Kirklees council election, 2024

02/05/2024 · 23 wards · 23 seats contested

Most seats
7
Labour Party
Seats contested
23
across 23 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 7 -7 34,519 31.2% -11.4
Independent 6 +6 19,121 17.3% +14.8
Conservative and Unionist Party 5 +0 26,844 24.2% -6.2
Liberal Democrats 3 -1 13,655 12.3% -1.3
Green Party 2 +1 15,357 13.9% +3.4
Reform UK 0 +0 509 0.5% +0.1
Yorkshire Party 0 +0 473 0.4% +0.4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 164 0.1% —
Heritage Party 0 +0 88 0.1% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 04/05/2023. 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
Independent 13
Heritage Party 1
Reform UK 1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1
Yorkshire Party 1

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 David Alan Longstaff Elected 1,668 40.5% -5.8
Labour Party Patricia Colling 983 23.9% +3.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Collins Ibor 955 23.2% -2.3
Green Party Peter Harvey Taylor 514 12.5% +6.6
Majority685
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,120

Liberal Democrats hold

Ashbrow

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party James Richard Homewood Elected 1,970 47.8% -15.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Andrew Roberts 803 19.5% -8.4
Green Party Brenda Smithson 644 15.6% +3.2
Liberal Democrats David Ridgway 538 13.1% +5.1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Daniel James Green 164 4.0% —
Majority1,167
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,119

Labour Party hold

Batley East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Aziz Daji Elected 3,835 67.7% —
Labour Party Phillip Anthony Lucitt 901 15.9% -58.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Neil Mayman 412 7.3% -6.4
Green Party Simon James Duffy 365 6.4% +1.7
Liberal Democrats Jon Robert Bloom 153 2.7% -3.2
Majority2,934
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,666

Independent gain from Labour Party

Batley West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Zahid Kahut Elected 2,695 52.0% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Shabir Pandor 991 19.1% -40.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen John Bird 541 10.4% +0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Fatima Riaz 519 10.0% -14.2
Green Party John Phillips 439 8.5% +2.0
Majority1,704
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,185

Independent gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Birstall and Birkenshaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Stephen Thompson Elected 1,854 46.9% -2.3
Labour Party Julie Margaret Smith 1,515 38.3% +1.8
Green Party Tahir Akram 411 10.4% +6.1
Liberal Democrats Louise Mary Walsh 176 4.4% -4.2
Majority339
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,956

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Cleckheaton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Mary Pinnock Elected 2,823 63.7% -4.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Piers John Briggs 746 16.8% -0.3
Labour Party Jessica Rose May White 634 14.3% +3.3
Green Party Martin Price 230 5.2% +1.1
Majority2,077
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,433

Liberal Democrats hold

Colne Valley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Matthew Paul McLoughlin Elected 2,493 48.9% -1.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Isaac Barnett 1,049 20.6% -5.9
Liberal Democrats Harry Marchington 615 12.1% -1.6
Yorkshire Party Timothy Archer Millea 473 9.3% —
Green Party Julia Frances Norman 470 9.2% -0.3
Majority1,444
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,100

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Crosland Moor and Netherton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Alex Vickers Elected 2,011 41.5% +17.0
Labour Party Manisha Roma Kaushik 1,657 34.2% -18.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Trevor Bellamy 590 12.2% -5.4
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Barraclough 331 6.8% +1.2
Independent Mark John Finch 257 5.3% —
Majority354
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,846

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Dalton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Munir Ahmed Elected 1,492 44.3% -8.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Glenn Andrew Richard McCallum Hirst 735 21.8% +1.0
Green Party Clare Walters 569 16.9% +4.0
Liberal Democrats Dominic James David Black 332 9.9% +0.3
Independent Clare Holden 240 7.1% +2.9
Majority757
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,368

Labour Party hold

Denby Dale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Timothy Vincent Bamford Elected 2,530 47.6% +6.9
Labour Party Michelle Banks 2,089 39.3% -6.2
Green Party Michael Matthew Shaw 310 5.8% +1.1
Independent Lynne Carroll 230 4.3% +0.1
Liberal Democrats James Wilkinson 151 2.8% -1.9
Majority441
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,310

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Dewsbury East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Eric Firth Elected 1,534 40.7% -15.0
Liberal Democrats Dennis Hullock 859 22.8% +12.4
Conservative and Unionist Party John Cowan 758 20.1% -7.9
Green Party Gideon Barry Richards 622 16.5% +10.5
Majority675
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,773

