Editing Greater Manchester (section)

===SELNEC===
{{Further|Redcliffe-Maud Report}}
The [[Local Government Act 1958]] designated the south east Lancashire area (which, despite its name, included part of north east Cheshire), a Special Review Area. The [[Local Government Commission for England (1958–1967)|Local Government Commission for England]] presented draft recommendations, in December 1965, proposing a new county based on the conurbation surrounding and including Manchester, with nine most-purpose boroughs corresponding to the modern Greater Manchester boroughs (excluding Wigan). The review was abolished in favour of the Royal Commission on Local Government before issuing a final report.{{sfn|Frangopulo|1977|p=231}}

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the system of administering [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban]] and [[rural district]]s separately as outdated, noting that urban areas provided employment and services for rural dwellers, and open countryside was used by town dwellers for recreation. The commission considered interdependence of areas at many levels, including travel-to-work, provision of services, and which local newspapers were read, before proposing a new administrative [[metropolitan area]].{{sfn|Frangopulo|1977|p=234}} The area had roughly the same northern boundary as today's Greater Manchester (though included [[Borough of Rossendale|Rossendale]]), but covered much more territory from Cheshire (including [[Macclesfield]], [[Warrington]], [[Alderley Edge]], [[Northwich]], [[Middlewich]], [[Wilmslow]] and [[Lymm]]), and Derbyshire (the towns of [[New Mills]], [[Whaley Bridge]], [[Glossop]] and [[Chapel-en-le-Frith]] – a minority report suggested that [[Buxton]] be included).{{sfn|Redcliffe-Maud|1969|pp=219–235}} The metropolitan area was to be divided into nine metropolitan districts, based on Wigan, Bolton, Bury/Rochdale, Warrington, Manchester (including Salford and Old Trafford), Oldham, Altrincham, Stockport and Tameside.{{sfn|Redcliffe-Maud|1969|pp=219–235}} The report noted "The choice even of a label of convenience for this metropolitan area is difficult".{{sfn|Frangopulo|1977|p=233}} Seven years earlier, a survey prepared for the [[British Science Association|British Association]] intended to define the "South-East Lancashire conurbation" noted that "Greater Manchester it is not&nbsp;... One of its main characteristics is the marked individuality of its towns,&nbsp;... all of which have an industrial and commercial history of more than local significance".{{sfn|Frangopulo|1977|p=264}} The term ''Selnec'' (or ''SELNEC'') was already in use as an abbreviation for south east Lancashire and north east Cheshire; Redcliffe-Maud took this as "the most convenient term available", having modified it to south east Lancashire, north east and central Cheshire.{{sfn|Redcliffe-Maud|1969|pp=219–235}}
[[File:Greater Manchester - geograph.org.uk - 2948057.jpg|thumb|The multiple urban areas of Greater Manchester's boroughs]]

Following the [[Transport Act 1968]], in 1969 the [[Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive|SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive]] (an authority to co-ordinate and operate public transport in the region) was set up, covering an area smaller than the proposed Selnec, and different again to the eventual Greater Manchester. Compared with the Redcliffe-Maud area, it excluded Macclesfield, Warrington, and Knutsford but included Glossop in [[Derbyshire]] and [[Saddleworth]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. It excluded Wigan, which was both in the Redcliffe-Maud area and in the eventual Greater Manchester (but had not been part of the 1958 act's review area).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.selnec.org.uk/selnec.htm |publisher=selnec.org.uk |author=The SELNEC Preservation Society |title=The Formation of the SELNEC PTE |access-date=6 July 2008 |archive-date=20 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820183032/http://www.selnec.org.uk/selnec.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>

