Cleckheaton is a town in the Metropolitan borough of Kirklees,in West Yorkshire,England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire,it is situated south of Bradford,east of Brighouse,west of Batley and south-west of Leeds. It is at the centre of the Spen Valley and was the major town in the former borough of Spenborough. Cleckheaton has a history as a mill town and forms part of the Heavy Woollen District.
Kirklees is a local government district of West Yorkshire,England,governed by Kirklees Council with the status of a metropolitan borough. The largest town and administrative centre of Kirklees is Huddersfield,and the district also includes Batley,Birstall,Cleckheaton,Denby Dale,Dewsbury,Heckmondwike,Holmfirth,Kirkburton,Marsden,Meltham,Mirfield and Slaithwaite. Kirklees had a population of 422,500 in 2011;it is also the third largest metropolitan district in England by area size,behind Doncaster and Leeds.
Alan James Beith,Baron Beith,is a British Liberal Democrat politician who represented Berwick-upon-Tweed as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 1973 to 2015.
Jennifer Louise Tonge,Baroness Tonge is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park in London from 1997 to 2005. In June 2005 she was made a life peer as Baroness Tonge,of Kew in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames,which entitled her to a seat in the House of Lords.
Sally Rachel Hamwee,Baroness Hamwee is a Liberal Democrat politician and their Lead Home Affairs Spokesperson in the House of Lords. She is a Life Peer and former chair of the London Assembly.
Margaret Lucy Sharp,Baroness Sharp of Guildford is a former member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. She sat as a Liberal Democrat.
Elizabeth Jean Barker,Baroness Barker is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.
Sarah Virginia Brinton,Baroness Brinton,known as Sal Brinton,is a British politician who served as president of the Liberal Democrats from 2015 to 2020. In November 2010 she was nominated to the House of Lords,taking her place on 10 February 2011 having been created Baroness Brinton,of Kenardington in the County of Kent on 4 February. After Jo Swinson lost her seat at the 2019 United Kingdom general election,Brinton and Sir Ed Davey became acting co-leaders of the Liberal Democrats.
Jennifer Elizabeth Randerson,Baroness Randerson is a Welsh Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. She is former junior minister in the Wales Office serving in the Cameron–Clegg coalition. Prior to her peerage she was an Assembly Member for Cardiff Central from 1999 to 2011 when she served in the Welsh Labour-Lib Dem administration of the 2000–2003 Welsh Assembly Government.
Kirklees Council is the local authority providing most local government services for the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire,England. It is a metropolitan district council and one of five constituent councils of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
Rosalind Carol "Ros" Scott,Baroness Scott of Needham Market is a British Liberal Democrat politician,non-exec director of the National Archives and a member of the House of Lords. Baroness Scott was president of the Liberal Democrats between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2010 and was succeeded by Tim Farron.
Christine Mary Humphreys,Baroness Humphreys, is a Welsh Liberal Democrats peer and leader of the party's group in the House of Lords.
Dorothy Thornhill,Baroness Thornhill,was the first directly elected mayor of Watford,Hertfordshire,England. She was the Liberal Democrats' first directly elected mayor,and was also the first female directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom. She served as Mayor of Watford from May 2002 until May 2018. She was nominated for a life peerage in August 2015.
Meral Hussein Ece,Baroness Hussein-Ece,is a British Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. She is the first woman of Turkish Cypriot origin to be a member of either house of Parliament after she was appointed a Liberal Democrat working peer on 28 May 2010. She was the Liberal Democrat Spokeswoman for Equalities from 2015 until 2016,under leader Tim Farron.
Paul James Scriven,Lord Scriven is a Liberal Democrat politician and former Leader of Sheffield City Council (2008–11),who was once described as Nick Clegg's "closest ally in local government".
Kathryn Jane Parminter,Baroness Parminter is a Liberal Democrat life peer,and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom.
Alison Mary Suttie,Baroness Suttie is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She was appointed a life peer in the House of Lords in September 2013. A party whip,she is a member of the Liberal Democrat foreign affairs team. She is also a trustee on the board of IPPR.
Julie Elizabeth Smith,Baroness Smith of Newnham is an academic specialising in European politics and a Liberal Democrat politician. From 2003 to 2015,she was a local councillor on Cambridge City Council. Since September 2014,she has been a life peer and a member of the House of Lords.
The 2018 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. The result gave the Labour Party majority control of Kirklees Council with 36 of the 69 councillors representing the party.
The inaugural West Yorkshire mayoral election was held on Thursday 6 May 2021 to elect the Mayor of West Yorkshire. It took place simultaneously on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom,including council elections in each of the five metropolitan boroughs of West Yorkshire.
