2026 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2026 English local government election
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The 2026 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election will take place on 7 May 2026 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. All 69 seats of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council will be elected.[2]
Council composition
| After 2024 election | Before 2026 election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Labour | 31 | Labour | 23 | ||
| Conservative | 15 | Conservative | 16 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | Liberal Democrats | 9 | ||
| Green | 4 | Green | 4 | ||
| Alliance | N/A | Alliance | 6 | ||
| Independent | 9 | Independent | 10[b] | ||
| Vacant | 1 | ||||
Changes 2024–2026:
- May 2024: Masood Ahmed, Yusra Hussain, Mus Khan, Paul Moore, Cathy Scott, Adam Zaman, and Habiban Zaman (Labour) leave party to sit as independents[4][5][6]
- September 2024: Paul Davies (Labour) resigns – by-election held October 2024[7]
- October 2024: Damian Brook (Conservative) gains by-election from Labour[8]
- January 2026: Community Alliance Kirklees formed – Masood Ahmed, Ammar Anwar, Yusra Hussain, Cathy Scott, Adam Zaman, and Habiban Zaman join party[9]
- March 2026: The death of Cahal Burke (Liberal Democrats) caused a vacancy in Lindley ward[10]
Results
Almondbury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Paola Antonia Convertino Davies | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jan Dobrucki | ||||
| Reform | Gill Floyd | ||||
| Conservative | Grace Gift | ||||
| Green | Stephen Paul Hampshire | ||||
| Labour | Navraj Singh Hare | ||||
| Reform | Pip Harvey | ||||
| Conservative | Collins Ibor | ||||
| Labour | Barbara Ruth Jones | ||||
| Conservative | Jimmy Megbele | ||||
| Labour | Musili Yinka Oseni | ||||
| Green | Brenda Smithson | ||||
| Green | Peter Harvey Taylor | ||||
| Reform | Craig Wiles | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | James Andrew Wilkinson | ||||
Ashbrow
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Zarina Yasmean Amin | ||||
| Reform | Marquis Jon Craven | ||||
| Green | Simon James Duffy | ||||
| People’s Alliance for Change and Equality | Mike Forster | ||||
| Labour | James Richard Homewood | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Christopher Iredale | ||||
| Green | David George Edward Knight | ||||
| Reform | Adam Nathan James McClelland | ||||
| Conservative | Adam Nunn | ||||
| Reform | Andy Parr | ||||
| Labour | Amanda Pinnock | ||||
| Green | Martin Price | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Manjit Singh | ||||
| Conservative | Rob Speed | ||||
| Conservative | Andy Wilson | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard John Wilson | ||||
Batley East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Shameem Akhtar | ||||
| Conservative | Raymond Bray | ||||
| Labour | Fouz Ul Azeem Butt | ||||
| Independent | Aziz Daji | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrea Gill | ||||
| Reform | Richard Edwin Huddleston | ||||
| Green | Ibrar Hussain | ||||
| Independent | Akhtar Kasia | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Glover Marchington | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ansar Ali Mirza | ||||
| Reform | Bevis Jeremy North | ||||
| Conservative | Clive Patrick | ||||
| Green | Murray Purkis | ||||
| Labour | Haneef Moinuddin Shaik | ||||
| Conservative | Philip Robert Smith | ||||
| Reform | Gwendolyn Ann Walker | ||||
| Labour | Sheikh Rashid Wasim | ||||
| Independent | Habiban Zaman | ||||
Batley West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Shujjat Ali | ||||
| Green | Khalid Amin | ||||
| Independent | Khuram Amjad | ||||
| Conservative | Drew Atkins | ||||
| Green | George Baker | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Patrycja Bartosinska | ||||
| Green | Jack Anthony Brooker | ||||
| Alliance | Senada Dervisevic | ||||
| Independent | Yusra Hussain | ||||
| Independent | Zahid Kahut | ||||
| Reform | Keith Oldroyd | ||||
| Labour | Shabir Pandor | ||||
| Reform | Christian Rooney | ||||
| Conservative | William Rowlands | ||||
| Reform | John Stead | ||||
| Labour | Kimberley Sharon Thirkill | ||||
| Labour | Megan West | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Woodhead | ||||
| Conservative | Sami Ul Haq Yaqoob | ||||
Birstall and Birkenshaw
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Tahir Akram | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Bernard Thomas Disken | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Dod | ||||
| Green | Jamie Conor Foster | ||||
| Labour | Lorna Maria Goldman | ||||
| Green | Corey Patrick Hayes | ||||
| Reform | Philip Anthony James | ||||
| Reform | Keith Mallinson | ||||
| Reform | Adrian Reid | ||||
| Conservative | Joshua Connor Sheard | ||||
| Conservative | Liz Smaje | ||||
| Conservative | Mark Stephen Thompson | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Louise Mary Walsh | ||||
| Labour | Cheya Amélie Watson | ||||
