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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklees" title="Kirklees – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Kirklees" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklees" title="Kirklees – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kirklees" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklees" title="Kirklees – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kirklees" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklees" title="Kirklees – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kirklees" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3" title="کیرکلیس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کیرکلیس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklees" title="Kirklees – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kirklees" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BB%A4%ED%81%B4%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4" title="커클리스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="커클리스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklees" title="Kirklees – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kirklees" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklees" title="Kirklees – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kirklees" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklees" title="Kirklees – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kirklees" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklees" title="Kirklees – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Kirklees" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Керклис – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Керклис" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklees" title="Kirklees – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Kirklees" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklees" title="Kirklees – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kirklees" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklees" title="Kirklees – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Kirklees" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/Dewsbury" title="Dewsbury">Dewsbury</a> <a href="/wiki/Dewsbury_Minster" title="Dewsbury Minster">Minster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cleckheaton" title="Cleckheaton">Cleckheaton</a> <a href="/wiki/Cleckheaton_Town_Hall" title="Cleckheaton Town Hall">town hall</a></li><li>Lower: <a href="/wiki/Holmfirth" title="Holmfirth">Holmfirth</a> town centre and <a href="/wiki/Marsden,_West_Yorkshire" title="Marsden, West Yorkshire">Marsden</a> <a href="/wiki/Marsden_Moor" class="mw-redirect" title="Marsden Moor">Moor</a></li><li>Bottom: <a href="/wiki/Kirklees_Light_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirklees Light Railway">Kirklees Light Railway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Castle_Hill,_Huddersfield" title="Castle Hill, Huddersfield">Castle Hill</a> with the Victoria Tower</li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output 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width="250" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Kirklees_UK_locator_map.svg/375px-Kirklees_UK_locator_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Kirklees_UK_locator_map.svg/500px-Kirklees_UK_locator_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1039" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Kirklees shown within West Yorkshire</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Constituent country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">1 April 1974</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Administrative HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield" title="Huddersfield">Huddersfield</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan borough</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Kirklees_Council" title="Kirklees Council">Kirklees Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">158 sq mi (409 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_area" title="List of English districts by area">85th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">437,593</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_population" title="List of English districts by population">14th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,770/sq mi (1,071/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021</a>)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">Ethnic groups</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 73.6% <a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 19.4% <a href="/wiki/British_Asians" title="British Asians">Asian</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 3.1% <a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 2.3% <a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.5% <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">other</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Religion <span style="font-weight:normal;">(2021)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">Religion</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 39.4% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England#Christianity" title="Religion in England">Christianity</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 34.8% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Irreligion in the United Kingdom">no religion</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 18.5% <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_England" title="Islam in England">Islam</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 5.5% not stated </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.8% <a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_England" title="Sikhism in England">Sikhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.4% <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_England" title="Hinduism in England">Hinduism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.4% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_England" title="Buddhism in England">Buddhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.1% <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_England" title="History of the Jews in England">Judaism</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+0">UTC+0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">Greenwich Mean Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">British Summer Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_postcode_areas_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom">Postcode areas</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><a href="/wiki/BD_postcode_area" title="BD postcode area">BD</a>, <a href="/wiki/HD_postcode_area" title="HD postcode area">HD</a>, <a href="/wiki/WF_postcode_area" title="WF postcode area">WF</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_dialling_codes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom">Dialling codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01484 <small>(<a href="/wiki/Huddersfield" title="Huddersfield">Huddersfield</a>)</small><br />01924 <small>(<i><a href="/wiki/Wakefield" title="Wakefield">Wakefield</a></i>)</small> <br />01422<small>(<i><a href="/wiki/Halifax,_West_Yorkshire" title="Halifax, West Yorkshire">Halifax</a></i>)</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GB" title="ISO 3166-2:GB">GB-KIR</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom">Vehicle registration prefix</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Y</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Government_Statistical_Service" title="Government Statistical Service">GSS</a> code</th><td class="infobox-data">E08000034</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NUTS_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="NUTS of the United Kingdom">NUTS 3 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">UKE44</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ONS_coding_system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">00CZ</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Councillors</th><td class="infobox-data">69</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2015 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Iqbal_Mohamed" title="Iqbal Mohamed">Iqbal Mohamed</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_Politician" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Politician">I</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Kim_Leadbeater" title="Kim Leadbeater">Kim Leadbeater</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Paul_Davies_(Labour_politician)" title="Paul Davies (Labour politician)">Paul Davies</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Harpreet_Uppal" title="Harpreet Uppal">Harpreet Uppal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire_Police" title="West Yorkshire Police">West Yorkshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire service</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service">West Yorkshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance service</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Ambulance_Service" title="Yorkshire Ambulance Service">Yorkshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/">kirklees.gov.uk</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kirklees</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">metropolitan borough</a> of <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a>, England. The borough comprises the ten towns of <a href="/wiki/Batley" title="Batley">Batley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birstall,_West_Yorkshire" title="Birstall, West Yorkshire">Birstall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleckheaton" title="Cleckheaton">Cleckheaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dewsbury" title="Dewsbury">Dewsbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heckmondwike" title="Heckmondwike">Heckmondwike</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holmfirth" title="Holmfirth">Holmfirth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield" title="Huddersfield">Huddersfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meltham" title="Meltham">Meltham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mirfield" title="Mirfield">Mirfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slaithwaite" title="Slaithwaite">Slaithwaite</a>. It is governed by <a href="/wiki/Kirklees_Council" title="Kirklees Council">Kirklees Council</a>. Kirklees had a population of 422,500 in 2011; it is the third-largest metropolitan district in England by <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_area" title="List of English districts by area">area</a>, behind <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Doncaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster">Doncaster</a> and <a href="/wiki/City_of_Leeds" title="City of Leeds">Leeds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the provisions of the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a> as part of a reform of <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_England" title="Local government in England">local government in England</a>. Eleven former local government districts were <a href="/wiki/Amalgamation_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Amalgamation (politics)">merged</a>: the <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county boroughs</a> of <a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_Huddersfield" class="mw-redirect" title="County Borough of Huddersfield">Huddersfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_Dewsbury" class="mw-redirect" title="County Borough of Dewsbury">Dewsbury</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal boroughs</a> of <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Batley" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal Borough of Batley">Batley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Spenborough" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal Borough of Spenborough">Spenborough</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)">urban districts</a> of <a href="/wiki/Colne_Valley_Urban_District" title="Colne Valley Urban District">Colne Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denby_Dale_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Denby Dale Urban District">Denby Dale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heckmondwike_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Heckmondwike Urban District">Heckmondwike</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holmfirth_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Holmfirth Urban District">Holmfirth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kirkburton_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirkburton Urban District">Kirkburton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meltham_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Meltham Urban District">Meltham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mirfield_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirfield Urban District">Mirfield</a>. </p><p>The name <i>Kirklees</i> was chosen by the merging councils from more than fifty suggestions, including <i><a href="/wiki/Agbrigg_and_Morley" title="Agbrigg and Morley">Upper Agbrigg</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Brigantes" title="Brigantes">Brigantia</a></i> and <i>Wooldale</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-times1974_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times1974-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was named after <a href="/wiki/Kirklees_Priory" title="Kirklees Priory">Kirklees Priory</a>, which is claimed to be site of <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood%27s_Death" title="Robin Hood's Death">Robin Hood's death</a>, situated midway between Huddersfield and Dewsbury. The priory was located within the present-day Kirklees Park estate, most of which actually lies in the neighbouring borough of <a href="/wiki/Calderdale" title="Calderdale">Calderdale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-times1974_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times1974-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the original draft of the Act, the district would have included <a href="/wiki/Ossett" title="Ossett">Ossett</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Dewsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Dewsbury Parliamentary constituency</a> at that time. It was eventually decided that Ossett was too remote to be governed from Huddersfield and the town was included within the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Wakefield_Metropolitan_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council">Wakefield</a> district instead.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kirklees_District_Areas.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Kirklees_District_Areas.svg/260px-Kirklees_District_Areas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Kirklees_District_Areas.svg/390px-Kirklees_District_Areas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Kirklees_District_Areas.svg/520px-Kirklees_District_Areas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="957" data-file-height="883" /></a><figcaption>Map showing parished and unparished areas of the borough</figcaption></figure> <p>Kirklees sits in quite a central position to all the other surrounding unitary boroughs of West Yorkshire, with people living in the northern parts commuting to <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a> and <a href="/wiki/York" title="York">York</a> for work and education. People living in the western parts commute to <a href="/wiki/Bradford" title="Bradford">Bradford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halifax,_West_Yorkshire" title="Halifax, West Yorkshire">Halifax</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield" title="Huddersfield">Huddersfield</a> for education and work. People living in the southern and eastern parts commute to <a href="/wiki/Wakefield" title="Wakefield">Wakefield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barnsley" title="Barnsley">Barnsley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> for work and education. The largest towns and principal districts in the borough are <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield" title="Huddersfield">Huddersfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dewsbury" title="Dewsbury">Dewsbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batley" title="Batley">Batley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heckmondwike" title="Heckmondwike">Heckmondwike</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cleckheaton" title="Cleckheaton">Cleckheaton</a>. </p><p>The principal settlements of Kirklees are <a href="/wiki/Mill_towns_in_the_United_Kingom" class="mw-redirect" title="Mill towns in the United Kingom">mill towns</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Colne_Valley" title="Colne Valley">Colne Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holme_Valley" title="Holme Valley">Holme Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/River_Calder,_West_Yorkshire" title="River Calder, West Yorkshire">Calder Valley</a> and <a href="/wiki/River_Spen" title="River Spen">Spen Valley</a>. Those areas of the district with a more urban character bound <a href="/wiki/Calderdale" title="Calderdale">Calderdale</a> to the west, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Bradford" title="City of Bradford">Bradford</a> to the north-west, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Leeds" title="City of Leeds">Leeds</a> to the north-east and <a href="/wiki/City_of_Wakefield" title="City of Wakefield">Wakefield</a> to the east. </p><p>The district also includes several rural villages, with the largest rural area extending from the south of Huddersfield. The Pennine countryside to the south-west of Meltham and <a href="/wiki/Holme,_West_Yorkshire" title="Holme, West Yorkshire">Holme</a> lies within the <a href="/wiki/Peak_District" title="Peak District">Peak District</a> National Park.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This moorland area mostly bounds <a href="/wiki/Saddleworth" title="Saddleworth">Saddleworth</a>, a traditional part of Yorkshire but now locally governed from <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Oldham" title="Metropolitan Borough of Oldham">Oldham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a>. There is also a relatively short border with the <a href="/wiki/High_Peak,_Derbyshire" title="High Peak, Derbyshire">High Peak</a> district of <a href="/wiki/Derbyshire" title="Derbyshire">Derbyshire</a>, running across the summit of <a href="/wiki/Black_Hill_(Peak_District)" title="Black Hill (Peak District)">Black Hill</a>, and the main border to the south of Kirklees is with <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Barnsley" title="Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley">Barnsley</a>. </p><p>The inclusion of two county boroughs resulted in a district without an obvious centre. Over the years there have been suggestions of splitting the district into two, administered from Huddersfield and Dewsbury.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Graham_Riddick" title="Graham Riddick">Graham Riddick</a>, as MP for <a href="/wiki/Colne_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Colne Valley</a>, campaigned for a split in the early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A similar ambition was mentioned by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Peacock" title="Elizabeth Peacock">Elizabeth Peacock</a>, MP for <a href="/wiki/Batley_and_Spen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)">Batley and Spen</a> in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The boundaries of metropolitan boroughs were outside the remit of the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Commission_for_England_(1992)" title="Local Government Commission for England (1992)">Banham Commission</a> appointed to review local government structures in 1992 or its successors, and only minor boundary changes were made with neighbouring districts in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The district includes parts of three postcode areas. Huddersfield and the rural areas to the south have <a href="/wiki/HD_postcode_area" title="HD postcode area">HD</a> postcodes, <a href="/wiki/Birkenshaw,_West_Yorkshire" title="Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire">Birkenshaw</a>, Cleckheaton and <a href="/wiki/Gomersal" title="Gomersal">Gomersal</a> have <a href="/wiki/BD_postcode_area" title="BD postcode area">BD</a> postcodes, and the rest of the <a href="/wiki/Heavy_Woollen_District" title="Heavy Woollen District">Heavy Woollen</a> area has <a href="/wiki/WF_postcode_area" title="WF postcode area">WF</a> postcodes. Similarly the district is split between several telephone dialling codes, with most residents in the 01484 (Huddersfield), 01274 (Bradford) and 01924 (Wakefield) codes. A small number of residents in Birchencliffe and Birkenshaw villages fall within the 01422 (Halifax) and 0113 (Leeds) codes respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Public transport information