Kirklees Council - Wards and Councillors

Metropolitan borough · Yorkshire and the Humber · 69 seats in 23 wards · A third of seats elected in three years out of four · Next election 6 May 2027

Reform UK run Kirklees Council as a minority administration. The council has 69 councillors in 23 wards. Seats by party: Reform 26, Other 16, Green 12, Conservative 9, Lib Dem 6. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

Control

Seats by party

Reform UK (Minority)

69 seats - 35 for a majority

Reform 26Conservative 9Lib Dem 6Green 12Other 16

Seat changes since the 7 May 2026 election Other +2 Lib Dem +1 Reform −3

Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (69 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Other24.2%14

Reform24.1%29

Green15.8%12

Labour13.9%0

Conservative13.6%9

Lib Dem8.5%5

2026 election results for Kirklees, ward by ward

Next election

6 May 2027

23 of 69 seats up, elected by thirds

Largest party

Reform 26

9 short of the 35 needed for a majority

Closest result

Cleckheaton

Lib Dem won the last seat by 7 votes over Reform, 7 May 2026

Latest by-election

Almondbury

Lib Dem gain from Reform, 13 August 2026 (3 since 2021)

Constituencies

5 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

55%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

ConservativeLib DemReformGreenIndependent

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 23 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Almondbury Paola Davies, Gill Floyd, Pip Harvey	7 May 2026 Reform 37.1% lead 7.8 pts
Ashbrow David Knight, Martin Price, Simon Duffy	7 May 2026 Green 31.2% lead 4.6 pts
Batley East Aziz Daji, Habiban Zaman, Akhtar Kasia	7 May 2026 Independent 24.3% lead 0.4 pts
Batley West Zahid Kahut, Khuram Amjad, Yusra Hussain	7 May 2026 Independent 19.9% lead 0.2 pts
Birstall & Birkenshaw Joshua Sheard, Philip James, Elizabeth Smaje	7 May 2026 Conservative 40.0% lead 5.0 pts
Cleckheaton Andrew Pinnock, Kath Pinnock, Michael Howard	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 39.3% lead 1.2 pts
Colne Valley East Mark Smith, Michael Simmons, Brian Moughtin	7 May 2026 Reform 34.0% lead 7.9 pts
Colne Valley West Stephan Dransfield, Dave Rowan, Tracy Clayton	7 May 2026 Reform 31.9% lead 1.3 pts
Crosland Moor Abdul Jabar, Alex Vickers, Imran Safdar	7 May 2026 Green 40.8% lead 22.4 pts
Dalton John Hardie, Christine Smith, Luke Fallas	7 May 2026 Reform 37.3% lead 9.2 pts
Denby Dale Timothy Bamford, Tina Bamford, Simon Brophy	7 May 2026 Conservative 39.6% lead 14.2 pts
Dewsbury East Maciej Kapsa, Eric Butterworth, Graham France	7 May 2026 Reform 34.8% lead 17.8 pts
Dewsbury South Chris Kennedy, Hanifa Darwan, Masood Ahmed	7 May 2026 Independent 21.6% lead 2.5 pts
Dewsbury West Ammar Anwar, Khalid Patel, Tanisha Bramwell	7 May 2026 Independent 23.9% lead 3.5 pts
Greenhead Richard Burton, Toby Cooper, Maryam Jawaid	7 May 2026 Green 43.4% lead 20.8 pts
Heckmondwike Simon Holbrook, Glennis Harrison, Lee Cliff	7 May 2026 Reform 22.8% lead 5.3 pts
Holme Valley North Charles Greaves, Richard Noon, Julia Roebuck	7 May 2026 Independent 24.7% lead 5.6 pts
Holme Valley South Robert Butler, David Birch, Damian Brook	7 May 2026 Reform 26.8% lead 0.4 pts
Kirkburton Richard Smith, John Taylor, Bill Armer	7 May 2026 Conservative 37.7% lead 10.0 pts
Lindley Anthony Smith, David Ridgway, Ashleigh Robinson	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 29.8% lead 3.3 pts
Liversedge & Gomersal Sarah Wood, Susan Maxfield, Jane Barraclough	7 May 2026 Reform 41.9% lead 14.3 pts
Mirfield Martyn Bolt, Matthew Maude, James O'Leary	7 May 2026 Conservative 37.0% lead 4.2 pts
Netherton & Newsome Susan Lee-Richards, Andrew Cooper, Karen Allison	7 May 2026 Green 52.9% lead 20.2 pts

