# 2018 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2018 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. The result gave the Labour Party majority control of Kirklees Council with 36 of the 69 councillors representing the party.

## Votes by Party

Labour Party: 49,733 votes
Conservative Party: 35,847
Liberal Democrats: 14,116
Green Party: 8,441
Independents: 3,502
TUSC: 986
UKIP: 411
Democrats and Veterans: 317
Pirate Party: 64
Yorkshire Party: 56

## Candidates
### Almondbury ward

Almondbury :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Louise Munro | 2,042 | 40 | +14 |
| Labour | Louise Ruth Peace | 1641 | 32 | +6 |
| Conservative | Clive Richard Walton | 1194 | 23 | −4 |
| Green | Tricia Moores | 218 | 4 | −6 |

### Ashbrow ward

Ashbrow :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Harpreet Uppal | 2,490 | 56 | −2 |
| Conservative | Maria Ackroyd | 1231 | 28 | +2 |
| TUSC | Nicola Sarah Jayne Jackson | 285 | 6 | |
| Green | Joan Brenda Smithson | 239 | 5 | −7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Malcolm McCaig | 196 | 4 | 0 |

### Batley East ward

Batley East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Mahmood Akhtar | 3,293 | 75 | +24.30 |
| Conservative | Keiron Gavaghan | 811 | 18 | +8.19 |
| Green | Jessica Berry | 162 | 4 | −3.19 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Bloom | 141 | 3 | −1.69 |

### Batley West ward

Batley West :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour Co-op | Gwen Lowe | 3,052 | 69.0 | +3.32 |
| Conservative | Paul Young | 1099 | 24.8 | +6.03 |
| Green | Marnie Cope | 111 | 2.5 | −5.92 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Kane | 99 | 2.2 | −1.22 |
| Pirate | Garry Kitchin | 64 | 1.4 | +1.4 |

### Birstall and Birkenshaw ward

Birstall and Birkenshaw (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Liz Smaje | 2,294 | 31 |
| Conservative | Mark Thompson | 2,234 | 30 |
| Labour | Jasmine Kennedy | 1261 | 17 |
| Labour | Arfan Asif | 995 | 13 |
| Green | Susan Lee-Richards | 289 | 4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Pippa Hepworth | 213 | 3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Kane | 195 | 3 |

### Cleckheaton ward

Cleckheaton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | John Lawson | 2,318 | 53 | +15.47 |
| Conservative | Susie Bell Proctor | 1049 | 24 | −2.93 |
| Labour Co-op | Tom Kowalski | 887 | 20 | −5.96 |
| Green | Isabel Walters | 136 | 3 | −6.58 |

### Colne Valley ward

Colne Valley :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Nell Griffiths | 1,960 | 36 | +17.17 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicola Turner | 1866 | 34 | −4.12 |
| Conservative | Mathew Noble | 1176 | 22 | +9.13 |
| Green | James McLeod | 231 | 4 | −5.39 |
| UKIP | Melanie Roberts | 198 | 4 | −16.79 |

### Crosland Moor and Netherton ward

Crosland Moor and Netherton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Erin Hill | 2,328 | 47 | +0.11 |
| Conservative | Tony McGrath | 1176 | 24 | −4.53 |
| TUSC | Mike Forster | 701 | 14 | +11.46 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Iredale | 242 | 5 | −1.97 |
| UKIP | Susan Laird | 213 | 4 | +4.00 |
| Green | Robert Barraclough | 194 | 4 | −4.80 |
| Independent | Steve Bradbury | 98 | 2 | −4.26 |

### Dalton ward

Dalton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Peter McBride | 1,778 | 53 | +7.97 |
| Conservative | Sarah Brightmore | 874 | 26 | +6.31 |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Battye | 421 | 13 | +0.53 |
| Green | Simon Duffy | 221 | 7 | −3.44 |
| Democrats and Veterans | Joshua Pearce | 74 | 2 | +2.00 |

### Denby Dale ward

Denby Dale :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Billy Jewitt | 2,592 | 47 |
| Labour | Will Simpson | 2355 | 43 |
| Green | Nick Brook | 391 | 7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Waheed Anwar | 153 | 3 |

