Calderdale Council
local government body in England
Calderdale Council, also known as Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. Since 2014 the council has been a constituent member of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
The council has been under Reform UK majority control since 2026. It is based at Halifax Town Hall.
History
The metropolitan district of Calderdale was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the area of eight former districts and part of a ninth, which were all abolished at the same time:
Brighouse Municipal Borough
Elland Urban District
Halifax County Borough
Hebden Royd Urban District
Hepton Rural District
Queensbury and Shelf Urban District (Shelf part only, Queensbury went to Bradford)
Ripponden Urban District
Sowerby Bridge Urban District
Todmorden Municipal Borough
The county borough of Halifax had provided all local government services in its area. The other eight districts had been lower-tier authorities with West Riding County Council providing county-level services. The new Calderdale district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.
Calderdale was initially a district-level authority, with West Yorkshire County Council providing county-level services.
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