Kirklees Election Candidates
Submitted by Faye Rodgerson on Wed, 01/05/2019 - 12:04Tomorrow it’s the Kirklees local elections. Here are the candidates in each constituency and the party they represent.
Almondbury:
Paola Davies: Liberal Democrats
Julia Green-Wiles: Labour
Tricia Moores: Green Party
James Spivey: Conservative
• Seat currently held by Labour's Judith Hughes, who is stepping down.
Ashbrow:
Dominic Gill: Conservative
Andrew McCaig: Liberal Democrats
Amanda Pinnock: Labour
Brenda Smithson: Green Party
• Seat currently held by Labour's Amanda Pinnock.
Batley East:
Keiron Gavaghan: Conservative
James Hansford: Green Party
Clare Kane: Liberal Democrats
Habiban Zaman: Labour
• Seat currently held by Labour's Habibab Zaman.
Batley West:
Paul Halloran: Batley Borough Independents - Heavy Woollen District
Yusra Hussain: Labour
Christopher Kane: Liberal Democrats
Martin Pelan: Green Party
Paul Young: Conservative
• Seat currently held by Labour's Marielle O'Neill, who is stepping down.
Birstall and Birkenshaw:
Charlotte Goodwin: Conservative
Christopher Green: Green Party
Catherine Pinder: Labour
Louise Walsh: Liberal Democrats
• Seat formerly held by Robert Light, a former Conservative group leader, who stepped down last year.
Cleckheaton:
Khalid Patel: Labour
Andrew Pinnock: Liberal Democrats
Madeline Poutney: Conservative
Linda Simmons: Green Party
• Seat currently held by the Liberal Democrats' Andrew Pinnock.
Colne Valley:
Donna Bellamy: Conservative
Karen How: Green Party
Robert Iredale: Liberal Democrats
Melanie Roberts: UK Independence Party
Lesley Warner: Labour
• Seat currently held by the Conservatives' Donna Bellamy.
Crosland Moor and Netherton:
Robert Barraclough: Green Party
Steve Bradbury: Independent
Kingsley Hill: Liberal Democrats
Tony McGrath: Conservative
Mohammad Sarwar: Labour
David Thorpe: UK Independence Party
• Seat currently held by Labour's Mohammad Sarwar.
Dalton:
Roger Battye: Liberal Democrats
Sarah Brightmore: Conservative
Simon Duffy: Green Party
Mus Khan: Labour
Keith Taylor: UK Independence Party
• Seat currently held by Labour's Mus Khan.
Denby Dale:
Alison Baskeyfield: Liberal Democrats
Jackie Ramsay: Labour
Clare Walters: Green Party
Michael Watson: Conservative
• Seat currently held by the Conservatives' Michael Watson.
Dewsbury East:
Eric Firth: Labour
Sean Guy: Conservative
Dennis Hullock: Liberal Democrats
Aleks Lukic: Dewsbury Borough Independents - Heavy Woollen District
Gideon Barry: Green Party
• Seat currently held by Labour's Eric Firth.
Dewsbury South:
Marnie Cope: Green Party
Nosheen Dad: Labour
Bernard Disken: Liberal Democrats
Charlie Reid: Conservative
• Seat currently held by Labour's Nosheen Dad.
Dewsbury West:
Jon Bloom: Liberal Democrats
Simon Cope: Green Party
Farmida Ishaq: Conservative
Darren O'Donovan: Labour
• Seat currently held by Labour's Darren O'Donovan.
Golcar:
Carole Harrison: UK Independence Party
Andrew Marchington: Liberal Democrats
Hilary Richards: Labour
Ian Vincent: Green Party
Jacqueline Walker: Conservative
• Seat currently held by Labour's Hilary Richards.
Greenhead:
Howard Cohen: Liberal Democrats
Nick Martkinek: UK Independence Party
Pauline McGleehan: Conservative
Carole Pattison: Labour
John Phillips: Green Party
• Seat currently held by Labour's Carole Pattison.
Heckmondwike:
Aafaq Butt: Labour
Alan Freeman: Green Party
Helen Gavaghan: Conservative
Alan Girvan: Independent
Josie Pugsley: Liberal Democrat
• Seat currently held by Labour's David Sheard, a former leader of Kirklees Council, who is stepping down.
Holme Valley North:
Trevor Bellamy: Conservative
Joshua Dalton: Democrats and Veterans Party
Gina Dungworth: Liberal Democrats
John Heneghan: Labour
Sonia King: Green Party
Susan Laird: UK Independence Party
Paul White: Independent
• Seat currently held by Labour's Edgar Holroyd-Doveton, who is stepping down.
Holme Valley South:
Caroline Anstey: Liberal Democrats
James Dalton: Democrats and Veterans Party
Paul Davies: Labour
Stefan Dransfield: UK Independence Party
Darryl Gould: Green Party
Ken Sims: Conservative
• Seat currently held by the Conservatives' Ken Sims.
Kirkburton:
Neil Denby: Labour
Derek Hardcastle: Green Party
John Rossington: Liberal Democrats
John Taylor: Conservative
• Seat currently held by the Conservatives' John Taylor.
Lindley:
Mike Chalker: Independent
Adam Gregg: Conservative
Lisa Hogarth: Labour
John Livsey: UK Independence Party
Anthony Smith: Liberal Democrats
Peter Taylor: Green Party
• Seat currently held by the Liberal Democrats' Gemma Wilson, who is stepping down.
Liversedge and Gomersal:
Lisa Holmes: Conservative
Jude McKaig: Labour
David Snee: Liberal Democrats
Nicholas Whittingham: Green Party
• Seat currently held by the Conservatives' Lisa Holmes.
Mirfield:
Stephen Bird: Liberal Democrats
Keiron Dunn: Labour
Kath Taylor: Conservatives
Catherine Whittingham: Green Party
• Seat currently held by the Conservatives' Kath Taylor.
Newsome:
Scarlett Black: Conservative
Susan Lee-Richards: Green Party
Chris Owen: Labour
Andrew Wilkinson: Liberal Democrats
• Seat currently held by the Greens' Julie Stewart-Turner, who is stepping down.