is provided by <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire_Metro" title="West Yorkshire Metro">Metro</a>, as is the case across West Yorkshire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kirklees lies along the core <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_line" title="Huddersfield line">Huddersfield line</a> of the <a href="/wiki/TransPennine_Express" title="TransPennine Express">TransPennine Express</a> network, with services calling at <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_railway_station" title="Huddersfield railway station">Huddersfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dewsbury_railway_station" title="Dewsbury railway station">Dewsbury</a>. Direct <a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_(train_operating_company)" title="Grand Central (train operating company)">Grand Central</a> services to <a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">London King's Cross</a> call at <a href="/wiki/Mirfield_railway_station" title="Mirfield railway station">Mirfield</a>. Other railway stations in the district on these routes and on the <a href="/wiki/Penistone_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Penistone line">Penistone line</a> have local <a href="/wiki/Northern_Trains" title="Northern Trains">Northern Trains</a> services. Some towns in Kirklees have not been served by rail transport since the <a href="/wiki/Beeching_cuts" title="Beeching cuts">Beeching cuts</a>. <a href="/wiki/Dewsbury_railway_station" title="Dewsbury railway station">Dewsbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Batley_railway_station" title="Batley railway station">Batley</a> are served by the <a href="/wiki/Calder_Valley_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Calder Valley Line">Calder Valley Line</a> and the <a href="/wiki/TransPennine_Express" title="TransPennine Express">TransPennine Express</a> lines. These serve an important urban area around Leeds and Kirklees with services to further away stations including <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Victoria_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Victoria railway station">Manchester Victoria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Lime_Street_railway_station" title="Liverpool Lime Street railway station">Liverpool Lime Street</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bus">Bus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most bus services in the Huddersfield area are operated by <a href="/wiki/Team_Pennine" title="Team Pennine">Team Pennine</a> and <a href="/wiki/First_West_Yorkshire" title="First West Yorkshire">First West Yorkshire</a>, and most bus services in the Heavy Woollen area are operated by <a href="/wiki/Arriva_Yorkshire" title="Arriva Yorkshire">Arriva Yorkshire</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The urban areas of Kirklees are served by the <a href="/wiki/M62_motorway" title="M62 motorway">M62</a> and <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a> motorways. Parts of the local road network are considered to require improvement, such as the main route from Huddersfield to the southbound M1 which narrows as it passes through <a href="/wiki/Flockton" title="Flockton">Flockton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bicycle">Bicycle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bicycle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kirklees Council has developed a number of traffic-free cycle paths called Greenways in partnership with <a href="/wiki/Sustrans" title="Sustrans">Sustrans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tourism in Kirklees is based around the area's countryside and industrial heritage: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Batley" title="All Saints' Church, Batley">All Saints' Church, Batley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagshaw_Museum" title="Bagshaw Museum">Bagshaw Museum</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Hill,_Huddersfield" title="Castle Hill, Huddersfield">Castle Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleckheaton_Town_Hall" title="Cleckheaton Town Hall">Cleckheaton Town Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colne_Valley_Museum" title="Colne Valley Museum">Colne Valley Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dewsbury_Minster" title="Dewsbury Minster">Dewsbury Minster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dewsbury_Town_Hall" title="Dewsbury Town Hall">Dewsbury Town Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holmfirth" title="Holmfirth">Holmfirth</a>, setting of long-running sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Last_of_the_Summer_Wine" title="Last of the Summer Wine">Last of the Summer Wine</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_Hall" title="Huddersfield Town Hall">Huddersfield Town Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirklees_Light_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirklees Light Railway">Kirklees Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirklees_Way" title="Kirklees Way">Kirklees Way</a>, 72 miles (116 km) circular walking route</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsden_Moor_Estate" title="Marsden Moor Estate">Marsden Moor Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Batley" title="Mount Pleasant, Batley">Mount Pleasant, Batley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakwell_Hall" title="Oakwell Hall">Oakwell Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spen_Valley_Greenway" class="mw-redirect" title="Spen Valley Greenway">Spen Valley Greenway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Huddersfield" title="St Peter's Church, Huddersfield">St Peter's Church, Huddersfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standedge_Tunnels" title="Standedge Tunnels">Standedge Tunnels and Visitor Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tolson_Museum" title="Tolson Museum">Tolson Museum</a></li></ul> <p>Kirklees Council closed Dewsbury Museum and <a href="/wiki/Red_House_Museum" title="Red House Museum">Red House Museum</a> at the end of 2016, claiming it could not afford to continue running them following <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_government_austerity_programme" title="United Kingdom government austerity programme">cuts to its budget</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tourist information in Kirklees can be obtained from major libraries.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a> play <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> in the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">EFL Championship</a> as of the 2022–23 season. They were the first English club to win three successive league titles. There are also 3 semi professional football teams within Kirklees, <a href="/wiki/Liversedge_F.C." title="Liversedge F.C.">Liversedge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emley_A.F.C." title="Emley A.F.C.">Emley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Golcar_United_F.C." title="Golcar United F.C.">Golcar United</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/History_of_rugby_league" title="History of rugby league">birthplace of rugby league</a> was at the <a href="/wiki/George_Hotel,_Huddersfield" title="George Hotel, Huddersfield">George Hotel, Huddersfield</a>; local clubs include <a href="/wiki/Super_League" title="Super League">Super League</a> side <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Giants" title="Huddersfield Giants">Huddersfield Giants</a>, alongside <a href="/wiki/Batley_Bulldogs" title="Batley Bulldogs">Batley Bulldogs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dewsbury_Rams" title="Dewsbury Rams">Dewsbury Rams</a> who both play in the <a href="/wiki/Championship_(rugby_league)" class="mw-redirect" title="Championship (rugby league)">Championship</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kirkless is served by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Yorkshire" title="BBC Yorkshire">BBC Yorkshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Yorkshire" title="ITV Yorkshire">ITV Yorkshire</a> broadcasting from the <a href="/wiki/Emley_Moor_transmitting_station" title="Emley Moor transmitting station">Emley Moor</a> transmitter which is situated near the village of <a href="/wiki/Emley,_West_Yorkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Emley, West Yorkshire">Emley</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield" title="Huddersfield">Huddersfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local radio stations are: <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Leeds" title="BBC Radio Leeds">BBC Radio Leeds</a> on 92.4 FM</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heart_Yorkshire" title="Heart Yorkshire">Heart Yorkshire</a> on 106.2 FM</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_Yorkshire" title="Capital Yorkshire">Capital Yorkshire</a> on 105.1 FM</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio_West_Yorkshire" title="Hits Radio West Yorkshire">Pulse 1</a> on 102.5 FM</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_West_Yorkshire" title="Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire">Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire</a> on 96.3 FM</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_FM" title="Branch FM">Branch FM</a> on 101.8 FM (for <a href="/wiki/Dewsbury" title="Dewsbury">Dewsbury</a>)</li></ul> <p>Local newspapers are <i><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Daily_Examiner" title="Huddersfield Daily Examiner">Huddersfield Daily Examiner</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Evening_Post" title="Yorkshire Evening Post">Yorkshire Evening Post</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Yorkshire Post">Yorkshire Post</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Council">Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Kirklees_Council" title="Kirklees Council">Kirklees Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Yorkshire" title="History of local government in Yorkshire">History of local government in Yorkshire</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kirklees_Council" title="Kirklees Council">Kirklees Council</a> is the local authority of the district. The council is composed of 69 councillors, three for each of the borough's 23 <a href="/wiki/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom">wards</a>. Elections are held three years out of four, on the first Thursday of May. One third of the councillors are elected, for a four-year term, in each election. The council is currently led by a <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> executive. