2012 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election

2012 local election results in Kirklees

The 2012 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.

Ward results

Spoilt votes not included below.

Almondbury ward

Almondbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Scott	1,423	33.2	−1.9
	Conservative	Janice Thomas	1,161	27.1	−2.5
	Labour	Mus Khan	1,121	26.1	+15.0
	Green	Benjamin Wrightman	585	13.6	+4.2
Majority			262	6.1
Turnout			4,290	31	−5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ashbrow ward

Ashbrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Smith	2,363	53.2	+12.9
	Conservative	Bill Armer	1,383	31.1	−6.5
	Green	Tracy Morris	371	8.3	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Manjit Singh	328	7.4	+1.0
Majority			980	22.0
Turnout			4,445	32	−3
	Labour hold		Swing

Batley East ward

Batley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hanif Mayet	3,876	73.0	+18.3
	Conservative	Derrick Yates	740	13.9	−0.8
	Independent	Mark Griffin	462	8.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Bloom	230	4.3	−7.3
Majority			3,136	59.1
Turnout			5,308	41	−5
	Labour hold		Swing

Batley West ward

Batley West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shabir Pandor	3,163	69.0	+23.7
	Conservative	Lyndsey Hall	798	17.4	−10.7
	Green	Cass Whittingham	392	8.6	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Leach	230	5.0	+1.6
Majority			2,365	51.6
Turnout			4,583	35	−7
	Labour hold		Swing

Birstall & Birkenshaw ward

Birstall & Birkenshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Palfreeman	2,081	53.4	−1.4
	Labour	Simon Alvy	1,348	34.6	+16.2
	Green	Garry Kitchin	309	7.9	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Megan Scholefield-Nicholson	160	4.1	−2.2
Majority			733	18.8
Turnout			3,898	31	−7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cleckheaton ward

Cleckheaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Pinnock	2,015	48.7	+0.4
	Labour	Dan Howard	1,299	31.4	+23.3
	Conservative	David Pinder	821	19.9	−1.1
Majority			716	17.3
Turnout			4,135	32	−9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Colne Valley ward

Colne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Ridgway	1,644	34.9	−3.4
	Conservative	David Hill	980	20.8	−4.8
	Labour	Barbara Jones	944	20.0	+8.2
	Green	Lesley Hedges	574	12.2	+2.0
	UKIP	Melanie Roberts	570	12.1	N/A
Majority			664	14.1
Turnout			4,712	35	−3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Crosland Moor & Netherton ward

Crosland Moor & Netherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Molly Walton	2,943	62.1	+21.2
	Conservative	Rod Bowles	731	15.4	−3.4
	TUSC	Jackie Grunsell	375	7.9	N/A
	Green	Chas Ball	333	7.0	−0.3
	Independent	Stephen Bradbury	190	4.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Moss	169	3.6	−4.7
Majority			2,212	46.7
Turnout			4,741	36	−5
	Labour hold		Swing

Dalton ward

Dalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naheed Mather	1,799	48.0	+17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rochelle Parchment	818	21.8	−12.5
	Conservative	Chris Meadows	473	12.6	−6.8
	Green	David Honour	407	10.9	+5.9
	Independent	Robert Pepper	252	6.7	N/A
Majority			981	26.1
Turnout			3,749	29	−5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Denby Dale ward

Denby Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Turner	2,128	42.6	+10.9
	Conservative	John Cook	2,043	40.9	−4.9
	Green	Terry Sigsworth	576	11.5	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Armistead	253	5.1	−1.8
Majority			85	1.7
Turnout			5,000	39	−5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Dewsbury East ward

Dewsbury East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Kane	2,320	50.8	+11.4
	Conservative	Mark Eastwood	1,393	30.5	+18.1
	UKIP	Greg Burrows	415	9.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Hullock	282	6.2	−14.3
	Green	Tony Kelsall	154	3.4	N/A
Majority			927	20.3
Turnout			4,564	34	−6
	Labour hold		Swing

