Kirklees council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 23 wards · 24 seats contested

Most seats
12
Labour Party
Seats contested
24
across 23 wards
Turnout
35.7%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 12 +0 49,733 43.8% +4.0
Conservative and Unionist Party 7 +1 35,847 31.6% +5.4
Liberal Democrats 3 +0 14,116 12.4% -0.8
Green Party 1 +0 8,441 7.4% -1.6
Independent 1 +0 2,432 2.1% -0.4
Heavy Woollen District Independents 0 +0 1,070 0.9% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 986 0.9% +0.5
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 411 0.4% -8.5
Independents for Direct Democracy 0 +0 317 0.3% —
Pirate Party UK 0 +0 64 0.1% —
Yorkshire Party 0 +0 56 0.0% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 24
Conservative and Unionist Party 24
Labour Party 24
Liberal Democrats 24
Green Party 22
Independent 3
Independents for Direct Democracy 3
Heavy Woollen District Independents 2
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 2
Pirate Party UK 1
Yorkshire Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 24 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Almondbury

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Alison Munro Elected 2,042 40.1% +14.1
Labour Party Louise Peace 1,641 32.2% +6.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Clive Walton 1,194 23.4% -3.8
Green Party Tricia Moores 218 4.3% -5.2
Majority401
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,095

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Ashbrow

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Harpreet Uppal Elected 2,490 56.1% -2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Maria Ackroyd 1,231 27.7% +1.8
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Nicola Jackson 285 6.4% —
Green Party Brenda Smithson 239 5.4% -6.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Malcolm McCaig 196 4.4% +0.6
Majority1,259
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,441

Labour Party hold

Batley East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mahmood Akhtar Elected 3,293 74.7% -2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Keiron Gavaghan 811 18.4% +5.5
Green Party Jessica Berry 162 3.7% +1.6
Liberal Democrats Jon Robert Bloom 141 3.2% -0.8
Majority2,482
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,407

Labour Party hold

Batley West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Gwen Lowe Elected 3,052 69.0% +6.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Young 1,099 24.8% +10.5
Green Party Marnie Cope 111 2.5% -1.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Kane 99 2.2% -1.2
Pirate Party UK Garry Kitchin 64 1.4% —
Majority1,953
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,425

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Birstall and Birkenshaw 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Liz Smaje Elected 2,294 61.3% +14.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Stephen Thompson Elected 2,234 59.7% —
Labour Party Jasmine Kennedy 1,261 33.7% +11.4
Labour Party Arfan Asif 995 26.6% —
Green Party Susan Jane Lee-Richards 289 7.7% +3.2
Liberal Democrats Pippa Hepworth 213 5.7% +0.2
Liberal Democrats Clare Elisabeth Kane 195 5.2% —
Majority973
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,740

Conservative and Unionist Party gain · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Cleckheaton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats John Craig Lawson Elected 2,318 52.8% -2.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Susie Bell Proctor 1,049 23.9% +9.4
Labour and Co-operative Party Tom Kowalski 887 20.2% +8.0
Green Party Isabel Walters 136 3.1% +0.7
Majority1,269
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,390

Liberal Democrats hold

Colne Valley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nell Griffiths Elected 1,960 36.1% +3.7
Liberal Democrats Nicola Turner 1,866 34.4% +3.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Mathew Noble 1,176 21.7% +3.6
Green Party James McLeod 231 4.3% -2.7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Melanie Roberts 198 3.6% -7.9
Majority94
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,431

Labour Party hold

Crosland Moor and Netherton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Erin Hill Elected 2,328 47.0% -6.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Tony McGrath 1,176 23.7% +5.3
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Mike Forster 701 14.2% +11.8
Liberal Democrats Robert Christopher Iredale 242 4.9% -0.9
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Susan Laird 213 4.3% -5.8
Green Party Robert Barraclough 194 3.9% -3.7
Independent Steve Bradbury 98 2.0% -0.9
Majority1,152
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,952

Labour Party hold

Dalton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Peter McBride Elected 1,778 52.8% +9.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Brightmore 874 26.0% +9.6
Liberal Democrats Roger Battye 421 12.5% -3.0
Green Party Simon James Duffy 221 6.6% +1.4
Independents for Direct Democracy Joshua Pearce 74 2.2% —
Majority904
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,368

Labour Party hold

Denby Dale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Billy Jewitt Elected 2,592 47.2% +1.5
Labour Party Will Simpson 2,355 42.9% -5.5
Green Party Nick Brook 391 7.1% —
Liberal Democrats Waheed Anwar 153 2.8% -3.1
Majority237
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,491

