<P> Traditionally a part of Warwickshire ( although it was a county in its own right for 400 years ) , Coventry became an independent county borough in 1889 . It later became a metropolitan district of the West Midlands county under the Local Government Act ( 1974 ) , even though it was entirely separate to the Birmingham conurbation area ( this is why Coventry appears to unnaturally `` jut out '' into Warwickshire on political maps of the UK ) . In 1986 , the West Midlands County Council was abolished and Coventry became administered as an effective unitary authority in its own right . </P>
<P> Traditionally a part of Warwickshire ( although it was a county in its own right for 400 years ) , Coventry became an independent county borough in 1889 . It later became a metropolitan district of the West Midlands county under the Local Government Act ( 1974 ) , even though it was entirely separate to the Birmingham conurbation area ( this is why Coventry appears to unnaturally `` jut out '' into Warwickshire on political maps of the UK ) . In 1986 , the West Midlands County Council was abolished and Coventry became administered as an effective unitary authority in its own right . </P>
when did coventry become part of west midlands
when did coventry become part of west midlands
1974
1974