Editing Kirklees (section)

====1997 to date====
Since 1997 Kirklees has been divided into five constituencies: four being entirely within the borough, while one ward (Wakefield) is included in the Wakefield Council borough.

The boundaries of two of the Colne Valley and Huddersfield constituencies were virtually unchanged from those defined in 1983. Denby Dale and Kirkburton wards were transferred from Dewsbury to Wakefield, with the former constituency receiving Heckmondwike ward from Batley and Spen.

The constituencies were first used at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], when the Labour Party came to power in a [[List of landslide victories|landslide]], gaining all the seats in the borough. The party held the seats at the subsequent elections of [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]] and [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]].<ref name=1995order>{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19951626_en_2.htm |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1626) |access-date=16 February 2009 |publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information]] |year=1995 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704033840/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19951626_en_2.htm |archive-date= 4 July 2010 }}</ref> The incumbent MP for [[Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)|Batley and Spen]], [[Jo Cox]], was murdered on 16 June 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/16/labour-mp-jo-cox-shot-in-leeds-witnesses-report/|title=Labour MP Jo Cox dies after being shot and stabbed in her constituency near Leeds|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=16 June 2016|access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref> A [[2016 Batley and Spen by-election|constituency by-election]] took place on 20 October 2016 and [[Tracy Brabin]] was elected.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-37725007|title=Batley and Spen by-election: Tracy Brabin victory for 'hope and unity'|date=21 October 2016|work=BBC News|access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref> A further [[2021 Batley and Spen by-election|by-election]] will be held in the constituency on 1 July 2021, after Brabin's resignation, following her election as [[Mayor of West Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite news|date=8 May 2021|title=Is Batley and Spen Labour's next by-election headache?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/politics-explained/is-batley-and-spen-labour-s-next-byelection-headache-b1844215.html|accessdate=9 May 2021|work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leeds.gov.uk/your-council/elections/west-yorkshire-combined-authority-mayoral-election-results|title=West Yorkshire Mayoral election results|accessdate=9 May 2021|website=www.leeds.gov.uk}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Constituency
! Wards
! Member of parliament
! colspan=2 | Party
! Majority
|-
|rowspan=6| [[Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)|Batley and Spen Borough Constituency]]
|rowspan=6| 1997–2005:<br>Batley East, Batley West,<br>Birstall and Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Spen.<ref name=1995order/><br>
2010–present:<br>
Batley East, Batley West,<br>Birstall and Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton,<br>Heckmondwike, Liversedge and Gomersal.
||[[Tracy Brabin]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" rowspan=1|
||[[Labour Co-operative|Labour Co-op]]
| [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]]: 8,961 (over Conservatives)<ref name="bbc-batley-spen">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000548 |title=Batley & Spen parliamentary constituency |work=BBC News |access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
||[[Jo Cox]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" rowspan=5|
| rowspan=5|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
| [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]: 6,057 (over Conservatives)<ref name="bbc-batley-spen" />
|-
| rowspan=4| [[Mike Wood (Labour politician)|Mike Wood]]
| [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]: 4,406 (over Conservatives)
|-
| [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]: 5,788 (over Conservatives)
|-
| [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]]: 5,064 (over Conservatives)<ref name=batleyspen>{{cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/constit/080.htm |title=Batley & Spen |access-date=15 February 2009 |work=Political Science Resources |publisher=University of Keele }}</ref>
|-
| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]: 6,141 (over Conservatives)<ref name=batleyspen/>
|-
| rowspan=6| [[Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Colne Valley County Constituency]]
| rowspan=6| Colne Valley West, Crosland Moor,<br> Golcar, Holme Valley North,<br> Holme Valley South, Lindley.<ref name=1995order/>
|| [[Thelma Walker]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" rowspan=1|
||[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
| [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]]: 915 (over Conservatives)<ref name="bbc-colne-valley">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000645 |title=Colne Valley parliamentary constituency |work=BBC News |access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Jason McCartney (politician)|Jason McCartney]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
