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2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 alongside the West Yorkshire mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom.

The 2024 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 alongside the West Yorkshire mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Prior to the local elections, four Labour councillors resigned from the party in protest of the party's direction and policy regarding the Gaza war. The four members subsequently formed the Kirklees Community Independents Group, which had no seats up for election this year. With this exception, the pre-election council makeup had otherwise remained unchanged from the 2023 election.

Labour lost control of the council to no overall control. Following the election, the leader of the council, Cathy Scott, was replaced as Labour group leader by Carole Pattison. However, Cathy Scott managed to retain her position as leader of the council, leaving Labour along with four others to sit as a group of independents calling themselves the Community Alliance.

Councillor	Ward	First elected	Date announced
Naheed Mather	Dalton	2012	Labour	5 February 2024
Donald Firth	Holme Valley South	1989	Conservative	6 March 2024
Bernard McGuin	Almondbury	2016	Conservative	6 March 2024
Elizabeth Reynolds	Golcar	2021	Labour	6 March 2024
Adam Gregg	Lindley	2021	Conservative	6 March 2024
Melanie Stephen	Liversedge and Gomersal	2021	Conservative	6 March 2024

Before 2024 election	After 2024 election
Labour	39	Labour	35	Labour	31
Conservative	18	Conservative	18	Conservative	15
Independent	1	Independent	5	Independent	9
Liberal Democrats	8	Liberal Democrats	8	Liberal Democrats	10
Green	3	Green	3	Green	4

2024 Kirlees Metropolitan Borough Council election
Labour	7	4	30.4	24	31	43.5	34,519	31.2	–11.4
Conservative	5	3	21.7	10	15	21.7	26,844	24.2	–6.2
Independent	6	4	26.1	3	9	14.5	19,121	17.3	+14.8
Liberal Democrats	3	2	13.0	7	10	14.5	13,655	12.3	–1.3
Green	2	1	8.7	2	4	5.8	15,357	13.9	+3.4
Reform	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	509	0.5	+0.2
Yorkshire	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	473	0.4	+0.3
TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	164	0.1	N/A
Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	88	0.1	N/A

Candidates nominated by ward:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,668	40.5	–5.8
	Labour	983	23.9	+3.7
	Conservative	955	23.2	–2.3
	Green	514	12.5	+6.6
685	16.6
4,120	30.7
13,440
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	4.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,970	47.8	–3.6
	Conservative	803	19.5	–4.2
	Green	644	15.6	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	538	13.1	+6.1
	TUSC	164	4.0	N/A
1,167	28.3
4,119	28.7
14,333
	Labour hold	0.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	3,835	67.7	N/A
	Labour	901	15.9	–28.4
	Conservative	412	7.3	–36.7
	Green	365	6.4	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	153	2.7	–3.2
2,934	51.8
5,666	42.9
13,205
	Independent gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	2,695	52.0	N/A
	Labour	991	19.1	–40.3
	Liberal Democrats	541	10.4	+0.5
	Conservative	519	10.0	–14.2
	Green	439	8.5	+2.0
1,704	32.9
5,185	37.3
13,891
	Independent gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,854	46.9	–2.3
	Labour	1,515	38.3	+1.8
	Green	411	10.4	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	176	4.4	–4.2
339	8.6
3,956	30.7
12,903
	Conservative hold	2.1

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	2,823	63.7	–4.1
	Conservative	746	16.8	–0.3
	Labour	634	14.3	+3.3
	Green	230	5.2	+1.1
2,077	46.9
4,433	32.6
13,615
	Liberal Democrats hold	1.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	2,493	48.9	–1.5
	Conservative	1,049	20.6	–5.9
	Liberal Democrats	615	12.1	–1.6
	Yorkshire	473	9.3	N/A
	Green	470	9.2	–0.3
1,444	28.3
5,100	37.2
13,699
	Labour Co-op hold	2.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	2,011	41.5	+17.0
	Labour	1,657	34.2	–18.1
	Conservative	590	12.2	–5.4
	Liberal Democrats	331	6.8	+1.1
	Independent	257	5.3	N/A
354	7.3
4,846	34.8
13,917
	Green gain from Labour	17.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,492	44.3	–8.1
	Conservative	735	21.8	+1.0
	Green	569	16.9	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	332	9.9	+0.3
	Independent	240	7.1	+2.9
757	22.5
3,368	26.9
12,540
	Labour hold	4.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,530	47.6	+6.9
	Labour	2,089	39.3	–6.2
	Green	310	5.8	+1.0
	Independent	230	4.3	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	151	2.8	–1.9
441	8.3
5,310	39.3
13,508
	Conservative hold	6.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	1,534	40.7	–14.9
	Liberal Democrats	859	22.8	+12.4
	Conservative	758	20.1	–7.9
	Green	622	16.5	+10.5
675	17.9
3,773	26.5
14,246
	Labour Co-op hold	13.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	3,443	62.3	N/A
	Labour Co-op	1,063	19.2	–46.5
	Conservative	455	8.2	–10.6
	Independent	228	4.1	N/A
	Green	155	2.8	–2.2
	Liberal Democrats	94	1.7	–1.7
	Independent	87	1.6	–5.5
2,380	43.1
5,525	41.3
13,385
	Independent gain from Labour Co-op

