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2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election

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23 out of 69 seats to Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council 35 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Cathy Scott David Hall Party Labour Conservative Independent Last election 39 seats, 42.6% 18 seats, 30.4% 1 seat, 2.5% Seats before 35 18 5 Seats won 7 5 6 Seats after 31 15 9 Seat change 4 3 4 Popular vote 34,519 26,844 19,121 Percentage 31.2% 24.2% 17.3% Swing 11.4% 6.2% 14.8%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader John Lawson Andrew Cooper Party Liberal Democrats Green Last election 8 seats, 13.7% 3 seats, 10.5% Seats before 8 3 Seats won 3 2 Seats after 10 4 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 13,655 15,357 Percentage 12.3% 13.9% Swing 1.3% 3.4%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election Cathy Scott Labour Leader after election Cathy Scott Independent No overall control

The 2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 alongside the West Yorkshire mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Prior to the local elections, four Labour councillors resigned from the party in protest of the party's direction and policy regarding the war in Gaza. The four members subsequently formed the Kirklees Community Independents Group, which had no seats up for election this year. With this exception, the pre-election council makeup had otherwise remained unchanged from the 2023 election.

Labour lost control of the council to no overall control. Following the election, the leader of the council, Cathy Scott, was replaced as Labour group leader by Carole Pattison. However, Cathy Scott managed to retain her position as leader of the council, leaving Labour along with four others to sit as a group of independents calling themselves the Community Alliance.

Councillors standing down

Council composition

Summary

Election result

2024 Kirlees Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	4	30.4	24	31	43.5	34,519	31.2	–11.4
	Conservative	5	3	21.7	10	15	21.7	26,844	24.2	–6.2
	Independent	6	4	26.1	3	9	14.5	19,121	17.3	+14.8
	Liberal Democrats	3	2	13.0	7	10	14.5	13,655	12.3	–1.3
	Green	2	1	8.7	2	4	5.8	15,357	13.9	+3.4
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	509	0.5	+0.2
	Yorkshire	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	473	0.4	+0.3
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	164	0.1	N/A
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	88	0.1	N/A

Ward results

Candidates nominated by ward:

Almondbury

Almondbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Longstaff	1,668	40.5	–5.8
	Labour	Patricia Colling	983	23.9	+3.7
	Conservative	Collins Ibor	955	23.2	–2.3
	Green	Peter Taylor	514	12.5	+6.6
Majority			685	16.6
Turnout			4,120	30.7
Registered electors			13,440
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	4.8

Ashbrow

Ashbrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Homewood*	1,970	47.8	–3.6
	Conservative	Ian Roberts	803	19.5	–4.2
	Green	Brenda Smithson	644	15.6	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Ridgway	538	13.1	+6.1
	TUSC	Daniel Green	164	4.0	N/A
Majority			1,167	28.3
Turnout			4,119	28.7
Registered electors			14,333
	Labour hold		Swing	0.3

Batley East

Batley West

Birstall & Birkenshaw

Birstall and Birkenshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Thompson*	1,854	46.9	–2.3
	Labour	Julie Smith	1,515	38.3	+1.8
	Green	Tahir Akram	411	10.4	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Walsh	176	4.4	–4.2
Majority			339	8.6
Turnout			3,956	30.7
Registered electors			12,903
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.1

Cleckheaton

Cleckheaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Pinnock*	2,823	63.7	–4.1
	Conservative	Piers Briggs	746	16.8	–0.3
	Labour	Jessica White	634	14.3	+3.3
	Green	Martin Price	230	5.2	+1.1
Majority			2,077	46.9
Turnout			4,433	32.6
Registered electors			13,615
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.9

Colne Valley

Colne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Matthew McLoughlin*	2,493	48.9	–1.5
	Conservative	Isaac Barnett	1,049	20.6	–5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Marchington	615	12.1	–1.6
	Yorkshire	Tim Millea	473	9.3	N/A
	Green	Julia Norman	470	9.2	–0.3
Majority			1,444	28.3
Turnout			5,100	37.2
Registered electors			13,699
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	2.2

Crosland Moor & Netherton

Crosland Moor and Netherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Alex Vickers	2,011	41.5	+17.0
	Labour	Manisha Kaushik*	1,657	34.2	–18.1
	Conservative	Trevor Bellamy	590	12.2	–5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Barraclough	331	6.8	+1.1
	Independent	Mark Finch	257	5.3	N/A
Majority			354	7.3
Turnout			4,846	34.8
Registered electors			13,917
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	17.6

Dalton

Dalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Munir Ahmed	1,492	44.3	–8.1
	Conservative	Glenn Hirst	735	21.8	+1.0
	Green	Clare Walters	569	16.9	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Black	332	9.9	+0.3
	Independent	Clare Holden	240	7.1	+2.9
Majority			757	22.5
Turnout			3,368	26.9
Registered electors			12,540
	Labour hold		Swing	4.6

