The 2018 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England. The result gave the Labour Party majority control of Kirklees Council with 36 of the 69 councillors representing the party.[2]
Votes by Party edit
Labour Party: 49,733 votes
Conservative Party: 35,847
Liberal Democrats: 14,116
Green Party: 8,441
Independents: 3,502
TUSC: 986
UKIP: 411
Democrats and Veterans: 317
Pirate Party: 64
Yorkshire Party: 56
Candidates edit
Almondbury ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alison Louise Munro | 2,042 | 40 | +14 | |
Labour | Louise Ruth Peace | 1641 | 32 | +6 | |
Conservative | Clive Richard Walton | 1194 | 23 | -4 | |
Green | Tricia Moores | 218 | 4 | -6 |
Ashbrow ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harpreet Kaur Uppal | 2,490 | 56 | -2 | |
Conservative | Maria Ackroyd | 1231 | 28 | +2 | |
TUSC | Nicola Sarah Jayne Jackson | 285 | 6 | ||
Green | Joan Brenda Smithson | 239 | 5 | -7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Malcolm McCaig | 196 | 4 | 0 |
Batley East ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mahmood Akhtar | 3,293 | 75 | +24.30 | |
Conservative | Keiron Gavaghan | 811 | 18 | +8.19 | |
Green | Jessica Berry | 162 | 4 | -3.19 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Bloom | 141 | 3 | -1.69 |
Batley West ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Gwen Lowe | 3,052 | 69.0 | +3.32 | |
Conservative | Paul Young | 1099 | 24.8 | +6.03 | |
Green | Marnie Cope | 111 | 2.5 | -5.92 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Kane | 99 | 2.2 | -1.22 | |
Pirate | Garry Kitchin | 64 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
Birstall and Birkenshaw ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Liz Smaje | 2,294 | 31 | ||
Conservative | Mark Thompson | 2,234 | 30 | ||
Labour | Jasmine Kennedy | 1261 | 17 | ||
Labour | Arfan Asif | 995 | 13 | ||
Green | Susan Lee-Richards | 289 | 4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pippa Hepworth | 213 | 3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Clare Kane | 195 | 3 |
Cleckheaton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Lawson | 2,318 | 53 | +15.47 | |
Conservative | Susie Bell Proctor | 1049 | 24 | -2.93 | |
Labour Co-op | Tom Kowalski | 887 | 20 | -5.96 | |
Green | Isabel Walters | 136 | 3 | -6.58 |
Colne Valley ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nell Griffiths | 1,960 | 36 | +17.17 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicola Turner | 1866 | 34 | -4.12 | |
Conservative | Mathew Noble | 1176 | 22 | +9.13 | |
Green | James McLeod | 231 | 4 | -5.39 | |
UKIP | Melanie Roberts | 198 | 4 | -16.79 |
Crosland Moor and Netherton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Erin Hill | 2,328 | 47 | +0.11 | |
Conservative | Tony McGrath | 1176 | 24 | -4.53 | |
TUSC | Mike Forster | 701 | 14 | +11.46 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Iredale | 242 | 5 | -1.97 | |
UKIP | Susan Laird | 213 | 4 | +4.00 | |
Green | Robert Barraclough | 194 | 4 | -4.80 | |
Independent | Steve Bradbury | 98 | 2 | -4.26 |
Dalton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter McBride | 1,778 | 53 | +7.97 | |
Conservative | Sarah Brightmore | 874 | 26 | +6.31 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Battye | 421 | 13 | +0.53 | |
Green | Simon Duffy | 221 | 7 | -3.44 | |
Democrats and Veterans | Joshua Pearce | 74 | 2 | +2.00 |
Denby Dale ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Billy Jewitt | 2,592 | 47 | ||
Labour | Will Simpson | 2355 | 43 | ||
Green | Nick Brook | 391 | 7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Waheed Anwar | 153 | 3 |
Dewsbury East ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cathy Scott | 1,900 | 42 | ||
Conservative | Mark Eastwood | 1437 | 32 | ||
Dewsbury Borough Independents - Heavy Woollen District | Aleks Lukic | 877 | 20 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dennis Hullock | 157 | 3 | ||
Green | Tony Kelsall | 120 | 3 |
