Kirklees: 1998 local elections

25 wards with results. Council page

Before (end of 1997) (72 seats, Elections Centre)

Labour 45 · Liberal Democrats 18 · Conservative 6 · Other 3

After (end of 1998) (72 seats, Elections Centre)

Labour 43 · Liberal Democrats 20 · Conservative 7 · Other 2

Ward results

Almondbury1 seat · turnout 30.5%

Smithson J.	Liberal Democrats	1,850 ✓
M Moore	Labour	852
B Schofield	Conservative	306
T Brooks	Green	135

Batley East1 seat · turnout 24.5%

M. Harkin	Labour	1,922 ✓
J. Bloom	Liberal Democrats	929
A Roe	Green	289

Batley West1 seat · turnout 22.8%

D. Robinson	Liberal Democrats	1,570 ✓
A Hall	Labour	1,424
T Sykes	Green	123

Birkby1 seat · turnout 32.2%

D. Hillas	Labour	2,095 ✓
R Byram	Conservative	1,112
F Rahman	Liberal Democrats	313
Phillips J.	Green	181
G Hellawell	SOC LAB	165

Birstall & Birkenshaw1 seat · turnout 26.6%

A. Palfreeman	Conservative	1,715 ✓
Michael Martin	Labour	1,470
P Battye	Liberal Democrats	322
C. Lord	Green	143

Cleckheaton1 seat · turnout 28.5%

A. Pinnock	Liberal Democrats	1,730 ✓
P Ward	Labour	1,036
A Dunne	Conservative	589
S. Leyland	Green	68

Colne Valley West1 seat · turnout 32.8%

Margaret Fearnley	Liberal Democrats	1,896 ✓
J. Jobber	Labour	1,103
A. Herriott	Conservative	334
H. Cooper	Green	178

Crosland Moor1 seat · turnout 32.0%

Molly Walton	Labour	2,054 ✓
N Craven	Conservative	909
R. Cooper	Liberal Democrats	586
A. Thornton	Green	193
I Brooke	SOC LAB	142

Dalton1 seat · turnout 29.5%

C Walder	Liberal Democrats	1,183 ✓
P Rock	Labour	1,150
G. Brook	Ind LD	771
M Waddington	Conservative	308
D. Hardcastle	Green	103

Deighton1 seat · turnout 16.3%

S. May	Labour	1,001 ✓
T Garnett	Liberal Democrats	388
S Morris	SOC LAB	103
J. Smithson	Green	93

Denby Dale1 seat · turnout 31.8%

Watson C.	Labour	2,062 ✓
A Rowley	Conservative	1,617
E. Sims	Liberal Democrats	536
S Harrison	Green	216

Dewsbury East1 seat · turnout 24.1%

Eric Firth	Labour	1,276 ✓
Hullock D.	Liberal Democrats	578
M Saddiq	Conservative	498
D Marsden	Ind Lab	364
W Black	Green	61

Dewsbury South1 seat · turnout 26.5%

K Iqbal	Conservative	1,427 ✓
A. Gibson	Labour	1,128
K. Walker	Liberal Democrats	618
G. Jolly	Green	152

Dewsbury West1 seat · turnout 35.5%

Khalid Hussain	Liberal Democrats	2,089 ✓
D. Beetham	Labour	1,576
R. Spencer-Mitchell	Conservative	781
P Melleney	Green	116

Golcar1 seat · turnout 30.7%

Iredale R.	Liberal Democrats	1,786 ✓
P McGunnigle	Labour	1,590
Karen Tweed	Conservative	450
J. Rosney-Lee	Green	126

Heckmondwike1 seat · turnout 23.7%

T. Crowther	Labour	1,635 ✓
G Walker	Conservative	1,129
Hill K.	Liberal Democrats	267
Gillian Redshaw	Green	100

Holme Valley North1 seat · turnout 34.7%

J Green	Liberal Democrats	1,653 ✓
R. Wrigley	Conservative	1,176
M. Walker	Labour	1,032
L Bailey	Green	172
A Brooke	SOC LAB	105
R Staniforth	MRLP	44
M Madden	Independent	38

Holme Valley South1 seat · turnout 32.0%

R. Briggs	Labour	1,834 ✓
D. Firth	Conservative	1,774
G Macpherson	Liberal Democrats	581
C. Plunkett	Green	158

Kirkburton1 seat · turnout 29.5%

T. Karran	Conservative	1,976 ✓
M. Greetham	Labour	1,515
J. Hoyle	Liberal Democrats	436
D Carter	Green	154

Lindley1 seat · turnout 33.4%

B. Allonby	Liberal Democrats	2,299 ✓
E. Cooper	Conservative	1,280
S Frontczak	Labour	740
R Plunkett	Green	137

Mirfield1 seat · turnout 31.6%

S Bolt	Conservative	2,010 ✓
M. Hutchinson	Labour	1,549
Dobson J.	Liberal Democrats	296
I McCourtie	Green	113

Newsome1 seat · turnout 37.6%

G Simpson	Green	2,424 ✓
Metcalfe B.	Labour	1,440
K Giles	Conservative	264
D Waddington	Liberal Democrats	141

Paddock1 seat · turnout 27.4%

J. Harman	Labour	1,726 ✓
B Bedar	Conservative	691
G Simpson	Liberal Democrats	466
A Pilling	Green	161
M Ewington	SOC LAB	116

Spen1 seat · turnout 23.1%

Angela Harrison	Labour	1,373 ✓
C. Smith	Conservative	1,053
E. Newsome	Liberal Democrats	377
R. Walker	Green	112

Thornhill2 seats · turnout 29.1%

I. Perry	Labour	828 ✓
E. Griffiths	Labour	735 ✓
P. Peel	Liberal Democrats	411
M Aspell	Liberal Democrats	376
N. Baird	Green	143
S. Morris	Conservative	142
S Kreppel	Conservative	139