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Dewsbury East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Cathy Scott Elected 1,900 42.3% -10.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Eastwood 1,437 32.0% +9.5
Heavy Woollen District Independents Aleks Lukic 877 19.5% —
Liberal Democrats Dennis Hullock 157 3.5% -0.9
Green Party Tony Kelsall 120 2.7% +0.1
Majority463
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,491

Labour Party hold

Dewsbury South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Masood Ahmed Elected 3,360 70.2% +16.5
Conservative and Unionist Party James Spivey 875 18.3% -10.4
Green Party Adrian Cruden 208 4.3% -6.4
Heavy Woollen District Independents Anthony Penny-Whitworth 193 4.0% —
Liberal Democrats Bernard Thomas Disken 153 3.2% -3.7
Majority2,485
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,789

Labour Party hold

Dewsbury West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mumtaz Hussain Elected 3,667 75.6% +13.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Sean David Guy 626 12.9% +3.5
Liberal Democrats Kingsley Hill 307 6.3% -13.3
Green Party Simon John Cope 250 5.2% -3.7
Majority3,041
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,850

Labour Party hold

Golcar

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Richard Murgatroyd Elected 1,876 40.2% +7.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Marchington 1,723 36.9% -1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacqueline Walker 838 18.0% +8.2
Green Party Ian Vincent 231 4.9% +0.2
Majority153
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,668

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Greenhead

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohan Singh Sokhal Elected 3,637 70.9% +8.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert William Anthony McGuin 818 16.0% -0.2
Green Party John Phillips 420 8.2% -3.1
Liberal Democrats Manjit Singh 252 4.9% -2.2
Majority2,819
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,127

Labour Party hold

Heckmondwike

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Viv Kendrick Elected 2,377 59.3% +3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Rob Thornton 1,235 30.8% +13.6
Green Party Alan Freeman 247 6.2% +2.7
Liberal Democrats Josie Pugsley 150 3.7% +0.8
Majority1,142
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,009

Labour Party hold

Holme Valley North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Terry Lyons Elected 2,078 39.3% -4.5
Labour Party Suzanne Gannon 1,622 30.6% +12.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Elena Bunbury 1,313 24.8% +4.5
Liberal Democrats Gina Dungworth 173 3.3% -2.6
Independents for Direct Democracy Joshua Dalton 108 2.0% —
Majority456
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,294

Independent hold

Holme Valley South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Nigel Patrick Elected 2,758 46.0% +3.0
Labour Party Paul Davies 2,350 39.2% +8.9
Green Party Susan Macklin 480 8.0% -0.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Holroyd 278 4.6% -2.2
Independents for Direct Democracy James Dalton 135 2.2% —
Majority408
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast6,001

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Kirkburton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Bill Armer Elected 2,269 47.0% +8.4
Green Party Derek Hardcastle 1,399 29.0% -6.8
Labour Party Paul Connolly 1,072 22.2% +9.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Farnhill 90 1.9% -0.3
Majority870
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,830

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Lindley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Cahal Burke Elected 2,578 44.1% +4.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam Gregg 1,850 31.7% -2.8
Labour Party Yusra Hussain 1,020 17.5% -2.1
Independent Mike Chalker 256 4.4% —
Green Party Peter Harvey Taylor 140 2.4% -1.7
Majority728
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,844

Liberal Democrats hold

Liversedge and Gomersal

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Hall Elected 2,462 57.6% +17.9
Labour Party Jude Mckaig 1,504 35.2% +7.8
Green Party Nicholas Eugene Whittingham 180 4.2% +1.0
Liberal Democrats David Peter Snee 127 3.0% -1.4
Majority958
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,273

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Mirfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Vivien Lees-Hamilton Elected 3,270 59.3% -4.2
Labour Party Julie Spencer 1,715 31.1% +4.4
Green Party Catherine Helen Whittingham 359 6.5% -0.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen John Bird 167 3.0% -0.2
Majority1,555
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,511

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Newsome

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Karen Louise Allison Elected 2,215 51.5% -0.9
Labour Party Jo Lawson 1,593 37.0% -2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Charlie Reid 366 8.5% +1.8
Liberal Democrats James Andrew Wilkinson 75 1.7% -0.7
Yorkshire Party Bikatshi Katenga 56 1.3% —
Majority622
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,305

Green Party hold

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