In the event the Conservative government of Edward Heath was elected in 1970 and the original plans for local government reform were radically altered.
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Margaret Thatcher's government abolished the metropolitan county councils with the Local Government Act 1985, in 1986, causing the seven metropolitan boroughs to become de facto unitary authorities.
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