Denby Dale

Denby Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Bamford*	2,530	47.6	+6.9
	Labour	Michelle Banks	2,089	39.3	–6.2
	Green	Michael Shaw	310	5.8	+1.0
	Independent	Lynne Carroll	230	4.3	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Wilkinson	151	2.8	–1.9
Majority			441	8.3
Turnout			5,310	39.3
Registered electors			13,508
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.6

Dewsbury East

Dewsbury East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Eric Firth*	1,534	40.7	–14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Hullock	859	22.8	+12.4
	Conservative	John Cowan	758	20.1	–7.9
	Green	Gideon Richards	622	16.5	+10.5
Majority			675	17.9
Turnout			3,773	26.5
Registered electors			14,246
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	13.7

Dewsbury South

Dewsbury West

Golcar

Golcar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Sewell	1,656	39.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Turner	1,520	35.8	–5.9
	Conservative	Matthew Crompton	597	14.1	+1.9
	Green	Heather Peacock	470	11.1	+4.6
Majority			136	3.2
Turnout			4,243	30.7
Registered electors			13,840
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Greenhead

Greenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheikh Ullah*	1,754	33.1	–34.2
	Green	Maryam Jawaid	1,713	32.3	+19.5
	Independent	Waseema Naheem	884	16.7	N/A
	Conservative	Rob Speed	688	13.0	–0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Manjit Singh	263	5.0	–1.3
Majority			41	0.8
Turnout			5,302	37.3
Registered electors			14,199
	Labour hold		Swing	26.9

Heckmondwike

Holme Valley North

Holme Valley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charles Greaves*	2,430	44.4	+19.2
	Labour	Jayne Fisher	1,393	25.4	–3.4
	Conservative	David Heathcote	1,186	21.7	–10.9
	Green	Samuel Midgley	296	5.4	–0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Cohen	172	3.1	+0.2
Majority			1,037	19.0
Turnout			5,477	40.5
Registered electors			13,541
	Independent hold		Swing	11.3

Holme Valley South

Holme Valley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Rylah	2,916	45.3	–0.2
	Conservative	Damian Brook	2,660	41.3	–0.9
	Green	Darryl Gould	614	9.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen Griffiths	246	3.8	–0.7
Majority			256	4.0
Turnout			6,436
Registered electors			15,179
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	0.4

Kirkburton

Kirkburton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Smith*	1,995	42.8	–7.5
	Labour	Edward Bowen	1,291	27.7	+4.5
	Green	Andy Scott	1,089	23.4	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Wiles	152	3.3	–0.4
	Independent	Miri Finch	129	2.8	+0.8
Majority			704	15.1
Turnout			4,656	36.9
Registered electors			12,632
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

Lindley

Lindley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ashleigh Robinson	2,036	36.0	–10.4
	Conservative	Robert McGuin	1,879	33.3	+2.0
	Labour	Tom Durrans-Cross	1,130	20.0	+3.7
	Green	Richard Burton	517	9.2	+4.7
	Heritage	Helen Parry	88	1.6	N/A
Majority			157	2.7
Turnout			5,650	36.5
Registered electors			15,497
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	6.2

Liversedge & Gomersal

Liversedge & Gomersal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Holt	1,867	46.3	–7.9
	Labour	Erica Amende	1,511	37.4	+1.6
	Green	Linda Simmons	400	9.9	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Snee	258	6.4	+2.1
Majority			356	8.9
Turnout			4,036	29.2
Registered electors			13,822
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.8

Mirfield

Mirfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martyn Bolt*	2,827	50.7	+11.2
	Labour	Geoff Kernan	1,794	32.2	–3.7
	Reform UK	Sam Griffith-Jones	509	9.1	+2.9
	Green	Catherine Whittingham	334	6.0	–7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Long	116	2.1	–3.0
Majority			1,033	18.5
Turnout			5,580	35.0
Registered electors			15,724
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.5

Newsome

Newsome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Cooper	2,593	66.8	+2.5
	Labour	Mark Morris	892	23.0	–1.5
	Conservative	Kath Bellamy	272	7.0	–0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Waheed Anwar	125	3.2	+1.3
Majority			1,701	43.8
Turnout			3,882	29.6
Registered electors			13,129
	Green hold		Swing	2.0

Changes 2024–2026

• Masood Ahmed, Yusra Hussain, Paul Moore, Cathy Scott, Adam Zaman and Habiban Zaman, all elected for Labour, left the party in May 2024 to sit as independents in a new group called the Community Alliance.
• Musarrat Khan, elected for Labour, also left the party in May 2024, sitting as an ungrouped independent.

By-elections

Holme Valley South

Holme Valley South by-election: 17 October 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Damian Brook	1,639	39.1	–2.2
	Labour	Phillip Lucitt	1,134	27.0	–18.3
	Green	Toby Cooper	734	17.5	+8.0
	Reform UK	Susan Laird	511	12.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Cohen	158	3.8	±0.0
	Independent	Miri French	17	0.4	N/A
Majority			505	12.1	N/A
Turnout			4,193	27.2	–15.2
Registered electors			15,422
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	8.1

References

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