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Borough_status_and_mayoralty">Borough status and mayoralty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Borough status and mayoralty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The shadow Kirklees District Council petitioned the <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Most_Honourable_Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council">privy council</a> for a <a href="/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">royal charter</a> under section 245 of the Local Government Act 1972 granting the <a href="/wiki/Borough_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Borough status in the United Kingdom">status of a borough</a> from 1 April 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The grant of borough status entitled the chairman of the council to the title of "<a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a>", effectively continuing the mayoralties of the former boroughs of Dewsbury (1862), Huddersfield (1898), Batley (1869) and Spenborough (1955).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mayor is elected from among the councillors for a one-year term (the "civic year") at the council's annual meeting.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kirklees is the most populated borough or district in England not to have <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of cities in the United Kingdom">city status</a>. In 2001 it was announced that a grant of city status was to be made to an English town to mark the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II</a>, and Kirklees council indicated that it was considering applying on behalf of Huddersfield. An unofficial telephone poll by the <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Examiner" class="mw-redirect" title="Huddersfield Examiner">Huddersfield Examiner</a> found a slim majority against the proposal, and the council did not proceed with the application.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Freedom_of_the_borough">Freedom of the borough</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Freedom of the borough"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kirklees_Freedom_Scroll_P2026364.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Kirklees_Freedom_Scroll_P2026364.JPG/180px-Kirklees_Freedom_Scroll_P2026364.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Kirklees_Freedom_Scroll_P2026364.JPG/270px-Kirklees_Freedom_Scroll_P2026364.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Kirklees_Freedom_Scroll_P2026364.JPG/360px-Kirklees_Freedom_Scroll_P2026364.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1512" data-file-height="2211" /></a><figcaption>Yorkshire Volunteers Freedom Scroll</figcaption></figure> <p>Borough status also allows the council to confer the freedom of the borough on "persons of distinction". Since its formation Kirklees Council has granted this right to two individuals and two groups: </p> <ul><li>3rd Battalion <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Volunteers" title="Yorkshire Volunteers">Yorkshire Volunteers</a> - (25 March 1979)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 March 1979, Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council gave the Freedom of Kirklees to the 3rd Battalion of the Yorkshire Volunteers. The 3rd Battalion was at that time the <a href="/wiki/The_Duke_of_Wellington%27s_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="The Duke of Wellington's Regiment">Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)</a> <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Army_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial Army (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> unit. However the freedom given by Kirklees to the 3rd battalion of the Yorkshire Volunteers did not permit any transfer to heirs or successors and effectively that freedom ceased when the battalion was amalgamated into the <a href="/wiki/East_and_West_Riding_Regiment" title="East and West Riding Regiment">East and West Riding Regiment</a> on 1 July 1999. The East and West Riding Regiment ceased to exist on 6 June 2006, having been merged into the <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Yorkshire Regiment">Yorkshire Regiment</a> as its 4th Battalion. The Yorkshire Regiment requested the freedom to march to be transferred to them. On 25 October 2008 Kirklees Council transferred the Freedom of Huddersfield to the Yorkshire Regiment at a freedom parade held by the 3rd Battalion, formerly the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding).</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/J._P._W._Mallalieu" title="J. P. W. Mallalieu">William Mallalieu</a> MP (27 January 1980)<sup id="cite_ref-besancon_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-besancon-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Rt Hon <a href="/wiki/Betty_Boothroyd" title="Betty Boothroyd">Betty Boothroyd</a> MP (20 November 1992)<sup id="cite_ref-besancon_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-besancon-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Citizens of <a href="/wiki/Besan%C3%A7on" title="Besançon">Besançon</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> (7 October 2005)<sup id="cite_ref-besancon_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-besancon-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Yorkshire Regiment (25 October 2008)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Armitage" title="Simon Armitage">Simon Armitage</a> (20 March 2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Stewart" title="Patrick Stewart">Sir Patrick Stewart</a> (20 March 2024)</li></ul> <p><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twin_towns">Twin towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Twin towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kirklees is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Besan%C3%A7on" title="Besançon">Besançon</a>, France<sup id="cite_ref-Archant_twinning_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archant_twinning-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan"><img alt="Kazakhstan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kostanay" title="Kostanay">Kostanay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a> 1989</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bielsko-Bia%C5%82a" title="Bielsko-Biała">Bielsko-Biała</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> 1997</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Unna_(district)" title="Unna (district)">Kreis Unna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> 1967<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Coat of arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kirklees Borough Council was granted <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">armorial bearings</a> by the <a href="/wiki/College_of_Arms" title="College of Arms">College of Arms</a> by <a href="/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent">letters patent</a> dated 24 June 1974. the <a href="/wiki/Blazon" title="Blazon">blazon</a> of the arms is as follows: </p> <blockquote><p>Vert on a bend Argent a bendlet wavy azure on a chief Or a pale between two cog-wheels azure on the pale a Paschal Lamb supporting a staff of the fourth flying therefrom a forked pennon argent charged with a cross gules; <i>and for a Crest</i>, On a wreath of the colours a ram's head affronty couped argent armed Or gorged with a mural crown sable masoned argent. </p><p><i>Supporters</i>: On either side a lion guardant purpure resting the inner hind leg on a cross crosslet Or embellished in each of the four angles with a fleur de lis azure. <i>Badge or device</i>: A roundel purpure charged with a Lacy Knot Or all within a circle of eleven roses argent barbed and seeded proper.<sup id="cite_ref-civic_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civic-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p>The green colouring of the shield represents the fields, woods and moorland of the borough. The white stripe or <i>bend</i> represents the <a href="/wiki/M62_motorway" title="M62 motorway">M62 motorway</a>, while the blue wave upon it is for the many waterways of the area. On the <i>chief</i> or upper third of the shield is a <a href="/wiki/Korban_Pesach" class="mw-redirect" title="Korban Pesach">paschal lamb</a>, symbol of <a href="/wiki/St_John_the_Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="St John the Baptist">St John the Baptist</a>. John was the patron saint of woolworkers, and the inclusion of the emblem represents the historic woollen industry. The cogwheels are for the modern engineering industries. The crest is a ram's head, found in the arms of the County Borough of Huddersfield and the Mirfield Urban District Council. The black mural crown stands for the district's status as a borough, recalling a city wall. The <a href="/wiki/Supporters" class="mw-redirect" title="Supporters">supporters</a> are purple lions from the arms of the <a href="/wiki/De_Lacy" title="De Lacy">de Laci</a> family, medieval lords of Huddersfield. For heraldic "difference" from other lion supporters a distinctive cross has been placed below their inner feet. This device, combining the symbols of Christ and the Virgin Mary, represents the priory from which the borough took its name.