2006 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
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One third of seats (23 of 69) to Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
35 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won 8 7 4
Seats after 21 20 20
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2 Decrease 4
Popular vote 29,200 31,076 24,445
Percentage 23.6% 25.1% 19.8%
Swing Increase 0.1% Increase 0.5% Decrease 4.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party BNP Green Save Huddersfield NHS
Seats won 2 1 1
Seats after 3 3 1
Seat change Increase 2 Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 22,914 10,300 2,827
Percentage 18.5% 8.3% 2.3%
Swing Increase 5.3% Decrease 2.7% New
2006 local election results in Kirklees. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, BNP in dark blue, Greens in green and Save Huddersfield NHS in light red.
Majority party before election

No overall control

 Majority party after election

No overall control

Elections to Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

Council results

Kirklees[1]
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour 23 7 3 1 Increase2 30.4 25.2 31,103 Increase 0.5
  Conservative 23 8 1 2 Decrease1 34.8 23.6 29,200 Increase 0.1
  Liberal Democrats 23 4 1 5 Decrease4 17.4 19.8 24,445 Decrease 4.0
  BNP 23 2 2 0 Increase2 8.7 18.5 22,914 Increase 5.3
  Green 23 1 0 0 0 4.3 8.3 10,300 Decrease 2.7
  Save Huddersfield NHS 3 1 1 0 Increase1 4.3 2.3 2,827 New
  Independent 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.6 1,917 Decrease 0.7
  English Democrat 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 436 New
  New Party 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 395 New
  Monster Raving Loony 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 66 Decrease 0.1

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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25 22 17 3 1 1
Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Gr B I

After the election the composition of the council was:

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21 21 19 3 3 1 1
Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Gr B I S
Party Previous council New council
Liberal Democrats 25 21
Conservative 22 21
Labour 17 19
Green 3 3
BNP 1 3
Independent 1 1
Save Huddersfield NHS 0 1
Total 69 69

Ward results

Almondbury ward

Almondbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Wilkinson 1,854 37.9 +0.9
Conservative Martin Leonard 1,137 23.3 +1.5
BNP Susan Auty 615 12.6 +7.0
Labour Naheed Arshad-Mather 542 11.1 -5.9
Green Brian Strudwick 377 7.7 -6.8
Independent Ian Brooke 362 7.4 +3.1
Majority 717 14.7 -
Turnout 4,887 38.6 -8.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The incumbent was Linda Wilkinson.

Ashbrow ward

Ashbrow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Calvert 1,959 43.2 -3.0
Conservative Andrea Stephenson 1,046 23.1 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Sandra Gordon-Overton 830 18.3 -11.5
BNP Christine Thompson 440 9.7 +9.7
Green Edward Adams 261 5.8 -1.9
Majority 913 20.1 -
Turnout 4,536 35.5 -9.7
Labour hold Swing

The incumbent was Jean Calvert.

Batley East ward

Batley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mahmood Akhtar 2,779 49.6 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Jon Bloom 1,103 19.7 -11.0
BNP Jillian Exley 869 15.5 +10.0
Conservative Mohamed Akram 621 11.1 -3.1
Green Heidi Smithson 232 4.1 +0.9
Majority 1,676 29.9 -
Turnout 5,604 47.9 -11.4
Labour hold Swing

The incumbent was Mahmood Akhtar.

Batley West ward

Batley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gwen Grailey 2,209 40.6 +5.9
BNP Jonathan Pygott 1,169 21.5 +12.3
Liberal Democrats David Lowe 1,125 20.7 -16.0
Conservative Sharon Light 735 13.5 -3.3
Green Timothy Sykes 209 3.8 +1.1
Majority 1,040 19.1 -
Turnout 5,447 44.7 -5.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

The incumbent was Geoffrey Alvy who stood down at this election.

Birstall and Birkenshaw ward

Birstall and Birkenshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Liz Smaje 1,878 37.8 -12.3
Labour Suzy Brain-England 1,136 22.9 -1.0
BNP John Christopher Wilkinson 1,101 22.2 +12.3
Liberal Democrats Jean Tasker 350 7.1 -6.4
Green Clive Richard Lord 264 5.3 +0.8
Independent Mark Palfreeman 234 4.7 +4.7
Majority 742 15.0 -
Turnout 4,963 40.9 -7.0
Conservative hold Swing

The incumbent was Liz Smaje.