| Labour | Elaine Wilkes | ||||
Cleckheaton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Erica Susan Amende | ||||
| Green | Mohammed Babar | ||||
| Conservative | Piers John Briggs | ||||
| Labour | Adeel Feroz | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Lyndon Gray | ||||
| Reform | Michael Robert Howard | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Craig Lawson | ||||
| Reform | Michael Lockwood | ||||
| Green | Isabelle Frances Cranfield Maddox | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Charles Pinnock | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Mary Pinnock | ||||
| Labour | Kay Belinda Quantrill | ||||
| Conservative | Tony Veverka | ||||
| Green | Zac Williamson | ||||
| Reform | Richard Yeoman | ||||
Colne Valley East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Sharon Elaine Bond | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | David Edward Coldwell | ||||
| Green | Lewis William Craven | ||||
| Green | Katie Hudson | ||||
| Labour | Ian Charles Leedham | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Clive Glover Marchington | ||||
| Reform | Brian Moughtin | ||||
| Labour | Kali Carol Jean Mountford | ||||
| Conservative | Moses Amoto Onubanjo | ||||
| Conservative | Michael Pears | ||||
| Reform | Michael David Simmons | ||||
| Reform | Mark Neville Stephen Smith | ||||
| Labour | Graham Turner | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicola Jane Turner | ||||
| Conservative | Jackie Walker | ||||
Colne Valley West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Kara Ali | ||||
| Conservative | Samuel Bacon | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Beever | ||||
| Reform | Tracy Clayton | ||||
| Reform | Stephan Hugh Dransfield | ||||
| Labour | Jayne Elizabeth Fisher | ||||
| Green | Craig Grimes | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Harry Marchington | ||||
| Labour | Harry James McCarthy | ||||
| Labour | Matthew Paul McLoughlin | ||||
| Conservative | Julia Claire Mountfield | ||||
| Reform | Dave Rowan | ||||
| Conservative | Clare Elizabeth Taylor | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jenny Victoria Turner | ||||
| Green | Lesley Anne Warner | ||||
Crosland Moor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mohammed Abubakar | ||||
| Conservative | Dedami Adekomi | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sinead Grace Burke | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Stevie Dungworth | ||||
| Conservative | Dale Hirst | ||||
| Green | Abdul Jabar | ||||
| Reform | Mark Andrew Jackson | ||||
| Reform | Ben Thomas Kind | ||||
| Independent | Jo Lawson | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Lucie Caitlin Long | ||||
| Labour | Phillip Anthony Lucitt | ||||
| Labour | Mark Morris | ||||
| Labour | Morgan Read | ||||
| Conservative | Phillipa Reynolds | ||||
| Reform | Helen Louise Routledge | ||||
| Green | Imran Shahzad Safdar | ||||
| The Revolting Party | Jonathan Richard Tilt | ||||
| Green | Alex Vickers | ||||
Dalton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Munir Ahmed | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Andrews | ||||
| Conservative | Christopher Bellamy | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Dobrucki | ||||
| Reform | Luke Fallas | ||||
| Reform | John Hardie | ||||
| Labour | Tyler Cain Hawkins | ||||
| Green | Richard Heywood | ||||
| Conservative | James Jones | ||||
| Labour | Manisha Roma Kaushik | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | James Maw | ||||
| Green | Sa’Dia Mosaddeq | ||||
| Reform | Christine Smith | ||||
| Conservative | Benjamin Wallace-Thompson | ||||
| Green | Clare Walters | ||||
Denby Dale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Timothy Vincent Bamford | ||||
| Conservative | Tina Bamford | ||||
| Reform | Simon James Brophy | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | James Stephen Collins | ||||
| Labour | Dave Devenport | ||||
| Reform | Michelle Jane Edwards | ||||
| The Revolting Party | Miri Finch | ||||
| Green | Steven Bradley Hookham | ||||
| Labour | Ruby Faye Knowles | ||||
| Green | Bethany Lucienne Lockwood | ||||
| Reform | Neil Mayman | ||||
| Green | Andy Scott | ||||
| Labour | Nick Wilson | ||||
| Conservative | Harry Wood | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Edward Woodhead | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Viv Woodhead | ||||
Dewsbury East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Robert Bloom | ||||
| Independent | Logan Bramwell | ||||
| Reform | Eric Stuart Butterworth | ||||
| Green | Jack Cambridge | ||||
| Labour | Mudassar Chaudhray | ||||
| Conservative | Ibiknule Farajimakin | ||||
| Labour | Eric Firth | ||||
| Alliance | Danielle Forsyth | ||||
| Reform | Graham Michael France | ||||
| Conservative | Carolyn Heath | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dennis Hullock | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ednan Hussain | ||||
| Alliance | Karam Hussain | ||||
| Reform | Maciej Kapsa | ||||
