Sandwell
Ward name Area Population ( 2011 census ) Population density ( people per hectare )
Abbey 211 hectares ( 0.81 sq mi ) 11,752 55.6
Blackheath 260 hectares ( 1.0 sq mi ) 12,292 47.3
Bristnall 231 hectares ( 0.89 sq mi ) 12,151 52.5
Charlemont with Grove Vale 522 hectares ( 2.02 sq mi ) 11,964 22.9
Cradley Heath and Old Hill 403 hectares ( 1.56 sq mi ) 13,365 33.6
Friar Park 299 hectares ( 1.15 sq mi ) 12,625 42.3
Great Barr with Yew Tree 346 hectares ( 1.34 sq mi ) 12,597 36.4
Great Bridge 325 hectares ( 1.25 sq mi ) 12,962 39.9
Greets Green and Lyng 412 hectares ( 1.59 sq mi ) 11,769 28.6
Hateley Heath 309 hectares ( 1.19 sq mi ) 14,227 46.1
Langley 290 hectares ( 1.1 sq mi ) 12,969 44.8
Newton 276 hectares ( 1.07 sq mi ) 11,558 41.8
Oldbury 621 hectares ( 2.40 sq mi ) 13,606 21.9
Old Warley 267 hectares ( 1.03 sq mi ) 11,915 44.6
Princes End 278 hectares ( 1.07 sq mi ) 12,981 46.7
Rowley 407 hectares ( 1.57 sq mi ) 11,784 29.0
Smethwick 222 hectares ( 0.86 sq mi ) 14,146 63.6
Soho and Victoria 321 hectares ( 1.24 sq mi ) 15,042 46.9
St. Pauls 437 hectares ( 1.69 sq mi ) 14,226 32.6
Tipton Green 341 hectares ( 1.32 sq mi ) 12,834 37.6
Politics -- Wards
The Sandwell Borough is divided into 24 electoral wards , with each one represented by 3 councillors on the borough council : [ 10 ]
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county in England. The borough is named after the Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands conurbation. According to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, the borough comprises the six amalgamated towns of Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury, and West Bromwich, although these places consist of numerous smaller settlements and localities. Though West Bromwich is the largest town in the borough and its designated Strategic Town Centre, Sandwell Council House (the headquarters of the local authority) is situated in Oldbury. Bordering Sandwell is the City of Birmingham to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley to the south and west, the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall to the north, and the City of Wolverhampton to the north-west. Spanning the borough are the parliamentary constituencies of West Bromwich West, West Bromwich East, Warley, and part of Halesowen and Rowley Regis, which crosses into the Dudley borough. At the 2011 census, the borough had a population of 309,000 and an area of 86 square kilometres (33 sq mi).