Dewsbury South ward

Dewsbury South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Patel	3,341	54.7	+30.5
	Conservative	Khizar Iqbal	1,784	29.2	−22.0
	English Democrat	Shaun Maddox	566	9.3	N/A
	Green	Adrian Cruden	238	3.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Disken	118	1.9	−3.1
	TUSC	Paul Wheelhouse	63	1.0	N/A
Majority			1,557	25.5
Turnout			6,110	47	−3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Dewsbury West ward

Dewsbury West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Rowling	2,536	46.5	+18.6
	Independent	Naz Hussain	1,731	31.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Waheed Anwar	764	14.0	−37.3
	Conservative	Chrisophe Walker	265	4.9	−1.4
	Green	Peter Cunnington	155	2.8	=0.5
Majority			805	14.8
Turnout			5,451	41	−7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Golcar ward

Golcar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Salveson	1,729	39.7	+19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Iredale	1,584	36.4	+2.8
	Conservative	Clinton Simpson	548	12.6	−5.5
	Green	Daniel Greenwood	490	11.3	+2.5
Majority			145	3.3
Turnout			4,351	32	−5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Greenhead ward

Greenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mehboob Khan	3,838	70.9	+7.9
	Conservative	Katie Frank	708	13.1	−1.5
	Green	John Philips	663	12.3	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Balvinder Singh-Kang	202	3.7	+4.3
Majority			3,130	57.8
Turnout			5,411	38	−2
	Labour hold		Swing

Heckmondwike ward

Heckmondwike

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Hall	2,593	67.4	+27.7
	Conservative	Robert Thornton	990	25.7	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Pugsley	265	6.9	+0.5
Majority			1,603	41.7
Turnout			3,848	30	−13
	Labour hold		Swing

Holme Valley North ward

Holme Valley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charles Greaves	2,597	54.2	N/A
	Conservative	Brenda Bodenham	1,140	23.8	−8.5
	Labour	Anne Baldwin	818	17.1	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Katie Turner	238	5.0	−16.0
Majority			1,457	30.4
Turnout			4,793	38	−7
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Holme Valley South ward

Holme Valley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Firth	2,435	48.5	−6.8
	Labour	Steven Morris	1,476	29.4	+14.3
	Green	Peter Pankhurst	630	12.5	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Constance	480	9.6	−3.4
Majority			959	19.1
Turnout			5,021	35	−6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkburton ward

Kirkburton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Robert Barraclough	1,658	40.2	+4.8
	Conservative	Adrian Murphy	1,635	39.6	−8.0
	Labour	Mike Greetham	759	18.4	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jatinder Singh	74	1.8	−1.9
Majority			23	0.6
Turnout			4,126	32	−8
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Lindley ward

Lindley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Hemingway	1,783	36.3	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Stanfield	1,568	31.9	−6.7
	Labour	Douglas Morgan	1,109	22.6	+11.5
	Green	Richard Plunkett	453	9.2	+4.3
Majority			215	4.4
Turnout			4,913	35	−6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Liversedge & Gomersal ward

Liversedge & Gomersal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Bates	2,021	49.1	−3.7
	Labour	Martin Race	1,577	38.3	+22.1
	Green	David Brooks	365	8.9	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Farnhill	155	3.8	−4.0
Majority			444	10.8
Turnout			4,118	30	−7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mirfield ward

Mirfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martyn Bolt	2,775	53.5	−2.3
	Labour	Peter Sykes	1,374	26.5	+13.4
	UKIP	Thomas Hirst	596	11.5	N/A
	Green	Jimmy McLeod	239	4.6	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Firth	199	3.8	−0.4
Majority			1,401	27.0
Turnout			5,183	34	−8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newsome ward

Newsome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Cooper	2,354	53.0	+6.1
	Labour	Sadia Rehman	1,552	34.9	+12.8
	Conservative	Mark Dodsworth	344	7.7	−7.8
	TUSC	Ian Slattery	119	2.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rilwan Olateju	76	1.7	−4.5
Majority			802	18.0
Turnout			4,445	31	−1
	Green hold		Swing