Kirklees
Kirklees | ||
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Kirklees Light Railway and Castle Hill with the Victoria Tower | ||
Chief executive: Steve Mawson | | |
• Executive: | Labour | |
Area | ||
• Total | 157.8 sq mi (408.6 km2) | |
• Rank | 85th | |
Population (2021) | ||
• Total | 433,355 | |
• Rank | 14th | |
• Density | 2,750/sq mi (1,061/km2) | |
Ethnicity (2021) | ||
• Ethnic groups | ||
Religion (2021) | ||
• Religion | List
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West Yorkshire | ||
Ambulance service | Yorkshire | |
Website | kirklees.gov.uk |
Kirklees is a
History
The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the provisions of the
The name Kirklees was chosen by the merging councils from more than fifty suggestions, including Upper Agbrigg, Brigantia and Wooldale.[3] It was named after Kirklees Priory, which is claimed to be site of Robin Hood's death, 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 Calderdale.[3][4]
Under the original draft of the Act, the district would have included
Geography
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 Leeds and York for work and education. People living in the western parts commute to Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield for education and work. People living in the southern and eastern parts commute to Wakefield, Barnsley, Sheffield and Manchester for work and education. The largest towns and principal districts in the borough are Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Batley, Heckmondwike and Cleckheaton.
The principal settlements of Kirklees are
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 Holme lies within the Peak District National Park.[6] This moorland area mostly bounds Saddleworth, a traditional part of Yorkshire but now locally governed from Oldham, Greater Manchester. There is also a relatively short border with the High Peak district of Derbyshire, running across the summit of Black Hill, and the main border to the south of Kirklees is with Barnsley.
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.[7][8] Graham Riddick, as MP for Colne Valley, campaigned for a split in the early 1990s.[9][10] A similar ambition was mentioned by Elizabeth Peacock, MP for Batley and Spen in 1991.[11] The boundaries of metropolitan boroughs were outside the remit of the Banham Commission appointed to review local government structures in 1992 or its successors, and only minor boundary changes were made with neighbouring districts in 1994.[12][13][14]
The district includes parts of three postcode areas. Huddersfield and the rural areas to the south have HD postcodes, Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton and Gomersal have BD postcodes, and the rest of the Heavy Woollen area has WF 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.
Transport
Public transport information is provided by Metro, as is the case across West Yorkshire.
Rail
Kirklees lies along the core
Bus
Most bus services in the Huddersfield area are operated by Team Pennine and First West Yorkshire, and most bus services in the Heavy Woollen area are operated by Arriva Yorkshire.
Road
The urban areas of Kirklees are served by the M62 and M1 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 Flockton.[15]
Bicycle
Kirklees Council has developed a number of traffic-free cycle paths called Greenways in partnership with Sustrans.[16]
Tourism
Tourism in Kirklees is based around the area's countryside and industrial heritage:
- All Saints' Church, Batley
- Bagshaw Museum
- Castle Hill
- Cleckheaton Town Hall
- Colne Valley Museum
- Dewsbury Minster
- Dewsbury Town Hall
- Holmfirth, setting of long-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine
- Huddersfield Town Hall
- Kirklees Light Railway
- Kirklees Way, 72 miles (116 km) circular walking route
- Marsden Moor Estate
- Mount Pleasant, Batley
- Oakwell Hall
- Spen Valley Greenway
- St Peter's Church, Huddersfield
- Standedge Tunnels and Visitor Centre
- Tolson Museum
Kirklees Council closed Dewsbury Museum and Red House Museum at the end of 2016, claiming it could not afford to continue running them following cuts to its budget.[17]
Tourist information in Kirklees can be obtained from major libraries.[18]
Sport
Huddersfield Town play football in the EFL Championship 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, Liversedge, Emley and Golcar United.
The
Media
Kirkless is served by
Local radio stations are: [20]
- BBC Radio Leeds on 92.4 FM
- Heart Yorkshire on 106.2 FM
- Capital Yorkshire on 105.1 FM
- Pulse 1 on 102.5 FM
- Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire on 96.3 FM
- Branch FM on 101.8 FM (for Dewsbury)
Local newspapers are
Governance
Council
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.
Borough status and mayoralty
The shadow Kirklees District Council petitioned the
Kirklees is the most populated borough or district in England not to have
Freedom of the borough
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:
- 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regimentas 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).
- Sir William Mallalieu MP (27 January 1980)[26]
- The Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd MP (20 November 1992)[26]
- Citizens of Besançon, France (7 October 2005)[26]
- The Yorkshire Regiment (25 October 2008)[27]
- Simon Armitage (20 March 2024)
- Sir Patrick Stewart (20 March 2024)
Twin towns
Kirklees is
- Besançon, France[29]
- Kostanay, Kazakhstan 1989
- Bielsko-Biała, Poland 1997
Coat of arms
Kirklees Borough Council was granted armorial bearings by the College of Arms by letters patent dated 24 June 1974. the blazon of the arms is as follows:
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; and for a Crest, On a wreath of the colours a ram's head affronty couped argent armed Or gorged with a mural crown sable masoned argent.
