Editing Metropolitan county (section)

==Counties and districts==
The six metropolitan counties and their metropolitan districts are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" | Metropolitan county
! scope="col" | Population (2021)
! scope="col" | Constituent metropolitan boroughs
|-
! scope="row" | [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]
|2,919,600
|[[City of Birmingham|Birmingham]], [[City of Coventry|Coventry]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Dudley|Dudley]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell|Sandwell]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Solihull|Solihull]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Walsall|Walsall]], [[City of Wolverhampton|Wolverhampton]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Greater Manchester]]
|2,867,800
|[[Metropolitan Borough of Bolton|Bolton]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Bury|Bury]], [[Manchester]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham|Oldham]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale|Rochdale]], [[City of Salford|Salford]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Stockport|Stockport]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Tameside|Tameside]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Trafford|Trafford]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Wigan|Wigan]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[West Yorkshire]] 
|2,351,600
|[[City of Bradford|Bradford]], [[Calderdale]], [[Kirklees]], [[City of Leeds|Leeds]], [[City of Wakefield|Wakefield]], 
|-
! scope="row" | [[Merseyside]] 
|1,423,300
|[[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley|Knowsley]], [[Liverpool]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]], [[Metropolitan Borough of St Helens|St Helens]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|Wirral]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[South Yorkshire]]
|1,375,100
|[[Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley|Barnsley]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster|Doncaster]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham|Rotherham]], [[City of Sheffield|Sheffield]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Tyne and Wear]]
|1,127,200
|[[Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead|Gateshead]], [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]], [[Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside|North Tyneside]], [[Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside|South Tyneside]], [[City of Sunderland|Sunderland]]
|}