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.

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

References

^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

[BBC-1] "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

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