Editing Mytholmroyd (section)

==Governance==
Mytholmroyd was formerly a [[chapelry]] in the parish of Halifax.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/194|title=History of Mytholmroyd, in Calderdale and West Riding|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> On 31 December 1894 Mytholmroyd became a civil parish in its own right being formed from [[Wadsworth, West Yorkshire|Wadsworth]], [[Sowerby, West Yorkshire|Sowerby]], [[Erringden]] and [[Midgley|Midgeley]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10455674|title=Relationships and changes Mytholmroyd CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished to form Hebden Bridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/todmorden.html|title=Todmorden Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> In 1931 the parish had a population of 4468.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10455674/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Mytholmroyd CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref>

The village is part of the [[Luddendenfoot]] [[Wards of the United Kingdom|ward]] of the [[Metropolitan borough]] of [[Calderdale]]. It has had a Labour-majority council as of May 2019 - All 3 councillors in the ward represent the Labour Party - Jane Scullion, leader of the Council, Scott Patient and Katie Kimber who has just retained the seat from the departing Roisin Cavanagh. It is part of the [[Metropolitan county]] of [[West Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mapit.mysociety.org/area/8873.html |title=Luddendenfoot |date=2010 |access-date=20 January 2014}}</ref>

At a district level, Mytholmroyd Urban District Council was set up in 1894. In 1937 it merged with Hebden Bridge Urban District Council to become [[Hebden Royd]] Urban District Council. At a county level Mytholmroyd was administered by the [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]] County Council. Both of these were abolished as part of the reforms introduced in the [[Local Government Act 1972]]. They were replaced with West Yorkshire Combined Authority and [[Calderdale|Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council]]. The Hebden Royd Town Council area forms a [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]]. West Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986, leaving Mytholmroyd represented at borough and town council level. The current mayor of Hebden Royd – Val Stevens (Labour, former deputy leader of Manchester City Council) – lives in the village.