Kirklees council election, 2019
Most seats
11
Labour Party
Seats contested
23
across 23 wards
Turnout
36.0%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 11 | -1 | 37,976 | 36.7% | -7.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 5 | -2 | 26,055 | 25.2% | -6.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | +1 | 14,812 | 14.3% | +1.9 |
| Green Party | 1 | +0 | 13,105 | 12.7% | +5.2 |
| Heavy Woollen District Independents | 1 | +1 | 3,725 | 3.6% | +2.7 |
| Independent | 1 | +0 | 2,987 | 2.9% | +0.7 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 0 | +0 | 3,763 | 3.6% | +3.3 |
| Independents for Direct Democracy | 0 | +0 | 926 | 0.9% | +0.6 |
Changes are against the previous council election on 03/05/2018. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 23 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 23 | |
| Green Party | 23 | |
| Labour Party | 23 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 23 | |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 8 | |
| Independent | 4 | |
| Heavy Woollen District Independents | 2 | |
| Independents for Direct Democracy | 2 |
A party standing a full slate could field 23 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 | Paola Antonia Convertino Davies Elected | 1,988 | 45.5% | +5.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | James Michael Spivey | 989 | 22.6% | -0.8 |
| Labour Party | Julia Green-Wiles | 895 | 20.5% | -11.7 |
| Green Party | Tricia Moores | 500 | 11.4% | +7.2 |
| Majority | 999 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,372 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Ashbrow
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Amanda Pinnock Elected | 1,882 | 50.8% | -5.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Dominic Gill | 981 | 26.5% | -1.2 |
| Green Party | Brenda Smithson | 574 | 15.5% | +10.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Malcolm McCaig | 267 | 7.2% | +2.8 |
| Majority | 901 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,704 | |||
Labour Party hold
Batley East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Habiban Zaman Elected | 3,183 | 70.5% | -4.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Keiron Gavaghan | 778 | 17.2% | -1.2 |
| Green Party | James David Hansford | 384 | 8.5% | +4.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Elisabeth Kane | 172 | 3.8% | +0.6 |
| Majority | 2,405 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,517 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
Batley West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Yusra Hussain Elected | 2,599 | 48.3% | -20.6 |
| Heavy Woollen District Independents | Paul Halloran | 1,959 | 36.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Young | 588 | 10.9% | -13.9 |
| Green Party | Martin Pelan | 134 | 2.5% | -0.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Kane | 97 | 1.8% | -0.4 |
| Majority | 640 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 5,377 | |||
Labour Party hold
Birstall and Birkenshaw
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Charlotte Eleanor Goodwin Elected | 2,000 | 53.8% | -7.5 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Catherine Jean Pinder | 847 | 22.8% | -10.9 |
| Green Party | Chris Green | 510 | 13.7% | +6.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Louise Mary Walsh | 360 | 9.7% | +4.0 |
| Majority | 1,153 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,717 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Cleckheaton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Charles Pinnock Elected | 2,650 | 64.5% | +11.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Madeleine Jane Poutney | 618 | 15.1% | -8.8 |
| Green Party | Linda Simmons | 457 | 11.1% | +8.0 |
| Labour Party | Khalid Patel | 381 | 9.3% | -10.9 |
| Majority | 2,032 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,106 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Colne Valley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Lesley Anne Warner Elected | 1,542 | 29.8% | -6.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Christopher Iredale | 1,333 | 25.7% | -8.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Donna Katherine Bellamy | 1,300 | 25.1% | +3.4 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Melanie Roberts | 577 | 11.1% | +7.5 |
| Green Party | Karen Denise How | 429 | 8.3% | +4.0 |
| Majority | 209 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 5,181 | |||
Labour Party hold
Crosland Moor and Netherton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Mohammad Sarwar Elected | 2,218 | 51.5% | +4.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tony McGrath | 769 | 17.9% | -5.9 |
| Green Party | Robert Barraclough | 404 | 9.4% | +5.5 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | David Thorpe | 394 | 9.1% | +4.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kingsley Hill | 293 | 6.8% | +1.9 |
| Independent | Steve Bradbury | 230 | 5.3% | +3.4 |
| Majority | 1,449 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,308 | |||
Labour Party hold
Dalton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Mus Khan Elected | 1,334 | 38.5% | -14.3 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Keith Cubar Taylor | 635 | 18.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sarah Brightmore | 572 | 16.5% | -9.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Battye | 566 | 16.3% | +3.8 |
| Green Party | Simon James Duffy | 361 | 10.4% | +3.8 |
| Majority | 699 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,468 | |||
Labour Party hold
Denby Dale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Michael Watson Elected | 2,037 | 41.5% | -1.5 |
| Labour Party | Jackie Ramsay | 1,591 | 32.4% | -14.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Emma Baskeyfield | 676 | 13.8% | +6.4 |
| Green Party | Clare Walters | 604 | 12.3% | +9.4 |
| Majority | 446 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,908 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party
Dewsbury East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Woollen District Independents | Aleks Lukic Elected | 1,766 | 41.6% | +22.1 |
| Labour Party | Eric Firth | 1,695 | 40.0% | -2.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sean David Guy | 489 | 11.5% | -20.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Dennis Hullock | 150 | 3.5% | +0.0 |
