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Metropolitan borough

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.

In 1974, the name was used again for districts in the new metropolitan counties. Unlike the non-metropolitan districts, the metropolitan boroughs acted as education authorities.

After the abolition of the metropolitan county councils in 1986, the metropolitan boroughs became unitary authorities.

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