Local Election Results 2002
Kirklees
One-third of council up for election.
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By-elections for Kirklees (may be incomplete): 14th August 2003 (Heckmondwike)
— 27th July 2006 (Greenhead)
— 10th July 2008 (Dalton)
— 16th October 2008 (Dewsbury E.)
— 13th June 2013 (Liversedge & Gomersal)
— 21st November 2013 (Golcar)
— 26th October 2017 (Batley E.)
— 1st November 2018 (Denby Dale)
— 12th December 2019 (Colne Valley; Dewsbury W.)
— 31st August 2023 (Batley E.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
33793 |
34.4% |
9 |
| Liberal Democrat |
30160 |
30.7% |
9 |
| Conservative |
23682 |
24.1% |
5 |
| Green Party |
7139 |
7.3% |
2 |
| British National Party |
2214 |
2.3% |
0 |
| Socialist Alliance |
847 |
0.9% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
130 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Socialist Alternative |
107 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Independent |
106 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Official Monster Raving Loony Party |
55 |
0.1% |
0 |
| John Smithson |
LD |
1985 |
66.3% |
| Jacqueline Hardaker |
Lab |
746 |
24.9% |
| Brian Studwick |
Grn |
262 |
8.8% |
| Mary Harkin |
Lab |
2091 |
44.7% |
| Jonathan Bloom |
LD |
1829 |
39.1% |
| Ian McCord |
C |
599 |
12.8% |
| Timothy Sykes |
Grn |
164 |
3.5% |
| Shabir Pandor |
Lab |
1688 |
39.6% |
| David Robinson |
LD |
1645 |
38.6% |
| Jonathan Pygott |
BNP |
438 |
10.3% |
| Brian Taylor |
C |
406 |
9.5% |
| Stephen Turnbull |
Grn |
82 |
1.9% |
| Deryck Hillas |
Lab |
2540 |
60.9% |
| Reggie Sharp |
C |
927 |
22.2% |
| Mohammad Saeed |
LD |
332 |
8.0% |
| John Phillips |
Grn |
239 |
5.7% |
| Graham Hellawell |
SocAll |
132 |
3.2% |
| Andrew Palfreeman |
C |
2019 |
50.1% |
| Michael Williams |
Lab |
1389 |
34.5% |
| Jean Tasker |
LD |
387 |
9.6% |
| Clive Lord |
Grn |
234 |
5.8% |
| Andrew Pinnock |
LD |
1642 |
46.5% |
| John Dick |
Lab |
913 |
25.8% |
| Simon Sugden |
C |
845 |
23.9% |
| Stephen Harrison |
Grn |
134 |
3.8% |
| Margaret Fearnley |
LD |
1503 |
38.5% |
| Dorothy Lindley |
C |
1461 |
37.5% |
| Ian Leedham |
Lab |
707 |
18.1% |
| Sandra Leyland |
Grn |
228 |
5.8% |
| Molly Wharton |
Lab |
2158 |
47.4% |
| Rana Younas |
LD |
1459 |
32.0% |
| Neil Craven |
C |
667 |
14.6% |
| David Hill |
Grn |
157 |
3.4% |
| Macsood Humayun |
SocAll |
115 |
2.5% |
| Colin Walder |
LD |
1756 |
48.9% |
| Melvyn Munday |
Lab |
1458 |
40.6% |
| Anah Maheen |
C |
214 |
6.0% |
| David Honour |
Grn |
160 |
4.5% |
| Susan May |
Lab |
1095 |
46.7% |
| Richard Pinnock |
LD |
1031 |
44.0% |
| Hope Bryam |
C |
160 |
6.8% |
| Joseph Whiteside |
