politics

Kirklees Election Candidates

Tomorrow 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.