Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. One third of the Council is elected each election year. Every fourth year there is no election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 69 councillors have been elected from 23 wards.

As of the 2016 elections the council remains in "No Overall Control", with Labour 1 seat short of a majority.

Political Control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
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

The political make-up of the council is as follows;

**Party political make-up of Kirklees Council**
Party	Seats			Current Council (2016)
Party	2012^[1]	2014^[2]	2015^[3]	Current Council (2016)
Labour	32	32	34
Conservative	18	18	18
Liberal Democrat	10	10	10
Green Party	5	5	4
Independent	4	4	3

↓
34	20	9	3	3
Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Green	Ind

Previous election results

2016 election

Parties		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss
Summary of the May 2016 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election results
	Labour	34	1	1	0
	Conservative	20	3	1	+2
	Liberal Democrat	9	1	2	-1
	Green	3	0	1	-1
	Independent	3	0	0	0

2015 election

Parties		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss
Summary of the May 2015 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election results
	Labour	34	2	0	+2
	Conservative	18	1	1	0
	Liberal Democrat	10	0	0	0
	Green	4	0	1	-1
	Independent	3	0	1	-1

2014 election

Parties		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss
Summary of the May 2014 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election results
	Labour	32	0	0	0
	Conservative	18	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrat	10	0	0	0
	Green	5	0	0	0
	Independent	4	0	0	0

2012 election

Parties		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss
Summary of the May 2012 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election results
	Labour	32	5	0	+5
	Conservative	18	1	4	-3
	Liberal Democrat	10	0	4	-4
	Green	5	1	0	+1
	Independent	4	1	0	+1

2011 election

Parties		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss
Summary of the May 2011 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election results
	Labour	27	3	0	+3
	Conservative	21	2	0	+2
	Liberal Democrat	14	0	6	-6
	Green	4	0	0	0
	Independent	3	0	0	0

2010 election

Parties		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss
Summary of the May 2010 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election results
	Labour	24	2	0	+2
	Conservative	19	0	2	-2
	Liberal Democrat	20	1	0	+1
	Green	4	0	0	0
	Independent	2	0	0	0

Summary of election results 1973 - 2016

The first elections to Kirklees council were held on 10 May 1973, with the councillors serving as a shadow authority until 1 April of the next year. A system of elections by thirds was then introduced from 1975, with polls being held in three years out of four. This continued until 1982 when new ward boundaries were introduced, and an election of the whole council was held.^[4] Elections by thirds continued from that date until 2016.

Election	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrat/Liberal	Green	Independent	Other	Control
1973^[5]	45	14	8	0	1	0	Labour
1975^[6]	36	28	7	0	1	0	Labour hold
1976^[7]	25	50	9	0	0	0	Conservative gain from Labour
1978^[8]	15	48	9	0	0	0	Conservative hold
1979^[9]	32	35	5	0	0	0	Conservative lose to no overall control
1980^[10]	44	25	3	0	0	0	Labour gain from no overall control
1982^[4]^[11]	37	19	12	0	0	4	Labour hold
1983^[12]	37	20	12	0	0	3	Labour hold
1984^[13]	37	18	14	0	0	3	Labour hold
1986^[14]	36	18	17	0	1	0	Labour hold
1987^[15]	33	21	18	0	0	0	Labour lose to no overall control
1988^[16]	33	23	15	0	1	0	No overall control
1990^[17]	45	15	12	0	0	0	Labour gain from no overall control
1992^[18]	41	19	10	0	2	0	Labour hold
1994^[19]	35	21	15	0	1	0	Labour lose to no overall control
1995^[20]	40	16	14	0	2	0	Labour gain from no overall control
1996^[21]	45	6	18	1	1	1 vacancy	Labour hold
1998^[22]	43	7	20	2	0	0	Labour hold
1999^[23]	36	10	23	3	0	0	Labour lose to no overall control
2000^[24]	25	15	29	3	0	0	No overall control
2002^[25]	26	15	28	3	0	0	No overall control
2003^[26]	22	16	31	3	0	0	No overall control
2004^[27]	17	22	25	3	1	1	No overall control
2006^[28]	20	21	20	3	1	4	No overall control
2007^[29]	22	20	18	4	1	4	No overall control
2008^[30]	22	21	19	4	0	3	No overall control
2010^[31]	24	19	20	4	2	0	No overall control
2011^[32]	27	21	14	4	3	0	No overall control
2012^[33]	32	18	10	5	4	0	No overall control
2014^[34]	32	18	10	5	4	0	No overall control
2015^[35]	34	18	10	4	3	0	No overall control
2016^[36]	34	20	9	3	3	0	No overall control

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
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2016

District result maps

2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2012 results map
2014 results map
2015 results map
2016 results map

By-election Results

Batley West By-Election 26 September 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	1,558	48.9
	Liberal Democrat	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		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold	Swing

Heckmondwike By-Election 27 November 1997
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	1,219	55.5	+1.7
	Conservative	710	32.3	-3.5
	Liberal Democrat	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		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Labour	Swing

Golcar By-Election 9 November 2000
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold	Swing

Mirfield By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	3,176	41.2	-14.6
	Labour	2,892	37.5	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	1,651	21.4	+13.6
Majority		284	3.7
Turnout		7,719
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

Heckmondwike By-Election 14 August 2003^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BNP	David Exley	1,607	27.7	+27.7
	Liberal Democrat	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^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Barbara Jones	2,904	63.5	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	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^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter Daniel McBride	1,397	40.5	+10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Alison Louise Munro	1,155	33.5	-0.8
	Conservative	Martin James Leonard	605	17.5	-1.9
	BNP	Jonathan David Baxter Wright	157	4.5	-6.3
	Green	David William Hargreaves	103	3.0	-2.0
	Independent	Colin Anthony Walder	34	1.0	+1.0
Majority			242	7.0
Turnout			3,451	27.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Dewsbury East By-Election 16 October 2008^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Cathy Scott	1,513	37.4	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Dennis Hullock	1,405	34.8	+14.3
	BNP	Joe Barber	690	17.1	-10.6
	Conservative	Amelia Lynne Bolton	345	8.5	-3.9
	Green	Adrian Hugh Cruden	58	1.4	N/A
	Independent	Safiq Ali Patel	17	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Alan Girvan	15	0.4	N/A
Majority			108	2.7
Turnout			4,043	31.0
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

Golcar By-Election 21 November 2013^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Mary Iredale	1,591	47.6
	Labour	Stephan Georg Jungnitz	901	27.0
	UKIP	Gregory Lloyd Broome	450	13.5
	Green	Daniel Edward Greenwood	210	6.3
	Conservative	Clinton Noel Simpson	189	5.7
Majority			690	20.7
Turnout			3,341	23.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

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Council elections in West Yorkshire

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Leeds City Council	1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

West Yorkshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

West Riding County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Councils	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Local elections	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

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