# 2016 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2016 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. This was on the same day as other 2016 United Kingdom local elections.

## Ward results
### Almondbury ward

Almondbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Bernard McGuin | 1,328 | 27.22 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phil Scott | 1,268 | 25.99 |
| | Labour | Ken Lowe | 1,259 | 25.80 |
| | UKIP | Joshua Michael Stephen Pearce | 525 | 10.76 |
| | Green | Derek John Hardcastle | 464 | 9.51 |
| | TUSC | Aaron Thomas Bailey | 35 | 0.72 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60 | 1.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,879 | 36 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Ashbrow ward

Ashbrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Richard Homewood | 2,307 | 58.32 |
| | Conservative | Homma Abid | 1,024 | 25.88 |
| | Green | Joan Brenda Smithson | 475 | 12.01 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Ramzan | 150 | 3.79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,283 | 32.43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,956 | 29 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Batley East ward

Batley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Fazila Fadia | 3,487 | 69.78 |
| | Conservative | Derrick Yates | 594 | 11.89 |
| | Independent | Abdul Ghaffar | 512 | 10.25 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Allan Farnhill | 248 | 4.96 |
| | Green | Char Stoyles | 156 | 3.12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,893 | 57.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,997 | 40 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Batley West ward

Batley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour Co-op | Shabir Pandor | 2,833 | 62.50 |
| | UKIP | James Samuel Laugharne Griffith-Jones | 698 | 15.40 |
| | Conservative | Lyndsey Hall | 648 | 14.30 |
| | Green | Garry Mervyn Kitchin | 198 | 4.37 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Martin Kane | 156 | 3.44 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,135 | 47.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,533 | 35 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Birstall and Birkenshaw ward

Birstall and Birkenshaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew Palfreeman | 1,987 | 47.32 |
| | Labour | Khalid Ahmed Patel | 939 | 22.36 |
| | UKIP | Joyce Avril Holbrook | 851 | 20.27 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clare Elisabeth Kane | 232 | 5.53 |
| | Green | Jasmine Paris Kennedy | 190 | 4.52 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,048 | 24.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,199 | 34 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Cleckheaton ward

Cleckheaton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Mary Pinnock | 2,592 | 55.61 |
| | UKIP | Colin Walshaw | 707 | 15.17 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Lyndon Gray | 677 | 14.52 |
| | Labour | Aafaq Noor Butt | 571 | 12.25 |
| | Green | Catherine Helen Whittingham | 114 | 2.45 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,885 | 40.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,661 | 36 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Colne Valley ward

Colne Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rob Walker | 1,624 | 32.42 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Ridgway | 1,558 | 31.10 |
| | Conservative | Mathew Noble | 902 | 18.01 |
| | UKIP | Melanie Roberts | 579 | 11.56 |
| | Green | Liz Byrd | 346 | 6.91 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 66 | 1.32 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,009 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Crosland Moor and Netherton ward

Crosland Moor and Netherton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Manisha Roma Kaushik | 2,582 | 53.24 |
| | Conservative | Robert Anthony Young | 888 | 18.31 |
| | UKIP | Paul George | 486 | 10.02 |
| | Green | Chas Ball | 367 | 7.57 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Christopher Iredale | 278 | 5.73 |
| | Independent | Steve Bradbury | 137 | 2.82 |
| | TUSC | Jason Edward Bowen | 112 | 2.31 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,694 | 34.93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,850 | 38 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Dalton ward

Dalton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Naheed Mather | 1,537 | 43.52 |
| | UKIP | Tom Wise | 688 | 19.48 |
| | Conservative | Maria Ackroyd | 578 | 16.36 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger David Battye | 548 | 15.52 |
| | Green | Simon James Duffy | 181 | 5.12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 849 | 24.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,532 | 29 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Denby Dale ward

Denby Dale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Graham Turner | 2,631 | 48.41 |
| | Conservative | Paula Kemp | 2,484 | 45.70 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hartley Wilkinson | 320 | 5.89 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 147 | 2.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,435 | 43 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Dewsbury East ward

