2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election

2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 2023 2 May 2024 2026 →
23 out of 69 seats to Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council; 35 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election; Cathy Scott; Labour	Leader after election ; Cathy Scott; Independent; No overall control

The 2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 alongside the West Yorkshire mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom.^[1]

Prior to the local elections, four Labour councillors resigned from the party in protest of the party's direction and policy regarding the Gaza war.^[2] The four members subsequently formed the Kirklees Community Independents Group,^[3] which had no seats up for election this year. With this exception, the pre-election council makeup had otherwise remained unchanged from the 2023 election.

Labour lost control of the council to no overall control.^[4] Following the election, the leader of the council, Cathy Scott, was replaced as Labour group leader by Carole Pattison.^[5] However, Cathy Scott managed to retain her position as leader of the council, leaving Labour along with four others to sit as a group of independents calling themselves the Community Alliance.^[6]

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Councillor	Ward	First elected		Date announced
Naheed Mather	Dalton	2012	Labour	5 February 2024^[7]
Donald Firth	Holme Valley South		Conservative	6 March 2024^[8]
Bernard McGuin	Almondbury		Conservative	6 March 2024^[8]
Elizabeth Reynolds	Golcar		Labour	6 March 2024^[8]
Adam Gregg	Lindley		Conservative	6 March 2024^[8]
Melanie Stephen	Liversedge and Gomersal	2021	Conservative	6 March 2024^[8]

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	39		Labour	35^[9]		Labour	31
	Conservative	18		Conservative	18		Conservative	15
	Independent	1		Independent	5		Independent	9
	Liberal Democrats	8		Liberal Democrats	8		Liberal Democrats	10
	Green	3		Green	3		Green	4

2024 Kirlees Metropolitan Borough Council election^[10]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	4	30.4	24	31	43.5	34,519	31.2	–11.4
	Conservative	5	3	21.7	10	15	21.7	26,844	24.2	–6.2
	Independent	6	4	26.1	3	9	14.5	19,121	17.3	+14.8
	Liberal Democrats	3	2	13.0	7	10	14.5	13,655	12.3	–1.3
	Green	2	1	8.7	2	4	5.8	15,357	13.9	+3.4
	Reform	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	509	0.5	+0.2
	Yorkshire	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	473	0.4	+0.3
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	164	0.1	N/A
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	88	0.1	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Longstaff	1,668	40.5	–5.8
	Labour	Patricia Colling	983	23.9	+3.7
	Conservative	Collins Ibor	955	23.2	–2.3
	Green	Peter Taylor	514	12.5	+6.6
Majority			685	16.6
Turnout			4,120	30.7
Registered electors			13,440
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	4.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Homewood*	1,970	47.8	–3.6
	Conservative	Ian Roberts	803	19.5	–4.2
	Green	Brenda Smithson	644	15.6	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Ridgway	538	13.1	+6.1
	TUSC	Daniel Green	164	4.0	N/A
Majority			1,167	28.3
Turnout			4,119	28.7
Registered electors			14,333
	Labour hold		Swing	0.3

