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2016 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
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May 5, 2016 (2016-05-05)
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23 of the 69 seats on Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
35 seats needed for a majority
Turnout35%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader David Sheard David Hall Nicola Turner
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Heckmondwike Liversedge and Gomersal Colne Valley
Seats after 34 20 9
Seat change Steady Increase2 Decrease1
Popular vote 43,398 28,526 14,460
Percentage 39.8% 26.2% 13.3%
2016 local election results in Kirklees
Council control before election before election

David Sheard
No overall control

 Subsequent council control

David Sheard
No overall control

The 2016 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other 2016 United Kingdom local elections.

Ward results

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Almondbury ward

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Almondbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard McGuin 1,328 27.22
Liberal Democrats Phil Scott 1,268 25.99
Labour Ken Lowe 1,259 25.80
UKIP Joshua Pearce 525 10.76
Green Derek Hardcastle 464 9.51
TUSC Aaron Bailey 35 0.72
Majority 60 1.23
Turnout 4,879 36
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Ashbrow ward

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Ashbrow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Homewood 2,307 58.32
Conservative Homma Abid 1,024 25.88
Green Joan Smithson 475 12.01
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Ramzan 150 3.79
Majority 1,283 32.43
Turnout 3,956 29
Labour hold Swing

Batley East ward

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Batley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fazila Fadia 3,487 69.78
Conservative Derrick Yates 594 11.89
Independent Abdul Ghaffar 512 10.25
Liberal Democrats Richard Farnhill 248 4.96
Green Char Stoyles 156 3.12
Majority 2,893 57.89
Turnout 4,997 40
Labour hold Swing

Batley West ward

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Batley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Shabir Pandor 2,833 62.50
UKIP James Griffith-Jones 698 15.40
Conservative Lyndsey Hall 648 14.30
Green Garry Kitchin 198 4.37
Liberal Democrats Christopher Kane 156 3.44
Majority 2,135 47.10
Turnout 4,533 35
Labour hold Swing

Birstall and Birkenshaw ward

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Birstall and Birkenshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Palfreeman 1,987 47.32
Labour Khalid Patel 939 22.36
UKIP Joyce Holbrook 851 20.27
Liberal Democrats Clare Kane 232 5.53
Green Jasmine Kennedy 190 4.52
Majority 1,048 24.96
Turnout 4,199 34
Conservative hold Swing

Cleckheaton ward

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Cleckheaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kath Pinnock 2,592 55.61
UKIP Colin Walshaw 707 15.17
Conservative Andrew Gray 677 14.52
Labour Aafaq Butt 571 12.25
Green Catherine Whittingham 114 2.45
Majority 1,885 40.44
Turnout 4,661 36
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Colne Valley ward

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Colne Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rob Walker 1,624 32.42
Liberal Democrats David Ridgway 1,558 31.10
Conservative Mathew Noble 902 18.01
UKIP Melanie Roberts 579 11.56
Green Liz Byrd 346 6.91
Majority 66 1.32
Turnout 5,009
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Crosland Moor and Netherton ward

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Crosland Moor and Netherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Manisha Kaushik 2,582 53.24
Conservative Robert Young 888 18.31
UKIP Paul George 486 10.02
Green Chas Ball 367 7.57
Liberal Democrats Robert Iredale 278 5.73
Independent Steve Bradbury 137 2.82
TUSC Jason Bowen 112 2.31
Majority 1,694 34.93
Turnout 4,850 38
Labour hold Swing

Dalton ward

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Dalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Naheed Mather 1,537 43.52
UKIP Tom Wise 688 19.48
Conservative Maria Ackroyd 578 16.36
Liberal Democrats Roger Battye 548 15.52
Green Simon Duffy 181 5.12
Majority 849 24.04
Turnout 3,532 29
Labour hold Swing

Denby Dale ward

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Denby Dale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Turner 2,631 48.41
Conservative Paula Kemp 2,484 45.70
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wilkinson 320 5.89
Majority 147 2.70
Turnout 5,435 43
Labour hold Swing

