Birstall and Birkenshaw ward
Vote share over time
Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.
02/05/2024
| 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 |
| Majority | 339 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,956 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
04/05/2023
| 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% | — |
| Majority | 476 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,738 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
05/05/2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Liz Smaje Elected | 2,104 | 53.0% | -8.5 |
| Labour Party | Julie Margaret Smith | 1,370 | 34.5% | +6.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Louise Mary Walsh | 254 | 6.4% | +0.4 |
| Green Party | Tahir Akram | 240 | 6.0% | -4.5 |
| Majority | 734 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,968 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
06/05/2021 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Stephen Thompson Elected | 2,449 | 61.5% | +7.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Joshua Connor Sheard Elected | 2,175 | 54.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Gina Harding | 1,121 | 28.2% | +5.4 |
| Labour Party | Julie Margaret Smith | 977 | 24.5% | — |
| Green Party | Ross Peltier | 419 | 10.5% | -3.2 |
| Green Party | Tahir Akram | 361 | 9.1% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Louise Mary Walsh | 238 | 6.0% | -3.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Shepherd | 225 | 5.7% | — |
| Majority | 1,054 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,982 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
02/05/2019
| 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
03/05/2018 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% | — |
| Majority | 973 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,740 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
05/05/2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andrew Palfreeman Elected | 1,987 | 47.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Khalid Patel | 939 | 22.4% | — |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Joyce Holbrook | 851 | 20.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Elisabeth Kane | 232 | 5.5% | — |
| Green Party | Jasmine Kennedy | 190 | 4.5% | — |
| Majority | 1,048 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,199 | |||