Redcliffe-Maud's recommendations were accepted by the Labour-controlled government in February 1970.{{sfn|Redcliffe-Maud|Wood|1975|pp=46–47, 56, 157}} 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 need for a metropolitan county centred on the conurbation surrounding Manchester was accepted. The new government's original proposal was much smaller than the Redcliffe-Maud Report's Selnec, with areas such as Winsford, Northwich, Knutsford, Macclesfield and Glossop retained by their original counties to ensure their [[county council]]s had enough revenue to remain competitive ([[Cheshire County Council]] would have ceased to exist).{{sfn|Redcliffe-Maud|Wood|1975|pp=46–47, 56, 157}} Other late changes included the separation of the proposed Bury/Rochdale authority (retained from the Redcliffe-Maud report) into the [[Metropolitan Borough of Bury]] and the [[Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale]]. Bury and Rochdale were originally planned to form a single district (dubbed "Botchdale" by local MP [[Michael Fidler]])<ref>{{cite hansard |house=House of Commons |date=6 July 1972|column_start=763|column_end=834}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lancashire saved from 'Botchdale' |work=The Times |date=7 July 1972 |page=8}}</ref> but were divided into separate boroughs. To re-balance the districts, the borough of Rochdale took [[Middleton, Greater Manchester|Middleton]] from Oldham.<ref>{{cite news |title=Philosophy on councils has yet to emerge |work=The Times |date=8 July 1972 |page=2}}</ref> During the passage of the bill, the towns of [[Whitworth, Lancashire|Whitworth]], Wilmslow and [[Poynton]] successfully objected to their incorporation in the new county.{{sfn|Redcliffe-Maud|Wood|1975|pp=46–47, 56, 157}}
{| class="wikitable" style="border:0; text-align:left; line-height:150%;"
! colspan="2" |[[Local Government Act 1972|Post-1974]]<ref name=lga1972/>
! colspan="4" |[[Local Government Act 1888|Pre-1974]]
|-
! Metropolitan county
! Metropolitan borough
! [[County borough]]s
! [[Municipal borough]]s
! [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban districts]]
! Parts of [[rural district]]s ([[civil parishes in England|civil parish]]es)
|-
|rowspan=10| [[File:Greater Manchester County (3).png|400px]]<br />{{center|Greater Manchester is an amalgamation of 70 former local government districts, including eight county boroughs and 16 municipal boroughs.<ref name="GM Gazetteer"/>}}
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Bury|Bury]]
| [[County Borough of Bury|Bury]]
| [[Municipal Borough of Prestwich|Prestwich]]&nbsp;• [[Municipal Borough of Radcliffe|Radcliffe]]
| [[Ramsbottom Urban District|Ramsbottom]]&nbsp;• [[Tottington Urban District|Tottington]]&nbsp;• [[Whitefield Urban District|Whitefield]]
|
|-
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Bolton|Bolton]]
| [[County Borough of Bolton|Bolton]]
| [[Municipal Borough of Farnworth|Farnworth]]
| [[Blackrod Urban District|Blackrod]]&nbsp;• [[Horwich Urban District|Horwich]]&nbsp;• [[Kearsley Urban District|Kearsley]]&nbsp;• [[Little Lever Urban District|Little Lever]]&nbsp;• [[Turton Urban District|Turton]]&nbsp;• [[Westhoughton Urban District|Westhoughton]]
|
|-
| [[Manchester]]
| [[County Borough of Manchester|Manchester]]
|
|
| [[Bucklow Rural District|Bucklow]] ([[Ringway, Greater Manchester|Ringway]])<ref name="BucklowMacclesfield"/>
|-
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham|Oldham]]
| [[County Borough of Oldham|Oldham]]
|
| [[Chadderton Urban District|Chadderton]]&nbsp;• [[Crompton Urban District|Crompton]]&nbsp;• [[Failsworth Urban District|Failsworth]]&nbsp;• [[Lees Urban District|Lees]]&nbsp;• [[Royton Urban District|Royton]]&nbsp;• [[Saddleworth Urban District|Saddleworth]]
|
|-
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale|Rochdale]]
| [[County Borough of Rochdale|Rochdale]]
| [[Municipal Borough of Middleton|Middleton]]&nbsp;• [[Municipal Borough of Heywood|Heywood]]
| [[Littleborough Urban District|Littleborough]]&nbsp;• [[Milnrow Urban District|Milnrow]]&nbsp;• [[Wardle Urban District|Wardle]]
|
|-
| [[City of Salford|Salford]]
| [[County Borough of Salford|Salford]]
| [[Municipal Borough of Eccles|Eccles]]&nbsp;• [[Swinton and Pendlebury]]
| [[Irlam Urban District|Irlam]]&nbsp;• [[Worsley Urban District|Worsley]]
|
|-
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Stockport|Stockport]]
| [[County Borough of Stockport|Stockport]]
|
| [[Bredbury and Romiley]]&nbsp;• [[Cheadle and Gatley]]&nbsp;• [[Hazel Grove and Bramhall]]&nbsp;• [[Marple Urban District|Marple]]
|
|-
| [[Tameside]]
|
| [[Municipal Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne|Ashton-under-Lyne]]&nbsp;• [[Municipal Borough of Dukinfield|Dukinfield]]&nbsp;• [[Municipal Borough of Hyde|Hyde]]&nbsp;• [[Mossley#Administrative history|Mossley]]&nbsp;• [[Municipal Borough of Stalybridge|Stalybridge]]
| [[Audenshaw Urban District|Audenshaw]]&nbsp;• [[Denton Urban District|Denton]]&nbsp;• [[Droylsden Urban District|Droylsden]]&nbsp;• [[Longdendale Urban District|Longdendale]]
|
|-
| [[Trafford]]
|
| [[Municipal Borough of Altrincham|Altrincham]]&nbsp;• [[Municipal Borough of Sale|Sale]]&nbsp;• [[Municipal Borough of Stretford|Stretford]]
| [[Bowdon Urban District|Bowdon]]&nbsp;• [[Hale Urban District|Hale]]&nbsp;• [[Urmston Urban District|Urmston]]
| [[Bucklow Rural District|Bucklow]] ([[Carrington, Greater Manchester|Carrington]]&nbsp;• [[Dunham Massey]]&nbsp;• [[Partington, Greater Manchester|Partington]]&nbsp;• [[Warburton, Greater Manchester|Warburton]])<ref name="BucklowMacclesfield">The part of Bucklow Rural District not transferred to Greater Manchester remained in Cheshire, as part of [[Macclesfield (borough)|Macclesfield municipal borough]].</ref>
|-
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Wigan|Wigan]]
| [[County Borough of Wigan|Wigan]]
| [[Municipal Borough of Leigh|Leigh]]
| [[Abram Urban District|Abram]]&nbsp;• [[Ashton in Makerfield Urban District|Ashton in Makerfield]]&nbsp;• [[Aspull Urban District|Aspull]]&nbsp;• [[Atherton Urban District|Atherton]]&nbsp;• [[Billinge and Winstanley Urban District|Billinge and Winstanley]]&nbsp;• [[Hindley Urban District|Hindley]]&nbsp;• [[Ince-in-Makerfield Urban District|Ince-in-Makerfield]]&nbsp;• [[Golborne Urban District|Golborne]]&nbsp;• [[Orrell Urban District|Orrell]]&nbsp;• [[Standish-with-Langtree]]&nbsp;• [[Tyldesley Urban District|Tyldesley]]
| [[Wigan Rural District|Wigan]] ([[Haigh, Greater Manchester|Haigh]]&nbsp;• [[Shevington]]&nbsp;• [[Worthington, Greater Manchester|Worthington]])<ref>The part of Wigan Rural District not transferred to Greater Manchester remained in Lancashire, as part of [[West Lancashire]] district.</ref>
|}