This list is complete and up to date as of July 2026.

This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of West Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown. The number of councillors elected for each electoral division or ward is shown in brackets.

District councils

Bradford

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 1 May 1980:[1]

Wards from 1 May 1980 to 10 June 2004:[2]

Wards from 10 June 2004 to 7 May 2026:[3]

  1. Baildon (3)
  2. Bingley (3)
  3. Bingley Rural (3) †
  4. Bolton & Undercliffe (3)
  5. Bowling & Barkerend (3)
  6. Bradford Moor (3)
  7. City (3)
  8. Clayton & Fairweather Green (3)
  9. Craven (3)
  10. Eccleshill (3)
  11. Great Horton (3)
  12. Heaton (3)
  13. Idle & Thackley (3)
  14. Ilkley (3)
  15. Keighley Central (3)
  16. Keighley East (3)
  17. Keighley West (3)
  18. Little Horton (3)
  19. Manningham (3)
  20. Queensbury (3)
  21. Royds (3)
  22. Shipley (3)
  23. Thornton & Allerton (3)
  24. Toller (3)
  25. Tong (3)
  26. Wharfedale (3)
  27. Wibsey (3)
  28. Windhill & Wrose (3)
  29. Worth Valley (3) †
  30. Wyke (3)

† minor boundary changes in 2008[4]

Wards from 7 May 2026 to present:[5]

  1. Airedale (3)
  2. Baildon (3)
  3. Bingley East (3)
  4. Bingley West (3)
  5. Bolton & Undercliffe (3)
  6. Bowling & Barkerend (3)
  7. Bradford Moor (3)
  8. City (3)
  9. Clayton & Fairweather Green (3)
  10. Eccleshill (3)
  11. Great Horton (3)
  12. Heaton & Frizinghall (3)
  13. Holme Wood & Bierley (3)
  14. Idle & Thackley (3)
  15. Ilkley & Addingham (3)
  16. Keighley Central (3)
  17. Keighley East (3)
  18. Keighley West (3)
  19. Little Horton (3)
  20. Manningham (3)
  21. Queensbury (3)
  22. Royds (3)
  23. Shipley (3)
  24. Thornton & Allerton (3)
  25. Toller (3)
  26. Wharfedale (3)
  27. Wibsey & Odsal (3)
  28. Windhill & Wrose (3)
  29. Worth Valley (3)
  30. Wyke (3)

Calderdale

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 1 May 1980:[1]

Wards from 1 May 1980 to 10 June 2004:[6]

Wards from 10 June 2004 to 7 May 2026:[7]

  1. Brighouse (3)
  2. Calder (3)
  3. Elland (3)
  4. Greetland & Stainland (3)
  5. Hipperholme & Lightcliffe (3)
  6. Illingworth & Mixenden (3)
  7. Luddendenfoot (3)
  8. Northowram & Shelf (3)
  9. Ovenden (3)
  10. Park (3)
  11. Rastrick (3)
  12. Ryburn (3)
  13. Skircoat (3)
  14. Sowerby Bridge (3)
  15. Todmorden (3)
  16. Town (3)
  17. Warley (3)

Wards from 7 May 2026 to present:[8]

  1. Brighouse (3)
  2. Elland (3)
  3. Greetland (3)
  4. Halifax Town (3)
  5. Hebden Bridge & Todmorden East (3)
  6. Hipperholme & Lightcliffe (3)
  7. Illingworth & Mixenden (3)
  8. Luddendenfoot (3)
  9. Northowram & Shelf (3)
  10. Ovenden (3)
  11. Park (3)
  12. Rastrick (3)
  13. Ryburn (3)
  14. Salterhebble, Southowram & Skircoat Green (3)
  15. Sowerby Bridge (3)
  16. Todmorden West (3)
  17. Wainhouse (3)
  18. Warley (3)

Kirklees

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 6 May 1982:[1]

Wards from 6 May 1982 to 10 June 2004:[9]

Wards from 10 June 2004 to 7 May 2026:[10]

  1. Almondbury (3)
  2. Ashbrow (3)
  3. Batley East (3)
  4. Batley West (3)
  5. Birstall & Birkenshaw (3)
  6. Cleckheaton (3)
  7. Colne Valley (3)
  8. Crosland Moor & Netherton (3)
  9. Dalton (3)
  10. Denby Dale (3)
  11. Dewsbury East (3)
  12. Dewsbury South (3)
  13. Dewsbury West (3)
  14. Golcar (3)
  15. Greenhead (3)
  16. Heckmondwike (3)
  17. Holme Valley North (3)
  18. Holme Valley South (3)
  19. Kirkburton (3)
  20. Lindley (3)
  21. Liversedge & Gomersal (3)
  22. Mirfield (3)
  23. Newsome (3)

