Editing Kirklees (section)

===Parish and town councils===
In five areas of the borough there is a second tier of local government: the [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]]. Parish or town councils have limited powers of a purely local character, such as owning or maintaining allotments, burial grounds, footpaths and war memorials. Four of the parishes were formed as [[successor parish]]es to urban districts abolished in 1974.<ref name=parish>{{cite web|url=http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/you-kmc/parishcouncil/parishmenu.shtml |title=Parish and Town Councils |access-date=16 February 2009 |publisher=Kirklees Council |date=January 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303105918/http://kirklees.gov.uk/you-kmc/parishcouncil/parishmenu.shtml |archive-date= 3 March 2009 }}</ref> The fifth was formed in 1988.<ref name=Mirfield>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirfieldtowncouncil.gov.uk/council/15 |title=About the Council |access-date=16 February 2009 |publisher=Mirfield Town Council |date=9 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221231428/http://mirfieldtowncouncil.gov.uk/council/15 |archive-date=21 February 2009 }}</ref> The five town or parish councils are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Council
! Area covered
! Number of councillors
! Parish wards
! Formed
|-
|Denby Dale Parish Council
|[[Denby Dale]], [[Upper Cumberworth|Upper]] and [[Lower Cumberworth]], [[Upper Denby|Upper]] and Lower Denby, [[Birdsedge]] and High Flatts, [[Scissett]], [[Skelmanthorpe]] and the hamlet of Kitchenroyd, [[Emley, West Yorkshire|Emley]] and [[Emley Moor]] and [[Clayton West]]<ref name=parish/>
|  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"| 17<ref name=ddale>{{cite web|url=http://www.denbydale.com/content/councillors |title=The Councillors |access-date=16 February 2009 |publisher=Denby Dale Parish Council |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225110012/http://www.denbydale.com/content/councillors |archive-date=25 February 2009 }}</ref>
|Clayton West, Denby & Cumberworth, Emley, Skelmanthorpe<ref name=ddale/>
|Successor to Denby Dale UDC 1973<ref name=succp>The Local Government (Successor Parishes) (No. 2) Order 1973
(S.I. 1973/1939).</ref>
|-
|[[Holme Valley]] Parish Council
|Holmfirth and Honley, [[Brockholes]], Cinderhills, [[Hade Edge]], [[Hepworth, West Yorkshire|Hepworth]], Hinchliffe Mill, [[Holmbridge]], [[Holme, West Yorkshire|Holme]], [[Jackson Bridge]], [[Netherthong]], [[New Mill, West Yorkshire|New Mill]], Scholes, Thongsbridge, Upperthong, Wooldale<ref name=parish/>
|  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"| 23<ref name=hvalley>{{cite web|url=http://www.holmevalleyparishcouncil.gov.uk/members/memberspage.htm |title=Members of the Council |access-date=16 February 2009 |publisher=Holme Valley Parish Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706194758/http://www.holmevalleyparishcouncil.gov.uk/members/memberspage.htm |archive-date= 6 July 2009 }}</ref>
|Brockholes, Fulstone, Hepworth, Holmfirth Central, Honley Central and East, Honley South, Honley West, Netherthong, Scholes, Upper Holme Valley, Upperthong, Wooldale<ref name=hvalley/>
|Successor to Holmfirth UDC 1973,<ref name=succp/> renamed Holme Valley 1975.
|-
|Kirkburton Parish Council
|[[Farnley Tyas]], [[Flockton]], [[Grange Moor]], [[Highburton]], [[Kirkburton]], [[Kirkheaton]], [[Lepton, West Yorkshire|Lepton]], [[Shelley, West Yorkshire|Shelley]], [[Shepley]] and Thurston<ref name=parish/>
|  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"| 25<ref name=kburton>{{cite web|url=http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/you-kmc/parishcouncil/kirkburton.shtml |title=Kirkburton Parish Council |access-date=16 February 2009 |publisher=Kirklees Council |date=July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513142558/http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/you-kmc/parishcouncil/kirkburton.shtml |archive-date=13 May 2008 }}</ref><ref name=kburton2>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapfm.co.uk/kbpc/contacts.html |title=Parish Councillors' Contact Details |access-date=16 February 2009 |publisher=Kirkburton Parish Council |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905145703/http://www.mapfm.co.uk/kbpc/contacts.html |archive-date= 5 September 2008 }}</ref>
| Flockton, Kirkburton, Kirkheaton, Lepton, Lepton & Whitley Upper, Shelley, Shepley, Thurstonland/Farnley Tyas<ref name=kburton/><ref name=kburton2/>
|Successor to Kirkburton UDC 1973<ref name=succp/>
|-
|Meltham Town Council
|Crosland Edge, [[Meltham]], [[Helme, West Yorkshire|Helme]], Wilshaw<ref name=parish/>
|  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"| 12<ref name=meltham>{{cite web |url=http://www.melthamtowncouncil.gov.uk/homedir/members.htm |title=Your members of the council |access-date=16 February 2009 |publisher=Meltham Town Council |year=2008 }}</ref>
| None<ref name=meltham/>
|Successor to Meltham UDC 1973<ref name=succp/>
|-
|Mirfield Town Council
|[[Battyeford]], Mirfield, Northorpe, Lower Hopton and Upper Hopton<ref name=parish/>
|  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"| 16<ref name=Mirfield/>
|Battyeford, Crossley, Eastthorpe, Hopton, Northorpe<ref name=Mirfield/>
|Formed 1988<ref name=Mirfield/>
|}

The remainder of the borough is [[unparished area|unparished]], with the borough council exercising parish powers.