Editing Mirfield (section)

===Local elections===
In addition to the town council Mirfield is represented by three councillors on [[Kirklees Metropolitan Council]], and the local Mirfield Area Committee.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Party !! Date !! Candidate !! Votes !! Share
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| {{center|{{color box|#0087DC}} CON}} || 2000 || Beverley Warby || 2,300 || 55.7
|-
| {{center|{{color box|#0087DC}} CON}} || 2002 || Martyn Bolt || 2,147 || 52.9
|-
| {{center|{{color box|#0087DC}} CON}} || 2003 || Kathleen Taylor || 1,802 || 39.8
|-
| {{center|{{color box|#0087DC}} CON}} || 2004 || Beverley Warby || 2,947 || –
|-
| {{center|{{color box|#0087DC}} CON}} || 2004 || Martyn Bolt || 3,661 || –
|-
| {{center|{{color box|#0087DC}} CON}} || 2004 || Kathleen Taylor || 3,166 || –
|-
| {{center|{{color box|#0087DC}} CON}} || 2008 || Martyn Bolt || 3,400 || –
|-
| {{center|{{color box|#0087DC}} CON}} || 2010 || Vivien Lees-Hamilton || 5,908 || –
|-
| {{center|{{color box|#0087DC}} CON}} || 2011 || Kathleen Taylor || 3,561 || –
|-
| {{center|{{color box|#0087DC}} CON}} || 2011 || Martyn Bolt || 2,775 || –
|-
|}
{{clarify|reason=It is not clear what this table represents|date=June 2021}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kirklees.gov.uk/you-kmc/kmc-howcouncilworks/votingandelections/previouselections.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521103506/http://kirklees.gov.uk/you-kmc/kmc-howcouncilworks/votingandelections/previouselections.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Kirklees Website|archivedate=21 May 2011|accessdate=16 June 2024}}</ref>

In May 2005, Mirfield became the first Fairtrade Town in Kirklees and only the fourth in West Yorkshire.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}