Kirklees Council

Kirklees Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Nosheen Dad,
Labour
since 22 May 2024[2]
Carole Pattison,
Labour
since 17 July 2024
Steve Mawson[1]
since 2023
Structure
Seats69 councillors
Political groups
  Labour (23)
  Independent (16)
  Conservative (16)
  Liberal Democrats (10)
  Green (4)
Joint committees
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Elections
Multiple member first-past-the-post
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Meeting place
Town Hall, Ramsden Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2TA
Website
www.kirklees.gov.uk
Constitution
Constitution

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

The council has been under no overall control since 2024. It meets at Huddersfield Town Hall and has its main offices in the nearby Civic Centre.

  1. ^ Council, Kirklees (1 October 2023). "Chief Executive, strategic directors and service directors". www.kirklees.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  2. ^ Marlow, Abigail (14 May 2024). "History in the making as youngest Mayor of Kirklees set to take office". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 8 June 2024.