Wards from 7 May 2026 to present:[11]

  1. Almondbury (3)
  2. Ashbrow (3)
  3. Batley East (3)
  4. Batley West (3)
  5. Birstall & Birkenshaw (3)
  6. Cleckheaton (3)
  7. Colne Valley East (3)
  8. Colne Valley West (3)
  9. Crosland Moor (3)
  10. Dalton (3)
  11. Denby Dale (3)
  12. Dewsbury East (3)
  13. Dewsbury South (3)
  14. Dewsbury West (3)
  15. Greenhead (3)
  16. Heckmondwike (3)
  17. Holme Valley North (3)
  18. Holme Valley South (3)
  19. Kirkburton (3)
  20. Lindley (3)
  21. Liversedge & Gomersal (3)
  22. Mirfield (3)
  23. Netherton and Newsome (3)

Leeds

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 1 May 1980:[1]

Wards from 1 May 1980 to 10 June 2004:[12]

Wards from 10 June 2004 to 3 May 2018:[13]

Wards from 3 May 2018 to present:[14]

  1. Adel & Wharfedale (3)
  2. Alwoodley (3)
  3. Ardsley & Robin Hood (3)
  4. Armley (3)
  5. Beeston & Holbeck (3)
  6. Bramley & Stanningley (3)
  7. Burmantofts & Richmond Hill (3)
  8. Calverley & Farsley (3)
  9. Chapel Allerton (3)
  10. Cross Gates & Whinmoor (3)
  11. Farnley & Wortley (3)
  12. Garforth & Swillington (3)
  13. Gipton & Harehills (3)
  14. Guiseley & Rawdon (3)
  15. Harewood (3)
  16. Headingley and Hyde Park (3)
  17. Horsforth (3)
  18. Hunslet and Riverside (3)
  19. Killingbeck & Seacroft (3)
  20. Kippax & Methley (3)
  21. Kirkstall (3)
  22. Little London and Woodhouse (3)
  23. Middleton Park (3)
  24. Moortown (3)
  25. Morley North (3)
  26. Morley South (3)
  27. Otley & Yeadon (3)
  28. Pudsey (3)
  29. Rothwell (3)
  30. Roundhay (3)
  31. Temple Newsam (3)
  32. Weetwood (3)
  33. Wetherby (3)

Wakefield

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 6 May 1982:[1]

Wards from 6 May 1982 to 10 June 2004:[15]

Wards from 10 June 2004 to 7 May 2026:[16]

Wards from 7 May 2026 to present:[17]

Former county council

West Yorkshire

Electoral Divisions from 1 April 1974 (first election 12 April 1973) to 1 April 1986 (county abolished):[1][18][19]

  1. Aireborough (1)
  2. Baildon (1)
  3. Batley No. 1 (1)
  4. Batley No. 2 (1)
  5. Bingley (1)
  6. Bradford No. 1 (2)
  7. Bradford No. 2 (2)
  8. Bradford No. 3 (2)
  9. Bradford No. 4 (1)
  10. Bradford No. 5 (1)
  11. Bradford No. 6 (2)
  12. Bradford No. 7 (2)
  13. Brighouse No. 1 (1)
  14. Brighouse No. 2 (1)
  15. Castleford No. 1 (1)
  16. Castleford No. 2 (1)
  17. Colne Valley (1)
  18. Dewsbury No. 1 (1)
  19. Dewsbury No. 2 (1)
  20. Elland (1)
  21. Featherstone (1)
  22. Garforth No. 1 (1)
  23. Garforth No. 2 (1)
  24. Halifax No. 1 (1)
  25. Halifax No. 2 (1)
  26. Halifax No. 3 (1)
  27. Halifax No. 4 (1)
  28. Hemsworth (1)
  29. Hemsworth Rural (1)
  30. Holmfirth (1)
  31. Horsforth (1)
  32. Huddersfield No. 1 (1)
  33. Huddersfield No. 2 (1)
  34. Huddersfield No. 3 (1)
  35. Huddersfield No. 4 (1)
  36. Huddersfield No. 5 (1)
  37. Ilkley (1)
  38. Keighley No. 1 (1)
  39. Keighley No. 2 (1)
  40. Keighley No. 3 (1)
  41. Kirkburton & Denby Dale (1)
  42. Knottingley (1)
  43. Leeds No. 1 (1)
  44. Leeds No. 2 (1)
  45. Leeds No. 3 (1)
  46. Leeds No. 4 (1)
  47. Leeds No. 5 (1)
  48. Leeds No. 6 (1)
  49. Leeds No. 7 (1)
  50. Leeds No. 8 (1)
  51. Leeds No. 9 (1)
  52. Leeds No. 10 (Bramley) (1)
  53. Leeds No. 11 (Halton) (1)
  54. Leeds No. 12 (Headingley) (1)
  55. Leeds No. 13 (Kirkstall) (1)
  56. Leeds No. 14 (Burley) (1)
  57. Leeds No. 15 (Middleton) (1)
  58. Leeds No. 16 (Moortown) (1)
  59. Leeds No. 17 (Osmondthorpe) (1)
  60. Leeds No. 18 (Seacroft) (1)
  61. Leeds No. 19 (Stanningley) (1)
  62. Leeds No. 20 (Talbot) (1)
  63. Leeds No. 21 (Wortley) (1)
  64. Mirfield (1)
  65. Morley No. 1 (1)
  66. Morley No. 2 (1)
  67. Normanton (1)
  68. Ossett (1)
  69. Otley (1)
  70. Pontefract (1)
  71. Pudsey No. 1 (1)
  72. Pudsey No. 2 (1)
  73. Rothwell (1)
  74. Shipley (1)
  75. Sowerby Bridge (1)
  76. Spenborough No. 1 (1)
  77. Spenborough No. 2 (1)
  78. Stanley (1)
  79. Todmorden (1)
  80. Wakefield No. 1 (1)
  81. Wakefield No. 2 (1)
  82. Wakefield Rural (1)
  83. Wetherby (1)

