Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council elections
wards. Elections are held three years out of four, with one third of the councillors (one for each ward) elected each time for a four-year term.[1]
Council elections
Election | Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat/Liberal | UKIP | Green | Independent | Other | Control |
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1973[2] | 45 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Labour |
1975[3] | 36 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Labour hold |
1976[4] | 25 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
1978[5] | 15 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
1979[6] | 32 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative lose to no overall control |
1980[7] | 44 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour gain from no overall control |
1982[8][9] | 37 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Labour hold |
1983[10] | 37 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Labour hold |
1984[11] | 37 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Labour hold |
1986[12] | 36 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Labour hold |
1987[13] | 33 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour lose to no overall control |
1988[14] | 33 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | No overall control |
1990[15] | 45 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour gain from no overall control |
1992[16] | 41 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Labour hold |
1994[17] | 35 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Labour lose to no overall control |
1995[18] | 40 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Labour gain from no overall control |
1996[19] | 45 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 vacancy | Labour hold |
1998[20] | 43 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
1999[21] | 36 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Labour lose to no overall control |
2000[22] | 25 | 15 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | No overall control |
2002[23] | 26 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | No overall control |
2003[24] | 22 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | No overall control |
2004[25] | 17 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | No overall control |
2006[26] | 20 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | No overall control |
2007[27] | 22 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | No overall control |
2008[28] | 22 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | No overall control |
2010[29] | 24 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | No overall control |
2011[30] | 27 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | No overall control |
2012[31] | 32 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | No overall control |
2014[32] | 32 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | No overall control |
2015[33] | 34 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | No overall control |
2016[34] | 34 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | No overall control |
2018[35] | 36 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Labour gain from no overall control |
2019[36] | 35 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | Labour hold |
2021 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2[a] | Labour lose to no overall control |
2022 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | Labour gain from no overall control |
2023 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Labour hold |
- 1998 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1999 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2000 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2002 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2003 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2004 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election (new ward boundaries)[37]
- 2006 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2007 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2008 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2010 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2011 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2012 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2014 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2015 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2016 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2018 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2019 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2021 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2022 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 2023 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
District result maps
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2004 results map
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2006 results map
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2007 results map
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2008 results map
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2010 results map
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2011 results map
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2012 results map
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2014 results map
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2015 results map
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2016 results map
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2018 results map
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2019 results map
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2021 results map
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2022 results map
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2023 results map
By-election results
1994-1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,558 | 48.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 1,179 | 37.0 | |||
Conservative | 375 | 11.7 | |||
Green | 73 | 2.3 | |||
Majority | 377 | 11.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,185 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 2,077 | 50.6 | |||
Labour | 1,418 | 34.5 | |||
Conservative | 486 | 11.8 | |||
Green | 124 | 3.0 | |||