Dewsbury East ward

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Dewsbury East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Kane 2,285 52.95
Conservative Mark Eastwood 970 22.48
UKIP Greg Burrows 758 17.57
Liberal Democrats Dennis Hullock 191 4.43
Green Tony Kelsall 111 2.57
Majority 1,315 30.48
Turnout 4,315 33
Labour hold Swing

Dewsbury South ward

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Dewsbury South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gulfam Asif 2,626 54
Conservative Imtiaz Ameen 1,406 29
Green Adrian Cruden 525 11
Liberal Democrats Bernard Disken 339 7
Majority
Turnout 4,896 38
Labour hold Swing

Dewsbury West ward

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Dewsbury West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mussarat Pervaiz 3,164 62
Liberal Democrats Shehzad Hussain 992 20
Conservative John Nottingham 474 9
Green Simon Cope 450 9
Majority
Turnout 5,080 40
Labour hold Swing

Golcar ward

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Golcar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Iredale 1,726 38
Labour Stephen Jungnitz 1,495 33
UKIP Susan Laird 670 15
Conservative Robert Daniel 443 10
Green Daniel Greenwood 217 5
Majority
Turnout 4,551 34
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Greenhead ward

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Greenhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheikh Ullah 3,024 63
Conservative Anthony McGuin 780 16
Green John Phillips 545 11
Liberal Democrats Manjit Singh 344 7
TUSC David Waight 140 3
Majority
Turnout 4,833 37
Labour hold Swing

Heckmondwike ward

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Heckmondwike
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Hall 2,281 56
UKIP Aleks Lukic 836 20
Conservative Robert Thornton 701 17
Green Sofia Layton 142 3
Liberal Democrats Josie Pugsley 119 3
Majority
Turnout 4,079 31
Labour hold Swing

Holme Valley North ward

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Holme Valley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Charles Greaves 2,142 44
Conservative Trevor Bellamy 994 20
Labour Keiron Dunn 899 18
UKIP Joshua Dalton 574 12
Liberal Democrats Kingsley Hill 289 6
Majority
Turnout 4,898 38
Independent hold Swing

Holme Valley South ward

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Holme Valley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Firth 2,381 43
Labour Thelma Walker 1,680 30
UKIP Alan Schofield 650 12
Green Sue Macklin 451 8
Liberal Democrats Arthur Pritchard 381 7
Majority
Turnout 5,543 38
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkburton ward

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Kirkburton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Smith 1,867 39
Green Robert Barraclough 1,731 36
Labour Sarah Cook 634 13
UKIP Jon Hudson 501 10
Liberal Democrats Alison Munro 107 2
Majority
Turnout 4,840 41
Conservative gain from Green Swing

Lindley ward

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Lindley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Eastwood 2,137 40
Conservative Mark Hemingway 1,851 34
Labour Mohammed Fayoom 1,051 20
Green Richard Rathod 221 4
TUSC Cormac Kelly 117 2
Majority
Turnout 5,377 37
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Liversedge and Gomersal ward

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Liversedge and Gomersal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michelle Grainger-Mead 1,803 40
Labour Mohammed Khan 1,243 27
UKIP Simon Holbrook 1,151 25
Liberal Democrats David Snee 200 4
Green Nicholas Whittingham 148 3
Majority
Turnout 4,545 32
Conservative hold Swing

Mirfield ward

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Mirfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Bolt 3,434 64
Labour Karen Rowling 1,442 27
Green Isabel Walters 358 7
Liberal Democrats John Dobson 172 3
Majority
Turnout 5,406 37
Conservative hold Swing

Newsome ward

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Newsome
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Andrew Cooper 2,428 52
Labour Nadeem Iqbal 1,822 39
Conservative Pauline McGleenan 312 7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bird 113 2
Majority
Turnout 4,675 39
Green hold Swing

References

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  1. ↑ "Council and Democracy: Voting and Elections". Kirklees Council. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Election results by wards, 5 May 2016". democracy.kirklees.gov.uk. 5 May 2016.
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