The 2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election is due to take place on 2 May 2024 alongside the West Yorkshire mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom.[1]
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23 out of 69 seats to Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council 35 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prior to the local elections, four Labour councillors resigned from the party in protest of the party's direction and policy regarding the war in Gaza.[2] The four members subsequently formed the Kirklees Community Independents Group,[3] which still sits on the council and has no seats up for election this year. With this exception, the council makeup is unchanged following the previous year's elections.
Councillors standing down edit
Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Date announced | |
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Naheed Mather | Dalton | 2012 | Labour | 5 February 2024[4] | |
Donald Firth | Holme Valley South | Conservative | 6 March 2024[5] | ||
Bernard McGuin | Almondbury | Conservative | 6 March 2024[5] | ||
Elizabeth Reynolds | Golcar | Labour | 6 March 2024[5] | ||
Adam Gregg | Lindley | Conservative | 6 March 2024[5] | ||
Melanie Stephen | Liversedge and Gomersal | 2021 | Conservative | 6 March 2024[5] |
Summary edit
Election result edit
2024 Kirlees Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 7 | 5 | 30.4 | 23 | 30 | 43.5 | 34,519 | 31.2 | –11.4 | |
Conservative | 5 | 3 | 21.7 | 10 | 15 | 21.7 | 26,844 | 24.2 | –6.2 | |
Independent | 6 | 5 | 26.1 | 4 | 10 | 14.5 | 19,121 | 17.3 | +14.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 2 | 13.0 | 7 | 10 | 14.5 | 13,655 | 12.3 | –1.3 | |
Green | 2 | 1 | 8.7 | 2 | 4 | 5.8 | 15,357 | 13.9 | +3.4 | |
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 509 | 0.5 | +0.2 | ||
Yorkshire | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 473 | 0.4 | +0.3 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 164 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Heritage | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 88 | 0.1 | N/A |
Ward results edit
Candidates nominated by ward:[6]
Almondbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Longstaff | 1,668 | 40.5 | –5.8 | |
Labour | Patricia Colling | 983 | 23.9 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Collins Ibor | 955 | 23.2 | –2.3 | |
Green | Peter Taylor | 514 | 12.5 | +6.6 | |
Majority | 685 | 16.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,120 | 30.7 | |||
Registered electors | 13,440 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.8 |
Ashbrow edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Homewood* | 1,970 | 47.8 | –3.6 | |
Conservative | Ian Roberts | 803 | 19.5 | –4.2 | |
Green | Brenda Smithson | 644 | 15.6 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Ridgway | 538 | 13.1 | +6.1 | |
TUSC | Daniel Green | 164 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,167 | 28.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,119 | 28.7 | |||
Registered electors | 14,333 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.3 |
Batley East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Aziz Daji | 3,835 | 67.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Phillip Lucitt | 901 | 15.9 | –28.4 | |
Conservative | Neil Mayman | 412 | 7.3 | –36.7 | |
Green | Simon Duffy | 365 | 6.4 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Bloom | 153 | 2.7 | –3.2 | |
Majority | 2,934 | 51.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,666 | 42.9 | |||
Registered electors | 13,205 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour |
Batley West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Zahid Kahut | 2,695 | 52.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Shabir Pandor* | 991 | 19.1 | –40.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Bird | 541 | 10.4 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Fatima Riaz | 519 | 10.0 | –14.2 | |
Green | John Phillips | 439 | 8.5 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 1,704 | 32.9 | |||
Turnout | 5,185 | 37.3 | |||
Registered electors | 13,891 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour |
Birstall & Birkenshaw edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Thompson* | 1,854 | 46.9 | –2.3 | |
Labour | Julie Smith | 1,515 | 38.3 | +1.8 | |
Green | Tahir Akram | 411 | 10.4 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Walsh | 176 | 4.4 | –4.2 | |
Majority | 339 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,956 | 30.7 | |||
Registered electors | 12,903 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.1 |
Cleckheaton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Pinnock* | 2,823 | 63.7 | –4.1 | |
Conservative | Piers Briggs | 746 | 16.8 | –0.3 | |
Labour | Jessica White | 634 | 14.3 | +3.3 | |
Green | Martin Price | 230 | 5.2 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 2,077 | 46.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,433 | 32.6 | |||
