Editing Tameside (section)

===Council===
{{Main|Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council}}
{{for|historic political control and leadership|Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council elections}}
In 2007, [[Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council]] was assessed by the [[Audit Commission (United Kingdom)|Audit Commission]] and judged to be "improving strongly" in providing services for local people. Overall the council was awarded "four star" status meaning it was "performing strongly" and "well above minimum requirements", putting it in the top 38% of all local authorities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council comprehensive performance assessment (CPA) scorecard 2007 |publisher=[[Audit Commission (United Kingdom)|Audit Commission]] |url=http://cpa.audit-commission.gov.uk/STCCScorecard.aspx?TaxID=108243 |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930222728/http://cpa.audit-commission.gov.uk/STCCScorecard.aspx?TaxID=108243 |archive-date=2011-09-30 }}; retrieved 8 September 2008.</ref>

[[Civil parish]]es form the bottom tier of local government; the parish councils are involved in planning, management of town and parish centres, and promoting tourism.<ref>{{cite web|title=What is a town, parish or community council? |author=National Association of Local Councils |publisher=nalc.gov.uk |url=http://www.nalc.gov.uk/About_NALC/What_is_a_parish_or_town_council/What_is_a_council.aspx |access-date=26 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221040032/http://www.nalc.gov.uk/About_NALC/What_is_a_parish_or_town_council/What_is_a_council.aspx |archive-date=21 December 2008 }}</ref> [[Mossley]] is the only civil parish in Tameside. In 2001 9,856 people lived there, 4.6% of the borough's population.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mossley civil parish census data|publisher=Statistics.gov.uk|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=790588&c=Mossley&d=16&e=15&g=355915&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1203604074412&enc=1&dsFamilyId=781|access-date=21 February 2008}}</ref>

Before becoming a civil parish, Mossley was a [[Municipal Borough|municipal borough]]. The unparished areas are: [[Ashton-under-Lyne]] (municipal borough), [[Audenshaw]] ([[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]]), [[Denton, Greater Manchester|Denton]] (urban district), [[Droylsden]] (urban district), [[Dukinfield]] (municipal borough), [[Hyde, Greater Manchester|Hyde]] (municipal borough), [[Longdendale]] (urban district), and [[Stalybridge]] (municipal borough). The status of each area before 1974 is shown in brackets. An urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, and Mossley were previously in Lancashire. Dukinfield, Hyde, Longdendale, and Stalybridge were in Cheshire.