Almondbury

Gill Floyd ReformPaola Davies Lib DemPip Harvey Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform37.1%

Lib Dem29.3%

Green16.7%

Conservative8.9%

Labour8.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gill Floyd Elected	Reform	2,224
Pip Harvey Elected	Reform	2,135
Craig Wiles Elected	Reform	2,060
Paola Antonia Convertino Davies	Lib Dem	1,755
Jan Dobrucki	Lib Dem	1,488
James Wilkinson	Lib Dem	1,378
Stephen Paul Hampshire	Green	1,001
Brenda Smithson	Green	782
Peter Harvey Taylor	Green	696
Grace Gift	Conservative	532
Barbara Ruth Jones	Labour	477
Collins Ibor	Conservative	466
Jimmy Megbele	Conservative	432
Navraj Singh Hare	Labour	379
Musili Yinka Oseni	Labour	331

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 13 August 2026

Lib Dem43.9%

Reform27.0%

Conservative13.2%

Green8.7%

Labour4.5%

Independent2.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Paola Antonia Convertino Davies Elected	Lib Dem	1,749	43.9%
Graham Haigh	Reform	1,078	27.0%
Robert William Anthony McGuin	Conservative	528	13.2%
Sa'Dia Mosaddeq	Green	347	8.7%
Navraj Singh Hare	Labour	181	4.5%
Marquis Craven	Independent	103	2.6%

Ashbrow

David Knight GreenMartin Price GreenSimon Duffy Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Green31.2%

Reform26.6%

Labour23.4%

Conservative9.0%

People's Alliance for Change and Equality5.6%

Lib Dem4.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Simon James Duffy Elected	Green	1,634
David George Edward Knight Elected	Green	1,464
Martin Price Elected	Green	1,428
Marquis Craven	Reform	1,394
Andy Parr	Reform	1,392
Adam Nathan James McClelland	Reform	1,377
Zarina Yasmean Amin	Labour	1,225
Amanda Pinnock	Labour	1,219
James Richard Homewood	Labour	1,188
Rob Speed	Conservative	472
Adam Nunn	Conservative	463
Andy Wilson	Conservative	447
Mike Forster	People's Alliance for Change and Equality	291
Robert Christopher Iredale	Lib Dem	215
Manjit Singh	Lib Dem	177
Richard John Wilson	Lib Dem	163

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Batley East

Akhtar Kasia IndependentAziz Daji IndependentHabiban Zaman Independent

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Independent24.3%

Independent23.9%

Independent22.5%

Green8.7%

Reform8.4%

Labour6.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Akhtar Kasia Elected	Independent	2,378
Aziz Daji Elected	Independent	2,339
Habiban Zaman Elected	Independent	2,209
Shameem Akhtar	Green	856
Richard Edwin Huddleston	Reform	827
Gwendolyn Ann Walker	Reform	807
Bevis Jeremy North	Reform	790
Ibrar Hussain	Green	652
Sheikh Rashid Wasim	Labour	646
Fouz Ul Azeem Butt	Labour	618
Murray Purkis	Green	564
Haneef Moinuddin Shaik	Labour	495
Raymond Bray	Conservative	322
Clive Patrick	Conservative	258
Philip Robert Smith	Conservative	242
Andrea Gill	Lib Dem	222
Rosemary Glover Marchington	Lib Dem	187
Ansar Ali Mirza	Lib Dem	113

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Batley West

Khuram Amjad IndependentYusra Hussain IndependentZahid Kahut Independent

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Independent19.9%

Independent19.7%

Independent16.7%

Labour14.0%

Reform13.8%

Green8.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Yusra Hussain Elected	Independent	1,725
Zahid Kahut Elected	Independent	1,705
Khuram Amjad Elected	Independent	1,448
Shabir Pandor	Labour	1,214
Keith Oldroyd	Reform	1,191
John Stead	Reform	1,134
Christian Rooney	Reform	1,113
Khalid Amin	Green	762
Kimberley Sharon Thirkill	Labour	726
Megan West	Labour	645
George Baker	Green	602
Jack Anthony Brooker	Green	578
Shujjat Ali	Lib Dem	286
Drew Atkins	Conservative	276
Sami Ul Haq Yaqoob	Conservative	276
William Rowlands	Conservative	247
Stuart Woodhead	Lib Dem	199
Patrycja Bartosinska	Lib Dem	130
Senada Dervisevic	Community Alliance Kirklees	43

