2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
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]
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.
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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] |
Election Results[edit]
Election results[edit]
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | ||||||||||
Conservative | ||||||||||
Liberal Democrats | ||||||||||
Green | ||||||||||
Independent | ||||||||||
Heritage | ||||||||||
Reform UK | ||||||||||
TUSC | ||||||||||
Yorkshire |
Candidates nominated by ward:[6]
Almondbury[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Longstaff | ||||
Conservative | Collins Ibor | ||||
Labour | Patricia Colling | ||||
Green | Peter Taylor | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Batley East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jon Bloom | ||||
Independent | Aziz Daji | ||||
Green | Simon Duffy | ||||
Labour | Phillip Lucitt | ||||
Conservative | Neil Mayman | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Ashbrow[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TUSC | Daniel Green | ||||
Labour | James Homewood | ||||
Liberal Democrats | David Ridgway | ||||
Conservative | Ian Roberts | ||||
Green | Brenda Smithson | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Batley West[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Stephan Bird | ||||
Independent | Zahid Kahut | ||||
Labour | Shabir Pandor | ||||
Green | John Phillips | ||||
Conservative | Fatima Riaz | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Birstall & Birkenshaw[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Tahir Akram | 411 | |||
Labour | Julie Smith | 1515 | |||
Conservative | Mark Thompson | 1854 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Louise Walsh | 176 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Cleckheaton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Piers Briggs | ||||
Labour | Jessica White | ||||
Green | Martin Price | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Pinnock | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Colne Valley[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Julia Norman | ||||
Labour | Matthew Mcloughlin | ||||
Conservative | Isaac Barnett | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Harry Marchington | ||||
Yorkshire | Tim Millea | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Crosland Moor & Netherton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Manisha Roma | ||||
Green | Alex Vickers | ||||
Conservative | Trevor Bellamy | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Barraclough | ||||
Independent | Mark Finch | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Dalton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Munir Ahmed | ||||
Green | Clare Walters | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Dominic Black | ||||
Conservative | Glenn Hirst | ||||
Independent | Clare Holden | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Denby Dale[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michelle Banks | ||||
Green | Michael Shaw | ||||
Conservative | Timothy Bamford | ||||
Liberal Democrats | James Wilkinson | ||||
Independent | Lynne Carroll | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Dewsbury East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eric Firth | 1534 | |||
Green | Gideon Richards | 622 | |||
Conservative | John Cowan | 758 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Dennis Hullock | 859 | |||
Independent | Michael Wharton | ||||
Independent | Shaun Maddox | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Dewsbury South[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jackie Ramsay | ||||
Green | Nicholas Whittingham | ||||
Conservative | Sean Guy | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Disken | ||||
Independent | Richard Beck | ||||
Independent | Hanifa Darwan | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Dewsbury West[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mussarat Pervaiz | ||||
Green | Simon Cope | ||||
Conservative | Sajid Hussain | ||||
Liberal Democrats | John Rossington | ||||
Independent | Tanisha Bramwell | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Golcar[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela Sewell | ||||
Conservative | Matthew Crompton | ||||
Green | Heather Peacock | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Nicola Turner | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Greenhead[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sheikh Ullah | ||||
Green | Maryam Jawaid | ||||
Conservative | Rob Speed | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Manjit Singh | ||||
Independent | Waseem Naeem | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Heckmondwike[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steve Hall | ||||
Independent | Ali Arshad | ||||
Conservative | Amin Hussain | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Josie Pugsley | ||||
Green | Graham Simpson | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Holme Valley North[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Samuel Midgley | ||||
Labour | Jayne Fisher | ||||
Conservative | David Heathcote | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Howard Cohen | ||||
Independent | Charles Greaves | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Holme Valley South[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Damian Brook | ||||
Green | Darryl Gould | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Elen Griffiths | ||||
Labour | Jane Rylah | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Kirkburton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edward Bowen | ||||
Independent | Miri Finch | ||||
Green | Andy Scott | ||||
Conservative | James Smith | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Craig Wiles | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Lindley[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Richard Burton | ||||
Labour | Tom Durrans-Cross | ||||
Conservative | Robert Mcguin | ||||
Heritage | Helen Parry | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Ashleigh Robinson | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Liversedge & Gomersal[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Erica Amende | ||||
Conservative | Caroline Holt | ||||
Green | Linda Simmons | ||||
Liberal Democrats | David Snee | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Mirfield[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Martyn Bolt | ||||
Reform UK | Sam Griffith-Jones | ||||
Labour | Geoff Kernan | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Long | ||||
Green | Catherine Whittingham | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Newsome[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Waheed Anwar | ||||
Conservative | Kath Bellamy | ||||
Green | Andrew Cooper | ||||
Labour | Mark Morris | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
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.