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Local Election Results 2002

Kirklees

One-third of council up for election.

Other results for Kirklees: 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
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.) — 17th October 2024 (Holme Valley S.)

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Consolidated results — Kirklees 2002

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

Almondbury

John Smithson LD 1985 66.3%
Jacqueline Hardaker Lab 746 24.9%
Brian Studwick Grn 262 8.8%

Batley East

Mary Harkin Lab 2091 44.7%
Jonathan Bloom LD 1829 39.1%
Ian McCord C 599 12.8%
Timothy Sykes Grn 164 3.5%

Batley West

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%

Birkby

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%

Birstall and Birkenshaw

Andrew Palfreeman C 2019 50.1%
Michael Williams Lab 1389 34.5%
Jean Tasker LD 387 9.6%
Clive Lord Grn 234 5.8%

Cleckheaton

Andrew Pinnock LD 1642 46.5%
John Dick Lab 913 25.8%
Simon Sugden C 845 23.9%
Stephen Harrison Grn 134 3.8%

Colne Valley West

Margaret Fearnley LD 1503 38.5%
Dorothy Lindley C 1461 37.5%
Ian Leedham Lab 707 18.1%
Sandra Leyland Grn 228 5.8%

Crosland Moor

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%

Dalton

Colin Walder LD 1756 48.9%
Melvyn Munday Lab 1458 40.6%
Anah Maheen C 214 6.0%
David Honour Grn 160 4.5%

Deighton

Susan May Lab 1095 46.7%
Richard Pinnock LD 1031 44.0%
Hope Bryam C 160 6.8%
Joseph Whiteside SocAll 57 2.4%

Denby Dale

Christopher Harpin Lab 1987 40.2%
Jonathan Naylor C 1966 39.8%
Emma Bone LD 609 12.3%
Joseph Whiteside SocAll 376 7.6%

Dewsbury East

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%

Dewsbury West

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%

Golcar

Robert Iredale LD 1792 50.2%
Mark Ewington Lab 997 27.9%
Karen Tweed C 528 14.8%
Lesley Hedges Grn 253 7.1%

Heckmondwike

Timothy Crowther Lab 2027 50.2%
Roger Roberts C 1317 32.6%
Sajid Sharif LD 461 11.4%
Gillian Redshaw Grn 229 5.7%

Holme Valley North

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%

Holme Valley South

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%

Kirkburton

Mark Hemingway C 1815 37.9%
Derek Hardcastle Grn 1583 33.1%
Julie Ballanfante Lab 988 20.7%
Gerald Edinburgh LD 397 8.3%

Lindley

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%

Mirfield

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%

Newsome

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%

Paddock

Linda Wild LD 1807 46.6%
Barry France Lab 1544 39.8%
Neil Kelly C 321 8.3%
Leslie Bailey Grn 205 5.3%

Spen

Gordon North Lab 1593 45.8%
Derrick Yates C 1228 35.3%
Kenneth Lee LD 542 15.6%
Isabel Walters Grn 116 3.3%

Thornhill

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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