| [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]: 5,378 (over Labour)<ref name="bbc-colne-valley" />
|-
| [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]: 4,837 (over Liberal Democrats)
|-
| rowspan=3| [[Kali Mountford]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
| [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]: 1,501 (over Conservatives)
|-
| [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]]: 4,639 (over Conservatives)<ref name=colnev>{{cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/constit/521.htm |title=Colne Valley |access-date=15 February 2009 |work=Political Science Resources |publisher=University of Keele }}</ref>
|-
| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]: 4,840 (over Conservatives)<ref name=colnev/>
|-
|rowspan=6| [[Dewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Dewsbury County Constituency]]
|rowspan=6|1997–2005:<br>Dewsbury East, Dewsbury West,<br>Heckmondwike, Mirfield, Thornhill.<ref name=1995order/><br>
2010–present:<br>Denby Dale, Dewsbury East,<br>Dewsbury South, Dewsbury West,<br>Kirkburton, Mirfield.
| rowspan=2| [[Paula Sherriff]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
| [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]]: 3,321 (over Conservatives)<ref name="bbc-dewsbury">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000666 |title=Dewsbury parliamentary constituency |work=BBC News |access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]: 1,451 (over Conservatives)<ref name="bbc-dewsbury" />
|-
| [[Simon Reevell]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
| [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]: 1,526 (over Labour)
|-
| [[Shahid Malik]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
| [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]: 4,615 (over Conservatives)
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton|Ann Taylor]]
| [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]]: 8,323 (over Conservatives)<ref name=dewsbury>{{cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/constit/522.htm |title=Dewsbury |access-date=15 February 2009 |work=Political Science Resources |publisher=University of Keele }}</ref>
|-
| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]: 4,840 (over Conservatives)<ref name=dewsbury/>
|-
|rowspan=6| [[Huddersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Huddersfield Borough Constituency]]
|rowspan=6| Almondbury, Birkby,<br>Dalton, Deighton,<br>Greenhead, Newsome, Paddock.<ref name=1995order/>
| rowspan=6| [[Barry Sheerman]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" rowspan=6|
| rowspan=6|[[Labour Co-operative|Labour Co-op]]
| [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]]: 12,005 (over Conservatives)<ref name="bbc-huddersfield">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000756 |title=Huddersfield parliamentary constituency |work=BBC News |access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]: 7,345 (over Conservatives)<ref name="bbc-huddersfield" />
|-
| [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]: 4,472 (over Conservatives)
|-
| [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]: 8,351 (over Conservatives)
|-
| [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]]: 10,046 (over Conservatives)<ref name=hudders>{{cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/constit/154.htm |title=Huddersfield |access-date=15 February 2009 |work=Political Science Resources |publisher=University of Keele }}</ref>
|-
| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]: 15,848 (over Conservatives)<ref name=hudders/>
|-
|rowspan=6| [[Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency)|Wakefield County Constituency]]
|rowspan=6| 1997–2005:<br>Denby Dale, Kirkburton,<br>Wakefield Central, Wakefield East,<br>Wakefield North, Wakefield Rural.<ref name=1995order/><br>
2010–present:<br>Horbury and South Ossett, Ossett,<br>Wakefield East, Wakefield North,<br>Wakefield Rural, Wakefield West.
| rowspan=4| [[Mary Creagh]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" rowspan=6|
| rowspan=6|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
| [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]]: 2,176 (over Conservatives)<ref name="bbc-wakefield">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001009 |title=Wakefield parliamentary constituency |work=BBC News |access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]: 2,613 (over Conservatives)<ref name="bbc-wakefield" />
|-
| [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]: 1,613 (over Conservatives)
|-
| [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]: 5,154 (over Conservatives)
|-
| rowspan=2| [[David Hinchliffe]]
| [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]]: 7,954 (over Conservatives)<ref name=wakef>{{cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/constit/529.htm |title=Wakefield |access-date=15 February 2009 |work=Political Science Resources |publisher=University of Keele }}</ref>
|-
| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]: 14,604 (over Conservatives)<ref name=wakef/>
|}