Metropolitan district
A metropolitan borough is the style of a sub-division of a metropolitan county. The first metropolitan boroughs in England were created in London in 1899, ten years after the formation of London County Council. These were abolished in 1965 with the expansion of London into Greater London, and replaced with several London boroughs.
The 1974, local government reorganisation in England, saw the creation of a two tier system of county and district councils. The six conurbations were created as Metropolitan Counties containing Metropolitan Districts. Urban areas were permitted to petition the Queen to become known as boroughs. Most metropolitan districts did so, becoming known as metropolitan boroughs. Unlike the non-metropolitan districts, the metropolitan districts were also local education authorities.
After the abolition of the metropolitan county councils in 1986, the metropolitan districts became, in effect unitary authorities, but this description is not used. Those functions of the county council that were not subsumed entirely by the district councils were taken over by joint committees of the constituent councils.
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