Reform UK won all three seats when the ward last voted, in May 2026, with 40 per cent of the vote. Earlier contests were won by the Liberal Democrats in 2024 and 2023. 6 candidates stood.
Every ward and councillor, who runs the council, and each by-election since May.
Kirklees council page →| Party | Share |
|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 43.9% |
| Reform UK | 27.0% |
| Conservative | 13.2% |
| Green | 8.7% |
| Labour | 4.5% |
| Independent | 2.6% |
Turnout 30 per cent.
Kirklees elects its councillors by thirds: a ward's seats are elected in separate years, so they can be held by different parties. This by-election is for one of Almondbury's seats. A gain or hold goes by that seat - the party that last won it - not by which party won the ward's most recent contest, which is usually a different seat.
Conservative, Independent, Green: fewer than 6 wins in 100 each.
How often each candidate wins the seat across 10,000 simulations of this contest - chances of winning, not vote shares.
| Result | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Green | Reform UK | Independents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | 9% | 7% | 29% | 15% | 40% | - |
| May 2024 | 23% | 24% | 40% | 12% | - | - |
| May 2023 | 25% | 20% | 46% | 6% | - | 2% |
Winning share of all votes cast in bold. Multi-member wards elect several councillors at once. Includes any county-division contest covering the same ground.
Kirklees is a metropolitan borough: it runs every local service, from schools to bins. Current control: Reform UK minority.
Seats under the independents-and-others heading here have been won by independents at elections since 2022.
How every council in Britain stands →
Wards coloured by the party that last won them; the by-election ward is outlined. Hover a ward for its last result.
There is no county council above Kirklees. Transport and some strategic functions sit with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
The ward is part of the Huddersfield constituency. Labour MP Harpreet Uppal won it at the 2024 general election with 38 per cent of the vote.