### Dewsbury East ward

Dewsbury East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Cathy Scott | 1,900 | 42 |
| Conservative | Mark Eastwood | 1437 | 32 |
| Dewsbury Borough Independents - Heavy Woollen District | Aleks Lukic | 877 | 20 |
| Liberal Democrats | Dennis Hullock | 157 | 3 |
| Green | Tony Kelsall | 120 | 3 |

### Dewsbury South ward

Dewsbury South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Masood Ahmed | 3,360 | 70 |
| Conservative | James Spivey | 875 | 18 |
| Green | Adrian Cruden | 208 | 4 |
| Dewsbury Borough Independents - Heavy Woollen District | Anthony Penny-Whitworth | 193 | 4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Bernard Disken | 153 | 3 |

### Dewsbury West ward

Dewsbury West :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Mumtaz Hussain | 3,667 | 76 |
| Conservative | Sean Guy | 626 | 13 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kingsley Hill | 307 | 6 |
| Green | Simon Cope | 250 | 5 |

### Golcar ward

Golcar :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Richard Murgatroyd | 1,876 | 40 |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Marchington | 1723 | 37 |
| Conservative | Jacqueline Walker | 838 | 18 |
| Green | Ian Vincent | 231 | 5 |

### Greenhead ward

Greenhead :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Mohan Sokhal | 3,637 | 71 |
| Conservative | Robert McGuin | 818 | 16 |
| Green | John Phillips | 420 | 8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Manjit Singh | 252 | 5 |

### Heckmondwike ward

Heckmondwike :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Viv Kendrick | 2,377 | 59 |
| Conservative | Rob Thornton | 1235 | 31 |
| Green | Alan Freeman | 247 | 6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Josie Pugsley | 150 | 4 |

### Holme Valley North ward

Holme Valley North :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Terry Lyons | 2,078 | 39 |
| Labour | Suzanne Gannon | 1622 | 31 |
| Conservative | Elena Bunbury | 1313 | 25 |
| Liberal Democrats | Gina Dungworth | 173 | 3 |
| Democrats and Veterans | Joshua Dalton | 108 | 2 |

### Holme Valley South ward

Holme Valley South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Nigel Patrick | 2,758 | 46 |
| Labour | Paul Davies | 2350 | 39 |
| Green | Susan Macklin | 480 | 8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Holroyd | 278 | 5 |
| Democrats and Veterans | James Dalton | 135 | 2 |

### Kirkburton ward

Kirkburton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Bill Armer | 2,269 | 47 |
| Green | Derek Hardcastle | 1399 | 29 |
| Labour | Paul Connolly | 1072 | 22 |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Farnhill | 90 | 2 |

### Lindley ward

Lindley :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Cahal Burke | 2,578 | 44 |
| Conservative | Adam Gregg | 1850 | 32 |
| Labour | Yusra Hussain | 1020 | 17 |
| Independent | Mike Chalker | 256 | 4 |
| Green | Peter Taylor | 140 | 2 |

### Liversedge and Gomersal ward

Liversedge and Gomersal :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | David Hall | 2,462 | 58 |
| Labour | Jude McKaig | 1504 | 35 |
| Green | Nicholas Whittingham | 180 | 4 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Snee | 127 | 3 |

### Mirfield ward

Mirfield :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Vivien Lees-Hamilton | 3,270 | 59 |
| Labour | Julie Spencer | 1715 | 31 |
| Green | Catherine Whittingham | 359 | 7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Bird | 167 | 3 |

### Newsome ward

Newsome :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Karen Allison | 2,215 | 51.5 | 0.4 |
| | Labour | Jo Lawson | 1,593 | 37.0 | 2.0 |
| | Conservative | Charlie Reid | 366 | 8.5 | 1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wilkinson | 75 | 1.7 | 0.7 |
| | Yorkshire | Bikatshi Katenga | 56 | 1.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 622 | 14.5 | 1.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,317 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,313 | 35.0 | 3.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | 0.8 | |