Cleckheaton ward

Cleckheaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Raistrick 1,761 33.6 -10.3
BNP Mike Thompson 1,621 30.9 +18.9
Conservative Harvey Mawston 1,064 20.3 -2.0
Labour Mohammed Laher 541 10.3 -8.1
Green Ruth Walker 253 4.8 +1.6
Majority 140 2.7 -
Turnout 5,240 43.9 -6.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The incumbent was Ann Raistrick.

Colne Valley ward

Colne Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nicola Turner 1,824 31.7 -8.4
Conservative Dorothy Lindley 1,765 30.7 +5.2
BNP Christine Hanson 910 15.8 +9.3
Labour Helen Singleton 576 10.0 -3.8
Green Sandra Leyland 431 7.5 -3.2
Save Huddersfield NHS David Ellis 239 4.2 +4.2
Majority 59 1.0 -
Turnout 5,745 45.7 -4.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

The incumbent was Dorothy Lindley.

Crosland Moor and Netherton ward

Crosland Moor and Netherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Save Huddersfield NHS Jackie Grunsell 2,176 35.0 +35.0
Liberal Democrats Shahida Awan 1,369 22.0 -19.0
Labour Jamil Akhtar 1,296 20.8 -14.0
Conservative Judith Roberts 576 9.3 -10.7
BNP Skye Turner 564 9.1 +9.1
Green Daniel Greenwood 236 3.8 -0.9
Majority 807 13.0 -
Turnout 6,217 49.4 -4.6
Save Huddersfield NHS gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

The incumbent was Shahida Awan

Dalton ward

Dalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Ellam 1,447 33.6 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Ritchie 1,272 29.6 -0.1
Conservative Roger Jessop 674 15.7 +0.2
BNP Andrew Watson 639 14.9 +9.2
Green Paul Cooney 271 6.3 -3.6
Majority 175 4.1 -
Turnout 4,303 35.0 -6.6
Labour hold Swing

The incumbent was Angela Ellam.

Denby Dale ward

Denby Dale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Dodds 2,012 38.4 +3.3
Labour Graham Turner 1,391 26.5 -8.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Brown 558 10.6 -0.6
English Democrat Paul McEnhill 436 8.3 +8.3
BNP Nicola King 434 8.3 +2.9
Green Stephen Turnbull 414 7.9 -5.0
Majority 621 11.8 -
Turnout 5,245 43.2 -8.8
Conservative hold Swing

The incumbent was Jim Dodds.

Dewsbury East ward

Dewsbury East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Colin Auty 1,902 35.6 +23.9
Labour Eric Firth 1,612 30.2 +5.9
Liberal Democrats Nisar Choudhary 1,010 18.9 -15.8
Conservative Robert Haycroft 632 11.8 -2.9
Green Peter Cunnington 182 3.4 +0.6
Majority 290 5.4 -
Turnout 5,338 43.3 -3.4
BNP gain from Labour Swing

The incumbent was Eric Firth.

Dewsbury South ward

Dewsbury South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Masood Ahmed 2,322 39.6 +9.8
Conservative Jonathan Scott 1,568 26.7 -19.2
BNP Robert Ryan 1,457 24.8 +14.7
Liberal Democrats Bernard Disken 293 5.0 -6.6
Green Adrian Cruden 229 3.9 +1.2
Majority 754 12.8 -
Turnout 5,869 48.4 -9.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

The incumbent was Jonathan Scott.

Dewsbury West ward

Dewsbury West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mumtaz Hussain 1,966 35.1 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Kingley Hill 1,861 33.2 -15.8
BNP Frank Atack 1,216 21.7 +14.6
Conservative Keith Sibbald 262 4.7 -4.4
Independent Keith Oldroyd 173 3.1 +3.1
Green Joan Smithson 127 2.3 -0.2
Majority 105 1.9 -
Turnout 5,605 47.6 -5.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

The incumbent was Keith Oldroyd.

Golcar ward

Golcar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Marchington 1,453 28.9 -10.7
BNP Robert Walker 1,104 22.0 +22.0
Labour Co-op Pat Colling 760 15.1 -7.6
Conservative Jackie Firth 732 14.6 -6.3
Green Lesley Hedges 558 11.1 -4.9
Save Huddersfield NHS Mary Granger 412 8.2 +8.2
Majority 349 7.0 -
Turnout 5,019 38.5 -3.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The incumbent was Andrew Marchington.