Majority | 659 | 16.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,105 | 38.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,219 | 55.5 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative | 710 | 32.3 | -3.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 268 | 12.2 | +6.2 | ||
Majority | 509 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,197 | 16.0 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
1998-2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 1,236 | 43.8 | +31.3 | ||
Labour | 1,039 | 36.8 | -16.6 | ||
Conservative | 456 | 16.2 | -9.2 | ||
Socialist Labour | 90 | 3.2 | +0.3 | ||
Majority | 197 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,821 | 25.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 1,174 | 43.4 | -13.1 | ||
Labour | 976 | 36.0 | +13.3 | ||
Conservative | 518 | 19.1 | +3.4 | ||
Socialist | 40 | 1.5 | +1.5 | ||
Majority | 198 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,708 | 21.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 3,176 | 41.2 | -14.6 | ||
Labour | 2,892 | 37.5 | +3.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1,651 | 21.4 | +13.6 | ||
Majority | 284 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 7,719 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
2002-2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | David Exley | 1,607 | 27.7 | +27.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tabasum Aslam | 1,493 | 25.8 | +3.9 | |
Independent
|
Tim Crowther | 1,147 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
Labour | Florence Smith | 982 | 16.9 | -22.9 | |
Conservative | Roger Roberts | 490 | 8.5 | -22.9 | |
Green | Heidi Smithson | 76 | 1.3 | -5.6 | |
Majority | 114 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 5,795 | 43.8 | |||
BNP gain from Labour | Swing |
2006-2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barbara Jones | 2,904 | 63.5 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | John O'Reilly | 814 | 17.8 | -0.7 | |
Conservative | Paul Murphy | 287 | 6.3 | -4.1 | |
Green | Paul Cooney | 240 | 5.3 | -2.1 | |
Respect
|
David Ellis | 178 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
BNP | Barry Fowler | 148 | 3.2 | -3.5 | |
Majority | 2,090 | 45.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,571 | 35.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Daniel McBride | 1,397 | 40.5 | +10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alison Louise Munro | 1,155 | 33.5 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | Martin James Leonard | 605 | 17.5 | -1.9 | |
BNP | Jonathan David Baxter Wright | 157 | 4.5 | -6.3 | |
Green | David William Hargreaves | 103 | 3.0 | -2.0 | |
Independent
|
Colin Anthony Walder | 34 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 242 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,451 | 27.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Cathy Scott | 1,513 | 37.4 | -2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dennis Hullock | 1,405 | 34.8 | +14.3 | |
BNP | Joe Barber | 690 | 17.1 | -10.6 | |
Conservative | Amelia Lynne Bolton | 345 | 8.5 | -3.9 | |
Green | Adrian Hugh Cruden | 58 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Independent
|
Safiq Ali Patel | 17 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent
|
Alan Girvan | 15 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 108 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,043 | 31.0 | |||
Labour gain from BNP | Swing |
2010-2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Simon Alvy | 1,517 | 43.4 | ||
Conservative | Sharon Light | 1.378 | 39.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Farnhill | 599 | 17.1 | ||
Majority | 139 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,494 | 25.3 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Christine Mary Iredale | 1,591 | 47.6 | ||
Labour | Stephan Georg Jungnitz | 901 | 27.0 | ||
UKIP
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Gregory Lloyd Broome | 450 | 13.5 | ||
Green | Daniel Edward Greenwood | 210 | 6.3 | ||
Conservative | Clinton Noel Simpson | 189 | 5.7 | ||
Majority | 690 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,341 | 23.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
2014-2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Habiban Nisa Zaman | 2,640 | 76.8 | ||
Conservative | Paul Young | 443 | 12.9 | ||
Independent
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Aleks Lukic | 140 | 4.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jon Robert Bloom | 136 | 4.0 | ||
Green | David Michael Smith | 70 | 2.0 | ||
Majority | 2,197 | 63.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,437 | 25.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2018-2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Will Simpson | 1,834 | 46.7 | ||
Conservative | Paula Kemp | 1,689 | 43.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alison Baskeyfield | 289 | 7.4 | ||
Green | Isabel Walters | 116 | 3.0 | ||
Majority | 145 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,928 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Donna Bellamy | 4,504 | 45.8 | ||
Labour | Duggs Carre | 3,308 | 46.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Iredale | 1,386 | 14.1 | ||
Green | Ian Vincent | 646 | 6.6 | ||
Majority | 1,196 | 12.1 | |||
Turnout | 9,844 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eric Firth | 3,299 | 42.0 | ||
Conservative | Keith Mallinson | 2,669 | 33.9 | ||
Heavy Woollen Independents | Ian Vincent | 1,515 | 19.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dennis Hullock | 380 | 4.8 | ||
Majority | 630 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,863 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2022-2026
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ebrahim Dockrat | 2,248 | 73.7 | +29.4 | |
Conservative | Beverley Smith | 413 | 13.5 | -30.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Long | 178 | 5.8 | -0.1 | |
Green | Simon Duffy | 145 | 4.8 | -3.9 | |
Yorkshire | Bikatshi Katenga | 42 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
SDP | Mark Steele | 24 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 1,835 | 60.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,050 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Notes
- ^ 1 Heavy Woollen District Independents and 1 Dewsbury Borough Independents.
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