Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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Kirklees Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, the council has comprised 69 councillors representing 23 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]

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Council elections

ElectionLabourConservativeLiberal Democrat/LiberalUKIPGreenIndependentOtherControl
1973 [2] 421780010Labour
1975 [3] 362870010Labour hold
1976 [4] 255090000Conservative gain from Labour
1978 [5] 154890000Conservative hold
1979 [6] 323550000Conservative lose to no overall control
1980 [7] 442530000Labour gain from no overall control
1982 [8] [9] 3719120004Labour hold
1983 [10] 3720120003Labour hold
1984 [11] 3718140003Labour hold
1986 [12] 3618170010Labour hold
1987 [13] 3321180000Labour lose to no overall control
1988 [14] 3323150010No overall control
1990 [15] 4515120000Labour gain from no overall control
1992 [16] 4119100020Labour hold
1994 [17] 3521150010Labour lose to no overall control
1995 [18] 4016140020Labour gain from no overall control
1996 [19] 456180111 vacancyLabour hold
1998 [20] 437200200Labour hold
1999 [21] 3610230300Labour lose to no overall control
2000 [22] 2515290300No overall control
2002 [23] 2615280300No overall control
2003 [24] 2216310300No overall control
2004 [25] 1722250311No overall control
2006 [26] 2021200314No overall control
2007 [27] 2220180414No overall control
2008 [28] 2221190403No overall control
2010 [29] 2419200420No overall control
2011 [30] 2721140430No overall control
2012 [31] 3218100540No overall control
2014 [32] 3218100540No overall control
2015 [33] 3418100430No overall control
2016 [34] 342090330No overall control
2018 [35] 362070330Labour gain from no overall control
2019 [36] 3517100340Labour hold
2021331990332 [a] Labour lose to no overall control
2022361880340Labour gain from no overall control
2023391880310Labour hold
2024311510049Labour lose to no overall control

District result maps

By-election results

1994-1998

Batley West By-Election 26 September 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,55848.9
Liberal Democrats 1,17937.0
Conservative 37511.7
Green 732.3
Majority 37711.9
Turnout 3,185
Labour hold Swing
Colne Valley West By-Election 23 January 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 2,07750.6
Labour 1,41834.5
Conservative 48611.8
Green 1243.0
Majority 65916.1
Turnout 4,10538.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Heckmondwike By-Election 27 November 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,21955.5+1.7
Conservative 71032.3−3.5
Liberal Democrats 26812.2+6.2
Majority 50923.2
Turnout 2,19716.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

1998-2002

Paddock By-Election 24 February 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 1,23643.8+31.3
Labour 1,03936.8−16.6
Conservative 45616.2−9.2
Socialist Labour 903.2+0.3
Majority 1977.0
Turnout 2,82125.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Golcar By-Election 9 November 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 1,17443.4−13.1
Labour 97636.0+13.3
Conservative 51819.1+3.4
Socialist401.5+1.5
Majority 1987.4
Turnout 2,70821.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Mirfield By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 3,17641.2−14.6
Labour 2,89237.5+3.8
Liberal Democrats 1,65121.4+13.6
Majority 2843.7
Turnout 7,719
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2002-2006

Heckmondwike By-Election 14 August 2003 [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP David Exley 1,607 27.7 +27.7
Liberal Democrats Tabasum Aslam1,49325.8+3.9
Independent Tim Crowther1,14719.8+19.8
Labour Florence Smith98216.9−22.9
Conservative Roger Roberts4908.5−22.9
Green Heidi Smithson761.3−5.6
Majority 1141.9
Turnout 5,79543.8
BNP gain from Labour Swing

