Editing West Yorkshire (section)

==History==
{{See also|History of Leeds|History of Yorkshire}}
Wakefield's Parish Church was raised to cathedral status in 1888 and after the elevation of Wakefield to diocese, Wakefield Council immediately sought city status and this was granted in July 1888.<ref>{{Harvnb|Beckett|2005|pp=39,40 }}</ref> However the [[Industrial Revolution]], which changed West and South Yorkshire significantly, led to the growth of Leeds and Bradford, which became the area's two largest cities (Leeds being the largest in Yorkshire). Leeds was granted city status in 1893 and Bradford in 1897. The name of [[Leeds Town Hall]] reflects the fact that at its opening in 1858 Leeds was not yet a city, while Bradford renamed its Town Hall as City Hall in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradford.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/hobbies_and_interests/history_of_city_hall.htm|title=History of City Hall|work=City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council|access-date=17 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006213238/http://www.bradford.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/hobbies_and_interests/history_of_city_hall.htm|archive-date=6 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable" style="border:0px;text-align:left;"
! colspan="2" | [[Local Government Act 1972|Post-1974]]
! colspan="4" | [[Local Government Act 1888|Pre-1974]]
|-
! Metropolitan county
! Metropolitan borough
! [[County borough]]s
! [[Municipal borough|Non-county boroughs]]
! [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban districts]]
! [[Rural district]]s
|-
|rowspan=5 width=450pt|[[File:West Yorkshire County.png|400px]]<br /><small>West Yorkshire is an amalgamation of 53 former local government districts, including five county boroughs and ten municipal boroughs.</small>
| [[City of Bradford|Bradford]]
| [[County Borough of Bradford|Bradford]]
| [[Municipal Borough of Keighley|Keighley]]
| [[Baildon Urban District|Baildon]]&nbsp;• [[Bingley]]&nbsp;• [[Denholme Urban District|Denholme]]&nbsp;• [[Ilkley Urban District|Ilkley]]&nbsp;• [[Queensbury and Shelf]]<ref group=Note name=Q&S/>&nbsp;•[[Silsden Urban District|Silsden]]&nbsp;• [[Shipley Urban District|Shipley]]
| [[Skipton Rural District|Skipton]]
|-
| [[Calderdale]]
| [[County Borough of Halifax|Halifax]]
| [[Municipal Borough of Brighouse|Brighouse]]&nbsp;• [[Municipal Borough of Todmorden|Todmorden]]
| [[Elland Urban District|Elland]]&nbsp;• [[Hebden Royd Urban District|Hebden Royd]]&nbsp;• [[Queensbury and Shelf]]<ref group=Note name=Q&S/>&nbsp;• [[Ripponden Urban District|Ripponden]]&nbsp;• [[Sowerby Bridge Urban District|Sowerby Bridge]]
| [[Hepton Rural District|Hepton]]
|-
| [[Kirklees]]
| [[County Borough of Huddersfield|Huddersfield]]&nbsp;• [[County Borough of Dewsbury|Dewsbury]]
| [[Municipal Borough of Batley|Batley]]&nbsp;• [[Municipal Borough of Spenborough|Spenborough]]
| [[Colne Valley Urban District|Colne Valley]]&nbsp;• [[Denby Dale Urban District|Denby Dale]]&nbsp;• [[Heckmondwike Urban District|Heckmondwike]]&nbsp;• [[Holmfirth Urban District|Holmfirth]]&nbsp;• [[Kirkburton Urban District|Kirkburton]]&nbsp;• [[Meltham Urban District|Meltham]]&nbsp;• [[Mirfield Urban District|Mirfield]]
|
|-
| [[City of Leeds|Leeds]]
| [[County Borough of Leeds|Leeds]]
| [[Municipal Borough of Morley|Morley]]&nbsp;• [[Municipal Borough of Pudsey|Pudsey]]
| [[Aireborough Urban District|Aireborough]]&nbsp;• [[Garforth Urban District|Garforth]]&nbsp;• [[Horsforth Urban District|Horsforth]]&nbsp;• [[Otley Urban District|Otley]]&nbsp;• [[Rothwell Urban District (Yorkshire)|Rothwell]]
| [[Tadcaster Rural District|Tadcaster]]&nbsp;• [[Wharfedale Rural District|Wharfedale]]&nbsp;• [[Wetherby Rural District|Wetherby]]
|-
| [[City of Wakefield|Wakefield]]
| [[County Borough of Wakefield|Wakefield]]
| [[Municipal Borough of Castleford|Castleford]]&nbsp;• [[Municipal Borough of Ossett|Ossett]]&nbsp;• [[Municipal Borough of Pontefract|Pontefract]]
| [[Featherstone Urban District|Featherstone]]&nbsp;• [[Hemsworth Urban District|Hemsworth]]&nbsp;• [[Horbury Urban District|Horbury]]&nbsp;• [[Knottingley Urban District|Knottingley]]&nbsp;• [[Normanton Urban District|Normanton]]&nbsp;• [[Stanley Urban District, Yorkshire|Stanley]]
| [[Hemsworth Rural District|Hemsworth]]&nbsp;• [[Osgoldcross Rural District|Osgoldcross]]&nbsp;• [[Wakefield Rural District|Wakefield]]
|-
|}
{{reflist|group=Note |refs=
<ref name=Q&S>[[Queensbury and Shelf Urban District]] was split between Bradford and Calderdale in 1974: Queensbury civil parish became part of Bradford; Shelf civil parish became part of Calderdale.</ref>
}}
West Yorkshire was formed as a metropolitan county in 1974, by the [[Local Government Act 1972]], and corresponds roughly to the core of the [[Historic counties of England|historic]] [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] and the county boroughs of Bradford, Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, and Wakefield.

