2026 Kirklees Council election

2026 Kirklees Council election
7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)
All 69 seats to Kirklees Council
35 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Sarah Wood [a] Andrew Cooper
Party Reform Independent Green
Last election 0 seats, 0.5% 9 seats, 17.3% 4 seats, 13.9%
Seats before 0 10[b] 4
Seats after 29 14 12
Seat change Increase 29 Increase 5 Increase 8
Popular vote 117,545 39,672 71,973
Percentage 30.0% 10.1% 18.3%
Swing Increase 29.5pp Decrease 7.2pp Increase 4.4pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader David Hall John Lawson Carole Pattison
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election 15 seats, 24.2% 10 seats, 12.3% 31 seats, 31.2%
Seats before 16 10 23[1]
Seats after 9 5 0
Seat change Decrease 6 Decrease 5 Decrease 31
Popular vote 59,061 38,513 63,389
Percentage 15.1% 9.8% 16.2%
Swing Decrease 9.1pp Decrease 2.5pp Decrease 15.0pp
Winner of each seat at the 2026 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Carole Pattison
Labour
No overall control[c]

 Leader after election

Sarah Wood
Reform UK

The 2026 Kirklees Council election took place on 7 May 2026 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. All 69 seats of Kirklees Council were elected.[2]

Background

In 2024, Labour retained control of the council.[3] Due to defections, Labour lost control of the council mid-term and govern the council as a minority going into the 2026 election.

Council composition

After 2024 election Before 2026 election
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 31 Labour 23
Conservative 15 Conservative 16
Liberal Democrats 10 Liberal Democrats 9
Green 4 Green 4
Alliance N/A Alliance 6
Independent 9 Independent 10[b]
Vacant 1

Changes 2024–2026:

  • May 2024: Masood Ahmed, Yusra Hussain, Mus Khan, Paul Moore, Cathy Scott, Adam Zaman, and Habiban Zaman (Labour) leave party to sit as independents[4][5][6]
  • September 2024: Paul Davies (Labour) resigns – by-election held October 2024[7]
  • October 2024: Damian Brook (Conservative) gains by-election from Labour[8]
  • January 2026: Community Alliance Kirklees formed – Masood Ahmed, Ammar Anwar, Yusra Hussain, Cathy Scott, Adam Zaman, and Habiban Zaman join party[9]
  • March 2026: The death of Cahal Burke (Liberal Democrats) caused a vacancy in Lindley ward[10]

Election result

2026 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Reform 29 N/A N/A Increase 29 42.0 30.0 117,545 +29.5
  Independent 14 N/A N/A Increase 4 20.3 10.1 39,672 –7.2
  Green 12 N/A N/A Increase 8 17.4 18.3 71,973 +4.5
  Conservative 9 N/A N/A Decrease 7 13.0 15.1 59,061 –9.2
  Liberal Democrats 5 N/A N/A Decrease 5 7.3 9.8 38,513 –2.5
  Labour 0 N/A N/A Decrease 23 0.0 16.2 63,389 –15.0
  Alliance 0 N/A N/A Decrease 6 0.0 0.5 1,807 N/A
  People's Alliance for Change & Equality 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 0.1 291 N/A
  The Revolting Party 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 <0.1 117 N/A

Ward results

Almondbury

Almondbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Gill Floyd 2,224 39.7
Reform Pip Harvey 2,135 38.1
Reform Craig Wiles 2,060 36.8
Liberal Democrats Paola Antonia Convertino Davies* 1,755 31.3
Liberal Democrats Jan Dobrucki 1,488 26.5
Liberal Democrats James Andrew Wilkinson 1,378 24.6
Green Stephen Paul Hampshire 1,001 17.8
Green Brenda Smithson 782 13.9
Green Peter Harvey Taylor 696 12.4
Conservative Grace Gift 532 9.5
Labour Barbara Ruth Jones 477 8.5
Conservative Collins Ibor 466 8.3
Conservative Jimmy Megbele 432 7.7
Labour Navraj Singh Hare 379 6.7
Labour Musili Yinka Oseni 331 5.9
Turnout 5596 41.1 +10.4
Rejected ballots 10
Registered electors 13,601
Reform gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Reform gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Reform gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Ashbrow

