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    Birstall & Birkenshaw, Kirklees

    At the most recent election (7 May 2026), Joshua Connor Sheard (Conservative Party), Philip Anthony James (Reform UK) and Liz Smaje (Conservative Party) won Birstall & Birkenshaw, with a majority of 20 votes on a turnout of 45.56%.

    Area type
    ward
    Within
    Kirklees
    Elections recorded
    34
    Recorded results
    177
    Birstall & Birkenshaw: Local Elections 2026Turnout 45.56%, electorate 12,845
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Joshua Connor SheardConservative Party2,55914.6%Yes
    Philip Anthony JamesReform UK2,23512.7%Yes
    Liz SmajeConservative Party2,20212.5%Yes
    Keith MallinsonReform UK2,18212.4%No
    Adrian ReidReform UK2,00111.4%No
    Mark Stephen ThompsonConservative Party1,94511.1%No
    Elaine WilkesThe Labour Party6393.6%No
    Jamie Conor FosterGreen Party6383.6%No
    Lorna Maria GoldmanThe Labour Party6213.5%No
    Cheya Amélie WatsonThe Labour Party6213.5%No
    Tahir AkramGreen Party5943.4%No
    Corey Patrick HayesGreen Party5913.4%No
    Louise Mary WalshLiberal Democrats3231.8%No
    Bernard Thomas DiskenLiberal Democrats2171.2%No
    Richard DodLiberal Democrats1901.1%No
    Birstall & Birkenshaw: Local Elections 2024electorate 12,903
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    M. ThompsonConservative Party1,85446.9%Yes
    J. SmithThe Labour Party1,51538.3%No
    T. AkramGreen Party41110.4%No
    L. WalshLiberal Democrats1764.4%No
    Birstall & Birkenshaw: Local Elections 2023Turnout 29%, electorate 12,881
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Joshua Connor SheardConservative Party1,83949.2%Yes
    Julie Margaret SmithThe Labour Party1,36336.5%No
    Louise Mary WalshLiberal Democrats3238.6%No
    Tahir AkramGreen Party1604.3%No
    Mark Andrew SteeleSocial Democratic Party531.4%No
    Birstall & Birkenshaw: Local Elections 2022
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Smaje L.Conservative Party2,10453%Yes
    Julie Margaret SmithThe Labour Party1,37034.5%No
    Walsh L.Liberal Democrats2546.4%No
    Akram T.Green Party2406%No
    Birstall & Birkenshaw: Local Elections 2021
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Mark ThompsonConservative Party2,44930.7%Yes
    Joshua SheardConservative Party2,17527.3%Yes
    G.L. HardingThe Labour Party1,12114.1%No
    Smith J.M.The Labour Party97712.3%No
    Peltier R.A.Green Party4195.3%No
    Akram T.Green Party3614.5%No
    Walsh L.M.Liberal Democrats2383%No
    Shepherd D.A.Liberal Democrats2252.8%No
    Birstall & Birkenshaw: Local Elections 2019
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Charlotte GoodwinConservative Party2,00053.8%Yes
    Catherine Jean PinderThe Labour Party84722.8%No
    Christopher GreenGreen Party51013.7%No
    Louise Mary WalshLiberal Democrats3609.7%No
    Birstall & Birkenshaw: Local Elections 2018
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Liz SmajeConservative Party2,29423.5%Yes
    Elizabeth SmajeConservative Party2,29423.5%Yes
    Mark ThompsonConservative Party2,23422.9%Yes
    Jasmine KennedyThe Labour Party1,26112.9%No
    Arfan AsifThe Labour Party99510.2%No
    Susan Lee-RichardsGreen Party2893%No
    Pippa HepworthLiberal Democrats2132.2%No
    Clare Elisabeth KaneLiberal Democrats1952%No
    Birstall & Birkenshaw: Local Elections 2016
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Andrew PalfreemanConservative Party1,98747.3%Yes
    Khalid PatelThe Labour Party93922.4%No
    Joyce HolbrookUK Independence Party (UKIP)85120.3%No
    Clare Elisabeth KaneLiberal Democrats2325.5%No
    Jasmine KennedyGreen Party1904.5%No
    Birstall & Birkenshaw: Local Elections 2015
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Robert LightConservative Party3,59443.9%Yes
    Dathan TedescoThe Labour Party2,18926.8%No
    Joyce HolbrookUK Independence Party (UKIP)1,76721.6%No
    Elizabeth KitchinGreen Party3203.9%No
    Megan Scholefield-NicholsonLiberal Democrats3093.8%No
    Birstall & Birkenshaw: Local Elections 2014
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Elizabeth SmajeConservative Party2,17651.8%Yes
    Amanda DavisonThe Labour Party1,30531.1%No
    Charlotte StoylesGreen Party55713.3%No
    Megan Scholefield-NicholsonLiberal Democrats1623.9%No
    Birstall & Birkenshaw: Local Elections 2012
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Andrew PalfreemanConservative Party2,08153.4%Yes
    Simon AlvyThe Labour Party1,34834.6%No
    Garry KitchinGreen Party3097.9%No
    Megan Scholefield-NicholsonLiberal Democrats1604.1%No
    Birstall & Birkenshaw: Local Elections 2011Turnout 39.73%, electorate 12,503
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Robert LightConservative Party2,64253.2%Yes
    Miranda WilliamsThe Labour Party1,64033%No
    Clive LordGreen Party3687.4%No
    Suzy Brain EnglandLiberal Democrats3176.4%No

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