge	Leanne Feeley		Labour	2023-27
		David Sweeton		Labour	2023-26
		Eleanor Wills		Labour	2024-28
	Hyde Godley	Joe Kitchen		Labour	2023-27
		Betty Affleck		Labour	2023-26
		Andrea Colbourne		Conservative	2024-28
	Hyde Newton	Helen Bowden		Labour	2023-27
		Peter Robinson		Labour	2023-26
		Hugh Roderick		Labour	2024-28
	Hyde Werneth	Phil Chadwick		Conservative	2023-27
		Shibley Alam		Labour	2023-26
		Christopher Halligan		Conservative	2024-28
	Longdendale	Jacqueline North		Labour	2023-27
		Gary Ferguson		Labour	2023-26
		Jacqueline Owen		Labour	2024-28
	Mossley	Jack Homer		Labour	2023-27
		Tafheen Sharif		Labour	2023-26
		Stephen Homer		Labour	2024-28
	Stalybridge North	Christine Beardmore		Labour	2023-27
		Adrian Pearce		Labour	2023-26
		Steven Barton		Independent	2024-28
	Stalybridge South	Doreen Dickinson		Conservative	2023-27
		Liam Billington		Conservative	2023-26
		David Tilbrook		Conservative	2024-28

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'

External links

• Official website