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	3,109	53.2	N/A
	Labour	1,390	23.8	–33.0
	Conservative	855	14.6	–20.9
	Green	317	5.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	171	2.9	–0.2
1,719	29.4
5,842	40.9
14,295
	Independent gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,656	39.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	1,520	35.8	–5.9
	Conservative	597	14.1	+1.9
	Green	470	11.1	+4.6
136	3.2
4,243	30.7
13,840
	Labour hold	3.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,754	33.1	–34.2
	Green	1,713	32.3	+19.5
	Independent	884	16.7	N/A
	Conservative	688	13.0	–0.6
	Liberal Democrats	263	5.0	–1.3
41	0.8
5,302	37.3
14,199
	Labour hold	26.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	1,554	36.8	N/A
	Labour	1,470	34.8	–29.5
	Conservative	612	14.5	–10.7
	Liberal Democrats	315	7.5	+1.6
	Green	274	6.5	+1.9
84	2.0
4,225	31.5
13,424
	Independent gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	2,430	44.4	+19.2
	Labour	1,393	25.4	–3.4
	Conservative	1,186	21.7	–10.9
	Green	296	5.4	–0.9
	Liberal Democrats	172	3.1	+0.2
1,037	19.0
5,477	40.5
13,541
	Independent hold	11.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,916	45.3	–0.2
	Conservative	2,660	41.3	–0.9
	Green	614	9.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	246	3.8	–0.7
256	4.0
6,436	42.4
15,179
	Labour gain from Conservative	0.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,995	42.8	–7.5
	Labour	1,291	27.7	+4.5
	Green	1,089	23.4	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	152	3.3	–0.4
	Independent	129	2.8	+0.8
704	15.1
4,656	36.9
12,632
	Conservative hold	6.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	2,036	36.0	–10.4
	Conservative	1,879	33.3	+2.0
	Labour	1,130	20.0	+3.7
	Green	517	9.2	+4.7
	Heritage	88	1.6	N/A
157	2.7
5,650	36.5
15,497
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	6.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,867	46.3	–7.9
	Labour	1,511	37.4	+1.6
	Green	400	9.9	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	258	6.4	+2.1
356	8.9
4,036	29.2
13,822
	Conservative hold	4.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,827	50.7	+11.2
	Labour	1,794	32.2	–3.7
	Reform	509	9.1	+2.9
	Green	334	6.0	–7.4
	Liberal Democrats	116	2.1	–3.0
1,033	18.5
5,580	35.0
15,724
	Conservative hold	7.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	2,593	66.8	+2.5
	Labour	892	23.0	–1.5
	Conservative	272	7.0	–0.6
	Liberal Democrats	125	3.2	+1.3
1,701	43.8
3,882	29.6
13,129
	Green hold	2.0

Masood Ahmed, Yusra Hussain, Paul Moore, Cathy Scott, Adam Zaman and Habiban Zaman, all elected for Labour, left the party in May 2024 to sit as independents in a new group called the Community Alliance.
Musarrat Khan, elected for Labour, also left the party in May 2024, sitting as an ungrouped independent.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,639	39.1	–2.2
	Labour	1,134	27.0	–18.3
	Green	734	17.5	+8.0
	Reform	511	12.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	158	3.8	±0.0
	Independent	17	0.4	N/A
505	12.1	N/A
4,193	27.2	–15.2
15,422
	Conservative gain from Labour	8.1

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