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2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
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23 out of 69 seats to Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
35 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Cathy Scott David Hall
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Last election 39 seats, 42.6% 18 seats, 30.4% 1 seat, 2.5%
Seats before 35 18 5
Seats won 7 5 6
Seats after 31 15 9
Seat change Decrease 4 Decrease 3 Increase 4
Popular vote 34,519 26,844 19,121
Percentage 31.2% 24.2% 17.3%
Swing Decrease 11.4% Decrease 6.2% Increase 14.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Leader John Lawson Andrew Cooper
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Last election 8 seats, 13.7% 3 seats, 10.5%
Seats before 8 3
Seats won 3 2
Seats after 10 4
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 13,655 15,357
Percentage 12.3% 13.9%
Swing Decrease 1.3% Increase 3.4%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Cathy Scott
Labour

Leader after election

Cathy Scott
Independent
No overall control

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.[1]

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.[2] The four members subsequently formed the Kirklees Community Independents Group,[3] 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.[4] Following the election, the leader of the council, Cathy Scott, was replaced as Labour group leader by Carole Pattison.[5] 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.[6]

Councillors standing down

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Councillor Ward First elected Party Date announced
Naheed Mather Dalton 2012 Labour 5 February 2024[7]
Donald Firth Holme Valley South Conservative 6 March 2024[8]
Bernard McGuin Almondbury Conservative 6 March 2024[8]
Elizabeth Reynolds Golcar Labour 6 March 2024[8]
Adam Gregg Lindley Conservative 6 March 2024[8]
Melanie Stephen Liversedge and Gomersal 2021 Conservative 6 March 2024[8]

Council composition

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After 2023 election Before 2024 election After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 39 Labour 35[9] 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

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Election result

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2024 Kirlees Metropolitan Borough Council election[10]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 7 Decrease 4 30.4 24 31 43.5 34,519 31.2 –11.4
  Conservative 5 Decrease 3 21.7 10 15 21.7 26,844 24.2 –6.2
  Independent 6 Increase 4 26.1 3 9 14.5 19,121 17.3 +14.8
  Liberal Democrats 3 Increase 2 13.0 7 10 14.5 13,655 12.3 –1.3
  Green 2 Increase 1 8.7 2 4 5.8 15,357 13.9 +3.4
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 509 0.5 +0.2
  Yorkshire 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 473 0.4 +0.3
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 164 0.1 N/A
  Heritage 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 88 0.1 N/A

Ward results

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Candidates nominated by ward:[11]

Almondbury

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Almondbury[12]
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 685 16.6
Turnout 4,120 30.7
Registered electors 13,440
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Decrease4.8

Ashbrow

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Ashbrow
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 1,167 28.3
Turnout 4,119 28.7
Registered electors 14,333
Labour hold Swing Increase0.3

Batley East

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Batley East
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 2,934 51.8
Turnout 5,666 42.9
Registered electors 13,205
Independent gain from Labour

Batley West

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Batley West
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 1,704 32.9
Turnout 5,185 37.3
Registered electors 13,891
Independent gain from Labour

Birstall & Birkenshaw

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Birstall and Birkenshaw
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 339 8.6
Turnout 3,956 30.7
Registered electors 12,903
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.1

Cleckheaton

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Cleckheaton
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 2,077 46.9
Turnout 4,433 32.6
Registered electors 13,615
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease1.9

Colne Valley

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Colne Valley
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 1,444 28.3
Turnout 5,100 37.2
Registered electors 13,699
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase2.2

Crosland Moor & Netherton

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Crosland Moor and Netherton
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 354 7.3
Turnout 4,846 34.8
Registered electors 13,917
Green gain from Labour Swing Increase17.6

Dalton

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Dalton
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 757 22.5
Turnout 3,368 26.9
Registered electors 12,540
Labour hold Swing Decrease4.6

Denby Dale

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Denby Dale
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 441 8.3
Turnout 5,310 39.3
Registered electors 13,508
Conservative hold Swing Increase6.6

