Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2018

2018 local election results in Kirklees

The 2018 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took take 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:

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

Almondbury ward[3]

Almondbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Alison Louise Munro 2042 40 +14
Labour Louise Ruth Peace 1641 32 +6
Conservative Clive Richard Walton 1194 23 -4
Green Tricia Moores 218 4 -6

Ashbrow ward[4]

Ashbrow
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Harpreet Kaur Uppal 2490 56 -2
Conservative Maria Ackroyd 1231 28 +2
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts Nicola Sarah Jayne Jackson 285 6
Green Joan Brenda Smithson 239 5 -7
Liberal Democrat Andrew Malcolm McCaig 196 4 0

Batley East ward

Batley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Mahmood Akhtar 3293 75 +24.30
Conservative Keiron Gavaghan 811 18 +8.19
Green Jessica Berry 162 4 -3.19
Liberal Democrat Jon Bloom 141 3 -1.69

Batley West ward

Batley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op Gwen Lowe 3052 69.0 +3.32
Conservative Paul Young 1099 24.8 +6.03
Green Marnie Cope 111 2.5 -5.92
Liberal Democrat Christopher Kane 99 2.2 -1.22
Pirate Garry Kitchin 64 1.4 +1.4

Birstall and Birkenshaw ward

Birstall and Birkenshaw (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Liz Smaje 2294 31
Conservative Mark Thompson 2234 30
Labour Jasmine Kennedy 1261 17
Labour Arfan Asif 995 13
Green Susan Lee-Richards 289 4
Liberal Democrat Pippa Hepworth 213 3
Liberal Democrat Clare Kane 195 3

Cleckheaton ward

Cleckheaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat John Lawson 2318 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

Colne Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Nell Griffiths 1960 36 +17.17
Liberal Democrat 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

Crosland Moor and Netherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Erin Hill 2328 47 +0.11
Conservative Tony McGrath 1176 24 -4.53
TUSC Mike Forster 701 14 +11.46
Liberal Democrat 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

Dalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Peter McBride 1778 53 +7.97
Conservative Sarah Brightmore 874 26 +6.31
Liberal Democrat 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

Denby Dale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Waheed Anwar
Green Nick Brook
Conservative Billy Jewitt
Labour Will Simpson

Dewsbury East ward

Dewsbury East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Mark Eastwood
Liberal Democrat Dennis Hullock
Green Tony Kelsall
Dewsbury Borough Independents - Heavy Woollen District Aleks Lukic
Labour Cathy Scott

Dewsbury South ward

Dewsbury South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Masood Ahmed
Green Adrian Cruden
Liberal Democrat Bernard Disken
Dewsbury Borough Independents - Heavy Woollen District Anthony Penny-Whitworth
Conservative James Spivey

Dewsbury West ward

Dewsbury West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Simon Cope
Conservative Sean Guy
Liberal Democrat Kingsley Hill
Labour Mumtaz Hussain

Golcar ward

Golcar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Andrew Marchington
Labour Richard Murgatroyd
Green Ian Vincent
Conservative Jacqueline Walker

Greenhead ward

Greenhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert McGuin
Green John Phillips
Liberal Democrat Manjit Singh
Labour Mohan Sokhal

Heckmondwike ward

Heckmondwike
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Alan Freeman
Labour Viv Kendrick
Liberal Democrat Josie Pugsley
Conservative Rob Thornton

Holme Valley North ward

Holme Valley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Elena Bunbury
Democrats and Veterans Joshua Dalton
Liberal Democrat Gina Dungworth
Labour Suzanne Gannon
Independent Terry Lyons

Holme Valley South ward

Holme Valley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democrats and Veterans James Dalton
Labour Paul Davies
Liberal Democrat Mark Holroyd
Green Susan Macklin
Conservative Keith Patrick

Kirkburton ward

Kirkburton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Bill Armer
Labour Paul Connolly
Liberal Democrat Richard Farnhill
Green Derek Hardcastle

Lindley ward

Lindley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Cahal Burke
Independent Mike Chalker
Conservative Adam Gregg
Labour Yusra Hussain
Green Peter Taylor

Liversedge and Gomersal ward

Liversedge and Gomersal
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Hall
Labour Jude McKaig
Liberal Democrat David Snee
Green Nicholas Whittingham

Mirfield ward

Mirfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Stephen Bird
Conservative Vivien Lees-Hamilton
Labour Julie Spencer
Green Catherine Whittingham

Newsome ward

Newsome
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Karen Allison 2,215 51.5 Decrease0.4
Labour Jo Lawson 1,593 37.0 Decrease2.0
Conservative Charlie Reid 366 8.5 Increase1.8
Liberal Democrat Andrew Wilkinson 75 1.7 Decrease0.7
Yorkshire Party Bikatshi Katenga 56 1.3 New
Majority 622 14.5 Increase1.6
Registered electors 12,317
Turnout 4,313 35.0 Decrease3.6
Rejected ballots 8 0.2 Decrease0.6
Green hold Swing Increase0.8

References

  1. ↑ "District Council Election 2018, statutory notices and key dates". kirklees.gov.uk. Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Election results for Almondbury, 3 May 2018". 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. ↑ "Election results for Ashbrow, 3 May 2018". 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
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