Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Coat of arms
Logo
Corporate logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Betty Affleck,
Labour
since 21 May 2024[1]
Eleanor Wills
since 24 October 2024[2]
Harry Catherall (interim)
since 29 October 2024
Structure
Seats57 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
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
Bee Network Committee
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.

  1. ^ Higgins, Adam (21 May 2024). "Hyde councillor named next Civic Mayor of Tameside". Tameside Correspondent. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  2. ^ https://tameside.moderngov.co.uk/mggeneric.aspx?MD=Members%20of%20the%20Executive