Supporters: 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. Badge or device: A roundel purpure charged with a Lacy Knot Or all within a circle of eleven roses argent barbed and seeded proper.[30]
The green colouring of the shield represents the fields, woods and moorland of the borough. The white stripe or bend represents the
Parish and town councils
In five areas of the borough there is a second tier of local government: the
Council | Area covered | Number of councillors | Parish wards | Formed |
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Denby Dale Parish Council | Emley Moor and Clayton West[32]
|
17[34] | Clayton West, Denby & Cumberworth, Emley, Skelmanthorpe[34] | Successor to Denby Dale UDC 1973[35] |
Holme Valley Parish Council | Holmfirth and Honley, Brockholes, Cinderhills, Hade Edge, Hepworth, Hinchliffe Mill, Holmbridge, Holme, Jackson Bridge, Netherthong, New Mill, Scholes, Thongsbridge, Upperthong, Wooldale[32] | 23[36] | Brockholes, Fulstone, Hepworth, Holmfirth Central, Honley Central and East, Honley South, Honley West, Netherthong, Scholes, Upper Holme Valley, Upperthong, Wooldale[36] | Successor to Holmfirth UDC 1973,[35] renamed Holme Valley 1975. |
Kirkburton Parish Council | Farnley Tyas, Flockton, Grange Moor, Highburton, Kirkburton, Kirkheaton, Lepton, Shelley, Shepley and Thurston[32] | 25[37][38] | Flockton, Kirkburton, Kirkheaton, Lepton, Lepton & Whitley Upper, Shelley, Shepley, Thurstonland/Farnley Tyas[37][38] | Successor to Kirkburton UDC 1973[35] |
Meltham Town Council | Crosland Edge, Meltham, Helme, Wilshaw[32] | 12[39] | None[39] | Successor to Meltham UDC 1973[35] |
Mirfield Town Council | Battyeford, Mirfield, Northorpe, Lower Hopton and Upper Hopton[32] | 16[33] | Battyeford, Crossley, Eastthorpe, Hopton, Northorpe[33] | Formed 1988[33] |
The remainder of the borough is unparished, with the borough council exercising parish powers.
Parliamentary representation
1997 to date
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.
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.
The constituencies were first used at the
Constituency | Wards | Member of parliament | Party | Majority | |
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Batley and Spen Borough Constituency | 1997–2005: Batley East, Batley West, Birstall and Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Spen.[40] 2010–present: |
Tracy Brabin | Labour Co-op
|
2017: 8,961 (over Conservatives)[45] | |
Jo Cox | Labour Party | 2015: 6,057 (over Conservatives)[45] | |||
Mike Wood | 2010: 4,406 (over Conservatives) | ||||
2005: 5,788 (over Conservatives) | |||||
2001: 5,064 (over Conservatives)[46] | |||||
1997: 6,141 (over Conservatives)[46] | |||||
Colne Valley County Constituency | Colne Valley West, Crosland Moor, Golcar, Holme Valley North, Holme Valley South, Lindley.[40] |
Thelma Walker | Labour Party | 2017: 915 (over Conservatives)[47] | |
Jason McCartney | Conservative Party | 2015: 5,378 (over Labour)[47] | |||
2010: 4,837 (over Liberal Democrats) | |||||
Kali Mountford | Labour Party | 2005: 1,501 (over Conservatives) | |||
2001: 4,639 (over Conservatives)[48] | |||||
1997: 4,840 (over Conservatives)[48] | |||||
Dewsbury County Constituency | 1997–2005: Dewsbury East, Dewsbury West, Heckmondwike, Mirfield, Thornhill.[40] 2010–present: |
Paula Sherriff | Labour Party | 2017: 3,321 (over Conservatives)[49] | |
2015: 1,451 (over Conservatives)[49] | |||||
Simon Reevell | Conservative Party | 2010: 1,526 (over Labour) | |||
Shahid Malik | Labour Party | 2005: 4,615 (over Conservatives) | |||
Ann Taylor | 2001: 8,323 (over Conservatives)[50] | ||||
1997: 4,840 (over Conservatives)[50] | |||||
Huddersfield Borough Constituency | Almondbury, Birkby, Dalton, Deighton, Greenhead, Newsome, Paddock.[40] |
Barry Sheerman | Labour Co-op
|
2017: 12,005 (over Conservatives)[51] | |
2015: 7,345 (over Conservatives)[51] | |||||
2010: 4,472 (over Conservatives) | |||||
2005: 8,351 (over Conservatives) | |||||
2001: 10,046 (over Conservatives)[52] | |||||
1997: 15,848 (over Conservatives)[52] | |||||
Wakefield County Constituency | 1997–2005: Denby Dale, Kirkburton, Wakefield Central, Wakefield East, Wakefield North, Wakefield Rural.[40] 2010–present: |
Mary Creagh | Labour Party | 2017: 2,176 (over Conservatives)[53] | |
2015: 2,613 (over Conservatives)[53] | |||||
2010: 1,613 (over Conservatives) | |||||
