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Local Election Results 2018

Kirklees

One-third of council up for election.

DVP = Democrats and Veterans Party
HWDI = Heavy Woollen District Independents
Pirate = Pirate Party of the United Kingdom
Yorks = Yorkshire Party

Other results for Kirklees: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 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 2018

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 48738 44.3% 12
Conservative 33613 30.5% 7
Liberal Democrat 13921 12.6% 3
Green Party 8441 7.7% 1
Independent 2432 2.2% 1
Heavy Woollen District Independents 1070 1.0% 0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 986 0.9% 0
UK Independence Party 411 0.4% 0
Democrats and Veterans Party 317 0.3% 0
Pirate Party of the United Kingdom 64 0.1% 0
Yorkshire Party 56 0.1% 0

Almondbury

Alison Munro LD 2042 40.1%
Louise Peace Lab 1641 32.2%
Clive Walton C 1194 23.4%
Tricia Moores Grn 218 4.3%

Ashbrow

Harpreet Kaur Uppal Lab 2490 56.1%
Maria Ackroyd C 1231 27.7%
Nicola Jackson TUSC 285 6.4%
Joan Smithson Grn 239 5.4%
Andrew McCaig LD 196 4.4%

Batley East

Mahmood Akhtar Lab 3293 74.7%
Keiron Gavaghan C 811 18.4%
Jessica Berry Grn 162 3.7%
Jon Bloom LD 141 3.2%

Batley West

Gwen Lowe Lab 3052 69.0%
Paul Young C 1099 24.8%
Marnie Cope Grn 111 2.5%
Christopher Kane LD 99 2.2%
Garry Kitchin Pirate 64 1.4%

Birstall and Birkenshaw (2) [Resignation of Andrew Palfreeman]

Elizabeth Smaje C 2294 56.5%
Mark Thompson C 2234
Jasmine Kennedy Lab 1261 31.1%
Arfan Asif Lab 995
Susan Lee-Richards Grn 289 7.1%
Pippa Hepworth LD 213 5.3%
Clare Kane LD 195

Cleckheaton

John Lawson LD 2318 52.8%
Susie Bell Proctor C 1049 23.9%
Tom Kowalski Lab 887 20.2%
Isabel Walters Grn 136 3.1%

Colne Valley [Lab gain from LD]

Nell Griffiths Lab 1960 36.1%
Nicola Turner LD 1866 34.4%
Mathew Noble C 1176 21.7%
James McLeod Grn 231 4.3%
Melanie Roberts UKIP 198 3.6%

Crosland Moor and Netherton

Erin Hill Lab 2328 47.0%
Tony McGrath C 1176 23.7%
Mike Forster TUSC 701 14.2%
Robert Iredale LD 242 4.9%
Susan Laird UKIP 213 4.3%
Robert Barraclough Grn 194 3.9%
Steve Bradbury Ind 98 2.0%

Dalton

Peter McBride Lab 1778 52.8%
Sarah Brightmore C 874 26.0%
Roger Battye LD 421 12.5%
Simon Duffy Grn 221 6.6%
Joshua Pearce DVP 74 2.2%

Denby Dale

Billy Jewitt C 2592 47.2%
Will Simpson Lab 2355 42.9%
Nick Brook Grn 391 7.1%
Waheed Anwar LD 153 2.8%

Dewsbury East

Cathy Scott Lab 1900 42.3%
Mark Eastwood C 1437 32.0%
Aleks Lukic HWDI 877 19.5%
Dennis Hullock LD 157 3.5%
Tony Kelsall Grn 120 2.7%

Dewsbury South

Masood Ahmed Lab 3360 70.2%
James Spivey C 875 18.3%
Adrian Cruden Grn 208 4.3%
Anthony Penny-Whitworth HWDI 193 4.0%
Bernard Disken LD 153 3.2%

Dewsbury West

Mumtaz Hussain Lab 3667 75.6%
Sean Guy C 626 12.9%
Kingsley Hill LD 307 6.3%
Simon Cope Grn 250 5.2%

Golcar [Lab gain from LD]

Richard Murgatroyd Lab 1876 40.2%
Andrew Marchington LD 1723 36.9%
Jacqueline Walker C 838 18.0%
Ian Vincent Grn 231 4.9%

Greenhead

Mohan Singh Sokhal Lab 3637 70.9%
Robert McGuin C 818 16.0%
John Phillips Grn 420 8.2%
Manjit Singh LD 252 4.9%

Heckmondwike

Viv Kendrick Lab 2377 59.3%
Rob Thornton C 1235 30.8%
Alan Freeman Grn 247 6.2%
Josie Pugsley LD 150 3.7%

Holme Valley North

Terry Lyons Ind 2078 39.3%
Suzanne Gannon Lab 1622 30.6%
Elena Bunbury C 1313 24.8%
Gina Dungworth LD 173 3.3%
Joshua Dalton DVP 108 2.0%

Holme Valley South

Keith Patrick C 2758 46.0%
Paul Davies Lab 2350 39.2%
Susan Macklin Grn 480 8.0%
Mark Holroyd LD 278 4.6%
James Dalton DVP 135 2.2%

Kirkburton

Bill Armer C 2269 47.0%
Derek Hardcastle Grn 1399 29.0%
Paul Connolly Lab 1072 22.2%
Richard Farnhill LD 90 1.9%

Lindley

Cahal Burke LD 2578 44.1%
Adam Gregg C 1850 31.7%
Yusra Hussain Lab 1020 17.5%
Mike Chalker Ind 256 4.4%
Peter Taylor Grn 140 2.4%

Liversedge and Gomersal

David Hall C 2462 57.6%
Jude McKaig Lab 1504 35.2%
Nicholas Whittingham Grn 180 4.2%
David Snee LD 127 3.0%

Mirfield

Vivien Lees-Hamilton C 3270 59.3%
Julie Spencer Lab 1715 31.1%
Catherine Whittingham Grn 359 6.5%
Stephen Bird LD 167 3.0%

Newsome

Karen Allison Grn 2215 51.5%
Jo Lawson Lab 1593 37.0%
Charlie Reid C 366 8.5%
Andrew Wilkinson LD 75 1.7%
Bikatshi Katenga Yorks 56 1.3%

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