List Of Electoral Wards In West Yorkshire
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This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the
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. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the
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elected for each electoral division or ward is shown in brackets.


District councils


Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 1 May 1980:The County of West Yorkshire (Electoral Divisions and Wards) Order 1973 Wards from 1 May 1980 to 10 June 2004: Wards from 10 June 2004 to present: † minor boundary changes in 2008


Calderdale Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, whose population in 2020 was 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the u ...

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 1 May 1980: Wards from 1 May 1980 to 10 June 2004: Wards from 10 June 2004 to present:


Kirklees Kirklees is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Kirklees Council with the status of a metropolitan borough. The largest town and administrative centre of Kirklees is Huddersfield, and the district also includes ...

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 6 May 1982: Wards from 6 May 1982 to 10 June 2004: Wards from 10 June 2004 to present:


Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 1 May 1980: Wards from 1 May 1980 to 10 June 2004: Wards from 10 June 2004 to 3 May 2018: Wards from 3 May 2018 to present:


Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, ...

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 6 May 1982: Wards from 6 May 1982 to 10 June 2004: Wards from 10 June 2004 to present:


Former county council


West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

Electoral Divisions from 1 April 1974 (first election 12 April 1973) to 1 April 1986 (county abolished): Electoral Divisions due from 2 May 1985 (order revoked by the
Local Government Act 1985 The Local Government Act 1985 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Its main effect was to abolish the six county councils of the metropolitan counties that had been set up in 1974, 11 years earlier, by the Local Government Act 1972, ...
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The County of West Yorkshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1985
Retrieved on 5 November 2015.


Electoral wards by constituency


Bradford East

Bolton and Undercliffe,
Bowling and Barkerend Bowling and Barkerend is an electoral ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. The population at the 2011 Census was 20,618. Bowling and Barkerend covers the area immediately east and south of Bradford centre. It includes t ...
, Bradford Moor, Eccleshill, Idle and Thackley, Little Horton.


Bradford South

Great Horton, Queensbury, Royds, Tong, Wibsey, Wyke.


Bradford West Bradford West is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2015 United Kingdom gene ...

City, Clayton and Fairweather Green, Heaton, Manningham, Thornton and Allerton, Toller.


Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bi ...

Craven, Ilkley, Keighley Central, Keighley East, Keighley West, Worth Valley.


Shipley

Baildon, Bingley, Bingley Rural, Shipley, Wharfedale, Windhill and Wrose.


Calder Valley Calder is a Scottish name and may refer to: People *Calder (surname) *Calder baronets, two baronetcies created for people with the surname Calder *Alexander Calder (1898-1976), the American sculptor known for his mobiles, son of Alexander Stirlin ...

Brighouse, Calder, Elland, Greetland and Stainland, Hipperholme and Lightcliffe, Luddendenfoot, Rastrick, Ryburn, Todmorden.


Halifax

Illingworth and Mixenden, Northowram and Shelf, Ovenden, Park, Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge, Town, Warley.


Batley and Spen Batley and Spen is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The current MP is Kim Leadbeater, a Labour politician, elected in a 2021 by-election by a 323-vote margin. The seat has returned Labour MPs since 1997. Constitu ...

Batley East, Batley West, Birstall and Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, Liversedge and Gomersal.


Colne Valley The Colne Valley is a steep sided valley on the east flank of the Pennine Hills in the English county of West Yorkshire. It takes its name from the River Colne which rises above the town of Marsden and flows eastward towards Huddersfield. ...

Colne Valley, Crosland Moor and Netherton, Golcar, Holme Valley North, Holme Valley South, Lindley.


Dewsbury Dewsbury is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, east of Hudder ...

Denby Dale, Dewsbury East, Dewsbury South, Dewsbury West, Kirkburton, Mirfield.


Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

Almondbury, Ashbrow, Dalton, Greenhead, Newsome.


Elmet and Rothwell Elmet and Rothwell is a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its creation in 2010 by Alec Shelbrooke, a Conservative. In the 2017 general election, Elmet and Rothwell recorded the lar ...

Garforth and Swillington, Harewood, Kippax and Methley, Rothwell,
Wetherby Wetherby () is a market town and civil parish in the City of Leeds district, West Yorkshire, England, close to West Yorkshire county's border with North Yorkshire, and lies approximately from Leeds City Centre, from York and from Harrogat ...
.


Leeds Central Leeds Central is a constituency recreated in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1999 by Hilary Benn of the Labour Party. A former guise of the seat spanned 1885 to 1955. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Municip ...

Beeston and Holbeck, Burmantofts and Richmond Hill, Hunslet and Riverside, Little London and Woodhouse, Middleton Park.


Leeds East Leeds East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Richard Burgon of the Labour Party. The constituency is notable for having been represented by Denis Healey who was the MP from 1955 to 1992. ...

Cross Gates and Whinmoor, Gipton and Harehills, Killingbeck and Seacroft, Temple Newsam.


Leeds North East Leeds North East is a constituency which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Fabian Hamilton of the Labour Party. Boundaries 1918–1950: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Crossgates, Roundhay ...

Alwoodley Alwoodley is a civil parish and suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is north of central Leeds and is one of the most affluent areas of the city. Alwoodley lies in Leeds 17 which was reported to contain the most expensive housing ar ...
, Chapel Allerton, Moortown,
Roundhay Roundhay is a large suburb in north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Roundhay had a population of 22,546 in 2011. It sits in the Roundhay ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds North East parliamentary constituency. History Etymology Roundh ...
.


Leeds North West Leeds North West is a constituency in the City of Leeds which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Alex Sobel, of Labour Co-op. Boundaries 1950–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far He ...

Adel and Wharfedale, Headingley and Hyde Park, Otley and Yeadon, Weetwood.


Leeds West Leeds West is a borough constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire which is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of elect ...

Armley, Bramley and Stanningley, Farnley and Wortley,
Kirkstall Kirkstall is a north-western suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the eastern side of the River Aire. The area sits in the Kirkstall ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds West parliamentary constituency, represented by Rachel Reeves. Th ...
.


Morley and Outwood Morley and Outwood is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2015 by Andrea Jenk ...

Ardsley and Robin Hood, Morley North, Morley South,
Stanley and Outwood East Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film * ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy * ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short * ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) ...
, Wrenthorpe and Outwood West


Pudsey

Calverley and Farsley, Guiseley and Rawdon, Horsforth, Pudsey.


Hemsworth Hemsworth is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire and had a population of 13,311 at the 2001 census, ...

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton, Crofton, Ryhill and Walton, Featherstone, Hemsworth, South Elmsall and South Kirkby, Wakefield South.


Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford

Airedale and Ferry Fryston,
Altofts and Whitwood Altofts and Whitwood is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Overview The ward is one of 21 in the Wakefield district, and has been held by Labour since the curren ...
, Castleford Central and Glasshoughton,
Knottingley Knottingley is a market town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the old A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road before it was bypassed as the A1(M). Historic counties of England, Historically part of the West Ridi ...
, Normanton,
Pontefract North Pontefract North is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district, used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Overview The ward is one of 21 in the Wakefield district, and has been held by Labour since the current boun ...
,
Pontefract South Pontefract South is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district, used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Overview The ward is one of 21 in the Wakefield district, and is one of its most marginal. Its marginal ...
.


Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, ...

Horbury and South Ossett, Ossett, Wakefield East, Wakefield North, Wakefield Rural, Wakefield West.


See also

* List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire


References

*http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/uksi_20071681_en_1 {{England electoral wards
West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
Electoral wards The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors. The ward is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and distri ...