Ashbrow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Simon James Duffy 1,634 32.3
Green David George Edward Knight 1,464 28.9
Green Martin Price 1,428 28.2
Reform Marquis Jon Craven 1,394 27.7
Reform Andy Parr 1,392 27.5
Reform Adam Nathan James McClelland 1,377 27.2
Labour Zarina Yasmean Amin* 1,225 24.2
Labour Amanda Pinnock* 1,219 24.1
Labour James Richard Homewood* 1,188 23.5
Conservative Rob Speed 472 9.3
Conservative Adam Nunn 463 9.1
Conservative Andy Wilson 447 8.8
People’s Alliance for Change and Equality Mike Forster 291 5.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Christopher Iredale 215 4.3
Liberal Democrats Manjit Singh 177 3.5
Liberal Democrats Richard John Wilson 163 3.2
Turnout 5,057 34.4 +5.7
Rejected ballots 23
Registered electors 14,706
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing

Batley East

Batley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Akhtar Kasia 2,378 45.7
Independent Aziz Daji* 2,339 44.9
Independent Habiban Zaman* 2,209 42.4
Green Shameem Akhtar 856 16.4
Reform Richard Edwin Huddleston 827 15.9
Reform Gwendolyn Ann Walker 807 15.5
Reform Bevis Jeremy North 790 15.2
Green Ibrar Hussain 652 12.5
Labour Sheikh Rashid Wasim 646 12.4
Labour Fouz Ul Azeem Butt 618 11.9
Green Murray Purkis 564 10.8
Labour Haneef Moinuddin Shaik 495 9.5
Conservative Raymond Bray 322 6.1
Conservative Clive Patrick 258 5.0
Conservative Philip Robert Smith 242 4.6
Liberal Democrats Andrea Gill 222 4.3
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Glover Marchington 187 3.6
Liberal Democrats Ansar Ali Mirza 113 2.2
Turnout 5,208 38.4 −4.5
Rejected ballots 24
Registered electors 13,548
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Batley West

Batley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Yusra Hussain* 1,725 34.0
Independent Zahid Kahut* 1,705 33.6
Independent Khuram Amjad 1,448 28.5
Labour Shabir Pandor 1,214 23.9
Reform Keith Oldroyd 1,191 23.5
Reform John Stead 1,134 22.3
Reform Christian Rooney 1,113 21.9
Green Khalid Amin 762 15.0
Labour Kimberley Sharon Thirkill 726 14.3
Labour Megan West 645 12.7
Green George Baker 602 11.9
Green Jack Anthony Brooker 578 11.4
Liberal Democrats Shujjat Ali 286 5.6
Conservative Drew Atkins 276 5.4
Conservative Sami Ul Haq Yaqoob 276 5.4
Conservative William Rowlands 247 4.9
Liberal Democrats Stuart Woodhead 199 3.9
Liberal Democrats Patrycja Bartosinska 130 2.6
Community Alliance Kirklees Senada Dervisevic 43 0.8
Turnout 5,098 37.5 +0.2
Rejected ballots 22
Registered electors 13,614
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Birstall and Birkenshaw

Birstall and Birkenshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joshua Connor Sheard* 2,559 41.9
Conservative Liz Smaje* 2,202 36.6
Reform Philip Anthony James 2,235 36.0
Reform Keith Mallinson 2,182 35.7
Reform Adrian Reid 2,001 32.7
Conservative Mark Stephen Thompson* 1,945 31.8
Labour Elaine Wilkes 639 10.5
Green Jamie Conor Foster 638 10.4
Labour Lorna Maria Goldman 621 10.2
Labour Cheya Amélie Watson 621 10.2
Green Tahir Akram 594 9.7
Green Corey Patrick Hayes 591 9.7
Liberal Democrats Louise Mary Walsh 323 5.3
Liberal Democrats Bernard Thomas Disken 217 3.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Dod 190 3.1
Turnout 6,115 43.5 +12.8
Rejected ballots 4
Registered electors 14,044
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing

Cleckheaton

Cleckheaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Mary Pinnock* 2,466 41.3
Reform Michael Robert Howard 2,386 40.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Charles Pinnock* 2,319 38.9
Reform Michael Lockwood 2,312 38.8
Reform Richard Yeoman 2,203 36.9
Liberal Democrats John Craig Lawson* 2,155 36.1
Green Isabelle Frances Cranfield Maddox 537 9.0
Conservative Piers John Briggs 498 8.3
Green Zac Williamson 481 8.1
Green Mohammed Babar 446 7.5
Labour Erica Susan Amende 383 6.4
Conservative Tony Veverka 338 5.7
Conservative Andrew Lyndon Gray 335 5.6
Labour Kay Belinda Quantrill 311 5.2
Labour Adeel Feroz 271 4.5
Turnout 5,975 43.3 +9.7
Rejected ballots 10
Registered electors 13,793
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Reform gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Colne Valley East

Colne Valley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Michael David Simmons 1,950 34.7
Reform Brian Moughtin 1,902 33.9
Reform Mark Neville Stephen Smith 1,884 33.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Clive Glover Marchington 1,495 26.6
Liberal Democrats Nicola Jane Turner 1,296 23.1
Liberal Democrats David Edward Coldwell 1,266 22.6
Green Sharon Elaine Bond 1,099 19.6
Green Katie Hudson 1,085 19.3
Green Lewis William Craven 993 17.7
Labour Graham Turner 859 15.3
Labour Ian Charles Leedham 821 14.6
Labour Kali Carol Jean Mountford 764 13.6
Conservative Jackie Walker 328 5.8
Conservative Michael Pears 318 5.7
Conservative Moses Amoto Onubanjo 240 4.3
Turnout 5,629 39.1
Rejected ballots 16
Registered electors 14,401
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)

Colne Valley West

Colne Valley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Tracy Clayton 2,258 32.8
Reform Stephan Hugh Dransfield 2,233 32.4
Reform Dave Rowan 2,192 31.8
Labour Harry James McCarthy 2,164 31.4
Labour Matthew Paul McLoughlin 2,054 29.8
Labour Jayne Elizabeth Fisher 1,864 27.1
Green Kara Ali 1,481 21.5
Green Craig Grimes 1,373 19.9
Green Lesley Anne Warner 1,332 19.3
Conservative Samuel Bacon 619 9.0
Conservative Julia Claire Mountfield 559 8.1
Liberal Democrats Sue Beever 557 8.1
Conservative Clare Elizabeth Taylor 518 7.5
Liberal Democrats Harry Marchington 512 7.4
Liberal Democrats Jenny Victoria Turner 481 7.0
Turnout 6,902 51.70
Rejected ballots 16
Registered electors 13,350
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)

Crosland Moor

Crosland Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Imran Shahzad Safdar 2,736 53.1
Green Abdul Jabar 2,482 48.1
Green Alex Vickers 2,148 41.7
Independent Mohammed Abubakar 1,236 24.0
Independent Jo Lawson 936 18.1
Reform Mark Andrew Jackson 883 17.1
Reform Ben Thomas Kind 804 15.6
Reform Helen Louise Routledge 756 14.7
Labour Phillip Anthony Lucitt 543 10.5
Labour Mark Morris 513 9.9
Labour Morgan Read 403 7.8
Conservative Dale Hirst 172 3.3
Conservative Phillipa Reynolds 167 3.2
Conservative Dedami Adekomi 158 3.1
Liberal Democrats Sinead Grace Burke 148 2.9
Liberal Democrats Lucie Caitlin Long 115 2.2
Liberal Democrats Stevie Dungworth 95 1.8
The Revolting Party Jonathan Richard Tilt 53 1.0
Turnout 5,176 39.7
Rejected ballots 19
Registered electors 13,038
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Dalton

Dalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Luke Fallas 1,800 38.4
Reform John Hardie 1,782 38.1
Reform Christine Smith 1,761 37.6
Labour Tyler Cain Hawkins* 1,355 28.9
Labour Munir Ahmed* 1,205 25.7
Labour Manisha Roma Kaushik 1,047 22.4
Green Clare Walters 945 20.2
Green Richard Heywood 877 18.7
Green Sa’Dia Mosaddeq 769 16.4
Conservative Christopher Bellamy 403 8.6
Conservative James Jones 358 7.6
Liberal Democrats Linda Andrews 317 6.8
Conservative Benjamin Wallace-Thompson 316 6.7
Liberal Democrats Angela Dobrucki 229 4.9
Liberal Democrats James Maw 221 4.7
Turnout 4,693 35.5 +8.6
Rejected ballots 11
Registered electors 13,234
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Independent Swing

Denby Dale

Denby Dale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Vincent Bamford* 3,075 45.3
Conservative Tina Bamford 2,401 35.4
Reform Simon James Brophy 1,971 29.0
Reform Michelle Jane Edwards 1,797 26.5
Reform Neil Mayman 1,598 23.5
Conservative Harry Wood 1,558 22.9
Labour Dave Devenport 1,509 22.2
Labour Nick Wilson 1,487 21.9
Labour Ruby Faye Knowles 1,104 16.3
Green Andy Scott 863 12.7
Green Steven Bradley Hookham 802 11.8
Green Bethany Lucienne Lockwood 780 11.5
Liberal Democrats James Stephen Collins 287 4.2
Liberal Democrats Edward Woodhead 221 3.3
Liberal Democrats Viv Woodhead 204 3.0
The Revolting Party Miri Finch 64 0.9
Turnout 6,799 49.2 +9.9
Rejected ballots 7
Registered electors 13,820
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

Dewsbury East

Dewsbury East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Eric Stuart Butterworth 2,096 39.8
Reform Graham Michael France 2,022 38.4
Reform Maciej Kapsa 1,833 34.8
Liberal Democrats Ednan Hussain 1,024 19.5
Liberal Democrats Dennis Hullock 936 17.8
Liberal Democrats Jon Robert Bloom 896 17.0
Labour Eric Firth* 775 14.7
Labour Mudassar Chaudhray 649 12.3
Independent Logan Bramwell 638 12.1
Community Alliance Kirklees Cathy Scott* 574 10.9
Green Jack Cambridge 557 10.6
Green Clare Patricia Lindley 533 10.1
Labour Michael Richard Keddie 530 10.1
Green Gideon Barry Richards 393 7.5
Community Alliance Kirklees Karam Hussain 371 7.0
Community Alliance Kirklees Danielle Forsyth 365 6.9
Conservative Carolyn Heath 364 6.9
Conservative Hassan Raza 212 4.0
Conservative Ibiknule Farajimakin 199 3.8
Turnout 5,288 36.4 +9.9
Rejected ballots 24
Registered electors 14,539
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Alliance Swing
Reform gain from Independent Swing

Dewsbury South

Dewsbury South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Hanifa Darwan* 2,117 38.9
Independent Masood Ahmed* 1,873 34.4
Reform Christopher Kennedy 1,311 24.1
Independent Soyeb Yusuf 1,294 23.8
Labour Imtiaz Ali Ameen 1,287 23.6
Reform Michael Kenneth Fortune 1,242 22.8
Reform Ryan Ward 1,215 22.3
Labour Mohammed Ali 1,120 20.6
Labour Jackie Ramsay 983 18.0
Independent Ismail Yusuf Bhana 923 16.9
Green Mohammed Abubakar Haneef 425 7.8
Green Ebony Riann Johnson 329 6.0
Green Myste Brooke Webster 307 5.6
Conservative Pamela Joyce Thorne 226 4.1
Conservative Marjorie Wheelhouse 215 3.9
Conservative Claire Voyce 204 3.7
Independent Shaun Maddox 201 3.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen John Bird 156 2.9
Liberal Democrats Chrissy Bloom 138 2.5
Liberal Democrats John Edward Rossington 100 1.8
Turnout 5,484 42.0 +0.7
Rejected ballots 36
Registered electors 13,047
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