<sup id="cite_ref-civic_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civic-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parish_and_town_councils">Parish and town councils</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Parish and town councils"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In five areas of the borough there is a second tier of local government: the <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil parishes in England">civil parish</a>. Parish or town councils have limited powers of a purely local character, such as owning or maintaining allotments, burial grounds, footpaths and war memorials. Four of the parishes were formed as <a href="/wiki/Successor_parish" title="Successor parish">successor parishes</a> to urban districts abolished in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-parish_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parish-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fifth was formed in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-Mirfield_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirfield-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The five town or parish councils are: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Council </th> <th>Area covered </th> <th>Number of councillors </th> <th>Parish wards </th> <th>Formed </th></tr> <tr> <td>Denby Dale Parish Council </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denby_Dale" title="Denby Dale">Denby Dale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upper_Cumberworth" title="Upper Cumberworth">Upper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lower_Cumberworth" title="Lower Cumberworth">Lower Cumberworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upper_Denby" title="Upper Denby">Upper</a> and Lower Denby, <a href="/wiki/Birdsedge" title="Birdsedge">Birdsedge</a> and High Flatts, <a href="/wiki/Scissett" title="Scissett">Scissett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skelmanthorpe" title="Skelmanthorpe">Skelmanthorpe</a> and the hamlet of Kitchenroyd, <a href="/wiki/Emley,_West_Yorkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Emley, West Yorkshire">Emley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Emley_Moor" class="mw-redirect" title="Emley Moor">Emley Moor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clayton_West" title="Clayton West">Clayton West</a><sup id="cite_ref-parish_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parish-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;">17<sup id="cite_ref-ddale_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ddale-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Clayton West, Denby & Cumberworth, Emley, Skelmanthorpe<sup id="cite_ref-ddale_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ddale-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Successor to Denby Dale UDC 1973<sup id="cite_ref-succp_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-succp-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Holme_Valley" title="Holme Valley">Holme Valley</a> Parish Council </td> <td>Holmfirth and Honley, <a href="/wiki/Brockholes" title="Brockholes">Brockholes</a>, Cinderhills, <a href="/wiki/Hade_Edge" title="Hade Edge">Hade Edge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hepworth,_West_Yorkshire" title="Hepworth, West Yorkshire">Hepworth</a>, Hinchliffe Mill, <a href="/wiki/Holmbridge" title="Holmbridge">Holmbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holme,_West_Yorkshire" title="Holme, West Yorkshire">Holme</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Bridge" title="Jackson Bridge">Jackson Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherthong" title="Netherthong">Netherthong</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mill,_West_Yorkshire" title="New Mill, West Yorkshire">New Mill</a>, Scholes, Thongsbridge, Upperthong, Wooldale<sup id="cite_ref-parish_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parish-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;">23<sup id="cite_ref-hvalley_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hvalley-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Brockholes, Fulstone, Hepworth, Holmfirth Central, Honley Central and East, Honley South, Honley West, Netherthong, Scholes, Upper Holme Valley, Upperthong, Wooldale<sup id="cite_ref-hvalley_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hvalley-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Successor to Holmfirth UDC 1973,<sup id="cite_ref-succp_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-succp-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> renamed Holme Valley 1975. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kirkburton Parish Council </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Farnley_Tyas" title="Farnley Tyas">Farnley Tyas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flockton" title="Flockton">Flockton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grange_Moor" title="Grange Moor">Grange Moor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Highburton" title="Highburton">Highburton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kirkburton" title="Kirkburton">Kirkburton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kirkheaton" title="Kirkheaton">Kirkheaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lepton,_West_Yorkshire" title="Lepton, West Yorkshire">Lepton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shelley,_West_Yorkshire" title="Shelley, West Yorkshire">Shelley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shepley" title="Shepley">Shepley</a> and Thurston<sup id="cite_ref-parish_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parish-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;">25<sup id="cite_ref-kburton_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kburton-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kburton2_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kburton2-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Flockton, Kirkburton, Kirkheaton, Lepton, Lepton & Whitley Upper, Shelley, Shepley, Thurstonland/Farnley Tyas<sup id="cite_ref-kburton_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kburton-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kburton2_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kburton2-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Successor to Kirkburton UDC 1973<sup id="cite_ref-succp_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-succp-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Meltham Town Council </td> <td>Crosland Edge, <a href="/wiki/Meltham" title="Meltham">Meltham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helme,_West_Yorkshire" title="Helme, West Yorkshire">Helme</a>, Wilshaw<sup id="cite_ref-parish_33-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parish-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;">12<sup id="cite_ref-meltham_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meltham-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>None<sup id="cite_ref-meltham_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meltham-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Successor to Meltham UDC 1973<sup id="cite_ref-succp_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-succp-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mirfield Town Council </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battyeford" title="Battyeford">Battyeford</a>, Mirfield, Northorpe, Lower Hopton and Upper Hopton<sup id="cite_ref-parish_33-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parish-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;">16<sup id="cite_ref-Mirfield_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirfield-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Battyeford, Crossley, Eastthorpe, Hopton, Northorpe<sup id="cite_ref-Mirfield_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirfield-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Formed 1988<sup id="cite_ref-Mirfield_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirfield-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The remainder of the borough is <a href="/wiki/Unparished_area" title="Unparished area">unparished</a>, with the borough council exercising parish powers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary_representation">Parliamentary representation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Parliamentary representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1997_to_date">1997 to date</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 1997 to date"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 1997 Kirklees has been divided into five constituencies: four being entirely within the borough, while one ward (Wakefield) is included in the Wakefield Council borough. </p><p>The boundaries of two of the Colne Valley and Huddersfield constituencies were virtually unchanged from those defined in 1983. Denby Dale and Kirkburton wards were transferred from Dewsbury to Wakefield, with the former constituency receiving Heckmondwike ward from Batley and Spen. </p><p>The constituencies were first used at the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>, when the Labour Party came to power in a <a href="/wiki/List_of_landslide_victories" class="mw-redirect" title="List of landslide victories">landslide</a>, gaining all the seats in the borough. The party held the seats at the subsequent elections of <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a> and <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1995order_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1995order-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The incumbent MP for <a href="/wiki/Batley_and_Spen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)">Batley and Spen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jo_Cox" title="Jo Cox">Jo Cox</a>, was murdered on 16 June 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/2016_Batley_and_Spen_by-election" title="2016 Batley and Spen by-election">constituency by-election</a> took place on 20 October 2016 and <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Brabin" title="Tracy Brabin">Tracy Brabin</a> was elected.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A further <a href="/wiki/2021_Batley_and_Spen_by-election" title="2021 Batley and Spen by-election">by-election</a> will be held in the constituency on 1 July 2021, after Brabin's resignation, following her election as <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_West_Yorkshire" title="Mayor of West Yorkshire">Mayor of West Yorkshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Wards </th> <th>Member of parliament </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Majority </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Batley_and_Spen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)">Batley and Spen Borough Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="6">1997–2005:<br />Batley East, Batley West,<br />Birstall and Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Spen.