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The glass and textile industries closed in the 1970s and 1980s.

During Margaret Thatcher's contraction of the coal industry, six pits within a two mile ( 3 km ) radius of the city centre were closed between 1979 and 1983.

At the time of the 1984 miners ' strike there were 15 pits in the district and demonstrations of support took place in the city.

The West Riding County Council, based in Wakefield, was abolished in 1974 and the West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council, based in Wakefield from its inception in that same year, was abolished in 1986.