2006-2010

Greenhead By-Election 27 July 2006 [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Jones 2,904 63.5 +6.5
Liberal Democrats John O'Reilly81417.8−0.7
Conservative Paul Murphy2876.3−4.1
Green Paul Cooney2405.3−2.1
Respect David Ellis1783.9+3.9
BNP Barry Fowler1483.2−3.5
Majority 2,09045.7
Turnout 4,57135.1
Labour hold Swing
Dalton By-Election 10 July 2008 [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Daniel McBride 1,397 40.5 +10.0
Liberal Democrats Alison Louise Munro1,15533.5−0.8
Conservative Martin James Leonard60517.5−1.9
BNP Jonathan David Baxter Wright1574.5−6.3
Green David William Hargreaves1033.0−2.0
Independent Colin Anthony Walder341.0+1.0
Majority 2427.0
Turnout 3,45127.5
Labour hold Swing
Dewsbury East By-Election 16 October 2008 [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cathy Scott 1,513 37.4 −2.0
Liberal Democrats Dennis Hullock1,40534.8+14.3
BNP Joe Barber69017.1−10.6
Conservative Amelia Lynne Bolton3458.5−3.9
Green Adrian Hugh Cruden581.4N/A
Independent Safiq Ali Patel170.4N/A
Independent Alan Girvan150.4N/A
Majority 1082.7
Turnout 4,04331.0
Labour gain from BNP Swing

2010-2014

Liversedge and Gomersal By-Election 13 June 2013 [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Simon Alvy 1,517 43.4
Conservative Sharon Light1.37839.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Farnhill59917.1
Majority 1394.0
Turnout 3,49425.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Golcar By-Election 21 November 2013 [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Mary Iredale 1,591 47.6
Labour Stephan Georg Jungnitz90127.0
UKIP Gregory Lloyd Broome45013.5
Green Daniel Edward Greenwood2106.3
Conservative Clinton Noel Simpson1895.7
Majority 69020.7
Turnout 3,34123.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

2014-2018

Batley East By-Election 26 October 2017 [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Habiban Nisa Zaman 2,640 76.8
Conservative Paul Young44312.9
Independent Aleks Lukic1404.1
Liberal Democrats Jon Robert Bloom1364.0
Green David Michael Smith702.0
Majority 2,19763.9
Turnout 3,43725.9
Labour hold Swing

2018-2022

Denby Dale By-Election 1 November 2018 [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Will Simpson 1,834 46.7
Conservative Paula Kemp1,68943.0
Liberal Democrats Alison Baskeyfield2897.4
Green Isabel Walters1163.0
Majority 1453.7
Turnout 3,928
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Colne Valley By-Election 12 December 2019 [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donna Bellamy 4,504 45.8
Labour Duggs Carre3,30846.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Iredale1,38614.1
Green Ian Vincent6466.6
Majority 1,19612.1
Turnout 9,844
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Dewsbury West By-Election 12 December 2019 [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eric Firth 3,299 42.0
Conservative Keith Mallinson2,66933.9
Heavy Woollen Independents Ian Vincent1,51519.3
Liberal Democrats Dennis Hullock3804.8
Majority 6308.0
Turnout 7,863
Labour hold Swing

2022-2026

Batley East By-Election 31 August 2023 [48]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ebrahim Dockrat 2,248 73.7 +29.4
Conservative Beverley Smith41313.5−30.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Long1785.8−0.1
Green Simon Duffy1454.8−3.9
Yorkshire Bikatshi Katenga421.4+1.4
SDP Mark Steele240.8+0.8
Majority 1,83560.2
Turnout 3,050
Labour hold Swing
Holme Valley South By-Election 17 October 2024 [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Damian Brook 1,639 39.1 −2.2
Labour Phillip Lucitt113427.0−18.3
Green Toby Cooper73417.5+8.0
Reform Susan Laird51112.2+12.2
Liberal Democrats Howard Cohen1583.8−0.1
Independent Miri Finch170.4+0.4
Majority 1,83560.2
Turnout 3,05027.2
Conservative hold Swing

Notes

    1. ↑ 1 Heavy Woollen District Independents and 1 Dewsbury Borough Independents.

    References

    1. ↑ "The Borough of Kirklees (Electoral Changes) Order 2003", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2003/3091, retrieved 18 June 2023
    2. ↑ "Three major parties find cause for satisfaction in local election results despite low poll". The Times . 14 May 1973.
    3. ↑ "Tories capture 199 seats in 'big cities' poll triumph, May Day blow to Labour as the Tories make many gains in district council elections". The Times . 2 May 1975.
    4. ↑ "Tories seize cities but fail to achieve expected landslide". The Times . 7 May 1976.
    5. ↑ "Power shift in only eight of 80 councils outside London". The Times . 6 May 1978. p. 3.
    6. ↑ Whitaker's Almanac, 1980
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    40. ↑ "District council, Dalton by-election result, 10 July 2008". Kirklees Council. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
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