<sup id="cite_ref-1995order_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1995order-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <p>2010–present:<br /> Batley East, Batley West,<br />Birstall and Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton,<br />Heckmondwike, Liversedge and Gomersal. </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tracy_Brabin" title="Tracy Brabin">Tracy Brabin</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="1"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a>: 8,961 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-batley-spen_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-batley-spen-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jo_Cox" title="Jo Cox">Jo Cox</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="5"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a>: 6,057 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-batley-spen_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-batley-spen-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Wood_(Labour_politician)" title="Mike Wood (Labour politician)">Mike Wood</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a>: 4,406 (over Conservatives) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a>: 5,788 (over Conservatives) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a>: 5,064 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-batleyspen_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batleyspen-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>: 6,141 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-batleyspen_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batleyspen-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Colne_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Colne Valley County Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="6">Colne Valley West, Crosland Moor,<br /> Golcar, Holme Valley North,<br /> Holme Valley South, Lindley.<sup id="cite_ref-1995order_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1995order-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thelma_Walker" title="Thelma Walker">Thelma Walker</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="1"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a>: 915 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-colne-valley_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-colne-valley-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jason_McCartney_(politician)" title="Jason McCartney (politician)">Jason McCartney</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0087DC" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a>: 5,378 (over Labour)<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-colne-valley_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-colne-valley-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a>: 4,837 (over Liberal Democrats) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Kali_Mountford" title="Kali Mountford">Kali Mountford</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="3"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a>: 1,501 (over Conservatives) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a>: 4,639 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-colnev_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colnev-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>: 4,840 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-colnev_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colnev-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Dewsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Dewsbury County Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="6">1997–2005:<br />Dewsbury East, Dewsbury West,<br />Heckmondwike, Mirfield, Thornhill.<sup id="cite_ref-1995order_41-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1995order-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <p>2010–present:<br />Denby Dale, Dewsbury East,<br />Dewsbury South, Dewsbury West,<br />Kirkburton, Mirfield. </p> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Paula_Sherriff" title="Paula Sherriff">Paula Sherriff</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a>: 3,321 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-dewsbury_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-dewsbury-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a>: 1,451 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-dewsbury_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-dewsbury-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Reevell" title="Simon Reevell">Simon Reevell</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a>: 1,526 (over Labour) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shahid_Malik" title="Shahid Malik">Shahid Malik</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="3"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a>: 4,615 (over Conservatives) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Taylor,_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton" title="Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton">Ann Taylor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a>: 8,323 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-dewsbury_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dewsbury-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>: 4,840 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-dewsbury_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dewsbury-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Huddersfield (UK Parliament constituency)">Huddersfield Borough Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="6">Almondbury, Birkby,<br />Dalton, Deighton,<br />Greenhead, Newsome, Paddock.<sup id="cite_ref-1995order_41-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1995order-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Sheerman" title="Barry Sheerman">Barry Sheerman</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="6"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a>: 12,005 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-huddersfield_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-huddersfield-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a>: 7,345 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-huddersfield_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-huddersfield-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a>: 4,472 (over Conservatives) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a>: 8,351 (over Conservatives) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a>: 10,046 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-hudders_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hudders-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>: 15,848 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-hudders_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hudders-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Wakefield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency)">Wakefield County Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="6">1997–2005:<br />Denby Dale, Kirkburton,<br />Wakefield Central, Wakefield East,<br />Wakefield North, Wakefield Rural.<sup id="cite_ref-1995order_41-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1995order-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <p>2010–present:<br />Horbury and South Ossett, Ossett,<br />Wakefield East, Wakefield North,<br />Wakefield Rural, Wakefield West. </p> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Creagh" title="Mary Creagh">Mary Creagh</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="6"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a>: 2,176 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-wakefield_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-wakefield-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a>: 2,613 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-wakefield_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-wakefield-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a>: 1,613 (over Conservatives) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a>: 5,154 (over Conservatives) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/David_Hinchliffe" title="David Hinchliffe">David Hinchliffe</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a>: 7,954 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-wakef_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wakef-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>: 14,604 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-wakef_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wakef-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1983_to_1997">1983 to 1997</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 1983 to 1997"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983 general election</a> was the first at which constituencies based on the administrative areas created in 1974 were used. Kirklees was divided into four constituencies.<sup id="cite_ref-1983order_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1983order-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Conservative Party polled well in the 1983 election, and took two of the borough's constituencies. Labour held Huddersfield, while the Liberals, running in an <a href="/wiki/SDP-Liberal_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="SDP-Liberal Alliance">alliance</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK)" title="Social Democratic Party (UK)">Social Democrats</a>, held Colne Valley. In the following <a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">election in 1987</a> the Labour vote increased slightly, and they gained Dewsbury from the Conservatives. At the same time the Alliance vote fell, and the Conservatives took Colne Valley. The four MPs elected in 1992 were all returned in 1997. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Wards </th> <th>Member of parliament </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Majority </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Batley_and_Spen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)">Batley and Spen Borough Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Batley East, Batley West,<br /> Birstall and Birkenshaw,<br /> Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike and Spen<sup id="cite_ref-1983order_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1983order-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Peacock" title="Elizabeth Peacock">Elizabeth Peacock</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0087DC" rowspan="3"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a>: 1,408 (over Labour)<sup id="cite_ref-batley92_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batley92-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a>: 1,362 (over Labour)<sup id="cite_ref-batley87_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batley87-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a>: 870 (over Labour)<sup id="cite_ref-batley83_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batley83-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Colne_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Colne Valley County Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Colne Valley West, Crosland Moor,<br /> Golcar, Holme Valley North,<br /> Holme Valley South and Lindley.