Registered electors | 13,615 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.9 |
Colne Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Matthew McLoughlin* | 2,493 | 48.9 | –1.5 | |
Conservative | Isaac Barnett | 1,049 | 20.6 | –5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harry Marchington | 615 | 12.1 | –1.6 | |
Yorkshire | Tim Millea | 473 | 9.3 | N/A | |
Green | Julia Norman | 470 | 9.2 | –0.3 | |
Majority | 1,444 | 28.3 | |||
Turnout | 5,100 | 37.2 | |||
Registered electors | 13,699 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 2.2 |
Crosland Moor & Netherton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Alex Vickers | 2,011 | 41.5 | +17.0 | |
Labour | Manisha Kaushik* | 1,657 | 34.2 | –18.1 | |
Conservative | Trevor Bellamy | 590 | 12.2 | –5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Barraclough | 331 | 6.8 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Mark Finch | 257 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 354 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,846 | 34.8 | |||
Registered electors | 13,917 | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | 17.6 |
Dalton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Munir Ahmed | 1,492 | 44.3 | –8.1 | |
Conservative | Glenn Hirst | 735 | 21.8 | +1.0 | |
Green | Clare Walters | 569 | 16.9 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dominic Black | 332 | 9.9 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Clare Holden | 240 | 7.1 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 757 | 22.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,368 | 26.9 | |||
Registered electors | 12,540 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.6 |
Denby Dale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Timothy Bamford* | 2,530 | 47.6 | +6.9 | |
Labour | Michelle Banks | 2,089 | 39.3 | –6.2 | |
Green | Michael Shaw | 310 | 5.8 | +1.0 | |
Independent | Lynne Carroll | 230 | 4.3 | ±0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Wilkinson | 151 | 2.8 | –1.9 | |
Majority | 441 | 8.3 | |||
Turnout | 5,310 | 39.3 | |||
Registered electors | 13,508 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.6 |
Dewsbury East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Eric Firth* | 1,534 | 40.7 | –14.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dennis Hullock | 859 | 22.8 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | John Cowan | 758 | 20.1 | –7.9 | |
Green | Gideon Richards | 622 | 16.5 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 675 | 17.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,773 | 26.5 | |||
Registered electors | 14,246 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 13.7 |
Dewsbury South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Hanifa Darwan | 3,443 | 62.3 | N/A | |
Labour Co-op | Jackie Ramsay* | 1,063 | 19.2 | –46.5 | |
Conservative | Sean Guy | 455 | 8.2 | –10.6 | |
Independent | Shaun Maddox | 228 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Green | Nicholas Whittingham | 155 | 2.8 | –2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Disken | 94 | 1.7 | –1.7 | |
Independent | Richard Beck | 87 | 1.6 | –5.5 | |
Majority | 2,380 | 43.1 | |||
Turnout | 5,525 | 41.3 | |||
Registered electors | 13,385 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour Co-op |
Dewsbury West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Tanisha Bramwell | 3,109 | 53.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Mussarat Pervaiz* | 1,390 | 23.8 | –33.0 | |
Conservative | Sajid Hussain | 855 | 14.6 | –20.9 | |
Green | Simon Cope | 317 | 5.4 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Rossington | 171 | 2.9 | –0.2 | |
Majority | 1,719 | 29.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,842 | 40.9 | |||
Registered electors | 14,295 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour |
Golcar edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela Sewell | 1,656 | 39.0 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicola Turner | 1,520 | 35.8 | –5.9 | |
Conservative | Matthew Crompton | 597 | 14.1 | +1.9 | |
Green | Heather Peacock | 470 | 11.1 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 136 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,243 | 30.7 | |||
Registered electors | 13,840 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.6 |
Greenhead edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sheikh Ullah* | 1,754 | 33.1 | –34.2 | |
Green | Maryam Jawaid | 1,713 | 32.3 | +19.5 | |
Independent | Waseema Naheem | 884 | 16.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Rob Speed | 688 | 13.0 | –0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Manjit Singh | 263 | 5.0 | –1.3 | |
Majority | 41 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,302 | 37.3 | |||
Registered electors | 14,199 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 26.9 |
Heckmondwike edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ali Arshad | 1,554 | 36.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Steve Hall* | 1,470 | 34.8 | –29.5 | |
