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Kirklees Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, the council has comprised 69 councillors representing 23 wards .
The 2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 alongside the West Yorkshire mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom. [ 1 ] Prior to the local elections, four Labour councillors resigned from the party in protest of the party's direction and policy regarding the war in Gaza . [ 2 ]
Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley , Birstall , Cleckheaton , Dewsbury , Heckmondwike , Holmfirth , Huddersfield , Meltham , Mirfield and Slaithwaite .
The 2025 United Kingdom local elections will be held on 1 May 2025. [2] All seats on 14 county councils in England and eight unitary authorities in England will be up for election. They are expected to be the first local elections following the 2024 general election .
Kirklees Council was established on 1 April 1974, when Kirklees and West Yorkshire were created under the Local Government Act 1972. The eleven former district councils within the area were abolished at the same time. [3] [4] Kirklees was awarded borough status, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. [5]
The 2024 United Kingdom local elections took place on 2 May 2024 to choose 2,658 councillors on 107 councils in England, 11 directly elected mayors in England, the 25 members of the London Assembly, and 37 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales. The 2024 Blackpool South parliamentary by-election was held on the same day. [2]
It was negotiated between the coalition government, Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership and the five West Yorkshire boroughs of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The combined authority was established on 1 April 2014, following a public consultation and statutory approval on 31 March 2014.
The 2024 West Yorkshire mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the mayor of West ... Dates conducted Pollster Client ... Kirklees: 47,897: 43.67%: 17,690 16 ...