Kirklees local elections
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Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. One third of the Kirklees Council is elected each election year. Every fourth year there is no election.
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[edit] Political Control
Labour 1973 - 1975
No overall control 1975 - 1976
Conservative 1976 - 1979
No overall control 1979 - 1980
Labour 1980 - 1986
No overall control 1986 - 1990
Labour 1990 - 1994
No overall control 1994 - 1995
Labour 1995 - 1999
No overall control 1999 -
[edit] Council Elections
Kirklees Council election 1998
Kirklees Council election 1999
Kirklees Council election 2000
Kirklees Council election 2002
Kirklees Council election 2003
Kirklees Council election 2004
Kirklees Council election 2006
[edit] By-election Results
| Batley West By-Election 26 September 1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,558 | 48.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 1,179 | 37.0 | |||
| Conservative | 375 | 11.7 | |||
| Green | 73 | 2.3 | |||
| Majority | 377 | 11.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,185 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Colne Valley West By-Election 23 January 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,077 | 50.6 | |||
| Labour | 1,418 | 34.5 | |||
| Conservative | 486 | 11.8 | |||
| Green | 124 | 3.0 | |||
| Majority | 659 | 16.1 | |||
| Turnout | 4,105 | 38.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Heckmondwicke By-Election 27 November 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,219 | 55.5 | +1.7 | ||
| Conservative | 710 | 32.3 | -3.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 268 | 12.2 | +6.2 | ||
| Majority | 509 | 23.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,197 | 16.0 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Paddock By-Election 24 February 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,236 | 43.8 | +31.3 | ||
| Labour | 1,039 | 36.8 | -16.6 | ||
| Conservative | 456 | 16.2 | -9.2 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 90 | 3.2 | +0.3 | ||
| Majority | 197 | 7.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,821 | 25.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Golcar By-Election 9 November 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,174 | 43.4 | -13.1 | ||
| Labour | 976 | 36.0 | +13.3 | ||
| Conservative | 518 | 19.1 | +3.4 | ||
| Socialist | 40 | 1.5 | +1.5 | ||
| Majority | 198 | 7.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,708 | 21.4 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Mirfield By-Election 7 June 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 3,176 | 41.2 | -14.6 | ||
| Labour | 2,892 | 37.5 | +3.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 1,651 | 21.4 | +13.6 | ||
| Majority | 284 | 3.7 | |||
| Turnout | 7,719 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Heckmondwike By-Election 14 August 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| British National | David Exley | 1,607 | 27.7 | +27.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tabasum Aslam | 1,493 | 25.8 | +3.9 | |
| Independent | Tim Crowther | 1,147 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
| Labour | Florence Smith | 982 | 16.9 | -22.9 | |
| Conservative | Roger Roberts | 490 | 8.5 | -22.9 | |
| Green | Heidi Smithson | 76 | 1.3 | -5.6 | |
| Majority | 114 | 1.9 | |||
| Turnout | 5,795 | 43.8 | |||
| British National gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Greenhead By-Election 27 July 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Barbara Jones | 2,904 | 63.5 | +6.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John O'Reilly | 814 | 17.8 | -0.7 | |
| Conservative | Paul Murphy | 287 | 6.3 | -4.1 | |
| Green | Paul Cooney | 240 | 5.3 | -2.1 | |
| Respect | David Ellis | 178 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
| British National | Barry Fowler | 148 | 3.2 | -3.5 | |
| Majority | 2,090 | 45.7 | |||
| Turnout | 4,571 | 35.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
