Kirklees council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 23 wards · 24 seats contested

Most seats
14
Labour Party
Seats contested
24
across 23 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 14 +0 43,661 42.6% +1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party 5 +0 31,190 30.4% -1.5
Liberal Democrats 4 +1 13,939 13.6% +0.4
Green Party 1 +0 10,733 10.5% +1.1
Independent 0 +0 2,519 2.5% +0.8
Reform UK 0 +0 321 0.3% +0.3
Yorkshire Party 0 +0 61 0.1% -0.0
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 53 0.1% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. 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
Green Party 24
Labour Party 24
Liberal Democrats 23
Independent 10
Reform UK 1
Social Democratic Party 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 Paola Antonia Convertino Davies Elected 1,906 46.3% -1.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Maria Carthy 1,048 25.5% -2.0
Labour Party Patricia Colling 832 20.2% +2.1
Green Party Peter Harvey Taylor 243 5.9% -0.3
Independent Josie McCabe 88 2.1% —
Majority858
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,117

Liberal Democrats hold

Ashbrow 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Amanda Pinnock Elected 2,092 62.9% +6.2
Labour Party Zarina Shahbaz Elected 1,763 53.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Joseph Carthy 927 27.9% +0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Andrew Roberts 848 25.5% —
Green Party Brenda Smithson 412 12.4% +1.4
Green Party Heidi Din 344 10.3% —
Liberal Democrats Manjit Singh 264 7.9% +2.7
Majority836
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,325

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Batley East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Habiban Zaman Elected 1,978 44.3% -0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Hanif Mayet 1,964 44.0% +29.0
Liberal Democrats Gill Long 262 5.9% +2.8
Green Party Simon James Duffy 256 5.7% +1.6
Majority14
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,460

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Batley West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Yusra Hussain Elected 2,342 59.4% -4.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammed Laher 953 24.2% -1.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen James Long 391 9.9% +4.5
Green Party John Phillips 255 6.5% +1.0
Majority1,389
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,941

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Birstall and Birkenshaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Joshua Connor Sheard Elected 1,839 49.2% -3.8
Labour Party Julie Margaret Smith 1,363 36.5% +1.9
Liberal Democrats Louise Mary Walsh 323 8.6% +2.2
Green Party Tahir Akram 160 4.3% -1.8
Social Democratic Party Mark Andrew Steele 53 1.4% —
Majority476
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,738

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Cleckheaton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Andrew Charles Pinnock Elected 2,736 67.8% +6.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Piers John Briggs 691 17.1% -7.9
Labour Party Khalid Patel 443 11.0% -2.9
Green Party Nicholas Eugene Whittingham 165 4.1% —
Majority2,045
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,035

Liberal Democrats hold

Colne Valley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Beverley Addy Elected 2,543 50.4% +4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Isaac Barnett 1,336 26.5% -9.5
Liberal Democrats Jake Marchington 689 13.7% +3.8
Green Party Julia Frances Norman 479 9.5% +2.7
Majority1,207
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,047

Labour Party hold

Crosland Moor and Netherton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Imran Shahzad Safdar Elected 2,237 52.3% -3.9
Green Party Alex Vickers 1,049 24.5% +16.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew James Andrew Crompton 752 17.6% -6.1
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Barraclough 242 5.7% -2.5
Majority1,188
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,280

Labour Party hold

Dalton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mus Khan Elected 1,664 52.4% +0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Kash Masih 661 20.8% -10.7
Green Party Clare Walters 410 12.9% +3.4
Liberal Democrats Dominic James David Black 304 9.6% +2.4
Independent Clare Holden 134 4.2% —
Majority1,003
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,173

Labour Party hold

Denby Dale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hannah McKerchar Elected 2,417 45.5% -4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Watson 2,164 40.7% +1.3
Green Party Michael Matthew Shaw 253 4.8% +0.3
Liberal Democrats Alison Emma Baskeyfield 251 4.7% +0.2
Independent Jonathan Richard Tilt 226 4.3% —
Majority253
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,311

Labour Party hold

Dewsbury East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul Peter Moore Elected 1,809 55.6% +6.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Hazel Sharp 911 28.0% -5.0
Liberal Democrats Dan Woodlock 337 10.4% +2.5
Green Party Gideon Barry Richards 194 6.0% +1.8
Majority898
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,251

