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]
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
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Karen Allison | 2,215 | 51.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | Jo Lawson | 1,593 | 37.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Charlie Reid | 366 | 8.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wilkinson | 75 | 1.7 | ![]() | |
Yorkshire | Bikatshi Katenga | 56 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 622 | 14.5 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 12,317 | ||||
Turnout | 4,313 | 35.0 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||
Green hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
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