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Birstall & Birkenshaw

Elizabeth Smaje ConservativeJoshua Sheard ConservativePhilip James Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative40.0%

Reform35.0%

Labour10.0%

Green10.0%

Lib Dem5.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Joshua Connor Sheard Elected	Conservative	2,559
Philip Anthony James Elected	Reform	2,235
Liz Smaje Elected	Conservative	2,202
Keith Mallinson	Reform	2,182
Adrian Reid	Reform	2,001
Mark Stephen Thompson	Conservative	1,945
Elaine Wilkes	Labour	639
Jamie Conor Foster	Green	638
Cheya Amélie Watson	Labour	621
Lorna Maria Goldman	Labour	621
Tahir Akram	Green	594
Corey Patrick Hayes	Green	591
Louise Mary Walsh	Lib Dem	323
Bernard Thomas Disken	Lib Dem	217
Richard Dod	Lib Dem	190

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Cleckheaton

Andrew Pinnock Lib DemKath Pinnock Lib DemMichael Howard Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Lib Dem39.3%

Reform38.1%

Green8.6%

Conservative7.9%

Labour6.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kathryn Mary Pinnock Elected	Lib Dem	2,466
Michael Robert Howard Elected	Reform	2,386
Andrew Charles Pinnock Elected	Lib Dem	2,319
Michael Lockwood	Reform	2,312
Richard Yeoman	Reform	2,203
John Craig Lawson	Lib Dem	2,155
Isabelle Frances Cranfield Maddox	Green	537
Piers John Briggs	Conservative	498
Zac Williamson	Green	481
Mohammed Babar	Green	446
Erica Susan Amende	Labour	383
Tony Veverka	Conservative	338
Andrew Lyndon Gray	Conservative	335
Kay Belinda Quantrill	Labour	311
Adeel Feroz	Labour	271

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Colne Valley East

Brian Moughtin ReformMark Smith ReformMichael Simmons Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform34.0%

Lib Dem26.1%

Green19.2%

Labour15.0%

Conservative5.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Michael David Simmons Elected	Reform	1,950
Brian Moughtin Elected	Reform	1,902
Mark Neville Stephen Smith Elected	Reform	1,884
Andrew Marchington	Lib Dem	1,495
Nicola Jane Turner	Lib Dem	1,296
David Edward Coldwell	Lib Dem	1,266
Sharon Elaine Bond	Green	1,099
Katie Hudson	Green	1,085
Lewis William Craven	Green	993
Graham Turner	Labour	859
Ian Charles Leedham	Labour	821
Kali Carol Jean Mountford	Labour	764
Jackie Walker	Conservative	328
Michael Pears	Conservative	318
Moses Amoto Onubanjo	Conservative	240

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Colne Valley West

Dave Rowan IndependentStephan Dransfield ReformTracy Clayton Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform31.9%

Labour30.6%

Green20.9%

Conservative8.7%

Lib Dem7.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Tracy Clayton Elected	Reform	2,258
Stephan Hugh Dransfield Elected	Reform	2,233
Dave Rowan Elected	Reform	2,192
Harry James McCarthy	Labour	2,164
Matthew Paul McLoughlin	Labour	2,054
Jayne Elizabeth Fisher	Labour	1,864
Kara Ali	Green	1,481
Craig Grimes	Green	1,373
Lesley Anne Warner	Green	1,332
Samuel Bacon	Conservative	619
Julia Claire Mountfield	Conservative	559
Sue Beever	Lib Dem	557
Clare Elizabeth Taylor	Conservative	518
Harry Marchington	Lib Dem	512
Jenny Victoria Turner	Lib Dem	481

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Crosland Moor

Abdul Jabar GreenAlex Vickers GreenImran Safdar Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Green40.8%

