title: 2018 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
text: # 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 Kaur 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 | |
  