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Local Election Results 2003

Kirklees

One-third of council up for election.

Other results for Kirklees: 2002 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 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 29472 29.9% 6
Liberal Democrat 28789 29.2% 12
Conservative 23711 24.1% 5
Green Party 8511 8.6% 1
British National Party 6760 6.9% 0
Socialist Alliance 531 0.5% 0
Liberal Party 337 0.3% 0
UK Independence Party 166 0.2% 0
Socialist Alternative 165 0.2% 0
Official Monster Raving Loony Party 80 0.1% 0

Almondbury

Sylvia Smithson LD 1562 51.3%
David Harvey Lab 589 19.3%
Neil Kelly C 555 18.2%
Brian Strudwick Grn 251 8.2%
Ian Brooke SocAll 88 2.9%

Batley East

Jonathan Bloom LD 2507 45.2%
George Speight Lab 1778 32.0%
Gillian Cass BNP 656 11.8%
Ian McCord C 464 8.4%
Nicholas Ayres Grn 146 2.6%

Batley West

Paul Battye LD 1683 35.8%
Gwenneth Grailey Lab 1507 32.1%
Jonathan Pygott BNP 1075 22.9%
David Hall C 288 6.1%
Stephen Turnbull Grn 149 3.2%

Birkby

Annie Smith Lab 2263 55.0%
Reggie Sharp C 947 23.0%
Elliott Grimes LD 546 13.3%
John Phillips Grn 240 5.8%
Susan Johnson SocAll 122 3.0%

Birstall and Birkenshaw

Brian Snelson C 1758 40.8%
Michael Williams Lab 1217 28.3%
John Wilkinson BNP 724 16.8%
Jean Tasker LD 388 9.0%
Clive Lord Grn 217 5.0%

Cleckheaton

Kath Pinnock LD 1533 46.1%
John Dick Lab 869 26.1%
Simon Sugden C 779 23.4%
Stephen Harrison Grn 147 4.4%

Colne Valley West

Gordon Beever LD 1696 40.5%
Dorothy Lindley C 1688 40.3%
Neil Colquhoun Lab 497 11.9%
Sandra Leyland Grn 221 5.3%
Michael Andrassy SocAll 88 2.1%

Crosland Moor

Mohammed Sarwar LD 1781 42.5%
Ian Leedham Lab 1290 30.8%
Neil Craven C 744 17.7%
David Hill Grn 259 6.2%
Macsood Humayun SocAll 119 2.8%

Dalton

Roger Battye LD 1554 44.3%
Peter McBride Lab 1433 40.9%
Paul King C 294 8.4%
David Honour Grn 224 6.4%

Deighton

Ken Smith Lab 1026 44.4%
Richard Pinnock LD 979 42.3%
Hope Byram C 164 7.1%
Edward Adams Grn 110 4.8%
Joseph Whiteside SocAll 33 1.4%

Denby Dale

Maggie Blanshard Lab 2070 44.2%
Malcolm Smith C 1662 35.5%
Emma Bone LD 587 12.5%
Andrew Stimson Grn 367 7.8%

Dewsbury East

Paul Kane Lab 1690 39.2%
Gary Denison LD 1437 33.4%
David Huntington BNP 840 19.5%
James Taylor C 246 5.7%
John Ayre Grn 94 2.2%

Dewsbury West

Keith Oldroyd LD 2008 42.8%
Paul Ellis Lab 1394 29.7%
Lee Wetherill BNP 648 13.8%
John Nottingham C 530 11.3%
Heidi Smithson Grn 111 2.4%

Golcar

Christine Iredale LD 1297 35.5%
Mark Ewington Lab 1017 27.9%
Karen Tweed C 640 17.5%
Lesley Hedges Grn 358 9.8%
Ian McLellan Lib 337 9.2%

Heckmondwike

David Sheard Lab 1634 39.7%
Roger Roberts C 1294 31.5%
Tabasum Aslam LD 901 21.9%
Gillian Redshaw Grn 282 6.9%

Holme Valley North

Michael Bower LD 1826 43.8%
Richard Dixon C 1165 27.9%
Patricia Colling Lab 753 18.1%
Barry Ward Grn 346 8.3%
Melodie Staniforth Loony 80 1.9%

Holme Valley South

Donald Firth C 2032 44.3%
Louise Baldock Lab 1112 24.2%
Jeanette Leadbeater LD 1061 23.1%
Leslie Bailey Grn 305 6.6%
Roger Keely SocAll 81 1.8%

Kirkburton

Adrian Murphy C 1820 39.1%
Derek Hardcastle Grn 1774 38.1%
Gerald Ramsden Lab 755 16.2%
Gerald Edinburgh LD 305 6.6%

Lindley

Tony Woodhead LD 2025 49.3%
Annabel Herriott C 1110 27.0%
Donald Cameron Lab 563 13.7%
Richard Plunkett Grn 247 6.0%
John Nunn UKIP 166 4.0%

Mirfield

Kathleen Taylor C 1802 39.8%
Karl Hanson BNP 1361 30.1%
Douglas Morgan Lab 951 21.0%
Brian Firth LD 298 6.6%
Claire Plunkett Grn 113 2.5%

Newsome

Andrew Cooper Grn 1984 61.1%
Garth Pratt Lab 651 20.0%
Anne Thornton LD 290 8.9%
Jean Goodison SocAlt 165 5.1%
Anah Mahenn C 159 4.9%

Paddock

John O'Reilly LD 1621 43.9%
Gary Dimmock Lab 1381 37.4%
Jonathan Garside C 406 11.0%
Joan Smithson Grn 288 7.8%

Spen

Harry Fox Lab 1680 46.8%
Derrick Yates C 1343 37.4%
Kenneth Lee LD 400 11.1%
David Arundell Grn 168 4.7%

Thornhill

Imtiaz Ameen C 1821 34.7%
Nicholas Cass BNP 1456 27.8%
David Beetham Lab 1352 25.8%
Stephen Bird LD 504 9.6%
Gillian Jolly Grn 110 2.1%

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