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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 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 2008

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

Almondbury

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%

Ashbrow

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%

Batley East

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%

Batley West

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%

Birstall and Birkenshaw

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%

Cleckheaton

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%

Colne Valley

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%

Crosland Moor and Netherton

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%

Dalton [LD gain from Lab]

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%

Denby Dale [C gain from Lab]

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%

Dewsbury East

Paul Kane Lab 2090 39.4%
Alan Girvan BNP 1467 27.7%
Dennis Hullock LD 1087 20.5%
Mohammed Mahroof C 657 12.4%

Dewsbury South

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%

Dewsbury West

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%

Golcar

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%

Greenhead

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%

Heckmondwike [Lab gain from BNP]

Steve Hall Lab 2097 39.6%
David Exley BNP 1903 36.0%
Phillip Stocks C 953 18.0%
Chrissy Bloom LD 337 6.4%

Holme Valley North [C gain from Ind]

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%

Holme Valley South

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%

Kirkburton

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%

Lindley

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%

Liversedge and Gomersal

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%

Mirfield

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%

Newsome

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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