2018 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election

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]

2018 local election results in Kirklees

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

Almondbury

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

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Ashbrow ward

Ashbrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harpreet 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

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Batley East ward

Batley East

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

Batley West

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

Birstall and Birkenshaw (2)

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

Cleckheaton

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

Colne Valley

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

Crosland Moor and Netherton

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

Dalton

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

Denby Dale

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

Dewsbury East

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

Dewsbury South

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

Dewsbury West

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

Golcar

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

Greenhead

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

Heckmondwike

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

Holme Valley North

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

Holme Valley South

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

Kirkburton

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

Lindley

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

Liversedge and Gomersal

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

Mirfield

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

Newsome

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