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 - present
[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
Kirklees Council election, 2007
Kirklees Council election, 2008
[edit] By-election Results
| Batley West By-Election 26 September 1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,558 | 48.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Golcar By-Election 9 November 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat 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 Democrat | 1,651 | 21.4 | +13.6 | ||
| Majority | 284 | 3.7 | |||
| Turnout | 7,719 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Heckmondwike By-Election 14 August 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| British National Party | David Exley | 1,607 | 27.7 | +27.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Party gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Greenhead By-Election 27 July 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Barbara Jones | 2,904 | 63.5 | +6.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Party | Barry Fowler | 148 | 3.2 | -3.5 | |
| Majority | 2,090 | 45.7 | |||
| Turnout | 4,571 | 35.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
