Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire,England. The borough comprises the eight towns of Batley,Birstall,Cleckheaton,Dewsbury,Heckmondwike,Holmfirth,Huddersfield,Mirfield and Slaithwaite. It is governed by Kirklees Council. Kirklees had a population of 422,500 in 2011;it is the third-largest metropolitan district in England by area size,behind Doncaster and Leeds.
Sir Oliver Heald is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hertfordshire,formerly North Hertfordshire,since 1992.
Shahid Rafique Malik is a British Labour Party politician,a technology and media industry chairman,a visiting professor,and chairman and adviser to a number of non-profit organisations.
Dewsbury is a constituency created in 1868. This seat is represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament since 2019 by Mark Eastwood of the Conservative Party.
Colne Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Jason McCartney of the Conservative Party.
Batley and Spen is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The current MP is Kim Leadbeater,a Labour politician,elected in a 2021 by-election by a 323-vote margin. The seat has returned Labour MPs since the 1997 general election.
Wakefield is a constituency created in 1832,represented by Simon Lightwood of the Labour Party since 2022.
The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010,with 45,597,461 registered voters entitled to vote to elect members to the House of Commons. The election took place in 650 constituencies across the United Kingdom under the first-past-the-post system.
Spen Valley was a parliamentary constituency in the valley of the River Spen in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Jason Alexander McCartney is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Colne Valley in West Yorkshire since 2019,and from 2010 to 2017. He is a former TV sports reporter.
David Taylor Nuttall is a former British Conservative Party politician. He is a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury North,having won his seat in the House of Commons at the 2010 general election. He lost his seat to Labour's James Frith at the 2017 general election.
Craig Whittaker is a British politician who served as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of the Household from September to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he previously served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from January 2018 to April 2019 and again from July to September 2022. Whittaker was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Calder Valley in 2010. He retained the seat in the 2015,2017 and 2019 general elections.
Sir Michael Tyrone Ellis is a British politician and barrister who served as Attorney General for England and Wales between September and October 2022,having previously served in the position from March to September 2021 during the maternity leave of Suella Braverman. A member of the Conservative Party,he previously served as Paymaster General from 2021 to 2022 and as Minister for the Cabinet Office from February to September 2022. Ellis has also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton North since 2010.
Sir Robert James Buckland is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Wales from July to October 2022. He previously served as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for South Swindon since 2010.
Victoria Mary Atkins is a British politician who has served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury since October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,she was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth and Horncastle in Lincolnshire in 2015. Prior to her political career,she worked as a barrister specialising in the field of fraud.
Paula Michelle Sherriff is a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewsbury from 2015 to 2019.
Mark Simon Eastwood is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewsbury in the 2019 general election.
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.
The 2021 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One-third of the seats were up for election,with two wards Almondbury electing two councillors. In November 2020,3 Labour Councillors resigned in protest over the handling of the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn. This resulted in Labour losing overall control of Kirklees Council.
Kim Michele Leadbeater is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Spen since 2021.