Independent18.4%

Independent14.0%

Reform13.2%

Labour8.1%

Conservative2.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Imran Shahzad Safdar Elected	Green	2,736
Abdul Jabar Elected	Green	2,482
Alex Vickers Elected	Green	2,148
Mohammed Abubakar	Independent	1,236
Jo Lawson	Independent	936
Mark Andrew Jackson	Reform	883
Ben Thomas Kind	Reform	804
Helen Louise Routledge	Reform	756
Phillip Anthony Lucitt	Labour	543
Mark Morris	Labour	513
Morgan Read	Labour	403
Dale Hirst	Conservative	172
Phillipa Reynolds	Conservative	167
Dedami Adekomi	Conservative	158
Sinead Grace Burke	Lib Dem	148
Lucie Caitlin Long	Lib Dem	115
Stevie Dungworth	Lib Dem	95
Jonathan Richard Tilt	The Revolting Party	53

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Dalton

Christine Smith ReformJohn Hardie ReformLuke Fallas Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform37.3%

Labour28.1%

Green19.6%

Conservative8.4%

Lib Dem6.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Luke Fallas Elected	Reform	1,800
John Hardie Elected	Reform	1,782
Christine Smith Elected	Reform	1,761
Tyler Hawkins	Labour	1,355
Munir Ahmed	Labour	1,205
Manisha Roma Kaushik	Labour	1,047
Clare Walters	Green	945
Richard Heywood	Green	877
Sa'Dia Mosaddeq	Green	769
Christopher Bellamy	Conservative	403
James Jones	Conservative	358
Linda Andrews	Lib Dem	317
Benjamin Wallace-Thompson	Conservative	316
Angela Dobrucki	Lib Dem	229
James Maw	Lib Dem	221

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Denby Dale

Simon Brophy ReformTimothy Bamford ConservativeTina Bamford Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative39.6%

Reform25.4%

Labour19.4%

Green11.1%

Lib Dem3.7%

The Revolting Party0.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Timothy Vincent Bamford Elected	Conservative	3,075
Tina Bamford Elected	Conservative	2,401
Simon James Brophy Elected	Reform	1,971
Michelle Jane Edwards	Reform	1,797
Neil Mayman	Reform	1,598
Harry Wood	Conservative	1,558
Dave Devenport	Labour	1,509
Nick Wilson	Labour	1,487
Ruby Faye Knowles	Labour	1,104
Andy Scott	Green	863
Steven Bradley Hookham	Green	802
Bethany Lucienne Lockwood	Green	780
James Stephen Collins	Lib Dem	287
Edward Woodhead	Lib Dem	221
Viv Woodhead	Lib Dem	204
Miri Finch	The Revolting Party	64

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Dewsbury East

Eric Butterworth ReformGraham France ReformMaciej Kapsa Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform34.8%

Lib Dem17.0%

Labour12.9%

Independent10.6%

Community Alliance Kirklees9.5%

Green9.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Eric Stuart Butterworth Elected	Reform	2,096
Graham Michael France Elected	Reform	2,022
Maciej Kapsa Elected	Reform	1,833
Ednan Hussain	Lib Dem	1,024
Dennis Hullock	Lib Dem	936
Jon Robert Bloom	Lib Dem	896
Eric Firth	Labour	775
Mudassar Chaudhrey	Labour	649
Logan Bramwell	Independent	638
Cathy Scott	Community Alliance Kirklees	574
Jack Cambridge	Green	557
Clare Patricia Lindley	Green	533
Michael Richard Keddie	Labour	530
Gideon Barry Richards	Green	393
Karam Hussain	Community Alliance Kirklees	371
Danielle Forsyth	Community Alliance Kirklees	365
Carolyn Heath	Conservative	364
Hassan Raza	Conservative	212
Ibiknule Farajimakin	Conservative	199

