There is just one tier of local government covering Luddenden Foot, at unitary authority level, being Calderdale Borough Council, based in Halifax.

[10] Sowerby Bridge Urban District was in turn abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and the area became part of the metropolitan borough of Calderdale.

No successor parish was created for the former Sowerby Bridge Urban District and so Luddendenfoot is directly administered by Calderdale Borough Council.

[12] The Luddendenfoot ward covers a wider area and includes the villages of Mytholmroyd, Luddenden, Midgley, Booth, Wainstalls, Cragg Vale and Boulderclough.

The current councillors by date elected are Jane Scullion (Deputy Leader of Calderdale), Scott Patient and Roisin Cavanagh.