Electoral Divisions due from 2 May 1985 (order revoked by the Local Government Act 1985):[20]

  1. Aireborough (1)
  2. Armley (1)
  3. Baildon (1)
  4. Barwick & Kippax (1)
  5. Batley (1)
  6. Beeston (1)
  7. Bingley (1)
  8. Bingley Rural (1)
  9. Birstall & Birkenshaw (1)
  10. Bolton (1)
  11. Bowling (1)
  12. Bramley (1)
  13. Brighouse (1)
  14. Burmantofts (1)
  15. Calder Valley East (1)
  16. Calder Valley West (1)
  17. Castleford Ferry Fryston (1)
  18. Castleford Whitwood (1)
  19. Central Halifax (1)
  20. Chapel Allerton (1)
  21. City & Holbeck (1)
  22. Clayton (1)
  23. Cleckheaton (1)
  24. Coley (1)
  25. Colne Valley (1)
  26. Cookridge (1)
  27. Craven (1)
  28. Crosland (1)
  29. Dalton (1)
  30. Deighton (1)
  31. Denby Dale (1)
  32. Dewsbury (1)
  33. Elland (1)
  34. Featherstone (1)
  35. Garforth & Swillington (1)
  36. Great Horton (1)
  37. Halton (1)
  38. Harehills (1)
  39. Headingley (1)
  40. Heaton (1)
  41. Heckmondwike (1)
  42. Hemsworth (1)
  43. Holme Valley (1)
  44. Horsforth (1)
  45. Hunslet (1)
  46. Idle (1)
  47. Ilkley (1)
  48. Keighley South (1)
  49. Keighley West (1)
  50. Kirkstall (1)
  51. Knottingley (1)
  52. Leeds North (1)
  53. Lindley (1)
  54. Little Horton (1)
  55. Middleton (1)
  56. Mirfield & Ravensthorpe (1)
  57. Moortown (1)
  58. Morley North (1)
  59. Morley South (1)
  60. New Queensbury (1)
  61. Newsome & Almondbury (1)
  62. Normanton & Sharlston (1)
  63. North Halifax (1)
  64. Ossett (1)
  65. Otley & Wharfedale (1)
  66. Paddock (1)
  67. Pontefract (1)
  68. Pudsey North (1)
  69. Pudsey South (1)
  70. Richmond Hill (1)
  71. Rothwell (1)
  72. Roundhay (1)
  73. Seacroft (1)
  74. Shipley (1)
  75. South Elmsall (1)
  76. South West Halifax (1)
  77. Sowerby Bridge (1)
  78. Stanley & Wrenthorpe (1)
  79. Thornhill (1)
  80. Toller (1)
  81. Tong (1)
  82. Undercliffe (1)
  83. University (1)
  84. Wakefield Central (1)
  85. Wakefield East (1)
  86. Wakefield Rural (1)
  87. Wakefield South (1)
  88. Weetwood (1)
  89. Wetherby (1)
  90. Whinmoor (1)
  91. Wortley (1)
  92. Wyke (1)

Electoral wards by constituency

Source:[21]

Wards as they existed on 1 December 2020.

Bradford East

Bradford: Bolton & Undercliffe; Bowling & Barkerend (polling districts 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, 5G & 5H); Bradford Moor; Eccleshill; Idle & Thackley; Little Horton.

Bradford South

Bradford: Bowling & Barkerend (polling district 5F); Great Horton; Queensbury; Royds; Tong; Wibsey; Wyke.

