Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
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Type
Type	Metropolitan borough council
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Civic Mayor	Betty Affleck, Labour since 21 May 2024[1]
Leader	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
Elections
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	7 May 2026
Meeting place
Tameside One, Market Square, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6BH
Website
www.tameside.gov.uk

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, also known as Tameside Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority since 2011.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 1979. It is based at Tameside One in Ashton-under-Lyne.