| Labour | Michael Richard Keddie | ||||
| Green | Clare Patricia Lindley | ||||
| Conservative | Hassan Raza | ||||
| Green | Gideon Barry Richards | ||||
| Alliance | Cathy Scott | ||||
Dewsbury South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Masood Ahmed | ||||
| Labour | Mohammed Ali | ||||
| Labour | Imtiaz Ali Ameen | ||||
| Independent | Ismail Yusuf Bhana | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Bird | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Chrissy Bloom | ||||
| Independent | Hanifa Darwan | ||||
| Reform | Michael Kenneth Fortune | ||||
| Green | Mohammed Abubakar Haneef | ||||
| Green | Ebony Riann Johnson | ||||
| Reform | Christopher Kennedy | ||||
| Independent | Shaun Maddox | ||||
| Labour | Jackie Ramsay | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Edward Rossington | ||||
| Conservative | Pamela Joyce Thorne | ||||
| Conservative | Claire Voyce | ||||
| Reform | Ryan Ward | ||||
| Green | Myste Brooke Webster | ||||
| Conservative | Marjorie Wheelhouse | ||||
| Independent | Soyeb Yusuf | ||||
Dewsbury West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ammar Anwar | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Waheed Anwar | ||||
| Reform | Dawn Jeannette Armstrong | ||||
| Conservative | Nicholas Bowett | ||||
| Independent | Tanisha Bramwell | ||||
| Green | Simon John Cope | ||||
| Conservative | John Cowan | ||||
| Reform | Susan Dolman | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Irslan Ishtiaq | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Tariq Khan | ||||
| Independent | Khalid Patel | ||||
| Labour | Mussarat Shaheen Pervaiz | ||||
| Labour | Basharat Mahmood Rafiq | ||||
| Labour | Ateeque Ur Rehman Saddique | ||||
| Green | Edward Christopher Sampson | ||||
| Conservative | Maureen Nancy Sykes | ||||
| Green | Jonathan George Tolan | ||||
| Reform | Lesley Ann Turner | ||||
Greenhead
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Trevor Bellamy | ||||
| Alliance | Majeeda Bibi | ||||
| Green | Richard Andrew John Burton | ||||
| Green | Toby Michael Cooper | ||||
| Reform | John Kenneth Dolby | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Fearnley | ||||
| Reform | Graham Haigh | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert James Hargreaves | ||||
| Green | Maryam Jawaid | ||||
| Alliance | Rebecca Kane | ||||
| Conservative | Eileen Marchant | ||||
| Labour | Carole Ann Pattison | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Robinson | ||||
| Labour | Mohan Singh Sokhal | ||||
| Conservative | John Travis | ||||
| Labour | Sheikh Noor Ullah | ||||
| Reform | Paul Brian Wood | ||||
Heckmondwike
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ali Arshad | ||||
| Labour | Aafaq Butt | ||||
| Reform | Lee Konrad Cliff | ||||
| Conservative | Lyndsey Hall | ||||
| Reform | Glennis-Anne Harrison | ||||
| Reform | Simon Holbrook | ||||
| Labour | Viv Kendrick | ||||
| Green | Liz King | ||||
| Independent | Naeem Latif | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Gill Long | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen James Long | ||||
| Green | Amy Loughenbury | ||||
| Independent | Clare Naughton | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Josie Pugsley | ||||
| Conservative | John Sykes | ||||
| Labour | Simon Phillip Thirkill | ||||
| Green | Benjamin Michael Wainman | ||||
| Conservative | Joanne Wallace-Thompson | ||||
| Independent | Muhammad Anwar Zahid | ||||
Holme Valley North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Donna Katherine Bellamy | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Bradley | ||||
| Reform | Lee Campion | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Howard Leslie Cohen | ||||
| Green | Martin Peter Forrester | ||||
| Independent | Charles Roger Greaves | ||||
| Green | Alex Green | ||||
| Green | Chris Green | ||||
| Conservative | David Michael Heathcote | ||||
| Reform | Michael Holdsworth | ||||
| Reform | Joseph Martin Lodge | ||||
| Labour | Alison Meda Morgan | ||||
| Labour | Lorraine Needham-Reid | ||||
| Independent | Richard Jordan Noon | ||||
| Labour | Sally Grace Pinnell | ||||
| Independent | Julia Faye Roebuck | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew John Smith | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | David John Woodhead | ||||
Holme Valley South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | David George Birch | ||||
| Labour | Doris Mary Blacka | ||||
| Conservative | Damian Craig Brook | ||||
| Reform | Robert Francis Butler | ||||
| Labour | Moses Crook | ||||
| Conservative | Harry Lewis James Davis | ||||
| Green | Anja Jayne Louise Etty | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ellen Griffiths | ||||
| Green | Steven Hall | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Mary Iredale | ||||
| Conservative | Jo Liles | ||||
| Green | Jim Lister | ||||
| Labour | Jayne Elizabeth Rylah | ||||
| Reform | Janet Saville | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas David Shaw | ||||