<sup id="cite_ref-1983order_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1983order-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Riddick" title="Graham Riddick">Graham Riddick</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0087DC" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a>: 7,225 (over Labour)<sup id="cite_ref-cvalley92_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cvalley92-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a>: 1,677 (over Liberal / Alliance)<sup id="cite_ref-cvalley87_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cvalley87-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wainwright_(politician)" title="Richard Wainwright (politician)">Richard Wainwright</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal / Alliance</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a>: 3,146 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-cvalley83_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cvalley83-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Dewsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Dewsbury County Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Denby Dale, Dewsbury East, Dewsbury West, <br /> <p>Kirkburton, Mirfield and Thornhill.<sup id="cite_ref-1983order_56-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1983order-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Taylor,_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton" title="Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton">Ann Taylor</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a>: 634 (over Conservatives))<sup id="cite_ref-dewsbury92_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dewsbury92-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a>: 445 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-dewsbury87_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dewsbury87-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Whitfield_(politician)" title="John Whitfield (politician)">John Whitfield</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a>: 2,068 (over Labour)<sup id="cite_ref-dewsbury83_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dewsbury83-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Huddersfield (UK Parliament constituency)">Huddersfield Borough Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Almondbury, Birkby,<br /> Dalton, Deighton,<br /> Newsome and Paddock.<sup id="cite_ref-1983order_56-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1983order-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Sheerman" title="Barry Sheerman">Barry Sheerman</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="3"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a>: 7,258 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-hudd83_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hudd83-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a>: 7,278 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-hudd87_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hudd87-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a>: 3,955 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-hudd83_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hudd83-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1974_to_1983">1974 to 1983</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 1974 to 1983"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Parliamentary constituencies in England and Wales continued to be defined in terms of the boroughs and districts abolished in 1974 until a general redistribution of seats in 1983. Accordingly, Kirklees was divided between seven constituencies, which had first been used in the <a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Former administrative areas </th> <th>Member of parliament </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Majority </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Batley_and_Morley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Batley and Morley (UK Parliament constituency)">Batley and Morley Borough Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Municipal Borough of Batley<br /> <i>Also included the former Municipal Borough of Morley <br />in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Leeds" title="City of Leeds">City of Leeds</a>.</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Woolmer" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenneth Woolmer">Kenneth Woolmer</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="3"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a>: 5,352 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-batley79_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batley79-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Broughton" title="Alfred Broughton">Alfred Broughton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">October 1974</a>: 8,248 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-batley74b_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batley74b-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974</a>: 7,091 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-batley74a_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batley74a-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Brighouse_and_Spenborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)">Brighouse and Spenborough Borough Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Spenborough" title="Spenborough">Municipal Borough of Spenborough</a><br /> <i>Also included the former Municipal Borough of <a href="/wiki/Brighouse" title="Brighouse">Brighouse</a> <br />in the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Calderdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale">Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale</a>.</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Peter_Anthony_Waller" class="mw-redirect" title="Gary Peter Anthony Waller">Gary Waller</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a>: 1,734 (over Labour)<sup id="cite_ref-brigs79_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brigs79-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Jackson_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Colin Jackson (UK politician)">Colin Jackson</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">October 1974</a>: 2,177 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-brigs74b_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brigs74b-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974</a>: 1,546 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-brigs74a_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brigs74a-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Colne_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Colne Valley County Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Colne Valley Urban District, Holmfirth Urban District,<br />Kirkburton Urban District, Meltham Urban District<br /> <i>Also included the former <a href="/wiki/Saddleworth" title="Saddleworth">Saddleworth</a> Urban District <br />in the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Oldham" title="Metropolitan Borough of Oldham">Metropolitan Borough of Oldham</a>.</i> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wainwright_(politician)" title="Richard Wainwright (politician)">Richard Wainwright</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FFD700" rowspan="3"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a>: 2,352 (over Labour)<sup id="cite_ref-colnev79_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colnev79-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">October 1974</a>: 1,666 (over Labour)<sup id="cite_ref-colnev74b_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colnev74b-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974</a>: 719 (over Labour)<sup id="cite_ref-colnev74a_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colnev74a-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Dewsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Dewsbury Borough Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Municipal Borough of Dewsbury, Heckmondwike Urban District, Mirfield Urban District <br /><i>Also included the former Municipal Borough of Ossett<br />in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Wakefield" title="City of Wakefield">City of Wakefield</a>.</i> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/David_Ginsburg_(politician)" title="David Ginsburg (politician)">David Ginsburg</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="3"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a><br /> <p><small><i>(Defected to the <br /><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK)" title="Social Democratic Party (UK)">Social Democratic Party</a> in <br />1981 when he seemed unlikely<br /> to be reselected<br /> as Labour candidate for the next election.)</i></small><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a>: 4,381 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-dew79_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dew79-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">October 1974</a>: 6,901 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-dew74b_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dew74b-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974</a>: 5,412 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-dew74a_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dew74a-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Huddersfield East (UK Parliament constituency)">Huddersfield East Borough Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Seven wards of the County Borough of Huddersfield: <br /><a href="/wiki/Almondbury" title="Almondbury">Almondbury</a>, Dalton, Deighton,<br /> Fartown, Newsome, North Central,<br /> South Central </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barry_Sheerman" title="Barry Sheerman">Barry Sheerman</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="3"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a>: 3,095 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-hudd79_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hudd79-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/J._P._W._Mallalieu" title="J. P. W. Mallalieu">J. P. W. Mallalieu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">October 1974</a>: 8,414 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-hudd74b_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hudd74b-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974</a>: 7,304 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-hudd74a_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hudd74a-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Huddersfield West (UK Parliament constituency)">Huddersfield West Borough Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Eight