SocAll |
57 |
2.4% |
| Christopher Harpin |
Lab |
1987 |
40.2% |
| Jonathan Naylor |
C |
1966 |
39.8% |
| Emma Bone |
LD |
609 |
12.3% |
| Joseph Whiteside |
SocAll |
376 |
7.6% |
| Eric Firth |
Lab |
1559 |
39.3% |
| Bernard Diskin |
LD |
1435 |
36.1% |
| Suzy Bastow |
BNP |
536 |
13.5% |
| Mohammad Khan |
C |
379 |
9.5% |
| Joan Smithson |
Grn |
61 |
1.5% |
| Karam Hussain |
LD |
2950 |
53.0% |
| Mumtaz Hussain |
Lab |
1666 |
29.9% |
| John Nottingham |
C |
418 |
7.5% |
| David Mitchell |
BNP |
417 |
7.5% |
| Nicholas Ayres |
Grn |
120 |
2.2% |
| Robert Iredale |
LD |
1792 |
50.2% |
| Mark Ewington |
Lab |
997 |
27.9% |
| Karen Tweed |
C |
528 |
14.8% |
| Lesley Hedges |
Grn |
253 |
7.1% |
| Timothy Crowther |
Lab |
2027 |
50.2% |
| Roger Roberts |
C |
1317 |
32.6% |
| Sajid Sharif |
LD |
461 |
11.4% |
| Gillian Redshaw |
Grn |
229 |
5.7% |
| John Green |
LD |
1676 |
36.5% |
| Terry Lyons |
Lab |
1579 |
34.4% |
| Richard Dixon |
C |
1026 |
22.3% |
| Barry Ward |
Grn |
199 |
4.3% |
| Ian Brooke |
SocAll |
57 |
1.2% |
| Melodie Staniforth |
Loony |
55 |
1.2% |
| Keith Patrick |
C |
1592 |
35.3% |
| Jeanette Leadbeater |
LD |
1329 |
29.5% |
| Mary Chapple |
Lab |
1182 |
26.2% |
| John Heneghan |
Grn |
292 |
6.5% |
| Roger Keely |
SocAll |
110 |
2.4% |
| Mark Hemingway |
C |
1815 |
37.9% |
| Derek Hardcastle |
Grn |
1583 |
33.1% |
| Julie Ballanfante |
Lab |
988 |
20.7% |
| Gerald Edinburgh |
LD |
397 |
8.3% |
| Barbara Allonby |
LD |
2358 |
55.0% |
| David James |
C |
1011 |
23.6% |
| Douglas Morgan |
Lab |
602 |
14.0% |
| Richard Plunkett |
Grn |
184 |
4.3% |
| Helen Martinek |
UKIP |
130 |
3.0% |
| Martyn Bolt |
C |
2147 |
52.9% |
| Michael Hutchinson |
Lab |
1216 |
30.0% |
| Helen Swain |
LD |
479 |
11.8% |
| Claire Plunkett |
Grn |
111 |
2.7% |
| Imelda Marsden |
Ind |
106 |
2.6% |
| Graham Simpson |
Grn |
2000 |
54.4% |
| Julie Stewart |
Grn |
1812 |
|
| Garth Pratt |
Lab |
861 |
23.4% |
| Gilbert Hanson |
Lab |
744 |
|
| Andrew Hirst |
LD |
401 |
10.9% |
| Anne Thornton |
LD |
351 |
|
| Michael Brooke |
C |
310 |
8.4% |
| Paul Ambler |
C |
197 |
|
| Dylan Murphy |
SocAlt |
107 |
2.9% |
| Linda Wild |
LD |
1807 |
46.6% |
| Barry France |
Lab |
1544 |
39.8% |
| Neil Kelly |
C |
321 |
8.3% |
| Leslie Bailey |
Grn |
205 |
5.3% |
| Gordon North |
Lab |
1593 |
45.8% |
| Derrick Yates |
C |
1228 |
35.3% |
| Kenneth Lee |
LD |
542 |
15.6% |
| Isabel Walters |
Grn |
116 |
3.3% |
| Khizar Iqbal |
C |
2326 |
48.1% |
| Thimme Gowda |
Lab |
1207 |
25.0% |
| Nicholas Cass |
BNP |
823 |
17.0% |
| Gary Denison |
LD |
355 |
7.3% |
| Sarah Greenwood |
Grn |
126 |
2.6% |
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