Kirkburton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bill Armer | ||||
| Green | Jane Bodhi | ||||
| Labour | Edward John Bowen | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Miles Crompton | ||||
| Reform | Bill Hodgson | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Elizabeth Lambert | ||||
| Labour | Raffi Leece | ||||
| Labour | Alero Megbele | ||||
| Reform | Graham Pickup | ||||
| Green | Graham Simpson | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Smith | ||||
| Conservative | Richard Smith | ||||
| Conservative | John Joseph Taylor | ||||
| Green | Rosamund Ann Walsh | ||||
| Reform | Christopher David Wisher | ||||
Lindley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Stephen Anthony Bottomley | ||||
| Conservative | Alistair Coldwell | ||||
| Conservative | Jack Maximilian Edwards | ||||
| Reform | Damien Eyre | ||||
| Reform | Stuart Michael Hale | ||||
| Green | Chloe Nicole Jackson | ||||
| Labour | Harpreet Kaur | ||||
| Conservative | Robert William Anthony McGuin | ||||
| Labour | Annette Marie McLoughlin | ||||
| Labour | James Meade | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | David Ridgway | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ashleigh Victoria Robinson | ||||
| Green | Tony Ryland | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony John Smith | ||||
| Green | Adam James Stroyan | ||||
| Independent | Andy Wood | ||||
Liversedge and Gomersal
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Jane Barraclough | ||||
| Conservative | Matt Clarke | ||||
| Green | Daniel Francis Michael Friend | ||||
| Green | Maya Elizabeth Friend | ||||
| Conservative | David James Hall | ||||
| Labour | George Mason Hall | ||||
| Conservative | Caroline Jane Holt | ||||
| Independent | Tracey Louise King | ||||
| Reform | Susan Jeanette Maxfield | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Malcolm McCaig | ||||
| Labour | Hazel Anne Seidel | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | David Peter Snee | ||||
| Green | Nicholas Eugene Whittingham | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Williams | ||||
| Reform | Sarah Louise Wood | ||||
| Labour | Ralph Wright | ||||
Mirfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Martyn Bolt | ||||
| Green | Richard Mark Dewhirst | ||||
| Labour | James Howard Fishwick | ||||
| Conservative | Mark Hamilton | ||||
| Conservative | Vivien Lees-Hamilton | ||||
| Reform | Matthew Maude | ||||
| Reform | James Steven O’Leary | ||||
| Reform | Carl Richard Pickering | ||||
| Labour | Shanta Pinnock | ||||
| Green | Debby Plummer | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Claire Louise Scargill | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Charles Waterhouse | ||||
| Labour | Jessica Rose May White | ||||
| Green | Catherine Helen Whittingham | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hartley Wilkinson | ||||
Netherton and Newsome
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Shahana Adeeb | ||||
| Labour | Faith Akume | ||||
| Green | Karen Louise Allison | ||||
| Reform | David Anderson | ||||
| Reform | Peter Bell | ||||
| Conservative | Kath Bellamy | ||||
| Green | Andrew Varah Cooper | ||||
| Labour | William James Dennis | ||||
| Conservative | Jane Dickinson | ||||
| Reform | Robert Paul Hargreaves | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Artwell Kamanga | ||||
| Green | Susan Jane Lee-Richards | ||||
| Conservative | Ian Andrew Roberts | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Vincent Wadsworth | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Elizabeth Marianthe Wright | ||||
References
- ↑ "Kirklees Council Composition: Latest". opencouncildata.co.uk. Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 10 February 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ↑ "Scheduled elections". www.kirklees.gov.uk. Kirklees Council. June 2025. Archived from the original on 6 September 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ McCormick, Sebastian (2 May 2024). "Kirklees local election results 2024 in full". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Kirklees leader defection". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ Dillon, Gemma (13 May 2024). "Kirklees councillor Musarrat Khan quits Labour over party's 'moral direction'". BBC News. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Kingstanding still". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ Marlow, Abigail (3 September 2024). "Kirklees councillor resigns to focus on new MP role". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Holme Valley South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ Shaw, Martin (21 January 2026). "Former Kirklees Council leader Cathy Scott's Community Alliance registered as official political party". Huddersfield Hub. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ KLTV (10 March 2026). "Former Kirklees Mayor Cllr Cahal Burke dies aged 48". KLTV. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
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