Bradford West

Bradford: City; Clayton & Fairweather Green; Heaton; Manningham Thornton & Allerton; Toller.

Calder Valley

Calderdale: Brighouse; Calder; Elland; Greetland & Stainland; Hipperholme & Lightcliffe; Luddendenfoot; Rastrick; Ryburn (polling districts MA, ME, MF, MG, MH, MJ & MK); Todmorden.

Colne Valley

Kirklees: Colne Valley; Golcar; Holme Valley North; Holme Valley South; Lindley.

Dewsbury and Batley

Kirklees: Batley East; Batley West; Dewsbury East; Dewsbury South; Dewsbury West; Kirkburton (polling districts KB04, KB07A, KB07B & KB10).

Halifax

Calderdale: Illingworth & Mixenden; Northowram & Shelf; Ovenden; Park; Ryburn (polling districts MB, MC & MD); Skircoat; Sowerby Bridge; Town; Warley.

Huddersfield

Kirklees: Almondbury; Ashbrow; Crosland Moor & Netherton; Dalton (polling districts DA01, DA02, DA03, DA04, DA05, DA07 & DA08); Greenhead; Newsome.

Keighley and Ilkley

Bradford: Craven; Ilkley; Keighley Central; Keighley East; Keighley West; Worth Valley.

Leeds Central and Headingley

Leeds: Headingley & Hyde Park; Kirkstall; Little London & Woodhouse; Weetwood.

Leeds East

Leeds: Cross Gates & Whinmoor; Garforth & Swillington; Gipton & Harehills; Killingbeck & Seacroft; Temple Newsam (polling districts TNB, TNC-X, TNC-Y, TNF & TNG).

Leeds North East

Leeds: Alwoodley; Chapel Allerton; Moortown; Roundhay.

Leeds North West

Leeds: Adel & Wharfedale; Guiseley & Rawdon; Horsforth; Otley & Yeadon.

Leeds South

Leeds: Beeston & Holbeck; Burmantofts & Richmond Hill; Hunslet & Riverside; Middleton Park; Temple Newsam (polling districts TNA, TND, TNE, TNH, TNI, TNJ, TNK & TNL).

Leeds South West and Morley

Leeds: Ardsley & Robin Hood; Farnley & Wortley; Morley North; Morley South.

Leeds West and Pudsey

Leeds: Armley; Bramley & Stanningley; Calverley & Farsley; Pudsey.

Normanton and Hemsworth

Wakefield: Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton; Crofton, Ryhill & Walton; Featherstone; Hemsworth; Normanton; South Elmsall & South Kirkby.

Ossett and Denby Dale

Kirklees: Denby Dale; Kirkburton (polling districts KB01, KB02, KB03A, KB03B, KB05, KB06, KB08 & KB09).

Wakefield: Horbury & South Ossett; Ossett; Wakefield Rural; Wakefield South.

Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Wakefield: Airedale & Ferry Fryston; Altofts & Whitwood; Castleford Central & Glasshoughton; Knottingley; Pontefract North; Pontefract South.

Selby (part)

Leeds: Kippax & Methley.

Shipley

Bradford: Baildon; Bingley; Bingley Rural; Shipley; Wharfedale; Windhill & Wrose.

Spen Valley

Kirklees: Birstall & Birkenshaw; Cleckheaton; Dalton (polling district DA06); Heckmondwike; Liversedge & Gomersal; Mirfield.

Wakefield and Rothwell

Leeds: Rothwell.

Wakefield: Stanley & Outwood East; Wakefield East; Wakefield North; Wakefield West; Wrenthorpe & Outwood West.

Wetherby and Easingwold (part)

Leeds: Harewood; Wetherby.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The County of West Yorkshire (Electoral Divisions and Wards) Order 1973
  2. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Bradford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Bradford (Electoral Changes) Order 2004. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Bradford (Electoral Changes) Order 2008. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Bradford (Electoral Changes) Order 2025. Retrieved on 5 July 2026.
  6. ↑ The Borough of Calderdale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Calderdale (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  8. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Calderdale (Electoral Changes) Order 2024. Retrieved on 5 July 2026.
  9. ↑ The Borough of Kirklees (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
  10. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Kirklees (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  11. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Kirklees (Electoral Changes) Order 2025. Retrieved on 13 May 2026.
  12. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Leeds (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  13. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Leeds (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  14. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Leeds (Electoral Changes) Order 2018. Retrieved on 5 May 2018.
  15. ↑ The City of Wakefield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
  16. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Wakefield (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  17. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Wakefield (Electoral Changes) Order 2025. Retrieved on 15 May 2026.
  18. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1973. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  19. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1977. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  20. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The County of West Yorkshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1985. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  21. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023. Retrieved on 5 July 2026.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electoral_wards_in_West_Yorkshire