the municipal boroughs of Altrincham, Dukinfield, Hyde, Sale and Stalybridge, the urban districts of Alderley Edge, Bowdon, Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hale, Hazel Grove and Bramhall, Marple and Wilmslow, the rural district of Disley and the civil parishes of Carrington, Partington and Ringway in the Bucklow Rural District Part of Lancashire, namely: the municipal boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, Eccles, Farnworth, Heywood, Middleton, Mossley, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Stretford and Swinton and Pendlebury, and the urban districts of Audenshaw, Chadderton, Crompton, Denton, Droylsden, Failsworth, Horwich, Irlam, Kearsley, Lees, Littleborough, Little Lever, Milnrow, Royton, Tottington, Urmston, Wardle, Westhoughton, Whitefield, Whitworth and Worsley The review area was later extended by the South East Lancashire Review Area Order 1965 to include: The urban district of Longdendale, and the parish of Poynton-with-Worth in Macclesfield Rural District in Cheshire The municipal borough of Glossop, the urban districts of New Mills and Whaley Bridge, the rural district of Disley and the parishes of Charlesworth and Chisworth in Chapel-en-le-Frith Rural District in Derbyshire The urban districts of Ramsbottom and Turton in Lancashire The urban district of Saddleworth in Yorkshire, West Riding Despite the review area's name, much of it was in Cheshire. This was reflected in the area being referred to in later reviews as "South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire" or SELNEC. Although no local government reforms were made under the 1958 Act, a SELNEC passenger transport authority was formed in 1969. A metropolitan county of Greater Manchester was formed in 1974 for a similar area to the SRA, although it excluded Alderley Edge, Disley and Wilmslow, and added Wigan. Merseyside The county boroughs of Birkenhead, Bootle, Liverpool and Wallasey Part of Cheshire, namely: the municipal boroughs of Bebington and Ellesmere Port, and the urban districts of Hoylake, Neston and Wirral Part of Lancashire, namely: the municipal borough of Crosby, the urban districts of Huyton-with-Roby, Kirkby and Litherland, and the civil parishes of Aintree and Simonswood in the West Lancashire Rural District. The area was extended by the Merseyside Special Review Area Order 1965 to include: the municipal borough of Widnes, the urban districts of Formby and Prescot, more of West Lancashire RD (the parishes of Altcar, Downholland, Ince Blundell, Lydiate, Maghull, Melling, Netherton, Sefton and Thornton), and part of Whiston Rural District (the parishes of Cronton, Hale, Halewood, Knowsley, Rainhill, Tarbock and Whiston) in Lancashire; The urban district of Runcorn, part of Runcorn Rural District (the