Local Election Results 2008
Kirklees
Blah! = Blah! Party
EDP = English Democrats Party
HuddsNHS = Save Huddersfield NHS
KSOS = Kirklees Save Our Services
New = New Party
Other results for Kirklees:
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
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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.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
37493 |
31.3% |
8 |
| Labour |
31381 |
26.2% |
7 |
| Liberal Democrat |
21877 |
18.3% |
7 |
| British National Party |
15090 |
12.6% |
0 |
| Green Party |
9159 |
7.6% |
1 |
| Independent |
2662 |
2.2% |
0 |
| Save Huddersfield NHS |
936 |
0.8% |
0 |
| New Party |
512 |
0.4% |
0 |
| English Democrats Party |
365 |
0.3% |
0 |
| Kirklees Save Our Services |
234 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Blah! Party |
38 |
0.0% |
0 |
| Ann Denham |
LD |
1667 |
35.1% |
| Martin Leonard |
C |
1402 |
29.5% |
| Keiron Dunn |
Lab |
528 |
11.1% |
| David Hargreaves |
Grn |
447 |
9.4% |
| James Whitehead |
BNP |
380 |
8.0% |
| Ian Brooke |
Ind |
261 |
5.5% |
| Melvin Gray |
Ind |
65 |
1.4% |
| Ken Smith |
Lab |
1880 |
40.2% |
| Bill Armer |
C |
1759 |
37.6% |
| James Wilkinson |
LD |
299 |
6.4% |
| Yvonne Hutchinson |
Ind |
287 |
6.1% |
| Mel Mills |
KSOS |
234 |
5.0% |
| John Phillips |
Grn |
216 |
4.6% |
| Hanif Mayet |
Lab |
3060 |
54.7% |
| Nadeem Hussain |
C |
823 |
14.7% |
| Mary Iouannou |
BNP |
759 |
13.6% |
| Irfan Iqbal |
LD |
653 |
11.7% |
| Brenda Smithson |
Grn |
296 |
5.3% |
| Shabir Pandor |
Lab |
2335 |
45.3% |
| Kelly McKeown |
C |
1451 |
28.2% |
| Ian Roper |
BNP |
771 |
15.0% |
| Allan Bentley |
LD |
421 |
8.2% |
| Julian Flynn |
Grn |
175 |
3.4% |
| Andrew Palfreeman |
C |
2536 |
54.8% |
| Amanda Stubley |
Lab |
850 |
18.4% |
| John Wilkinson |
BNP |
728 |
15.7% |
| Jon Bloom |
LD |
291 |
6.3% |
| Clive Lord |
Grn |
226 |
4.9% |
| Kathryn Pinnock |
LD |
2425 |
48.3% |
| Sally-Ann Cook |
C |
1050 |
20.9% |
| Richard Brown |
BNP |
1023 |
20.4% |
| Michael Ramsden |
Lab |
409 |
8.1% |
| Janice Cronin |
Grn |
114 |
2.3% |
| David Ridgway |
LD |
1875 |
38.3% |
| Bunty Herriott |
C |
1252 |
25.6% |
| Christine Hanson |
BNP |
687 |
14.0% |
| Helen Singleton |
Lab |
581 |
11.9% |
| Lesley Hedges |
Grn |
497 |
10.2% |
| Molly Walton |
Lab |
2150 |
40.9% |
| John Travis |
C |
992 |
18.8% |
| Ian Slattery |
HuddsNHS |
936 |
17.8% |
| Ian Rutter |
LD |
437 |
8.3% |
| Chas Ball |
Grn |
388 |
7.4% |
| Skye Turner |
BNP |
360 |
6.8% |
| Rochelle Parchment |
LD |
1467 |
34.3% |
| Peter McBride |
Lab |
1303 |
30.5% |
| Roger Jessop |
C |
830 |
19.4% |
| Jonathan Wright |
BNP |
460 |
10.8% |
| Sharon Fallows |
Grn |
212 |
5.0% |
| John Cook |
C |
