For the unitary authority in Shropshire, see. Tyne and Wear is a in the of around the mouths of the rivers and. It came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the. It consists of the five of , , City of , and. It is bounded on the east by the , and has borders with to the north and to the south. Tyne and Wear County Council was abolished in 1986, and so its districts the metropolitan boroughs are now. However, the metropolitan county continues to exist in law and as a geographic frame of reference, and as a. Between the county boroughs, various other settlements also formed part of the administrative counties of and of. The need to reform local government on Tyneside was recognised by the government as early as 1935, when a Royal Commission to Investigate the Conditions of Local Government on Tyneside was appointed. The three commissioners were to examine the system of local government in the areas of local government north and south of the river Tyne from the sea to the boundary of the Rural District of Castle Ward and Hexham in the County of Northumberland and to the Western boundary of the County of Durham, to consider what changes, if any, should be made in the existing arrangements with a view to securing greater economy and efficiency, and to make recommendations. The second-tier units would form by amalgamating the various existing boroughs and districts. The county boroughs in the area would lose their status. Within this area, a single municipality would be formed covering the four county boroughs of Newcastle, Gateshead, Tynemouth, South Shields and other urban districts and boroughs. The 1937 proposals never came into operation: local authorities could not agree on a scheme and the legislation of the time did not allow central government to compel one. Tyneside excluding was a under the. The came back with a recommendation to create a new county of Tyneside based on the review area, divided into four separate boroughs. This was not implemented. The proposed a Tyneside , again excluding Sunderland, which would have set up a separate East Durham unitary authority. Metropolitan county Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear amalgamates 24 former local government districts, including five county boroughs. Most notable is the , which co-ordinates transport policy. Through its , known as Nexus, it owns and operates the system, and the Shields service and the Tyne , linking communities on either side of the River Tyne. Also through Nexus, the authority subsidises socially necessary transport services including taxis and operates a concessionary fares scheme for the elderly and disabled. In April 2014 Nexus became an executive body of the new. Other joint bodies include the and , which was created from the merger of the and. These joint bodies are administered by representatives of all five of the constituent councils. In addition the force, which covers the whole of and Tyne and Wear, is one of several joint forces in England spanning two or more counties. The force was created in 1974, and so is not a by-product of the abolition of the county council. Tyne and Wear either has or closely borders two official stations, neither located in one of the major urban centres. The locations for those are in marine where Tyne meets the North Sea east of Newcastle and inland in around 20 kilometres 12 mi south-west of Sunderland. There are some clear differences between the stations temperature and precipitation patterns even though both have a cool-summer and mild-winter. Climate data for Tynemouth 33m asl, 1981—2010 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Average high °C °F 7. There is also an inter-urban line of belt helping to keep the districts of South Tyneside, Gateshead, and Sunderland separated. It was first drawn up from the 1950s. All the county's districts contain some portion of belt. See also: Tyne and Wear is divided into 13. Historically, the area has been a Labour stronghold; South Shields is the only Parliamentary constituency that has never returned a Member of Parliament MP to the since the. Since an upset result in the , the former has been controlled by the. No one party has overall control of North Tyneside Council: while the Conservatives hold the greatest number of seats, 28, they lack an overall majority, there are 32 other councillors. North Tyneside is the only authority in the area with a directly elected Mayor. Currently a Labour member. See also: Italics indicate the district centre. For a complete list of all villages, towns and cities see the. Retrieved 19 May 2018. URL accessed 12 March 2007. URL accessed 12 March 2007. URL accessed 12 March 2007. Wood and Report of Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