Dewsbury South ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Masood Ahmed | 3,360 | 70 | ||
Conservative | James Spivey | 875 | 18 | ||
Green | Adrian Cruden | 208 | 4 | ||
Dewsbury Borough Independents - Heavy Woollen District | Anthony Penny-Whitworth | 193 | 4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Disken | 153 | 3 |
Dewsbury West ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mumtaz Hussain | 3,667 | 76 | ||
Conservative | Sean Guy | 626 | 13 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kingsley Hill | 307 | 6 | ||
Green | Simon Cope | 250 | 5 |
Golcar ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Murgatroyd | 1,876 | 40 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Marchington | 1723 | 37 | ||
Conservative | Jacqueline Walker | 838 | 18 | ||
Green | Ian Vincent | 231 | 5 |
Greenhead ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohan Sokhal | 3,637 | 71 | ||
Conservative | Robert McGuin | 818 | 16 | ||
Green | John Phillips | 420 | 8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Manjit Singh | 252 | 5 |
Heckmondwike ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Viv Kendrick | 2,377 | 59 | ||
Conservative | Rob Thornton | 1235 | 31 | ||
Green | Alan Freeman | 247 | 6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Josie Pugsley | 150 | 4 |
Holme Valley North ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Terry Lyons | 2,078 | 39 | ||
Labour | Suzanne Gannon | 1622 | 31 | ||
Conservative | Elena Bunbury | 1313 | 25 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gina Dungworth | 173 | 3 | ||
Democrats and Veterans | Joshua Dalton | 108 | 2 |
Holme Valley South ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Patrick | 2,758 | 46 | ||
Labour | Paul Davies | 2350 | 39 | ||
Green | Susan Macklin | 480 | 8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Holroyd | 278 | 5 | ||
Democrats and Veterans | James Dalton | 135 | 2 |
Kirkburton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Armer | 2,269 | 47 | ||
Green | Derek Hardcastle | 1399 | 29 | ||
Labour | Paul Connolly | 1072 | 22 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Farnhill | 90 | 2 |
Lindley ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Cahal Burke | 2,578 | 44 | ||
Conservative | Adam Gregg | 1850 | 32 | ||
Labour | Yusra Hussain | 1020 | 17 | ||
Independent | Mike Chalker | 256 | 4 | ||
Green | Peter Taylor | 140 | 2 |
Liversedge and Gomersal ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Hall | 2,462 | 58 | ||
Labour | Jude McKaig | 1504 | 35 | ||
Green | Nicholas Whittingham | 180 | 4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Snee | 127 | 3 |
Mirfield ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Vivien Lees-Hamilton | 3,270 | 59 | ||
Labour | Julie Spencer | 1715 | 31 | ||
Green | Catherine Whittingham | 359 | 7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Bird | 167 | 3 |
Newsome ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Karen Allison | 2,215 | 51.5 | 0.4 | |
Labour | Jo Lawson | 1,593 | 37.0 | 2.0 | |
Conservative | Charlie Reid | 366 | 8.5 | 1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wilkinson | 75 | 1.7 | 0.7 | |
Yorkshire | Bikatshi Katenga | 56 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 622 | 14.5 | 1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 12,317 | ||||
Turnout | 4,313 | 35.0 | 3.6 | ||
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | ||
Green hold | Swing | 0.8 |
References edit
- ^ "District Council Election 2018, statutory notices and key dates". kirklees.gov.uk. Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ Lavigueur, Nick (4 May 2018). "Kirklees Council elections see Colne Valley turn red as Labour claims vital Lib Dem scal". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Almondbury, 3 May 2018". 3 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Ashbrow, 3 May 2018". 3 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.