2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election

Council composition

Summary

Election result

Ward results

Almondbury

Ashbrow

Batley East

Batley West

Birstall & Birkenshaw

Cleckheaton

Colne Valley

Crosland Moor & Netherton

Dalton

Denby Dale

Dewsbury East

Dewsbury South

Dewsbury West

Golcar

Greenhead

Heckmondwike

Holme Valley North

Holme Valley South

Kirkburton

Lindley

Liversedge & Gomersal

Mirfield

Newsome

Changes 2024–2026

By-elections

Holme Valley South

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Aziz Daji	3,835	67.7	*N/A*
	Labour	Phillip Lucitt	901	15.9	–28.4
	Conservative	Neil Mayman	412	7.3	–36.7
	Green	Simon Duffy	365	6.4	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Bloom	153	2.7	–3.2
Majority			2,934	51.8
Turnout			5,666	42.9
Registered electors			13,205
	Independent gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Zahid Kahut	2,695	52.0	*N/A*
	Labour	Shabir Pandor*	991	19.1	–40.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bird	541	10.4	+0.5
	Conservative	Fatima Riaz	519	10.0	–14.2
	Green	John Phillips	439	8.5	+2.0
Majority			1,704	32.9
Turnout			5,185	37.3
Registered electors			13,891
	Independent gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Thompson*	1,854	46.9	–2.3
	Labour	Julie Smith	1,515	38.3	+1.8
	Green	Tahir Akram	411	10.4	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Walsh	176	4.4	–4.2
Majority			339	8.6
Turnout			3,956	30.7
Registered electors			12,903
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Pinnock*	2,823	63.7	–4.1
	Conservative	Piers Briggs	746	16.8	–0.3
	Labour	Jessica White	634	14.3	+3.3
	Green	Martin Price	230	5.2	+1.1
Majority			2,077	46.9
Turnout			4,433	32.6
Registered electors			13,615
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Matthew McLoughlin*	2,493	48.9	–1.5
	Conservative	Isaac Barnett	1,049	20.6	–5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Marchington	615	12.1	–1.6
	Yorkshire	Tim Millea	473	9.3	N/A
	Green	Julia Norman	470	9.2	–0.3
Majority			1,444	28.3
Turnout			5,100	37.2
Registered electors			13,699
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Alex Vickers	2,011	41.5	+17.0
	Labour	Manisha Kaushik*	1,657	34.2	–18.1
	Conservative	Trevor Bellamy	590	12.2	–5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Barraclough	331	6.8	+1.1
	Independent	Mark Finch	257	5.3	N/A
Majority			354	7.3
Turnout			4,846	34.8
Registered electors			13,917
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	17.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Munir Ahmed	1,492	44.3	–8.1
	Conservative	Glenn Hirst	735	21.8	+1.0
	Green	Clare Walters	569	16.9	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Black	332	9.9	+0.3
	Independent	Clare Holden	240	7.1	+2.9
Majority			757	22.5
Turnout			3,368	26.9
Registered electors			12,540
	Labour hold		Swing	4.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Bamford*	2,530	47.6	+6.9
	Labour	Michelle Banks	2,089	39.3	–6.2
	Green	Michael Shaw	310	5.8	+1.0
	Independent	Lynne Carroll	230	4.3	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Wilkinson	151	2.8	–1.9
Majority			441	8.3
Turnout			5,310	39.3
Registered electors			13,508
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Eric Firth*	1,534	40.7	–14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Hullock	859	22.8	+12.4
	Conservative	John Cowan	758	20.1	–7.9
	Green	Gideon Richards	622	16.5	+10.5
Majority			675	17.9
Turnout			3,773	26.5
Registered electors			14,246
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	13.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hanifa Darwan	3,443	62.3	*N/A*
	Labour Co-op	Jackie Ramsay*	1,063	19.2	–46.5
	Conservative	Sean Guy	455	8.2	–10.6
	Independent	Shaun Maddox	228	4.1	N/A
	Green	Nicholas Whittingham	155	2.8	–2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Disken	94	1.7	–1.7
	Independent	Richard Beck	87	1.6	–5.5
Majority			2,380	43.1
Turnout			5,525	41.3
Registered electors			13,385
	Independent gain from Labour Co-op

Dewsbury West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tanisha Bramwell	3,109	53.2	*N/A*
	Labour	Mussarat Pervaiz*	1,390	23.8	–33.0
	Conservative	Sajid Hussain	855	14.6	–20.9
	Green	Simon Cope	317	5.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Rossington	171	2.9	–0.2
Majority			1,719	29.4
Turnout			5,842	40.9
Registered electors			14,295
	Independent gain from Labour