Conservative | Amin Hussain | 612 | 14.5 | –10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Josie Pugsley | 315 | 7.5 | +1.6 | |
Green | Graham Simpson | 274 | 6.5 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 84 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,225 | 31.5 | |||
Registered electors | 13,424 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour |
Holme Valley North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Charles Greaves* | 2,430 | 44.4 | +19.2 | |
Labour | Jayne Fisher | 1,393 | 25.4 | –3.4 | |
Conservative | David Heathcote | 1,186 | 21.7 | –10.9 | |
Green | Samuel Midgley | 296 | 5.4 | –0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Howard Cohen | 172 | 3.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 1,037 | 19.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,477 | 40.5 | |||
Registered electors | 13,541 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | 11.3 |
Holme Valley South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jane Rylah | 2,916 | 45.3 | –0.2 | |
Conservative | Damian Brook | 2,660 | 41.3 | –0.9 | |
Green | Darryl Gould | 614 | 9.5 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ellen Griffiths | 246 | 3.8 | –0.7 | |
Majority | 256 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,436 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,179 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 0.4 |
Kirkburton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Smith* | 1,995 | 42.8 | –7.5 | |
Labour | Edward Bowen | 1,291 | 27.7 | +4.5 | |
Green | Andy Scott | 1,089 | 23.4 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Craig Wiles | 152 | 3.3 | –0.4 | |
Independent | Miri Finch | 129 | 2.8 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 704 | 15.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,656 | 36.9 | |||
Registered electors | 12,632 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.0 |
Lindley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ashleigh Robinson | 2,036 | 36.0 | –10.4 | |
Conservative | Robert McGuin | 1,879 | 33.3 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Tom Durrans-Cross | 1,130 | 20.0 | +3.7 | |
Green | Richard Burton | 517 | 9.2 | +4.7 | |
Heritage | Helen Parry | 88 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 157 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,650 | 36.5 | |||
Registered electors | 15,497 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 6.2 |
Liversedge & Gomersal edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Caroline Holt | 1,867 | 46.3 | –7.9 | |
Labour | Erica Amende | 1,511 | 37.4 | +1.6 | |
Green | Linda Simmons | 400 | 9.9 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Snee | 258 | 6.4 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 356 | 8.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,036 | 29.2 | |||
Registered electors | 13,822 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.8 |
Mirfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Martyn Bolt* | 2,827 | 50.7 | +11.2 | |
Labour | Geoff Kernan | 1,794 | 32.2 | –3.7 | |
Reform UK | Sam Griffith-Jones | 509 | 9.1 | +2.9 | |
Green | Catherine Whittingham | 334 | 6.0 | –7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Long | 116 | 2.1 | –3.0 | |
Majority | 1,033 | 18.5 | |||
Turnout | 5,580 | 35.0 | |||
Registered electors | 15,724 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.5 |
Newsome edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Andrew Cooper | 2,593 | 66.8 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Mark Morris | 892 | 23.0 | –1.5 | |
Conservative | Kath Bellamy | 272 | 7.0 | –0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Waheed Anwar | 125 | 3.2 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 1,701 | 43.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,882 | 29.6 | |||
Registered electors | 13,129 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | 2.0 |
References edit
- ^ "District Council and West Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayoral Elections 2024". Kirklees Council.
- ^ Shaw, Martin (2024-02-13). "Kirklees Council Labour group hit by resignation of four councillors in protest over Gaza and local leadership". Huddersfield Hub. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ Marlow, Abigail (2024-02-20). "Ex-Labour members form new group on Kirklees Council after 'toxic swamp' resignations". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ Shaw, Martin (2024-02-05). "Naheed Mather to step down as a councillor at the May local elections". Huddersfield Hub. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ a b c d e Marlow, Abigail (2024-03-07). "Six Kirklees councillors to stand down at next local elections". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Candidates confirmed for Kirklees Council elections May 2024". Kirklees Together. 2024-04-05. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated - Almondbury" (PDF). 4 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.