2016 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election

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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[]

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 Michael Stephen Pearce	525	10.76
	Green	Derek John Hardcastle	464	9.51
	TUSC	Aaron Thomas Bailey	35	0.72
Majority			60	1.23
Turnout			4,879	36
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ashbrow ward[]

Ashbrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Richard Homewood	2,307	58.32
	Conservative	Homma Abid	1,024	25.88
	Green	Joan Brenda 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[]

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 Allan 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[]

Batley West

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

Birstall and Birkenshaw ward[]

Birstall and Birkenshaw

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

Cleckheaton ward[]

Cleckheaton

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

Colne Valley ward[]

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[]

Crosland Moor and Netherton

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

Dalton ward[]

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 David Battye	548	15.52
	Green	Simon James Duffy	181	5.12
Majority			849	24.04
Turnout			3,532	29
	Labour hold		Swing

Denby Dale ward[]

Denby Dale

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

Dewsbury East ward[]

Dewsbury East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Kane	2,285	52.95
	Conservative	Mark Simon 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[]

Dewsbury South

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

Dewsbury West ward[]

Dewsbury West

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

Golcar ward[]

Golcar

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

Greenhead ward[]

Greenhead

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

Heckmondwike ward[]

Heckmondwike

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

Holme Valley North ward[]

Holme Valley North

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

Holme Valley South ward[]

Holme Valley South

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

Kirkburton ward[]

Kirkburton

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

Lindley ward[]

Lindley

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

Liversedge and Gomersal ward[]

Liversedge and Gomersal

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

Mirfield ward[]

Mirfield

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

Newsome ward[]

Newsome

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

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