Dewsbury East

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Dewsbury East
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 675 17.9
Turnout 3,773 26.5
Registered electors 14,246
Labour Co-op hold Swing Decrease13.7

Dewsbury South

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Dewsbury South
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 2,380 43.1
Turnout 5,525 41.3
Registered electors 13,385
Independent gain from Labour Co-op

Dewsbury West

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Dewsbury West
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 1,719 29.4
Turnout 5,842 40.9
Registered electors 14,295
Independent gain from Labour

Golcar

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Golcar
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 136 3.2
Turnout 4,243 30.7
Registered electors 13,840
Labour hold Swing Increase3.6

Greenhead

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Greenhead
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 41 0.8
Turnout 5,302 37.3
Registered electors 14,199
Labour hold Swing Decrease26.9

Heckmondwike

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Heckmondwike
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 84 2.0
Turnout 4,225 31.5
Registered electors 13,424
Independent gain from Labour

Holme Valley North

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Holme Valley North
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 1,037 19.0
Turnout 5,477 40.5
Registered electors 13,541
Independent hold Swing Increase11.3

Holme Valley South

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Holme Valley South
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 256 4.0
Turnout 6,436
Registered electors 15,179
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase0.4

Kirkburton

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Kirkburton
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 704 15.1
Turnout 4,656 36.9
Registered electors 12,632
Conservative hold Swing Decrease6.0

Lindley

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Lindley
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 157 2.7
Turnout 5,650 36.5
Registered electors 15,497
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Decrease6.2

Liversedge & Gomersal

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Liversedge & Gomersal
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 356 8.9
Turnout 4,036 29.2
Registered electors 13,822
Conservative hold Swing Decrease4.8

Mirfield

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Mirfield
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 1,033 18.5
Turnout 5,580 35.0
Registered electors 15,724
Conservative hold Swing Increase7.5

Newsome

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Newsome
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 1,701 43.8
Turnout 3,882 29.6
Registered electors 13,129
Green hold Swing Increase2.0

Changes 2024–2026

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  • 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.[13][14]
  • Musarrat Khan, elected for Labour, also left the party in May 2024, sitting as an ungrouped independent.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "District Council and West Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayoral Elections 2024". Kirklees Council.
  2. ^ Shaw, Martin (2024-02-13). "Kirklees Council Labour group hit by resignation of four councillors in protest over Gaza and local leadership". Huddersfield Hub. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  3. ^ Marlow, Abigail (2024-02-20). "Ex-Labour members form new group on Kirklees Council after 'toxic swamp' resignations". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  4. ^ "Kirklees election result". BBC News.
  5. ^ Shaw, Martin (14 May 2024). "Kirklees Council to get new leader after Cathy Scott is ousted by Labour group". Huddersfield Hub. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  6. ^ Shaw, Martin (23 May 2024). "Council leader Cathy Scott quits Labour and pledges 'new era of collaboration and transparency'". Huddersfield Hub. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  7. ^ Shaw, Martin (2024-02-05). "Naheed Mather to step down as a councillor at the May local elections". Huddersfield Hub. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  8. ^ a b c d e Marlow, Abigail (2024-03-07). "Six Kirklees councillors to stand down at next local elections". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  9. ^ Shaw, Martin (13 Feb 2024). "Kirklees Council Labour Group Hit By Resignation Of Four Councillors In Protest Over Gaza And Local Leadership". Huddersfield Hub. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  10. ^ "District Elections 2024: No overall control for Kirklees Council". Kirklees Together. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Candidates confirmed for Kirklees Council elections May 2024". Kirklees Together. 2024-04-05. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  12. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated - Almondbury" (PDF). 4 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  13. ^ Boothroyd, David (24 May 2024). "Kirklees leader defection". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  14. ^ Boothroyd, David (31 May 2024). "Kingstanding Still". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  15. ^ Dillon, Gemma (13 May 2024). "Kirklees councillor Musarrat Khan quits Labour over party's 'moral direction'". BBC News. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
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