2012 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election

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.[1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.

2012 local election results in Kirklees

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
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References
  1. "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
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