Greater Manchester County Council
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Greater Manchester County Council Greater Manchester Council |
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| Greater Manchester | |
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| History | |
| Established | 1 April 1974 |
| Disbanded | 31 March 1986 |
| Preceded by | Various authorities, including Cheshire County Council, Lancashire County Council, and West Riding County Council |
| Succeeded by | Various agencies and the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities |
| Leadership | |
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Leader
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Bernard Clarke
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Chief Executive
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Tony Harrison
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| Seats | 106 |
| Elections | |
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Last election
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1973 |
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Last election
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1977 |
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Last general election
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1981 |
| Meeting place | |
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| County Hall, Manchester, England | |
The Greater Manchester County Council (GMCC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater Manchester from 1974 to 1986. A strategic authority, with responsibilities for public transport, planning, emergency services and waste disposal, it was composed of 106 members drawn from the ten metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester. The Greater Manchester County Council shared power with ten lower-tier district councils, each of which directed local matters. It was also known as the Greater Manchester Council (GMC) and the Greater Manchester Metropolitan County Council (GMMCC).
Established with reference to the Local Government Act 1972, elections in 1973 brought about the county council's launch as a shadow authority, several months before Greater Manchester (its zone of influence) was officially created on 1 April 1974. The Greater Manchester County Council operated from its County Hall headquarters on Portland Street in central Manchester, until it was abolished 31 March 1986, following the Local Government Act 1985. Its powers were passed to the ten district councils of Greater Manchester, which had shared power with the GMCC. Some powers of the county council were restored when the district councils delegated strategic responsibilities (such as emergency services and public transport) to the county-wide Association of Greater Manchester Authorities and joint boards.
The Local Government Act 1972 reformed local government in England by creating a system of two-tier metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties and districts throughout the country. The act formally established Greater Manchester as a metropolitan county on 1 April 1974, although Greater Manchester County Council (GMCC) had been running since elections in 1973. The leading article in The Times on the day the Local Government Act came into effect noted that the "new arrangement is a compromise which seeks to reconcile familiar geography which commands a certain amount of affection and loyalty, with the scale of operations on which modern planning methods can work effectively".
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