Stourbridge and Pedmore question (Mercia- UDI 1995)

Over view


The Stourbridge and Pedmore question of 2002-03 was a political debacle that lead to the popular division of Dudley in to its 4 semi-autonomous provinces. At one point Sedgley had planned to ceseaded from Dudley and amalgamate it's self in to Seisdon (they were both (as in fact) part of Staffordshire until 1974).

History
This domestic political incident involved the redefining of several Federal Districts' internal and external boundaries. The UK Labour MP for Harborne and Federal Labour MP for Sedgley and Gornal Wood had raised the question of weather The state of Dudley should be broken up in to 4 autonomous states with the same level of home rule as Pleck and Smethwick had already got, or possibly (as Sedgley and Gornal wood preferred) its dissolution in to 4 independent states with in the federation.

Several large, but peaceful rallies took place at Pedmore Cricket club, Dudley Castel and Sedgley town centre over

Leadership
The prime movers of the movement were-


 * 1) Steffi Anne Boyce, the Lib' Dem's MP for Pleck.
 * 2) Billy Hinks, the Independent MP for Seisdon.
 * 3) Chris Smithe, the UK Labour MP for Harborne.
 * 4) Mark Vaughan Talbot, the federal Labour MP for Sedgley and Gornal Wood.
 * 5) Derick Frederick Spier, Pedmore carpinter and local activist.

Also see

 * The Federal General Assembly
 * The Federal Republic of Herefordshire and Worcestershire
 * The Federal Press Bureau
 * Seisdon Sovereign Rural District
 * The Metropolitan Republic of Sandwell
 * The Independent county of Worcestershire
 * The Independent county of Herefordshire
 * The City state of Edgbaston, Longbridge, Northfield and King's Norton
 * The Metropolitan Republic of Dudley
 * The Freetown of Hay-on-Wye
 * The Freetown of Tewkesbury
 * Worcestershire- UDI 1996
 * The Gloucestershire Corridor.
 * Politics in the Federal Republic of Herefordshire and Worcestershire.