Greenhead ward

Greenhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohan Sokhal 3,343 57.0 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Jim O'Reilly 1,089 18.6 -7.1
Conservative Paul Murphy 608 10.4 -0.7
Green John Phillips 433 7.4 -2.3
BNP Stuart Exley 394 6.7 +6.7
Majority 2,254 38.4 -
Turnout 5,867 45.2 -8.3
Labour hold Swing

The incumbent was Mohan Sokhal.

Heckmondwike ward

Heckmondwike
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Steve Cass 2,035 36.6 +22.5
Labour Stephen Hall 1,309 23.5 -5.1
Liberal Democrats Abdul Qayoom 1,207 21.7 -9.0
Conservative Amelia Bolton 820 14.7 -8.0
Green Julian Flynn 194 3.5 -0.5
Majority 726 13.0 -
Turnout 5,565 46.2 -6.8
BNP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

The incumbent was Tabasum Aslam who stood down at this election.

Holme Valley North ward

Holme Valley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Royston Rogers 1,421 24.9 -1.3
Liberal Democrats David Woodhead 1,288 22.6 -9.9
Independent Peter Searby 1,148 20.1 -4.9
BNP Barry Fowler 858 15.1 +15.1
Labour Keir Tankard 547 9.6 -4.3
Green Leslie Bailey 370 6.5 -3.9
Monster Raving Loony Boney Maroney 66 1.2 -0.6
Majority 133 2.3 -
Turnout 5,698 45.5 -7.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

The incumbent was Mike Bower who stood down at this election.

Holme Valley South ward

Holme Valley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Patrick 2,596 46.4 -1.2
Labour Chris Chapple 979 17.5 -4.0
Liberal Democrats John Turner 811 14.5 -3.4
Green Simon Anscombe 662 11.8 -1.1
BNP Richard Brown 548 9.8 +9.8
Majority 1,617 28.9 -
Turnout 5,596 41.0 -10.0
Conservative hold Swing

The incumbent was Nigel Patrick.

Kirkburton ward

Kirkburton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christine Smith 1,981 37.8 -0.5
Green Derek Hardcastle 1,903 36.3 +3.5
Labour Mike Greetham 567 10.8 -5.2
BNP Russell Scott 457 8.7 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Gerald Edinburgh 333 6.4 -1.4
Majority 78 1.5 -
Turnout 5,241 42.0 -6.0
Conservative hold Swing

The incumbent was Christine Smith.

Lindley ward

Lindley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Brice 1,974 34.9 +5.7
Liberal Democrats Cahal Burke 1,873 33.1 -4.4
Labour Douglas Morgan 761 13.4 -4.5
BNP Richard Langford 658 11.6 +11.6
Green Richard Plunkett 398 7.0 -3.3
Majority 101 1.8 -
Turnout 5,664 42.0 -7.0
Conservative hold Swing

The incumbent was Tony Brice.

Liversedge and Gomersal ward

Liversedge and Gomersal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hall 1,791 35.3 -7.8
BNP Peter Horsfield 1,643 32.4 +22.5
Labour Ann Foxton 1,017 20.1 -10.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Leigh 393 7.8 -5.2
Green Gillian Redshaw 226 4.5 +1.6
Majority 148 2.9 -
Turnout 5,070 39.7 -8.3
Conservative hold Swing

The incumbent was David Hall.

Mirfield ward

Mirfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vivien Lees 2,843 43.4 -9.2
BNP Nick Cass 1,789 27.3 +16.4
Labour Natalie Pinnock-Hamilton 904 13.8 -9.5
New Party David Pinder 395 6.0 +6.0
Liberal Democrats Brian Firth 368 5.6 -4.3
Green Richard Burton 253 3.9 +0.5
Majority 1,054 16.1 -
Turnout 6,552 45.7 -6.3
Conservative hold Swing

The incumbent was Beverley Warby who stood down at this election.

Newsome ward

Newsome
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Graham Simpson 1,817 41.9 -1.2
Labour Mohammad Iqbal 1,140 26.3 +5.4
BNP Simon Towers 491 11.3 +6.1
Conservative Neil Drake 464 10.7 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Kuldip Brar 420 9.7 -7.4
Majority 677 15.6 -
Turnout 4,332 36.4 -6.6
Green hold Swing

The incumbent was Sharon Fallows who stood down at this election.

References

  1. ^ "Election of Local Councillors 2006 - 04/05/2006". Election results. Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
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