wards of the County Borough of Huddersfield: <br />Birkby, Crosland Moor, Lindley,<br /> Lockwood, Longwood, Marsh,<br /> Milnsbridge, Paddock </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Dickens" title="Geoffrey Dickens">Geoffrey Dickens</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a>: 1,508 (over Labour)<sup id="cite_ref-hudd79_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hudd79-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Lomas" title="Kenneth Lomas">Kenneth Lomas</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">October 1974</a>: 1,364 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-hudd74b_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hudd74b-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974</a>: 630 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-hudd74a_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hudd74a-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Penistone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Penistone (UK Parliament constituency)">Penistone County Constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">Denby Dale Urban District<br /> <i>Remainder of constituency consisted<br /> of former urban and rural districts<br /> in the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Barnsley" title="Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley">Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley</a> and<br /> the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Sheffield" title="City of Sheffield">City of Sheffield</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Allen_McKay" title="Allen McKay">Allen McKay</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4003B" rowspan="4"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a>: 9,701 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-pen79_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pen79-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1978_Penistone_by-election" title="1978 Penistone by-election">1978 by-election</a>: 5,371 (over Conservatives) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Mendelson" title="John Mendelson">John Mendelson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">October 1974</a>: 1,364 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-pen74b_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pen74b-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974</a>: 630 (over Conservatives)<sup id="cite_ref-pen74a_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pen74a-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Kirklees" title="List of people from Kirklees">List of people from Kirklees</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirklees&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 February</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Political+Science+Resources&rft.atitle=Huddersfield&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psr.keele.ac.uk%2Farea%2Fuk%2Fconstit%2F154.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKirklees" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bbc-wakefield-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bbc-wakefield_54-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbc-wakefield_54-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001009">"Wakefield parliamentary constituency"</a>. <i>BBC News</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 March</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Wakefield+parliamentary+constituency&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fconstituencies%2FE14001009&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKirklees" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wakef-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wakef_55-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wakef_55-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/constit/529.htm">"Wakefield"</a>. <i>Political Science Resources</i>. University of Keele<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 February</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Political+Science+Resources&rft.atitle=Wakefield&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psr.keele.ac.uk%2Farea%2Fuk%2Fconstit%2F529.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKirklees" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1983order-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-1983order_56-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-1983order_56-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-1983order_56-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-1983order_56-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-1983order_56-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/417).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-batley92-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-batley92_57-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge92/i02.htm">"United Kingdom General Election Results 1992"</a>. <i>Political Science Resources</i>. University of Keele<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 February</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Political+Science+Resources&rft.atitle=United+Kingdom+General+Election+Results+1992&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psr.keele.ac.uk%2Farea%2Fuk%2Fge92%2Fi02.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKirklees" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-batley87-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-batley87_58-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge87/i02.htm">"United Kingdom General Election Results 1987"</a>. <i>Political Science Resources</i>. University of Keele<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 February</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Political+Science+Resources&rft.atitle=United+Kingdom+General+Election+Results+1987&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psr.keele.ac.uk%2Farea%2Fuk%2Fge87%2Fi02.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKirklees" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-batley83-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-batley83_59-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge83/i02.htm">"United Kingdom General Election Results 1983"</a>. <i>Political Science Resources</i>. University of Keele<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 February</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Political+Science+Resources&rft.atitle=United+Kingdom+General+Election+Results+1983&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psr.keele.ac.uk%2Farea%2Fuk%2Fge83%2Fi02.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKirklees" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cvalley92-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cvalley92_60-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge92/i06.htm">"United Kingdom General Election Results 1992"</a>. <i>Political Science Resources</i>. University of Keele<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 February</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Political+Science+Resources&rft.atitle=United+Kingdom+General+Election+Results+1992&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psr.keele.ac.uk%2Farea%2Fuk%2Fge92%2Fi06.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKirklees" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cvalley87-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cvalley87_61-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge87/i06.htm">"United Kingdom General Election Results 1987"</a>. <i>Political Science Resources</i>. University of Keele<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 February</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Political+Science+Resources&rft.atitle=United+Kingdom+General+Election+Results+1987&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psr.keele.ac.uk%2Farea%2Fuk%2Fge87%2Fi06.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKirklees" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cvalley83-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cvalley83_62-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge83/i06.htm">"United Kingdom General Election Results 1983"</a>. <i>Political Science Resources</i>. University of Keele<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge83/i07.htm">the original</a> on 22 May 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 February</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Political+Science+Resources&rft.atitle=United+Kingdom+General+Election+Results+1983&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psr.keele.ac.uk%2Farea%2Fuk%2Fge83%2Fi07.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKirklees" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hudd83-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hudd83_66-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hudd83_66-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge83/i11.htm">"United Kingdom General Election Results 1983"</a>. <i>Political Science Resources</i>. University of Keele<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 February</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Political+Science+Resources&rft.atitle=United+Kingdom+General+Election+Results+1987&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psr.keele.ac.uk%2Farea%2Fuk%2Fge87%2Fi11.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKirklees" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1948" title="Representation of the People Act 1948">Representation of the People Act 1948</a>, (c.65), Schedule I.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-batley79-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-batley79_69-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge79/i02.htm">"United Kingdom General Election Results 1979"</a>. <i>Political Science Resources</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 February</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Political+Science+Resources&rft.atitle=United+Kingdom+General+Election+Results+October+1974&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psr.keele.ac.uk%2Farea%2Fuk%2Fge74b%2Fi02.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKirklees" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-batley74a-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-batley74a_71-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge74a/i02.htm">"United Kingdom General Election Results February 1974"</a>. <i>Political Science Resources</i>. University of Keele<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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