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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]
Kirklees Council is the local authority of the district. The council is composed of 69 councillors, three for each of the borough's 23 wards. 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 Labour executive.
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.
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Council leaders agreed to the concept in June 2020, [48] with suggestions of reducing the number of districts into three unitary authorities, [49] or implementing a single unitary authority instead of a combined authority. The three proposed successor authorities would cover the northern and coastal, central and southern, and eastern and ...
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 ]
The 2023 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on 4 May 2023 alongside other elections across the United Kingdom. 24 out of the 69 seats on Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council were contested.
The 2012 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. [1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections .