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Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
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Type
Type	Metropolitan borough
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor	Ann Kingstone, Labour since 15 May 2024
Leader	Jane Scullion, Labour since 17 May 2023
Chief Executive	Robin Tuddenham since 8 May 2017
Structure
Seats	51 councillors
Political groups	Administration (29)   Labour (29) Other parties (22)   Conservative (11)   Liberal Democrats (6)   Green (3)   Workers Party (1)   Independent (1)
Joint committees	West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	7 May 2026
Meeting place
Town Hall, Crossley Street, Halifax, HX1 1UJ
Website
www.calderdale.gov.uk

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, also known as Calderdale Council, is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. Since 2014 the council has been a constituent member of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2019. It is based at Halifax Town Hall.

History

The metropolitan district of Calderdale was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the area of eight former districts and part of a ninth, which were all abolished at the same time:

• Brighouse Municipal Borough
• Elland Urban District
• Halifax County Borough
• Hebden Royd Urban District
• Hepton Rural District
• Queensbury and Shelf Urban District (Shelf part only, Queensbury went to Bradford)
• Ripponden Urban District
• Sowerby Bridge Urban District
• Todmorden Municipal Borough

The county borough of Halifax had provided all local government services in its area. The other eight districts had been lower-tier authorities with West Riding County Council providing county-level services. The new Calderdale district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.

Calderdale was initially a district-level authority, with West Yorkshire County Council providing county-level services. However, the metropolitan county councils, including West Yorkshire County Council, were abolished in 1986 under the Local Government Act 1985. Since 1986 Calderdale Council has therefore been responsible for most local government functions.

The council has been a constituent member of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority since 2014, which has been led by the directly elected Mayor of West Yorkshire since 2021.

Governance

Political control

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2019.

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. County-level services were provided by West Yorkshire County Council until its abolition in 1986, when Calderdale became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The role of Mayor of Calderdale is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1999 have been:

Composition

Following the 2024 election, the composition of the council is:

The next election is due in 2026.

Premises

The council is based at Halifax Town Hall, which had been built for one of the council's predecessors, the Halifax Borough Council, in 1863.

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2004 the council has comprised 51 councillors representing 17 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four-year term of office.

Wards

Mayor

The mayors since 1974 have been:

References

1. Greenwood, John (18 May 2024). "Meet the knitting designer and author who is the new Mayor of Halifax, Brighouse, Hebden Bridge, Elland, Todmorden and Mytholmroyd". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
2. "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1972 c. 70, retrieved 18 June 2023
3. "The Metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/137, retrieved 18 June 2023
4. "District Councils and Boroughs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 28 March 1974. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
5. "Local Government Act 1985", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1985 c. 51, retrieved 18 June 2023
6. "The West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014". www.legislation.gov.uk.
7. "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
8. "Council minutes". Calderdale Council. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
9. "Election of Local Councillors 2024 - 02/05/2024". Election results. Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
10. "Contacts". Calderdale Council. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
11. Historic England. "Town Hall, Crossley Street (Grade 2) (1314024)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
12. "The Borough of Calderdale (Electoral Changes) Order 2003", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2003/3088, retrieved 19 June 2023
13. Calderdale Votes: 40 years of local democracy. Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 20 August 2017.

External links

Media related to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council at Wikimedia Commons

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