Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. One third of the Kirklees Council is elected each election year. Every fourth year there is no election.

Political Control

• Labour 1973 - 1975
• No overall control 1975 - 1976
• Conservative 1976 - 1979
• No overall control 1979 - 1980
• Labour 1980 - 1986
• No overall control 1986 - 1990
• Labour 1990 - 1994
• No overall control 1994 - 1995
• Labour 1995 - 1999
• No overall control 1999–present

Council elections

• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998
• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1999
• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000
• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002
• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003
• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2004
• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006
• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007
• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008
• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010
• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011
• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012
• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2014
• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015

By-election Results

Batley West By-Election 26 September 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,558	48.9
	Liberal Democrats		1,179	37.0
	Conservative		375	11.7
	Green		73	2.3
Majority			377	11.9
Turnout			3,185
	Labour hold		Swing

Colne Valley West By-Election 23 January 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		2,077	50.6
	Labour		1,418	34.5
	Conservative		486	11.8
	Green		124	3.0
Majority			659	16.1
Turnout			4,105	38.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Heckmondwike By-Election 27 November 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,219	55.5	+1.7
	Conservative		710	32.3	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats		268	12.2	+6.2
Majority			509	23.2
Turnout			2,197	16.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Paddock By-Election 24 February 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		1,236	43.8	+31.3
	Labour		1,039	36.8	−16.6
	Conservative		456	16.2	−9.2
	Socialist Labour		90	3.2	+0.3
Majority			197	7.0
Turnout			2,821	25.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Golcar By-Election 9 November 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		1,174	43.4	−13.1
	Labour		976	36.0	+13.3
	Conservative		518	19.1	+3.4
	Socialist		40	1.5	+1.5
Majority			198	7.4
Turnout			2,708	21.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mirfield By-Election 7 June 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		3,176	41.2	−14.6
	Labour		2,892	37.5	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats		1,651	21.4	+13.6
Majority			284	3.7
Turnout			7,719
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Heckmondwike By-Election 14 August 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	David Exley	1,607	27.7	+27.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tabasum Aslam	1,493	25.8	+3.9
	Independent	Tim Crowther	1,147	19.8	+19.8
	Labour	Florence Smith	982	16.9	−22.9
	Conservative	Roger Roberts	490	8.5	−22.9
	Green	Heidi Smithson	76	1.3	−5.6
Majority			114	1.9
Turnout			5,795	43.8
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Greenhead By-Election 27 July 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Jones	2,904	63.5	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	John O'Reilly	814	17.8	−0.7
	Conservative	Paul Murphy	287	6.3	−4.1
	Green	Paul Cooney	240	5.3	−2.1
	Respect	David Ellis	178	3.9	+3.9
	BNP	Barry Fowler	148	3.2	−3.5
Majority			2,090	45.7
Turnout			4,571	35.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Dalton By-Election 10 July 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter McBride	1,394	40.5	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Munro	1,155	33.5	−0.8
	Conservative	Martin Leonard	605	17.5	−1.9
	BNP	Jonathan Wright	157	4.5	−6.3
	Green	David Hargreaves	103	3.0	−2.0
	Independent	Colin Walder	34	1.0	+1.0
Majority			242	7.0
Turnout			3,451	27.5
	Labour hold		Swing

External links

• Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council