| Green Party | Gideon Barry Richards | 141 | 3.3% | +0.7 |
| Majority | 71 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,241 | |||
Heavy Woollen District Independents gain from Labour Party
Dewsbury South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Nosheen Dad Elected | 2,627 | 64.3% | -5.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Charlie Jonathan Reid | 725 | 17.8% | -0.5 |
| Green Party | Marnie Cope | 445 | 10.9% | +6.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Bernard Thomas Disken | 286 | 7.0% | +3.8 |
| Majority | 1,902 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,083 | |||
Labour Party hold
Dewsbury West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Darren O'Donovan Elected | 3,198 | 72.1% | -3.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Farmida Sultana Ishaq | 569 | 12.8% | -0.1 |
| Green Party | Simon John Cope | 408 | 9.2% | +4.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Robert Bloom | 259 | 5.8% | -0.5 |
| Majority | 2,629 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,434 | |||
Labour Party hold
Golcar
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Marchington Elected | 1,876 | 41.8% | +4.9 |
| Labour Party | Hilary Stewart Richards | 1,265 | 28.2% | -12.0 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Carole Elizabeth Harrison | 603 | 13.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jacqueline Walker | 403 | 9.0% | -9.0 |
| Green Party | Ian Vincent | 340 | 7.6% | +2.6 |
| Majority | 611 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,487 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party
Greenhead
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Carole Ann Pattison Elected | 2,963 | 65.0% | -5.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Pauline McGleenan | 456 | 10.0% | -6.0 |
| Green Party | John Phillips | 455 | 10.0% | +1.8 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Nick Martinek | 343 | 7.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Howard Cohen | 342 | 7.5% | +2.6 |
| Majority | 2,507 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,559 | |||
Labour Party hold
Heckmondwike
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Aafaq Butt Elected | 2,044 | 47.9% | -11.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Helen Gavaghan | 852 | 20.0% | -10.8 |
| Independent | Alan Girvan | 785 | 18.4% | — |
| Green Party | Alan Freeman | 401 | 9.4% | +3.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Josie Pugsley | 187 | 4.4% | +0.6 |
| Majority | 1,192 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,269 | |||
Labour Party hold
Holme Valley North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul Grenville White Elected | 1,850 | 37.1% | -2.2 |
| Labour Party | John Heneghan | 1,009 | 20.2% | -10.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Trevor Bellamy | 901 | 18.1% | -6.7 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Susan Laird | 473 | 9.5% | — |
| Green Party | Sonia King | 413 | 8.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Gina Dungworth | 225 | 4.5% | +1.2 |
| Independents for Direct Democracy | Joshua Dalton | 120 | 2.4% | +0.4 |
| Majority | 841 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,991 | |||
Independent hold
Holme Valley South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Paul Davies Elected | 1,820 | 31.9% | -7.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ken Sims | 1,613 | 28.2% | -17.7 |
| Independents for Direct Democracy | James Dalton | 806 | 14.1% | +11.9 |
| Green Party | Darryl Paul Anthony Gould | 606 | 10.6% | +2.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Jane Anstey | 539 | 9.4% | +4.8 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Stefan Dransfield | 330 | 5.8% | — |
| Majority | 207 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 5,714 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Kirkburton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John Joseph Taylor Elected | 2,013 | 46.1% | -0.9 |
| Green Party | Derek Hardcastle | 1,506 | 34.5% | +5.5 |
| Labour Party | Neil Michael Denby | 696 | 15.9% | -6.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Edward Rossington | 150 | 3.4% | +1.6 |
| Majority | 507 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,365 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Lindley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Smith Elected | 1,785 | 32.3% | -11.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Adam Gregg | 1,661 | 30.1% | -1.6 |
| Labour Party | Lisa Hogarth | 1,262 | 22.9% | +5.4 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | John Anthony Livsey | 408 | 7.4% | — |
| Green Party | Peter Harvey Taylor | 280 | 5.1% | +2.7 |
| Independent | Mike Chalker | 122 | 2.2% | -2.2 |
| Majority | 124 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 5,518 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Liversedge and Gomersal
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lisa Jayne Holmes Elected | 2,544 | 61.6% | +3.9 |
| Labour Party | Jude Mckaig | 942 | 22.8% | -12.4 |
| Green Party | Nicholas Eugene Whittingham | 406 | 9.8% | +5.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Peter Snee | 241 | 5.8% | +2.9 |
| Majority | 1,602 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,133 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Mirfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Kathleen Taylor Elected | 2,931 | 58.7% | -0.6 |
| Green Party | Catherine Helen Whittingham | 892 | 17.9% | +11.4 |
| Labour Party | Keiron Dunn | 891 | 17.9% | -13.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Bird | 275 | 5.5% | +2.5 |
| Majority | 2,039 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,989 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Newsome
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Susan Jane Lee-Richards Elected | 2,455 | 62.8% | +11.4 |
| Labour Party | Chris Owen | 1,092 | 27.9% | -9.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Scarlett Ann Black | 266 | 6.8% | -1.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | James Andrew Wilkinson | 95 | 2.4% | +0.7 |
| Majority | 1,363 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,908 | |||
Green Party hold