Labour Party hold

Dewsbury South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nosheen Dad Elected 2,405 65.7% -5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Sean David Guy 689 18.8% -2.1
Independent Richard Beck 260 7.1% —
Green Party Toby Michael Cooper 184 5.0% +0.0
Liberal Democrats Dennis Hullock 124 3.4% -0.0
Majority1,716
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,662

Labour Party hold

Dewsbury West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Darren O'Donovan Elected 2,664 56.8% -7.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Sajid Hussain 1,663 35.5% +9.2
Green Party Simon John Cope 217 4.6% +0.1
Liberal Democrats John Edward Rossington 145 3.1% -1.4
Majority1,001
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,689

Labour Party hold

Golcar

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Andrew Marchington Elected 1,743 41.7% +4.6
Labour Party Angela Pamela Sewell 1,581 37.8% -0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Jackie Walker 511 12.2% -4.2
Green Party Nina Roberts 270 6.5% -0.3
Independent Mark John Finch 77 1.8% —
Majority162
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,182

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party

Greenhead

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Carole Ann Pattison Elected 2,882 67.3% +1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Pauline McGleenan 584 13.6% -0.4
Green Party Heather Peacock 548 12.8% -0.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Malcolm McCaig 271 6.3% -0.3
Majority2,298
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,285

Labour Party hold

Heckmondwike

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Aafaq Butt Elected 2,292 64.3% +20.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Mallinson 900 25.2% -3.6
Liberal Democrats Josie Pugsley 209 5.9% -0.9
Green Party Graham Simpson 164 4.6% —
Majority1,392
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,565

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Holme Valley North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Donna Katherine Bellamy Elected 1,730 32.6% -0.5
Labour Party Jo Murtagh 1,527 28.8% +5.7
Independent Richard Jordan Noon 1,338 25.2% -6.5
Green Party Samuel Adrian Midgley 335 6.3% -0.6
Independent Suzanne Gannon 196 3.7% —
Liberal Democrats Kingsley Hill 153 2.9% -1.0
Independent Miri Finch 26 0.5% —
Majority203
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,305

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Holme Valley South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Paul Davies Elected 2,785 45.5% -1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Damian Craig Brook 2,585 42.2% +0.2
Green Party Darryl Paul Anthony Gould 478 7.8% +0.8
Liberal Democrats Jon Robert Bloom 276 4.5% +0.4
Majority200
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast6,124

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Kirkburton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party John Joseph Taylor Elected 2,311 50.3% +0.7
Labour Party Edward John Bowen 1,066 23.2% +9.6
Green Party Richard Andrew John Burton 953 20.7% -13.5
Liberal Democrats Craig Armistead 172 3.7% +1.1
Independent Lisa Alexandra Beck 92 2.0% —
Majority1,245
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,594

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Lindley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Anthony Smith Elected 2,649 46.4% -2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert William Anthony McGuin 1,783 31.3% -2.1
Labour Party Munir Ahmed 932 16.3% +2.7
Green Party Chris Green 258 4.5% +0.8
Independent Mike Chalker 82 1.4% —
Majority866
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,704

Liberal Democrats hold

Liversedge and Gomersal

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lisa Jayne Holmes Elected 2,030 54.2% -2.5
Labour Party Emily Warrillow 1,341 35.8% +5.3
Green Party Linda Simmons 214 5.7% -1.5
Liberal Democrats David Peter Snee 163 4.3% -1.3
Majority689
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,748

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Mirfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Itrat Ali Elected 2,052 39.5% -14.6
Labour Party Geoff Kernan 1,866 35.9% +3.5
Green Party Catherine Helen Whittingham 695 13.4% +3.6
Reform UK Sam Griffith-Jones 321 6.2% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen John Bird 265 5.1% +1.3
Majority186
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,199

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Newsome

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Susan Jane Lee-Richards Elected 2,197 64.3% +3.7
Labour Party Jane Elizabeth Rylah 837 24.5% -0.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Charles Henry Ayugbo 258 7.6% -2.2
Liberal Democrats Patrycja Bartosinska 64 1.9% -0.8
Yorkshire Party Bikatshi Katenga 61 1.8% +0.0
Majority1,360
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,417

Green Party hold

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