2005: 5,154 (over Conservatives) | |||||
David Hinchliffe | 2001: 7,954 (over Conservatives)[54] | ||||
1997: 14,604 (over Conservatives)[54] |
1983 to 1997
The
Constituency | Wards | Member of parliament | Party | Majority | |
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Batley and Spen Borough Constituency | Batley East, Batley West, Birstall and Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike and Spen[55] |
Elizabeth Peacock | Conservative Party | 1992: 1,408 (over Labour)[56] | |
1987: 1,362 (over Labour)[57] | |||||
1983: 870 (over Labour)[58] | |||||
Colne Valley County Constituency | Colne Valley West, Crosland Moor, Golcar, Holme Valley North, Holme Valley South and Lindley.[55] |
Graham Riddick | Conservative Party | 1992: 7,225 (over Labour)[59] | |
1987: 1,677 (over Liberal / Alliance)[60] | |||||
Richard Wainwright | Liberal / Alliance | 1983: 3,146 (over Conservatives)[61] | |||
Dewsbury County Constituency | Denby Dale, Dewsbury East, Dewsbury West, Kirkburton, Mirfield and Thornhill.[55] |
Ann Taylor | Labour Party | 1992: 634 (over Conservatives))[62] | |
1987: 445 (over Conservatives)[63] | |||||
John Whitfield | Conservative Party | 1983: 2,068 (over Labour)[64] | |||
Huddersfield Borough Constituency | Almondbury, Birkby, Dalton, Deighton, Newsome and Paddock.[55] |
Barry Sheerman | Labour Party | 1992: 7,258 (over Conservatives)[65] | |
1987: 7,278 (over Conservatives)[66] | |||||
1983: 3,955 (over Conservatives)[65] |
1974 to 1983
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 1950 general election.[67]
Constituency | Former administrative areas | Member of parliament | Party | Majority | |
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Batley and Morley Borough Constituency | Municipal Borough of Batley Also included the former Municipal Borough of Morley in the City of Leeds. |
Kenneth Woolmer
|
Labour Party | 1979: 5,352 (over Conservatives)[68] | |
Alfred Broughton | October 1974: 8,248 (over Conservatives)[69] | ||||
February 1974: 7,091 (over Conservatives)[70] | |||||
Brighouse and Spenborough Borough Constituency | Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale .
|
Gary Waller
|
Conservative Party | 1979: 1,734 (over Labour)[71] | |
Colin Jackson
|
Labour Party | October 1974: 2,177 (over Conservatives)[72] | |||
February 1974: 1,546 (over Conservatives)[73] | |||||
Colne Valley County Constituency | Colne Valley Urban District, Holmfirth Urban District, Kirkburton Urban District, Meltham Urban District Also included the former Saddleworth Urban District in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. |
Richard Wainwright | Liberal Party | 1979: 2,352 (over Labour)[74] | |
October 1974: 1,666 (over Labour)[75] | |||||
February 1974: 719 (over Labour)[76] | |||||
Dewsbury Borough Constituency | Municipal Borough of Dewsbury, Heckmondwike Urban District, Mirfield Urban District Also included the former Municipal Borough of Ossett in the City of Wakefield. |
David Ginsburg | Labour Party (Defected to the |
1979: 4,381 (over Conservatives)[78] | |
October 1974: 6,901 (over Conservatives)[79] | |||||
February 1974: 5,412 (over Conservatives)[80] | |||||
Huddersfield East Borough Constituency | Seven wards of the County Borough of Huddersfield: Almondbury, Dalton, Deighton, Fartown, Newsome, North Central, South Central |
Barry Sheerman | Labour Party | 1979: 3,095 (over Conservatives)[81] | |
J. P. W. Mallalieu | October 1974: 8,414 (over Conservatives)[82] | ||||
February 1974: 7,304 (over Conservatives)[83] | |||||
Huddersfield West Borough Constituency | Eight wards of the County Borough of Huddersfield: Birkby, Crosland Moor, Lindley, Lockwood, Longwood, Marsh, Milnsbridge, Paddock |
Geoffrey Dickens | Conservative Party | 1979: 1,508 (over Labour)[81] | |
Kenneth Lomas | Labour Party | October 1974: 1,364 (over Conservatives)[82] | |||
February 1974: 630 (over Conservatives)[83] | |||||
Penistone County Constituency | Denby Dale Urban District Remainder of constituency consisted of former urban and rural districts in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the City of Sheffield |
Allen McKay | Labour Party | 1979: 9,701 (over Conservatives)[84] | |
1978 by-election: 5,371 (over Conservatives) | |||||
John Mendelson | October 1974: 1,364 (over Conservatives)[85] | ||||
February 1974: 630 (over Conservatives)[86] |
See also
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