Kirklees
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Council composition (approx.)
70 councillors elected across cycles 2022, 2023, 2024, summed by party. One square per seat. Approximate: by-thirds councils mid-term, boundary reviews, and partial-cycle elections all mean this can be a few seats off the live council count. For the authoritative current composition, check the council's own members list. Hover any seat for the party.
Cycles
- 2024 23 races · 23 seats 69.6% below quota
- 2023 23 races · 24 seats 45.8% below quota
- 2022 23 races · 23 seats 47.8% below quota
- 2021 23 races · 25 seats 60.0% below quota
Only one cycle of data for this council so far — no between-cycle comparison possible yet.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almondbury | 51% | 48% | 46% | 40% |
| Ashbrow | 50% | 57% | 31% | 48% |
| Batley East | 68% | 45% | 44% | 68% |
| Batley West | 57% | 64% | 59% | 52% |
| Birstall & Birkenshaw | 31% | 53% | 49% | |
| Birstall and Birkenshaw | 47% | |||
| Cleckheaton | 49% | 61% | 68% | 64% |
| Colne Valley | 37% | 45% | 50% | 49% |
| Crosland Moor & Netherton | 51% | 56% | 52% | |
| Crosland Moor and Netherton | 41% | |||
| Dalton | 40% | 52% | 52% | 44% |
| Denby Dale | 48% | 50% | 46% | 48% |
| Dewsbury East | 43% | 49% | 56% | 41% |
| Dewsbury South | 41% | 71% | 66% | 62% |
| Dewsbury West | 55% | 65% | 57% | 53% |
| Golcar | 18% | 38% | 42% | 39% |
| Greenhead | 58% | 66% | 67% | 33% |
| Heckmondwike | 45% | 44% | 64% | 37% |
| Holme Valley North | 35% | 33% | 33% | 44% |
| Holme Valley South | 47% | 47% | 45% | 45% |
| Kirkburton | 54% | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| Lindley | 40% | 49% | 46% | 36% |
| Liversedge & Gomersal | 58% | 57% | 54% | |
| Liversedge and Gomersal | 46% | |||
| Mirfield | 69% | 54% | 39% | 51% |
| Newsome | 61% | 61% | 64% | 67% |