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Dewsbury South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Hanifa Darwan Elected 3,443 62.3% +55.2
Labour and Co-operative Party Jackie Ramsay 1,063 19.2% -46.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Sean David Guy 455 8.2% -10.6
Independent Shaun Maddox 228 4.1% —
Green Party Nicholas Eugene Whittingham 155 2.8% -2.2
Liberal Democrats Bernard Thomas Disken 94 1.7% -1.7
Independent Richard Beck 87 1.6% —
Majority2,380
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,525

Independent gain from Labour Party

Dewsbury West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Tanisha Bramwell Elected 3,109 53.2% —
Labour Party Mussarat Shaheen Pervaiz 1,390 23.8% -33.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Sajid Hussain 855 14.6% -20.8
Green Party Simon John Cope 317 5.4% +0.8
Liberal Democrats John Edward Rossington 171 2.9% -0.2
Majority1,719
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,842

Independent gain from Labour Party

Golcar

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Angela Pamela Sewell Elected 1,656 39.0% +1.2
Liberal Democrats Nicola Turner 1,520 35.8% -5.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew James Andrew Crompton 597 14.1% +1.9
Green Party Heather Peacock 470 11.1% +4.6
Majority136
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,243

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Greenhead

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sheikh Noor Ullah Elected 1,754 33.1% -34.2
Green Party Maryam Jawaid 1,713 32.3% +19.5
Independent Waseem Naeem 884 16.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rob Speed 688 13.0% -0.7
Liberal Democrats Manjit Singh 263 5.0% -1.4
Majority41
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,302

Labour Party hold

Heckmondwike

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Ali Arshad Elected 1,554 36.8% —
Labour Party Steve Hall 1,470 34.8% -29.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Amin Hussain 612 14.5% -10.8
Liberal Democrats Josie Pugsley 315 7.5% +1.6
Green Party Graham Simpson 274 6.5% +1.9
Majority84
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,225

Independent gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Holme Valley North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Charles Roger Greaves Elected 2,430 44.4% +19.1
Labour Party Jayne Elizabeth Fisher 1,393 25.4% -3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party David Michael Heathcote 1,186 21.7% -11.0
Green Party Samuel Adrian Midgley 296 5.4% -0.9
Liberal Democrats Howard Cohen 172 3.1% +0.3
Majority1,037
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,477

Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Holme Valley South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jane Elizabeth Rylah Elected 2,916 45.3% -0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Damian Craig Brook 2,660 41.3% -0.9
Green Party Darryl Paul Anthony Gould 614 9.5% +1.7
Liberal Democrats Ellen Griffiths 246 3.8% -0.7
Majority256
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast6,436

Labour Party hold

Kirkburton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Smith Elected 1,995 42.8% -7.5
Labour Party Edward John Bowen 1,291 27.7% +4.5
Green Party Andy Scott 1,089 23.4% +2.6
Liberal Democrats Craig Wiles 152 3.3% -0.5
Independent Miri Finch 129 2.8% +0.8
Majority704
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,656

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Lindley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ashleigh Robinson Elected 2,036 36.0% -10.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert William Anthony McGuin 1,879 33.3% +2.0
Labour Party Tom Durrans-Cross 1,130 20.0% +3.7
Green Party Richard Andrew John Burton 517 9.2% +4.6
Heritage Party Helen Mary Parry 88 1.6% —
Majority157
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,650

Liberal Democrats hold

Liversedge and Gomersal

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Caroline Jane Holt Elected 1,867 46.3% -7.9
Labour Party Erica Susan Amende 1,511 37.4% +1.7
Green Party Linda Simmons 400 9.9% +4.2
Liberal Democrats David Peter Snee 258 6.4% +2.0
Majority356
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,036

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Mirfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Martyn Bolt Elected 2,827 50.7% +11.2
Labour Party Geoff Kernan 1,794 32.2% -3.7
Reform UK Sam Griffith-Jones 509 9.1% +2.9
Green Party Catherine Helen Whittingham 334 6.0% -7.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen James Long 116 2.1% -3.0
Majority1,033
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,580

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Newsome

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Andrew Varah Cooper Elected 2,593 66.8% +2.5
Labour Party Mark Morris 892 23.0% -1.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Kath Bellamy 272 7.0% -0.5
Liberal Democrats Waheed Anwar 125 3.2% +1.3
Majority1,701
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,882

Green Party hold

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