2019 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2019 Kirlees Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	11	1	47.8	24	35	50.7	37,976	36.7
	Conservative	5	3	21.7	12	17	24.6	26,055	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	4	3	17.4	6	10	14.5	14,812	14.3
	Green	1		4.3	2	3	4.3	13,105	12.7
	Independent	1		4.3	2	3	4.3	2,987	2.9
	Dewsbury Borough Independents	1	1	0.0	0	1	1.4	1,766	1.7
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,763	3.6
	Batley Borough Independents	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,959	1.9
	Democrats and Veterans	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	926	0.9

Ward results

Almondbury

Almondbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paola Davies	1,988	45.5
	Conservative	James Spivey	989	22.6
	Labour	Julia Green-Wiles	895	20.5
	Green	Tricia Moores	500	11.4
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Ashbrow

Ashbrow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Amanda Pinnock	1,882	50.8
	Conservative	Dominic Gill	981	26.5
	Green	Brenda Smithson	574	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew McCraig	267	7.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Batley East

Batley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Habiban Zaman	3,183	70.5
	Conservative	Keiron Gavaghan	778	17.2
	Green	James Hansford	384	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Kane	172	3.8
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Batley West

Batley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Yusra Hussain	2,599	48.3
	Batley Borough Independents	Paul Halloran	1,959	36.4
	Conservative	Paul Young	588	10.9
	Green	Martin Pelan	134	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Kane	97	1.8
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Birstall & Birkenshaw

Birstall & Birkenshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charlotte Goodwin	2,000	53.8
	Labour Co-op	Catherin Pinder	847	22.8
	Green	Christopher Green	510	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Walsh	360	9.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cleckheaton

Cleckheaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Pinnock	2,650	64.5
	Conservative	Madeleine Poutney	618	15.1
	Green	Linda Simmons	457	11.1
	Labour	Khalid Patel	381	9.3
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Colne Valley

Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lesley Warner	1,542	29.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Iredale	1,333	25.7
	Conservative	Donna Bellamy	1,300	25.1
	UKIP	Melanie Roberts	577	11.1
	Green	Karen How	429	8.3
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Crosland Moor & Netherton

Crosland Moor & Netherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammad Sarwar	2,218	51.5
	Conservative	Tony Mcgrath	769	17.9
	Green	Robert Barraclough	404	9.4
	UKIP	David Thorpe	394	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kingsley Hill	293	6.8
	Independent	Steve Bradbury	230	5.3
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Dalton

Dalton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mus Khan	1,334	38.5
	UKIP	Keith Taylor	635	18.3
	Conservative	Sarah Brightmore	572	16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Battye	566	16.3
	Green	Simon Duffy	361	10.4
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Denby Dale

Denby Dale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Watson	2,037	41.5
	Labour	Jackie Ramsay	1,591	32.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Baskeyfield	676	13.8
	Green	Clare Walters	604	12.3
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dewsbury East

Dewsbury East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Dewsbury Borough Independents	Aleks Lukic	1,766	41.6
	Labour	Eric Firth	1,695	40.0
	Conservative	Sean Guy	489	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Hullock	150	3.5
	Green	Gideon Richards	141	3.3
Majority
Turnout
	Dewsbury Borough Independents gain from Labour

Dewsbury South

Dewsbury South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nosheen Ded	2,627	64.3
	Conservative	Charlie Reid	725	17.8
	Green	Marnie Cope	445	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Diskin	286	7.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Dewsbury West

Dewsbury West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Darren O'Donovan	3,198	72.1
	Conservative	Farmida Ishaq	569	12.8
	Green	Simon Cope	408	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Bloom	259	5.8
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Golcar

Golcar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Marchington	1,876	41.8
	Labour	Hilary Richards	1,265	28.2
	UKIP	Carole Harrison	603	13.4
	Conservative	Jacqueline Walker	403	9.0
	Green	Ian Vincent	340	7.6
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Greenhead

Greenhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carole Pattison	2,963	65.0
	Conservative	Paulin McGleenan	456	10.0
	Green	John Phillips	455	10.0
	UKIP	Nick Martinek	343	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Cohen	342	7.5
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Heckmondwike

Heckmondwike
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Aafaq Butt	2,044	47.9
	Conservative	Helen Gavaghan	852	20.0
	Independent	Alan Girvan	785	18.4
	Green	Alan Freeman	401	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Pugsley	187	4.4
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Holme Valley North

Holme Valley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul White	1,850	37.1
	Labour	John Heneghan	1,009	20.2
	Conservative	Trevor Bellamy	901	18.1
	UKIP	Susan Laird	473	9.5
	Green	Sonia King	413	8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gina Dungworth	225	4.5
	Democrats and Veterans	Joshua Dalton	120	2.4
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Holme Valley South

Holme Valley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Davies	1,820	31.9
	Conservative	Ken Sims	1,613	28.2
	Democrats and Veterans	James Dalton	806	14.1
	Green	Darryl Gould	606	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Anstey	539	9.4
	UKIP	Stefan Dransfield	330	5.8
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kirkburton

Kirkburton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Taylor	2,013	46.1
	Green	Derek Hardcastle	1,506	34.5
	Labour	Neil Denby	696	15.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Rossington	150	3.4
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lindley

Lindley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Smith	1,785	32.3
	Conservative	Adam Gregg	1,661	30.1
	Labour	Lisa Hogarth	1,262	22.9
	UKIP	John Livsey	408	7.4
	Green	Peter Taylor	280	5.1
	Independent	Mike Chalker	122	2.2
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Liversedge & Gomersal

Liversedge & Gomersal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lisa Holmes	2,544	61.6
	Labour	Jude McKaig	942	22.8
	Green	Nicholas Eugene	406	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Snee	241	5.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mirfield

Mirfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kathleen Taylor	2,931	58.7
	Green	Catherine Helen	892	17.9
	Labour	Kieron Dunn	891	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bird	275	5.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newsome

Newsome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Susan Lee-Richards	2,455	62.8
	Labour	Chris Owen	1,092	27.9
	Conservative	Scarlett Black	266	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Wilkinson	95	2.4
Majority
Turnout
	Green hold		Swing

References

^ "Election results by party, 2 May 2019". democracy.kirklees.gov.uk. 2 May 2019.

[1] "Election results by party, 2 May 2019". democracy.kirklees.gov.uk. 2 May 2019.

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