# 2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election

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

| Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Date announced |
| Naheed Mather | Dalton | 2012 | Labour | 5 February 2024 |
| Donald Firth | Holme Valley South | | Conservative | 6 March 2024 |
| Bernard McGuin | Almondbury | | Conservative | 6 March 2024 |
| Elizabeth Reynolds | Golcar | | Labour | 6 March 2024 |
| Adam Gregg | Lindley | | Conservative | 6 March 2024 |
| Melanie Stephen | Liversedge and Gomersal | 2021 | Conservative | 6 March 2024 |

## Council composition

| After 2023 election | After 2023 election | After 2023 election | Before 2024 election | Before 2024 election | Before 2024 election | After 2024 election | After 2024 election | After 2024 election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Party | Party | Seats | Party | Party | Seats |
| | Labour | 39 | | Labour | 35 | | Labour | 31 |
| | Conservative | 18 | | Conservative | 18 | | Conservative | 15 |
| | Independent | 1 | | Independent | 5 | | Independent | 9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 8 | | Liberal Democrats | 8 | | Liberal Democrats | 10 |
| | Green | 3 | | Green | 3 | | Green | 4 |

## Summary
### Election result

2024 Kirlees Metropolitan Borough Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | 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 | 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 | Majority | Majority | 685 | 16.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,120 | 30.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,440 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.8 | |

### Ashbrow

Ashbrow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,167 | 28.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,119 | 28.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,333 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.3 | |

### Batley East

Batley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Aziz Daji | 3,835 | 67.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Phillip Lucitt | 901 | 15.9 | –28.4 |
| | Conservative | Neil Mayman | 412 | 7.3 | –36.7 |
| | Green | Simon Duffy | 365 | 6.4 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jon Bloom | 153 | 2.7 | –3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,934 | 51.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,666 | 42.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,205 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour |

### Batley West

Batley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Zahid Kahut | 2,695 | 52.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | Shabir Pandor* | 991 | 19.1 | –40.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Bird | 541 | 10.4 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Fatima Riaz | 519 | 10.0 | –14.2 |
| | Green | John Phillips | 439 | 8.5 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,704 | 32.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,185 | 37.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,891 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour |

### Birstall & Birkenshaw

Birstall and Birkenshaw :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 339 | 8.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,956 | 30.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,903 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 2.1 | |

### Cleckheaton

Cleckheaton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,077 | 46.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,433 | 32.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,615 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.9 | |

### Colne Valley

Colne Valley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,444 | 28.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,100 | 37.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,699 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 2.2 | |

### Crosland Moor & Netherton

Crosland Moor and Netherton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 354 | 7.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,846 | 34.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,917 | | |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | 17.6 | |

### Dalton

Dalton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 757 | 22.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,368 | 26.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,540 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.6 | |

### Denby Dale

Denby Dale :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 441 | 8.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,310 | 39.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,508 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 6.6 | |

### Dewsbury East

Dewsbury East :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 675 | 17.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,773 | 26.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,246 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 13.7 | |

### Dewsbury South

Dewsbury South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Hanifa Darwan | 3,443 | 62.3 | N/A |
| | Labour Co-op | Jackie Ramsay* | 1,063 | 19.2 | –46.5 |
| | Conservative | Sean Guy | 455 | 8.2 | –10.6 |
| | Independent | Shaun Maddox | 228 | 4.1 | N/A |
| | Green | Nicholas Whittingham | 155 | 2.8 | –2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernard Disken | 94 | 1.7 | –1.7 |
| | Independent | Richard Beck | 87 | 1.6 | –5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,380 | 43.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,525 | 41.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,385 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour Co-op | Independent gain from Labour Co-op | Independent gain from Labour Co-op | Independent gain from Labour Co-op | Independent gain from Labour Co-op |

### Dewsbury West

Dewsbury West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Tanisha Bramwell | 3,109 | 53.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Mussarat Pervaiz* | 1,390 | 23.8 | –33.0 |
| | Conservative | Sajid Hussain | 855 | 14.6 | –20.9 |
| | Green | Simon Cope | 317 | 5.4 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Rossington | 171 | 2.9 | –0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,719 | 29.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,842 | 40.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,295 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour |

### Golcar

Golcar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 136 | 3.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,243 | 30.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,840 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.6 | |

### Greenhead

Greenhead :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 41 | 0.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,302 | 37.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,199 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 26.9 | |

### Heckmondwike

Heckmondwike :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ali Arshad | 1,554 | 36.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | Steve Hall* | 1,470 | 34.8 | –29.5 |
| | Conservative | Amin Hussain | 612 | 14.5 | –10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josie Pugsley | 315 | 7.5 | +1.6 |
| | Green | Graham Simpson | 274 | 6.5 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 84 | 2.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,225 | 31.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,424 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour |

### Holme Valley North

Holme Valley North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,037 | 19.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,477 | 40.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,541 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | 11.3 | |

### Holme Valley South

Holme Valley South :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 256 | 4.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,436 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,179 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 0.4 | |

### Kirkburton

Kirkburton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 704 | 15.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,656 | 36.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,632 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 6.0 | |

### Lindley

Lindley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 157 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,650 | 36.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,497 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 6.2 | |

### Liversedge & Gomersal

Liversedge & Gomersal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 356 | 8.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,036 | 29.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,822 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 4.8 | |

### Mirfield

Mirfield :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,033 | 18.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,580 | 35.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,724 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 7.5 | |

### Newsome

Newsome :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,701 | 43.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,882 | 29.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,129 | | |
| | Green hold | 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 | 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 | Majority | Majority | 505 | 12.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,193 | 27.2 | –15.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,422 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 8.1 | |