Dewsbury West

Dewsbury West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tanisha Bramwell* 2,563 41.8
Independent Ammar Anwar* 2,188 35.7
Independent Khalid Patel 2,041 33.3
Labour Mussarat Shaheen Pervaiz 1,756 28.6
Labour Ateeque Ur Rehman Saddique 1,751 28.6
Labour Basharat Mahmood Rafiq 1,642 26.8
Liberal Democrats Tariq Khan 966 15.8
Liberal Democrats Waheed Anwar 839 13.7
Liberal Democrats Irslan Ishtiaq 757 12.3
Reform Dawn Jeannette Armstrong 636 10.4
Reform Susan Dolman 606 9.9
Reform Lesley Ann Turner 559 9.1
Green Simon John Cope 427 7.0
Green Edward Christopher Sampson 306 5.0
Green Jonathan George Tolan 254 4.1
Conservative Nicholas Bowett 140 2.3
Conservative Maureen Nancy Sykes 135 2.2
Conservative John Cowan 136 2.2
Turnout 6,161 45.5 +4.6
Rejected ballots 31
Registered electors 13,538
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Greenhead

Greenhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Maryam Jawaid 2,633 43.9
Green Richard Andrew John Burton 2,606 43.4
Green Toby Michael Cooper 2,470 41.2
Labour Mohan Singh Sokhal* 1,371 22.9
Labour Carole Ann Pattison* 1,353 22.6
Labour Sheikh Noor Ullah* 1,251 20.9
Reform John Kenneth Dolby 996 16.6
Reform Graham Haigh 986 16.4
Reform Paul Brian Wood 941 15.7
Conservative Trevor Bellamy 393 6.6
Liberal Democrats Margaret Fearnley 359 6.0
Conservative Eileen Marchant 355 5.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Robinson 319 5.3
Community Alliance Kirklees Majeeda Bibi 318 5.3
Liberal Democrats Robert James Hargreaves 307 5.1
Conservative John Travis 304 5.1
Community Alliance Kirklees Rebecca Kane 179 3.0
Turnout 6,020 38.5 Increase1.2
Rejected ballots 21
Registered electors 15,625
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing

Heckmondwike

Heckmondwike
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Simon Holbrook 1,892 34.9
Reform Glennis-Anne Harrison 1,890 34.9
Reform Lee Konrad Cliff 1,838 33.9
Labour Aafaq Butt* 1,456 26.9
Independent Muhammad Anwar Zahid 1,161 21.4
Independent Ali Arshad* 1,157 21.4
Independent Naeem Latif 1,096 20.2
Labour Viv Kendrick* 1,001 18.5
Labour Simon Phillip Thirkill 810 14.9
Green Liz King 527 9.7
Conservative Lyndsey Hall 491 9.1
Green Amy Loughenbury 404 7.5
Independent Clare Naughton 362 6.7
Green Benjamin Michael Wainman 349 6.4
Conservative Joanne Wallace-Thompson 320 5.9
Conservative John Sykes 317 5.8
Liberal Democrats Gill Long 174 3.2
Liberal Democrats Josie Pugsley 169 3.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen James Long 144 2.7
Turnout 5,445 33.3 +1.8
Rejected ballots 26
Registered electors 13,183
Reform gain from Independent Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

Holme Valley North

Holme Valley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Charles Roger Greaves* 3,040 44.2
Independent Richard Jordan Noon 2,356 34.2
Independent Julia Faye Roebuck 2,063 30.0
Reform Joseph Martin Lodge 1,791 26.0
Reform Lee Campion 1,654 24.0
Reform Michael Holdsworth 1,625 23.6
Conservative Donna Katherine Bellamy* 1,338 19.4
Green Alex Green 973 14.1
Conservative David Michael Heathcote 902 13.1
Conservative Andrew John Smith 771 11.2
Green Chris Green 699 10.2
Green Martin Peter Forrester 676 9.8
Labour Alison Meda Morgan 567 8.2
Labour Lorraine Needham-Reid 521 7.6
Labour Sally Grace Pinnell 484 7.0
Liberal Democrats Roger Bradley 198 2.9
Liberal Democrats David John Woodhead 193 2.8
Liberal Democrats Howard Leslie Cohen 159 2.3
Turnout 6,890 50.3 +9.8
Rejected ballots 9
Registered electors 13,702
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Holme Valley South