2474 |
45.7% |
| Maggie Blanshard |
Lab |
1711 |
31.6% |
| June Firth |
BNP |
394 |
7.3% |
| Craig Armistead |
LD |
372 |
6.9% |
| Andrew Stimson |
Grn |
288 |
5.3% |
| Paul McEnhill |
EDP |
172 |
3.2% |
| Paul Kane |
Lab |
2090 |
39.4% |
| Alan Girvan |
BNP |
1467 |
27.7% |
| Dennis Hullock |
LD |
1087 |
20.5% |
| Mohammed Mahroof |
C |
657 |
12.4% |
| Khizar Iqbal |
C |
3208 |
51.2% |
| Yunus Gajra |
Lab |
1518 |
24.2% |
| Frank Atack |
BNP |
1050 |
16.8% |
| Bernard Disken |
LD |
315 |
5.0% |
| Gillian Jolly |
Grn |
177 |
2.8% |
| Karam Hussain |
LD |
3033 |
51.3% |
| Rashid Afsar |
Lab |
1651 |
27.9% |
| Danny Auty |
BNP |
720 |
12.2% |
| Keith Sibbald |
C |
367 |
6.2% |
| Peter Cunnington |
Grn |
136 |
2.3% |
| Christine Iredale |
LD |
1634 |
33.6% |
| Jeremy Cuss |
Lab |
982 |
20.2% |
| Robert Walker |
BNP |
944 |
19.4% |
| Jackie Firth |
C |
883 |
18.1% |
| Dan Greenwood |
Grn |
425 |
8.7% |
| Mehboob Khan |
Lab |
3439 |
63.0% |
| Paul Murphy |
C |
798 |
14.6% |
| Geraldine O'Reilly |
LD |
436 |
8.0% |
| Paul Cooney |
Grn |
417 |
7.6% |
| Linda Wild |
Ind |
369 |
6.8% |
| Steve Hall |
Lab |
2097 |
39.6% |
| David Exley |
BNP |
1903 |
36.0% |
| Phillip Stocks |
C |
953 |
18.0% |
| Chrissy Bloom |
LD |
337 |
6.4% |
| Beryl Smith |
C |
1810 |
32.3% |
| Terry Lyons |
Ind |
1680 |
30.0% |
| Andrea Gosslin |
LD |
1174 |
20.9% |
| Deborah Wright |
BNP |
366 |
6.5% |
| Bill Tankard |
Lab |
342 |
6.1% |
| Claire Plunkett |
Grn |
194 |
3.5% |
| Boney Maroney |
Blah! |
38 |
0.7% |
| Donald Firth |
C |
3113 |
55.3% |
| Chris Chapple |
Lab |
848 |
15.1% |
| Arthur Pritchard |
LD |
732 |
13.0% |
| Simon Anscombe |
Grn |
582 |
10.3% |
| Len Sandford |
BNP |
359 |
6.4% |
| Adrian Murphy |
C |
2430 |
47.6% |
| Michelle Atkinson |
Grn |
1805 |
35.4% |
| Mike Greetham |
Lab |
487 |
9.5% |
| Ivan Purkiss |
EDP |
193 |
3.8% |
| Gerald Edinburgh |
LD |
191 |
3.7% |
| Christine Stanfield |
LD |
2132 |
38.7% |
| Bob Steer |
C |
2068 |
37.5% |
| Douglas Morgan |
Lab |
610 |
11.1% |
| Trisha Benge |
BNP |
432 |
7.8% |
| Richard Plunkett |
Grn |
272 |
4.9% |
| Margaret Bates |
C |
2592 |
52.8% |
| Steve Cass |
BNP |
936 |
19.1% |
| Simon Cave |
Lab |
797 |
16.2% |
| Neil Bentley |
LD |
382 |
7.8% |
| Gill Redshaw |
Grn |
202 |
4.1% |
| Martyn Bolt |
C |
3400 |
55.9% |
| Nick Cass |
BNP |
967 |
15.9% |
| Julie Miles |
Lab |
797 |
13.1% |
| David Pinder |
New |
512 |
8.4% |
| Brian Firth |
LD |
261 |
4.3% |
| Brian Strudwick |
Grn |
148 |
2.4% |
| Andrew Cooper |
Grn |
1942 |
46.9% |
| Jean Goodison |
Lab |
916 |
22.1% |
| Janice Thomas |
C |
645 |
15.6% |
| Stuart Exley |
BNP |
384 |
9.3% |
| Helen Greaves |
LD |
256 |
6.2% |
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