Kirklees
Summary of election results 1973 - 2003
Columns: Election | Labour | Conservative | Liberal | Social Democratic Party | Social and Liberal Democrats/ Liberal Democrats | Independent | Green | Other | Control
1973 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Labour | 1975 | 36 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold | 1976 | 25 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour | 1978 | 15 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold | 1979 | 32 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative lose to no overall control | 1980 | 44 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour gain from no overall control | 1982 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold | 1983 | 37 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold | 1984 | 37 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold | 1986 | 36 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold | 1987 | 33 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour lose to no overall control | 1988 | 33 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | No overall control | 1990 | 45 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour gain from no overall control | 1992 | 41 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold | 1994 | 35 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Labour lose to no overall control | 1995 | 40 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Labour gain from no overall control | 1996 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 vacancy | Labour hold | 1998 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Labour hold | 1999 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Labour lose to no overall control | 2000 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | No overall control | 2002 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | No overall control | 2003 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | No overall control