Editing South Yorkshire (section)

===Redcliffe-Maud Report===
{{Further|Redcliffe-Maud Report}}

The [[Local Government Commission for England (1958–1967)|Local Government Commission for England]] presented draft recommendations, in December 1965, proposing a new county—York and North Midlands—roughly centred on the southern part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and northern parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. The review was abolished in favour of the [[Redcliffe-Maud Report|Royal Commission on Local Government]] before it was able to issue a final report.

The Royal Commission's 1969 report, known as the Redcliffe-Maud Report, proposed the removal of much of the then existing system of local government. The commission described the system of administering [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban]] and [[rural district]]s separately as outdated, noting that urban areas provided employment and services for rural dwellers, and open countryside was used by town dwellers for recreation.<ref name="Redcliffe">Redcliffe-Maud ''et al.'' (June 1969), pp.&nbsp;219–235.</ref>

Redcliffe-Maud's recommendations were accepted by the Labour government in February 1970.<ref name="Redcliffe2">Redcliffe-Maud and Wood (1975), pp.&nbsp;46–7, 56, 157.</ref> Although the Redcliffe-Maud Report was rejected by the Conservative government after the [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970 general election]], there was a commitment to local government reform, and the idea of a metropolitan county of South Yorkshire.
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{| class="wikitable" style=" border:0; text-align:left;"
! colspan="2" | [[Local Government Act 1972|post-1974]]
! colspan="4" | [[Local Government Act 1888|pre-1974]]
|-
! Metropolitan county
! Metropolitan borough
! [[County borough]]s
! [[Municipal borough|Non-county borough]]s
! [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban districts]]
! [[Rural district]]s
|-
|rowspan=4| [[File:South Yorkshire County.png|300px]]<br />{{center|<small>South Yorkshire is an amalgamation of 32 former local government districts, including four county boroughs.</small>}}
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley|Barnsley]]
| [[County Borough of Barnsley|Barnsley]]
| –
| [[Cudworth Urban District|Cudworth]]&nbsp;• [[Darfield Urban District|Darfield]]&nbsp;• [[Darton Urban District|Darton]]&nbsp;• [[Dearne Urban District|Dearne]]&nbsp;• [[Dodworth Urban District|Dodworth]]&nbsp;• [[Hoyland Nether Urban District|Hoyland Nether]]&nbsp;• [[Penistone Urban District|Penistone]]&nbsp;• [[Royston, South Yorkshire|Royston]]&nbsp;• [[Wombwell Urban District|Wombwell]]&nbsp;• [[Worsbrough Urban District|Worsbrough]]
| [[Hemsworth Rural District|Hemsworth]]&nbsp;• [[Penistone Rural District|Penistone]]&nbsp;• [[Wortley Rural District|Wortley]] (part)
|-
| [[City of Doncaster|Doncaster]]
| [[County Borough of Doncaster|Doncaster]]
| –
| [[Adwick le Street Urban District|Adwick le Street]]&nbsp;• [[Bentley with Arksey]]&nbsp;• [[Conisbrough Urban District|Conisbrough]]&nbsp;• [[Mexborough Urban District|Mexborough]]&nbsp;• [[Tickhill Urban District|Tickhill]]
| [[Doncaster Rural District|Doncaster]]&nbsp;• [[East Retford Rural District|East Retford]] (part)&nbsp;• [[Thorne Rural District|Thorne]]&nbsp;• [[Worksop Rural District|Worksop]] (part)
|-
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham|Rotherham]]
| [[County Borough of Rotherham|Rotherham]]
| –
| [[Maltby Urban District|Maltby]]&nbsp;• [[Swinton Urban District|Swinton]]&nbsp;• [[Rawmarsh Urban District|Rawmarsh]]&nbsp;• [[Wath upon Dearne Urban District|Wath upon Dearne]]
| [[Kiveton Park Rural District|Kiveton Park]]&nbsp;• [[Rotherham Rural District|Rotherham]]
|-
| [[City of Sheffield|Sheffield]]
| [[County Borough of Sheffield|Sheffield]]
| –
| [[Stocksbridge Urban District|Stocksbridge]]
| [[Wortley Rural District|Wortley]] (part)
|}