West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council inherited the use of [[County Hall, Wakefield|West Riding County Hall]] at [[Wakefield]], opened in 1898, from the West Riding County Council in 1974. Since 1987 it has been the headquarters of Wakefield City Council.<ref>
{{cite web | url = http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureAndLeisure/HistoricWakefield/Highlights/Buildings/CountyHall/default.htm | title = County Hall | publisher = Wakefield City Council | date = 20 November 2004 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061111211212/http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureAndLeisure/HistoricWakefield/Highlights/Buildings/CountyHall/default.htm | archive-date = 11 November 2006 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The county initially had a two-tier structure of local government with a strategic-level county council and five districts providing most services.<ref>Redcliffe-Maud and Wood, B., ''English Local Government Reformed'', (1974)</ref> In 1986, throughout England the metropolitan county councils were abolished. The functions of the county council were devolved to the boroughs; joint-boards covering fire, police and public transport; and to other special joint arrangements.<ref>Kingdom, J., ''Local Government and Politics in Britain'', (1991)</ref> Organisations such as the [[West Yorkshire Police]] (governed by the [[West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner]]) continue to operate on this basis.

Although the county council was abolished, West Yorkshire continues to form a [[metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England|metropolitan]] and [[ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial]] county with a [[Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire]] and a [[High Sheriff of West Yorkshire|High Sheriff]].

===Green belt===
{{further|South and West Yorkshire Green Belt}}
West Yorkshire contains [[Green belt (United Kingdom)|green belt]] interspersed throughout the county, surrounding the West Yorkshire Urban Area. It was first drawn up in the 1950s. All the county's districts contain large portions of green belt.

===Parish===
West Yorkshire has close ties with Lancashire in terms of history, local identity and infrastructure including with the [[War of the Roses]] and [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/wars-roses-how-rivalry-between-yorkshire-and-lancashire-still-exists-today-47277|title=Wars of the roses: How the rivalry between Yorkshire and Lancashire still exists today|work=The Yorkshire Post|access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Wars of the Roses: A History of Lancashire vs. Yorkshire Cricket Matches|first=Dean|last=Hayes|date=1 October 2000|id={{ASIN|1903158117|country=uk}}}}</ref> Up until the 19th&nbsp;century, the town of [[Todmorden]] was in Lancashire but was moved into Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/yorkshire-town-wishes-lancashire-19208458|title=The Yorkshire town that wishes it was in Lancashire|first1=Dave|last1=Himelfield|first2=Jon|last2=Macpherson|date=2 November 2020|website=LancsLive|access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> In the 1974 boundary review, the towns of [[Earby]] and [[Barnoldswick]] were moved into the [[Borough of Pendle|Pendle]] district of Lancashire.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/history/two-more-towns-arent-quite-19696912|title=More towns which aren't sure if they're in Lancashire or Yorkshire|first=Dave|last=Himelfield|date=30 January 2021|website=YorkshireLive|access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> The civil parish of [[Saddleworth]] in [[Oldham]] was the only part of West Riding of Yorkshire to be moved into the county of Greater Manchester. The villages in the parish border the towns of [[Huddersfield]] and [[Holmfirth]]. There is a strong identity debate with Saddleworth residents who still maintain close connections with Yorkshire including the Saddleworth White Rose Society.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/saddleworth-white-rose-yorkshire-fight-19288364|title=The fight to keep these historic villages in Yorkshire nearing a sad end|first=Megan|last=Shaw|date=6 December 2020|website=YorkshireLive|access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref>

===Local legislation===
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = West Yorkshire Act 1980
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to re-enact with amendments and to extend certain local enactments in force within the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire; to confer further powers on the West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council, the City of Bradford Metropolitan Council, the Borough Council of Calderdale, the Council of the Borough of Kirklees, the Leeds City Council and the Council of the City of Wakefield; to make further provision with regard to the environment, local government and improvement of the county; and for other purposes.
| year                  = 1980
| citation              = [[List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1980|1980]] c. xiv
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| royal_assent          = 1 May 1980
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| amends                = 
| replaces              = 
| amendments            = {{ubli|[[Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982]]}}
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| status                = amended
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| original_text         = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1980/14/pdfs/ukla_19800014_en.pdf
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The {{visible anchor|West Yorkshire Act 1980}} (c. xiv) was passed to amend existing local acts of Parliament in the West Yorkshire area, and to confer specific powers on [[West Yorkshire County Council]], as well as the [[City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council]], [[Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council]], [[Kirklees Council]], [[Leeds City Council]] and [[Wakefield Council]].