Golcar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Sewell	1,656	39.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Turner	1,520	35.8	–5.9
	Conservative	Matthew Crompton	597	14.1	+1.9
	Green	Heather Peacock	470	11.1	+4.6
Majority			136	3.2
Turnout			4,243	30.7
Registered electors			13,840
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Greenhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheikh Ullah*	1,754	33.1	–34.2
	Green	Maryam Jawaid	1,713	32.3	+19.5
	Independent	Waseem Naeem	884	16.7	N/A
	Conservative	Rob Speed	688	13.0	–0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Manjit Singh	263	5.0	–1.3
Majority			41	0.8
Turnout			5,302	37.3
Registered electors			14,199
	Labour hold		Swing	26.9

Heckmondwike
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ali Arshad	1,554	36.8	*N/A*
	Labour	Steve Hall*	1,470	34.8	–29.5
	Conservative	Amin Hussain	612	14.5	–10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Pugsley	315	7.5	+1.6
	Green	Graham Simpson	274	6.5	+1.9
Majority			84	2.0
Turnout			4,225	31.5
Registered electors			13,424
	Independent gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charles Greaves*	2,430	44.4	+19.2
	Labour	Jayne Fisher	1,393	25.4	–3.4
	Conservative	David Heathcote	1,186	21.7	–10.9
	Green	Samuel Midgley	296	5.4	–0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Cohen	172	3.1	+0.2
Majority			1,037	19.0
Turnout			5,477	40.5
Registered electors			13,541
	Independent hold		Swing	11.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Rylah	2,916	45.3	–0.2
	Conservative	Damian Brook	2,660	41.3	–0.9
	Green	Darryl Gould	614	9.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen Griffiths	246	3.8	–0.7
Majority			256	4.0
Turnout			6,436	42.4
Registered electors			15,179
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Smith*	1,995	42.8	–7.5
	Labour	Edward Bowen	1,291	27.7	+4.5
	Green	Andy Scott	1,089	23.4	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Wiles	152	3.3	–0.4
	Independent	Miri Finch	129	2.8	+0.8
Majority			704	15.1
Turnout			4,656	36.9
Registered electors			12,632
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ashleigh Robinson	2,036	36.0	–10.4
	Conservative	Robert McGuin	1,879	33.3	+2.0
	Labour	Tom Durrans-Cross	1,130	20.0	+3.7
	Green	Richard Burton	517	9.2	+4.7
	Heritage	Helen Parry	88	1.6	N/A
Majority			157	2.7
Turnout			5,650	36.5
Registered electors			15,497
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	6.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Holt	1,867	46.3	–7.9
	Labour	Erica Amende	1,511	37.4	+1.6
	Green	Linda Simmons	400	9.9	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Snee	258	6.4	+2.1
Majority			356	8.9
Turnout			4,036	29.2
Registered electors			13,822
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martyn Bolt*	2,827	50.7	+11.2
	Labour	Geoff Kernan	1,794	32.2	–3.7
	Reform	Sam Griffith-Jones	509	9.1	+2.9
	Green	Catherine Whittingham	334	6.0	–7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Long	116	2.1	–3.0
Majority			1,033	18.5
Turnout			5,580	35.0
Registered electors			15,724
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Cooper	2,593	66.8	+2.5
	Labour	Mark Morris	892	23.0	–1.5
	Conservative	Kath Bellamy	272	7.0	–0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Waheed Anwar	125	3.2	+1.3
Majority			1,701	43.8
Turnout			3,882	29.6
Registered electors			13,129
	Green hold		Swing	2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Damian Brook	1,639	39.1	–2.2
	Labour	Phillip Lucitt	1,134	27.0	–18.3
	Green	Toby Cooper	734	17.5	+8.0
	Reform	Susan Laird	511	12.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Cohen	158	3.8	±0.0
	Independent	Miri French	17	0.4	N/A
Majority			505	12.1	N/A
Turnout			4,193	27.2	–15.2
Registered electors			15,422
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	8.1

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