2018 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election

2018 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
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24 of the 69 seats on Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council; 35 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	35%
	Map showing the results of the 2018 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
Council control before election; ; Labour minority administration	Elected Council control ; ; Labour

The 2018 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England. The result gave the Labour Party majority control of Kirklees Council with 36 of the 69 councillors representing the party.^[2]

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2019 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This Election
Party		Seats	Net	Votes	Votes %
	Labour	12	3	49,733	40
	Conservative	7		35,847	32
	Liberal Democrats	3	2	14,116	12
	Green	1		8,441	7
	Independent	1	1	3,502	2
	Dewsbury Borough Independents			1,070	<1
	TUSC			986	<1
	UKIP			411	<1
	Democrats and Veterans			317	<1
	Pirate Party UK			64	<1
	Yorkshire Party			56	<1

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Alison Munro	2,042	40	+14
Labour	Louise Peace	1641	32	+6
Conservative	Clive Walton	1194	23	−4
Green	Tricia Moores	218	4	−6

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Harpreet Uppal	2,490	56	−2
Conservative	Maria Ackroyd	1231	28	+2
TUSC	Nicola Jackson	285	6
Green	Joan Smithson	239	5	−7
Liberal Democrats	Andrew McCaig	196	4	0

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Mahmood Akhtar	3,293	75	+24.30
Conservative	Keiron Gavaghan	811	18	+8.19
Green	Jessica Berry	162	4	−3.19
Liberal Democrats	Jon Bloom	141	3	−1.69

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour Co-op	Gwen Lowe	3,052	69.0	+3.32
Conservative	Paul Young	1099	24.8	+6.03
Green	Marnie Cope	111	2.5	−5.92
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Kane	99	2.2	−1.22
Pirate	Garry Kitchin	64	1.4	+1.4

2018 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election

Results summary

Ward results

Almondbury ward

Ashbrow ward

Batley East ward

Batley West ward

Birstall and Birkenshaw ward

Cleckheaton ward

Colne Valley ward

Crosland Moor and Netherton ward

Dalton ward

Denby Dale ward

Dewsbury East ward

Dewsbury South ward

Dewsbury West ward

Golcar ward

Greenhead ward

Heckmondwike ward

Holme Valley North ward

Holme Valley South ward

Kirkburton ward

Lindley ward

Liversedge and Gomersal ward

Mirfield ward

Newsome ward

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	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Liz Smaje	2,294	31
Conservative	Mark Thompson	2,234	30
Labour	Jasmine Kennedy	1261	17
Labour	Arfan Asif	995	13
Green	Susan Lee-Richards	289	4
Liberal Democrats	Pippa Hepworth	213	3
Liberal Democrats	Clare Kane	195	3

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	John Lawson	2,318	53	+15.47
Conservative	Susie Bell Proctor	1049	24	−2.93
Labour Co-op	Tom Kowalski	887	20	−5.96
Green	Isabel Walters	136	3	−6.58

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Nell Griffiths	1,960	36	+17.17
Liberal Democrats	Nicola Turner	1866	34	−4.12
Conservative	Mathew Noble	1176	22	+9.13
Green	James McLeod	231	4	−5.39
UKIP	Melanie Roberts	198	4	−16.79

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Erin Hill	2,328	47	+0.11
Conservative	Tony McGrath	1176	24	−4.53
TUSC	Mike Forster	701	14	+11.46
Liberal Democrats	Robert Iredale	242	5	−1.97
UKIP	Susan Laird	213	4	+4.00
Green	Robert Barraclough	194	4	−4.80
Independent	Steve Bradbury	98	2	−4.26

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Peter McBride	1,778	53	+7.97
Conservative	Sarah Brightmore	874	26	+6.31
Liberal Democrats	Roger Battye	421	13	+0.53
Green	Simon Duffy	221	7	−3.44
Democrats and Veterans	Joshua Pearce	74	2	+2.00

	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Billy Jewitt	2,592	47
Labour	Will Simpson	2355	43
Green	Nick Brook	391	7
Liberal Democrats	Waheed Anwar	153	3

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Cathy Scott	1,900	42
Conservative	Mark Eastwood	1437	32
Dewsbury Borough Independents - Heavy Woollen District	Aleks Lukic	877	20
Liberal Democrats	Dennis Hullock	157	3
Green	Tony Kelsall	120	3

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Masood Ahmed	3,360	70
Conservative	James Spivey	875	18
Green	Adrian Cruden	208	4
Dewsbury Borough Independents - Heavy Woollen District	Anthony Penny-Whitworth	193	4
Liberal Democrats	Bernard Disken	153	3

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Mumtaz Hussain	3,667	76
Conservative	Sean Guy	626	13
Liberal Democrats	Kingsley Hill	307	6
Green	Simon Cope	250	5

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Richard Murgatroyd	1,876	40
Liberal Democrats	Andrew Marchington	1723	37
Conservative	Jacqueline Walker	838	18
Green	Ian Vincent	231	5

Greenhead
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Mohan Sokhal	3,637	71
Conservative	Robert McGuin	818	16
Green	John Phillips	420	8
Liberal Democrats	Manjit Singh	252	5

Heckmondwike
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Viv Kendrick	2,377	59
Conservative	Rob Thornton	1235	31
Green	Alan Freeman	247	6
Liberal Democrats	Josie Pugsley	150	4

Holme Valley North
	Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	Terry Lyons	2,078	39
Labour	Suzanne Gannon	1622	31
Conservative	Elena Bunbury	1313	25
Liberal Democrats	Gina Dungworth	173	3
Democrats and Veterans	Joshua Dalton	108	2

Kirkburton
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Bill Armer	2,269	47
Green	Derek Hardcastle	1399	29
Labour	Paul Connolly	1072	22
Liberal Democrats	Richard Farnhill	90	2

	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Nigel Patrick	2,758	46
Labour	Paul Davies	2350	39
Green	Susan Macklin	480	8
Liberal Democrats	Mark Holroyd	278	5
Democrats and Veterans	James Dalton	135	2

	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal Democrats	Cahal Burke	2,578	44
Conservative	Adam Gregg	1850	32
Labour	Yusra Hussain	1020	17
Independent	Mike Chalker	256	4
Green	Peter Taylor	140	2

	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	David Hall	2,462	58
Labour	Jude McKaig	1504	35
Green	Nicholas Whittingham	180	4
Liberal Democrats	David Snee	127	3

	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Vivien Lees-Hamilton	3,270	59
Labour	Julie Spencer	1715	31
Green	Catherine Whittingham	359	7
Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bird	167	3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	*Karen Allison*	2,215	51.5	0.4
	Labour	Jo Lawson	1,593	37.0	2.0
	Conservative	Charlie Reid	366	8.5	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Wilkinson	75	1.7	0.7
	Yorkshire	Bikatshi Katenga	56	1.3	New
Majority			622	14.5	1.6
Registered electors			12,317
Turnout			4,313	35.0	3.6
Rejected ballots			8	0.2	0.6
	Green hold		Swing	0.8