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Type Metropolitan district council of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley Joint committees Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority
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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in Merseyside and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Knowsley. It is a constituent council of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
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History
The current local authority was first elected in 1973, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley on 1 April 1974. The council gained borough status, entitling it to be known as Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: