formerly within the wapentake of morley and calverley parish, pudsey urban district was formed in 1894; it gained municipal borough status c1900. for many years, despite being joined to the leeds conurbation, it avoided being made part of the county borough of leeds. in 1937 the farsley and calverley urban districts were added to pudsey. in 1974, under the local government act 1972, it became part of the metropolitan borough of the city of leeds. it sits in the leeds city council ward of pudsey.