 The Brownhills District established in 1877 remained in existence until 1894 when it was superseded by Brownhills Urban District . In 1966 the Urban District merged with that of Aldridge to form the Aldridge @-@ Brownhills Urban District , in accordance with a recommendation of the Local Government Commission for England . This in turn was amalgamated in 1974 , under the Local Government Act 1972 , into the newly formed Metropolitan Borough of Walsall , under whose jurisdiction the area remains to this day . As a result of this amalgamation Brownhills also became part of the West Midlands county , having previously been part of Staffordshire . Today Brownhills constitutes a ward within the Borough of Walsall and has three seats on the Borough Council . As at the 2008 local elections two of these seats were held by the Conservative Party and one by Labour . 