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Dewsbury South

Chris Kennedy ReformHanifa Darwan IndependentMasood Ahmed Independent

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Independent21.6%

Independent19.1%

Reform13.4%

Independent13.2%

Labour13.1%

Independent9.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Hanifa Darwan Elected	Independent	2,117
Masood Ahmed Elected	Independent	1,873
Christopher Kennedy Elected	Reform	1,311
Soyeb Yusuf	Independent	1,294
Imtiaz Ali Ameen	Labour	1,287
Michael Kenneth Fortune	Reform	1,242
Ryan Ward	Reform	1,215
Mohammed Ali	Labour	1,120
Jackie Ramsay	Labour	983
Ismail Yusuf Bhana	Independent	923
Mohammed Abubakar Haneef	Green	425
Ebony Riann Johnson	Green	329
Myste Brooke Webster	Green	307
Pamela Joyce Thorne	Conservative	226
Marjorie Wheelhouse	Conservative	215
Claire Voyce	Conservative	204
Shaun Maddox	Independent	201
Stephen John Bird	Lib Dem	156
Chrissy Bloom	Lib Dem	138
John Edward Rossington	Lib Dem	100

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Dewsbury West

Ammar Anwar IndependentKhalid Patel IndependentTanisha Bramwell Independent

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Independent23.9%

Independent20.4%

Independent19.0%

Labour16.4%

Lib Dem9.0%

Reform5.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Tanisha Bramwell Elected	Independent	2,563
Ammar Anwar Elected	Independent	2,188
Khalid Patel Elected	Independent	2,041
Mussarat Shaheen Pervaiz	Labour	1,756
Ateeque Ur Rehman Saddique	Labour	1,751
Basharat Mahmood Rafiq	Labour	1,642
Tariq Khan	Lib Dem	966
Waheed Anwar	Lib Dem	839
Irslan Ishtiaq	Lib Dem	757
Dawn Jeannette Armstrong	Reform	636
Susan Dolman	Reform	606
Lesley Ann Turner	Reform	559
Simon John Cope	Green	427
Edward Christopher Sampson	Green	306
Jonathan George Tolan	Green	254
Nicholas Bowett	Conservative	140
John Cowan	Conservative	136
Maureen Nancy Sykes	Conservative	135

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Greenhead

Maryam Jawaid GreenRichard Burton GreenToby Cooper Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Green43.4%

Labour22.6%

Reform16.4%

Conservative6.5%

Lib Dem5.9%

Community Alliance Kirklees5.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Maryam Jawaid Elected	Green	2,633
Richard Andrew John Burton Elected	Green	2,606
Toby Michael Cooper Elected	Green	2,470
Mohan Singh Sokhal	Labour	1,371
Carole Ann Pattison	Labour	1,353
Sheikh Noor Ullah	Labour	1,251
John Kenneth Dolby	Reform	996
Graham Haigh	Reform	986
Paul Brian Wood	Reform	941
Trevor Bellamy	Conservative	393
Margaret Fearnley	Lib Dem	359
Eileen Marchant	Conservative	355
Susan Robinson	Lib Dem	319
Majeeda Bibi	Community Alliance Kirklees	318
Robert James Hargreaves	Lib Dem	307
John Travis	Conservative	304
Rebecca Kane	Community Alliance Kirklees	179

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Heckmondwike

Glennis Harrison ReformLee Cliff ReformSimon Holbrook Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform22.8%

Labour17.5%

Independent14.0%

Independent13.9%

Independent13.2%

Green6.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Simon Holbrook Elected	Reform	1,892
Glennis-Anne Harrison Elected	Reform	1,890
Lee Konrad Cliff Elected	Reform	1,838
Aafaq Butt	Labour	1,456
Muhammad Anwar Zahid	Independent	1,161
Ali Arshad	Independent	1,157
Naeem Latif	Independent	1,096
Viv Kendrick	Labour	1,001
Simon Phillip Thirkill	Labour	810
Liz King	Green	527
Lyndsey Hall	Conservative	491
Amy Loughenbury	Green	404
Clare Naughton	Independent	362
Benjamin Michael Wainman	Green	349
Joanne Wallace-Thompson	Conservative	320
John Sykes	Conservative	317
Gill Long	Lib Dem	174
Josie Pugsley	Lib Dem	169
Stephen James Long	Lib Dem	144