Holme Valley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform David George Birch 2,297 28.4
Conservative Damian Craig Brook 2,259 27.9
Reform Robert Francis Butler 2,222 27.5
Reform Janet Saville 2,104 26.0
Labour Moses Crook* 1,937 23.9
Conservative Jo Liles 1,867 23.1
Conservative Harry Lewis James Davis 1,839 22.7
Labour Jayne Elizabeth Rylah* 1,830 22.6
Labour Doris Mary Blacka 1,819 22.5
Green Anja Jayne Louise Etty 1,702 21.0
Green Jim Lister 1,407 17.4
Green Steven Hall 1,368 16.9
Liberal Democrats Ellen Griffiths 365 4.5
Liberal Democrats Christine Mary Iredale 309 3.8
Liberal Democrats Nicholas David Shaw 274 3.4
Turnout 8,112 52.9 +10.5
Rejected ballots 19
Registered electors 15,321
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

Kirkburton

Kirkburton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Joseph Taylor* 2,637 42.2
Conservative Bill Armer* 2,227 35.6
Conservative Richard Smith* 2,071 33.1
Reform Bill Hodgson 1,939 31.0
Reform Graham Pickup 1,837 29.4
Reform Christopher David Wisher 1,707 27.3
Green Jane Bodhi 1,403 22.5
Green Graham Simpson 1,027 16.4
Green Rosamund Ann Walsh 952 15.2
Labour Edward John Bowen 793 12.7
Labour Raffi Leece 472 7.6
Labour Alero Megbele 383 6.1
Liberal Democrats Jane Elizabeth Lambert 228 3.6
Liberal Democrats Miles Crompton 192 3.1
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Smith 151 2.4
Turnout 6,259 48.9 +12.0
Rejected ballots 11
Registered electors 12,788
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Lindley

Lindley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ashleigh Victoria Robinson* 2,097 32.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony John Smith* 1,995 30.5
Liberal Democrats David Ridgway 1,895 29.0
Reform Stephen Anthony Bottomley 1,864 28.5
Reform Stuart Michael Hale 1,735 26.5
Reform Damien Eyre 1,704 26.1
Conservative Robert William Anthony McGuin 1,082 16.5
Conservative Alistair Coldwell 973 14.9
Green Chloe Nicole Jackson 954 14.6
Conservative Jack Maximilian Edwards 903 13.8
Green Tony Ryland 795 12.2
Green Adam James Stroyan 779 11.9
Labour Harpreet Kaur 640 9.8
Labour Annette Marie McLoughlin 597 9.1
Labour James Meade 519 7.9
Independent Andy Wood 397 6.1
Turnout 6,545 43.30
Rejected ballots 5
Registered electors 14,663
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Liversedge and Gomersal

Liversedge and Gomersal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Jane Barraclough 2,490 43.3
Reform Sarah Louise Wood 2,340 40.7
Reform Susan Jeanette Maxfield 2,330 40.5
Conservative David James Hall* 1,641 28.5
Conservative Caroline Jane Holt* 1,629 28.3
Conservative Matt Clarke 1,564 27.2
Labour George Mason Hall 702 12.2
Green Maya Elizabeth Friend 672 11.7
Labour Hazel Anne Seidel 636 11.1
Green Daniel Francis Michael Friend 620 10.8
Green Nicholas Eugene Whittingham 563 9.8
Labour Ralph Wright 547 9.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Malcolm McCaig 231 4.0
Independent Tracey Louise King 209 3.6
Liberal Democrats David Peter Snee 201 3.5
Liberal Democrats Chris Williams 188 3.3
Turnout 5,760 40.2 +11.0
Rejected ballots 12
Registered electors 14,323
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing

Mirfield

Mirfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martyn Bolt* 2,974 40.8
Reform Matthew Maude 2,640 36.2
Reform James Steven O’Leary 2,510 34.5
Reform Carl Richard Pickering 2,495 34.3
Conservative Vivien Lees-Hamilton* 2,319 31.8
Conservative Mark Hamilton 1,971 27.1
Green Catherine Helen Whittingham 1,163 16.0
Green Richard Mark Dewhirst 985 13.5
Labour James Howard Fishwick 952 13.1
Green Debby Plummer 832 11.4
Labour Jessica Rose May White 759 10.4
Labour Shanta Pinnock 709 9.7
Liberal Democrats Claire Louise Scargill 312 4.3
Liberal Democrats Thomas Charles Waterhouse 212 2.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hartley Wilkinson 211 2.9
Turnout 7,298 45.7 +10.7
Rejected ballots 15
Registered electors 15,958
Conservative hold Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing

Netherton and Newsome

Netherton and Newsome
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Andrew Varah Cooper 2,703 52.8
Green Karen Louise Allison 2,645 51.6
Green Susan Jane Lee-Richards 2,464 48.1
Reform David Anderson 1,671 32.6
Reform Peter Bell 1,633 31.9
Reform Robert Paul Hargreaves 1,560 30.4
Labour Shahana Adeeb 376 7.4
Labour Faith Akume 358 7.0
Labour William James Dennis 352 6.9
Conservative Kath Bellamy 215 4.2
Conservative Ian Andrew Roberts 185 3.6
Conservative Jane Dickinson 183 3.6
Liberal Democrats Clare Elizabeth Marianthe Wright 140 2.7
Liberal Democrats Vincent Wadsworth 137 2.7
Liberal Democrats Artwell Kamanga 114 2.2
Turnout 5,129 38.7
Rejected ballots 5
Registered electors 13,265
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Post-election changes

Almondbury

Almondbury by-election: 13 August 2026[11]
Resignation of Craig Wiles (Reform) due to health issues[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paola Davies 1,749 43.9 +14.6
Reform Graham Haigh 1,078 27.0 −10.1
Conservative Robert McGuin 528 13.2 +4.3
Green Sa'Dia Mossadeq 347 8.7 −8.0
Labour Navraj Hare 181 4.5 −3.5
Independent Marquis Craven 103 2.6 N/A
Majority 671 16.8 N/A
Turnout 3,994 29.5 −11.6
Registered electors 13,538
Liberal Democrats gain from Reform Swing Increase12.4

The winning candidate, Paola Davies (Liberal Democrats) had previously been a councillor for Almondbury ward from 2023-2026.

References

  1. ↑ Ali Arshad is the leader of the Kirklees Community Independents Group.
  2. 1 2 Of the 10 Independent councillors before the election, 3 sat in the Kirklees Community Independents Group and 7 were non-aligned.
  3. ↑ Labour minority.
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  2. ↑ "Scheduled elections". www.kirklees.gov.uk. Kirklees Council. June 2025. Archived from the original on 6 September 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ↑ McCormick, Sebastian (2 May 2024). "Kirklees local election results 2024 in full". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  4. ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Kirklees leader defection". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Dillon, Gemma (13 May 2024). "Kirklees councillor Musarrat Khan quits Labour over party's 'moral direction'". BBC News. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  6. ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Kingstanding still". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  7. ↑ Marlow, Abigail (3 September 2024). "Kirklees councillor resigns to focus on new MP role". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Holme Valley South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  9. ↑ Shaw, Martin (21 January 2026). "Former Kirklees Council leader Cathy Scott's Community Alliance registered as official political party". Huddersfield Hub. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  10. ↑ KLTV (10 March 2026). "Former Kirklees Mayor Cllr Cahal Burke dies aged 48". KLTV. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  11. ↑ Shaw, Martin (27 June 2026). "Reform UK councillor quits Kirklees Council after just 48 days with by-election set to be held in six weeks". Hudderfield Hub. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
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