The Borough of Kirklees (Electoral Changes) Order 2003

Wards of the parish of Kirkburton

6.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Kirkburton shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into eight parish wards which shall bear the names Flockton, Kirkburton, Kirkheaton, Lepton, Lepton and Whitley Upper, Shelley, Shepley, and Thurstonland and Farnley Tyas; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheets 5, 6, 9 and 10 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Kirkburton and Lepton parish wards shall be five, for the Kirkheaton parish ward shall be four, for the Shepley parish ward shall be three, and for each of the Flockton, Lepton and Whitley Upper, Shelley, and Thurstonland and Farnley Tyas parish wards shall be two.