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Holme Valley North

Charles Greaves IndependentJulia Roebuck IndependentRichard Noon Independent

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Independent24.7%

Independent19.1%

Independent16.7%

Reform14.5%

Conservative10.9%

Green7.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Charles Roger Greaves Elected	Independent	3,040
Richard Jordan Noon Elected	Independent	2,356
Julia Faye Roebuck Elected	Independent	2,063
Joseph Martin Lodge	Reform	1,791
Lee Campion	Reform	1,654
Michael Holdsworth	Reform	1,625
Donna Katherine Bellamy	Conservative	1,338
Alex Green	Green	973
David Michael Heathcote	Conservative	902
Andrew John Smith	Conservative	771
Chris Green	Green	699
Martin Peter Forrester	Green	676
Alison Meda Morgan	Labour	567
Lorraine Needham-Reid	Labour	521
Sally Grace Pinnell	Labour	484
Roger Bradley	Lib Dem	198
David John Woodhead	Lib Dem	193
Howard Cohen	Lib Dem	159

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Holme Valley South

Damian Brook ConservativeDavid Birch ReformRobert Butler Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform26.8%

Conservative26.4%

Labour22.6%

Green19.9%

Lib Dem4.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
David George Birch Elected	Reform	2,297
Damian Craig Brook Elected	Conservative	2,259
Robert Francis Butler Elected	Reform	2,222
Janet Saville	Reform	2,104
Moses Crook	Labour	1,937
Jo Liles	Conservative	1,867
Harry Lewis James Davis	Conservative	1,839
Jane Elizabeth Rylah	Labour	1,830
Doris Mary Blacka	Labour	1,819
Anja Jayne Louise Etty	Green	1,702
Jim Lister	Green	1,407
Steven Hall	Green	1,368
Ellen Griffiths	Lib Dem	365
Christine Mary Iredale	Lib Dem	309
Nicholas David Shaw	Lib Dem	274

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Kirkburton

Bill Armer ConservativeJohn Taylor ConservativeRichard Smith Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative37.7%

Reform27.7%

Green20.0%

Labour11.3%

Lib Dem3.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
John Joseph Taylor Elected	Conservative	2,637
Bill Armer Elected	Conservative	2,227
Richard Smith Elected	Conservative	2,071
Bill Hodgson	Reform	1,939
Graham Pickup	Reform	1,837
Christopher David Wisher	Reform	1,707
Jane Bodhi	Green	1,403
Graham Simpson	Green	1,027
Rosamund Ann Walsh	Green	952
Edward John Bowen	Labour	793
Raffi Leece	Labour	472
Alero Megbele	Labour	383
Jane Elizabeth Lambert	Lib Dem	228
Miles Crompton	Lib Dem	192
Jeremy Smith	Lib Dem	151

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Lindley

Anthony Smith Lib DemAshleigh Robinson Lib DemDavid Ridgway Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Lib Dem29.8%

Reform26.5%

Conservative15.4%

Green13.6%

Labour9.1%

Independent5.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ashleigh Robinson Elected	Lib Dem	2,097
Anthony Smith Elected	Lib Dem	1,995
David Ridgway Elected	Lib Dem	1,895
Stephen Anthony Bottomley	Reform	1,864
Stuart Michael Hale	Reform	1,735
Damien Eyre	Reform	1,704
Robert William Anthony McGuin	Conservative	1,082
Alistair Coldwell	Conservative	973
Chloe Nicole Jackson	Green	954
Jack Maximilian Edwards	Conservative	903
Tony Ryland	Green	795
Adam James Stroyan	Green	778
Harpreet Kaur	Labour	640
Annette Marie McLoughlin	Labour	597
James Meade	Labour	519
Andy Wood	Independent	397

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Liversedge & Gomersal

Jane Barraclough ReformSarah Wood ReformSusan Maxfield Independent

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform41.9%

Conservative27.6%

Labour11.8%

Green11.3%

Lib Dem3.9%

Independent3.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jane Barraclough Elected	Reform	2,490
Sarah Louise Wood Elected	Reform	2,340
Susan Jeanette Maxfield Elected	Reform	2,330
David James Hall	Conservative	1,641
Caroline Jane Holt	Conservative	1,629
Matt Clarke	Conservative	1,564
George Mason Hall	Labour	702
Maya Elizabeth Friend	Green	672
Hazel Anne Seidel	Labour	636
Daniel Francis Michael Friend	Green	620
Nicholas Eugene Whittingham	Green	563
Ralph Wright	Labour	547
Andrew Malcolm McCaig	Lib Dem	231
Tracey Louise King	Independent	209
David Peter Snee	Lib Dem	201
Chris Williams	Lib Dem	188