Dewsbury East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Kane | 2,285 | 52.95 |
| | Conservative | Mark Simon Eastwood | 970 | 22.48 |
| | UKIP | Greg Burrows | 758 | 17.57 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dennis Hullock | 191 | 4.43 |
| | Green | Tony Kelsall | 111 | 2.57 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,315 | 30.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,315 | 33 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Dewsbury South ward

Dewsbury South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Gulfam Asif | 2,626 | 54 |
| | Conservative | Imtiaz Ali Ameen | 1,406 | 29 |
| | Green | Adrian Hugh Cruden | 525 | 11 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernard Thomas Disken | 339 | 7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,896 | 38 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Dewsbury West ward

Dewsbury West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mussarat Pervaiz | 3,164 | 62 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shehzad Hussain | 992 | 20 |
| | Conservative | John David Nottingham | 474 | 9 |
| | Green | Simon John Cope | 450 | 9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,080 | 40 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Golcar ward

Golcar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Mary Iredale | 1,726 | 38 |
| | Labour | Stephen Georg Jungnitz | 1,495 | 33 |
| | UKIP | Susan Laird | 670 | 15 |
| | Conservative | Robert Peter Daniel | 443 | 10 |
| | Green | Daniel Edward Greenwood | 217 | 5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,551 | 34 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Greenhead ward

Greenhead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sheikh Noor Ullah | 3,024 | 63 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Robert William McGuin | 780 | 16 |
| | Green | John Lydon Phillips | 545 | 11 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Manjit Singh | 344 | 7 |
| | TUSC | David James Waight | 140 | 3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,833 | 37 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Heckmondwike ward

Heckmondwike :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Steve Hall | 2,281 | 56 |
| | UKIP | Aleks Lukic | 836 | 20 |
| | Conservative | Robert James Michael Thornton | 701 | 17 |
| | Green | Sofia Yusuf Layton | 142 | 3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josie Pugsley | 119 | 3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,079 | 31 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Holme Valley North ward

Holme Valley North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Charles Roger Greaves | 2,142 | 44 |
| | Conservative | Trevor Bellamy | 994 | 20 |
| | Labour | Keiron Leith Dunn | 899 | 18 |
| | UKIP | Joshua Ben Dalton | 574 | 12 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kingsley Hill | 289 | 6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,898 | 38 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### Holme Valley South ward

Holme Valley South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Donald Malcolm Firth | 2,381 | 43 |
| | Labour | Thelma Walker | 1,680 | 30 |
| | UKIP | Alan Schofield | 650 | 12 |
| | Green | Sue Macklin | 451 | 8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur George Willman Pritchard | 381 | 7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,543 | 38 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kirkburton ward

Kirkburton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Richard Smith | 1,867 | 39 |
| | Green | Robert William Barraclough | 1,731 | 36 |
| | Labour | Sarah Jane Cook | 634 | 13 |
| | UKIP | Jon Hudson | 501 | 10 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Louise Munro | 107 | 2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,840 | 41 |
| | Conservative gain from Green | Conservative gain from Green | Swing | |

### Lindley ward

Lindley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Anthony Eastwood | 2,137 | 40 |
| | Conservative | Mark Hemingway | 1,851 | 34 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Fayoom | 1,051 | 20 |
| | Green | Richard Daniel Rathod | 221 | 4 |
| | TUSC | Cormac Joseph Gerard Kelly | 117 | 2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,377 | 37 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Liversedge and Gomersal ward

Liversedge and Gomersal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michelle Lisa Grainger-Mead | 1,803 | 40 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Jawad Afzal Khan | 1,243 | 27 |
| | UKIP | Simon Holbrook | 1,151 | 25 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Peter Snee | 200 | 4 |
| | Green | Nicholas Eugene Whittingham | 148 | 3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,545 | 32 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Mirfield ward

Mirfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Martyn Bolt | 3,434 | 64 |
| | Labour | Karen Louise Rowling | 1,442 | 27 |
| | Green | Isabel Clare Walters | 358 | 7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Allen Dobson | 172 | 3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,406 | 37 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Newsome ward

Newsome :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Andrew Varah Cooper | 2,428 | 52 |
| | Labour | Nadeem Iqbal | 1,822 | 39 |
| | Conservative | Pauline McGleenan | 312 | 7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Bird | 113 | 2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,675 | 39 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | |