Editing Cleckheaton (section)

===Parliamentary representation===
In 1885, Cleckheaton and the three neighbouring townships, Gomersal, Heckmondwike and Liversedge, were grouped to form the Parliamentary [[county constituency]] of [[Spen Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Spen Valley]] and remained in that constituency until 1950.<ref name="youngs"/> The seat was held at various times by the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]], [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|National Liberal]] and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] parties. From 1950 to 1983, Cleckheaton was included in the [[borough constituency]] of [[Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighouse and Spenborough]].<ref name="youngs"/> It was a marginal seat, changing hands between the Conservative and Labour parties on six occasions. Cleckheaton is now in the [[Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)|Batley and Spen]] constituency,<ref>[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/uksi_20071681_en_2 ''The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007'', Office of Public Sector Information, accessed 1 April 2008]</ref> created in 1983. It was represented by a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) from 1983 to 1997, then by Labour MP [[Mike Wood (Labour politician)|Mike Wood]] until 2015, when Wood retired and was succeeded by [[Jo Cox]] (Labour). After Jo Cox was murdered in 2016, she was replaced in a by-election (which was uncontested by the other major parties) by [[Tracy Brabin]], who retained the seat in 2017 and 2019. When she became [[Mayor of West Yorkshire]] in 2021, there was [[2021 Batley and Spen by-election|another by-election]] which was won by [[Kim Leadbeater]], sister of [[Jo Cox]], of the Labour Party. <ref>{{Cite news|last1=Wolfe-Robinson|first1=Maya|last2=Stewart|first2=Heather|date=2 July 2021|title=Labour's Kim Leadbeater wins narrow victory in Batley and Spen byelection|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/02/labour-candidate-kim-leadbeater-wins-batley-and-spen-byelection|access-date=2 July 2021|issn=1756-3224|oclc=60623878|archive-date=2 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702043824/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/02/labour-candidate-kim-leadbeater-wins-batley-and-spen-byelection|url-status=live}}</ref> At the time of the 2024 General Election, the Batley and Spen constituency was abolished and in its place a new [[Spen Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Spen Valley constituency]] including Mirfield and Dalton was created. Leadbeater won the seat in 2024 with a majority of 6,000.