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Mirfield

James O'Leary ReformMartyn Bolt ConservativeMatthew Maude Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative37.0%

Reform32.8%

Green14.5%

Labour11.8%

Lib Dem3.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Martyn Bolt Elected	Conservative	2,974
Matthew Maude Elected	Reform	2,640
James Steven O'Leary Elected	Reform	2,510
Carl Richard Pickering	Reform	2,495
Vivien Lees-Hamilton	Conservative	2,319
Mark Hamilton	Conservative	1,971
Catherine Helen Whittingham	Green	1,163
Richard Mark Dewhirst	Green	985
James Howard Fishwick	Labour	952
Debby Plummer	Green	832
Jessica Rose May White	Labour	759
Shanta Pinnock	Labour	709
Claire Louise Scargill	Lib Dem	312
Thomas Charles Waterhouse	Lib Dem	212
Andrew Hartley Wilkinson	Lib Dem	211

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Netherton & Newsome

Andrew Cooper GreenKaren Allison GreenSusan Lee-Richards Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Green52.9%

Reform32.7%

Labour7.4%

Conservative4.2%

Lib Dem2.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Andrew Varah Cooper Elected	Green	2,703
Karen Louise Allison Elected	Green	2,645
Susan Jane Lee-Richards Elected	Green	2,464
David Anderson	Reform	1,671
Peter Bell	Reform	1,633
Robert Paul Hargreaves	Reform	1,560
Shahana Adeeb	Labour	376
Faith Akume	Labour	358
William James Dennis	Labour	352
Kath Bellamy	Conservative	215
Ian Andrew Roberts	Conservative	185
Jane Dickinson	Conservative	183
Clare Elizabeth Marianthe Wright	Lib Dem	140
Vincent Wadsworth	Lib Dem	137
Artwell Kamanga	Lib Dem	114

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

2 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Colne Valley West	Dave Rowan	Reform 2026	Independent
Liversedge & Gomersal	Susan Maxfield	Reform 2026	Independent

Next election

Seats up on 6 May 2027

23 of 69 seats are up. Seats held now, by party:

Reform 8 Independent 6 Green 4 Lib Dem 3 Conservative 2

Ward	Councillor whose term ends
Almondbury	Paola Davies Lib Dem
Ashbrow	Martin Price Green
Batley East	Habiban Zaman Independent
Batley West	Khuram Amjad Independent
Birstall & Birkenshaw	Elizabeth Smaje Conservative
Cleckheaton	Andrew Pinnock Lib Dem
Colne Valley East	Mark Smith Reform
Colne Valley West	Dave Rowan Independent
Crosland Moor	Alex Vickers Green
Dalton	Christine Smith Reform
Denby Dale	Simon Brophy Reform
Dewsbury East	Maciej Kapsa Reform
Dewsbury South	Chris Kennedy Reform
Dewsbury West	Khalid Patel Independent
Greenhead	Toby Cooper Green
Heckmondwike	Lee Cliff Reform
Holme Valley North	Julia Roebuck Independent
Holme Valley South	Robert Butler Reform
Kirkburton	Richard Smith Conservative
Lindley	David Ridgway Lib Dem
Liversedge & Gomersal	Susan Maxfield Independent
Mirfield	James O'Leary Reform
Netherton & Newsome	Susan Lee-Richards Green

Term end dates from Open Council Data.

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

3 by-elections since July 2021, 2 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
13 August 2026	Almondbury	Lib Dem gain from Reform	43.9%
17 October 2024	Holme Valley South	Conservative gain from Labour	39.1%
31 August 2023	Batley East	Labour hold	73.7%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Huddersfield	26%	Labour	Labour 32%
Dewsbury and Batley	24%	Other	Other 29%
Spen Valley	23%	Labour	Labour 35%
Colne Valley	21%	Labour	Labour 34%
Ossett and Denby Dale	7%	Labour	Labour 32%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Kirklees

433,219 residents in 177,979 households

Voted Leave in 2016

55% 3 above GB

Degree or higher

30% 4 below GB

No qualifications

21% 3 above GB

Own their home

66% 5 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

15% 2 below GB

Rent privately

19% 1 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

31% same as GB

Aged 65 and over

22% same as GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.