District council election results, 4 May 2000

Almondbury
Party Candidate name Votes
Liberal Democrat Ann Denham 1,934
Labour Jacqueline Hardaker 724
Conservative Paul Ambler 390
Green Claire Plunkett 126
Socialist Alternative Joanne Haley 74
Total votes:
 3,248
Turnout:
 31.42%
Batley East
Party Candidate name Votes
Labour Ghulam Maniyar 2,073
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Bloom 1,572
Conservative Anne Dickinson 902
Green Karen Sykes 92
Total votes:
 4,639
Turnout:
 36.26%
Batley West
Party Candidate name Votes
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Alvy 1,561
Labour Lawrence Conlon 1,455
Conservative Charles Shaw 534
Green Timothy Sykes 87
Total votes:
 3,637
Turnout:
 27.18%
Birkby
Party Candidate name Votes
Labour Mehboob Khan 2,688
Conservative Anthony Brice 1,098
Liberal Democrat David Waddington 380
Green John Phillips 170
Socialist Labour Graham Hellawell 113
Total votes:
 4,449
Turnout:
 37.62%
Birstall and Birkenshaw
Party Candidate name Votes
Conservative Robert Light 1,996
Labour Austin Calvert 1,254
Liberal Democrat Neil Bentley 395
Green Clive Lord 184
Total votes:
 3,829
Turnout:
 28.27%
Cleckheaton
Party Candidate name Votes
Liberal Democrat Ann Raistrick 1,858
Conservative Robert Ryan 805
Labour Michael Mason 741
Independent Democratic Socialist Labour (Anti Blair) Colin Spencer 53
Total votes:
 3,457
Turnout:
 29.44%
Colne Valley West
Party Candidate name Votes
Liberal Democrat David Ridgway 1,508
Independent Dorothy Lindley 1,366
Labour Ian Leedham 549
Conservative Annabel Herriott 238
Green Sandra Leyland 186
Total votes:
 3,847
Turnout:
 38.40%
Crosland Moor
Party Candidate name Votes
Liberal Democrat Ian Rutter 1,722
Labour Graham Sykes 1,358
Conservative Neil Craven 773
Green Stephen Bradbury 245
Socialist Labour Ian Brooke 108
Total votes:
 4,206
Turnout:
 35.25%
Dalton
Party Candidate name Votes
Liberal Democrat Elaine Sims 1,592
Labour Melvyn Munday 1,413
Conservative Roger Jessop 624
Green Tony Brooks 117
Total votes:
 3,746
Turnout:
 31.94%
Deighton
Party Candidate name Votes
Labour Jean Calvert 894
Liberal Democrat Alistair Cheetham 757
Conservative Liiana Brice 222
Green Edward Adams 84
Socialist Labour Simon Morris 46
Total votes:
 2,003
Turnout:
 21.06%
Denby Dale
Party Candidate name Votes
Conservative Sheila Hey 2,031
Labour David Harpin 1,790
Liberal Democrat Robert Nuttall 614
Green Brian Strudwick 199
Total votes:
 4,634
Turnout:
 32.80%
Dewsbury East
Party Candidate name Votes
Liberal Democrat Dennis Hullock 1,351
Labour Paul Ellis 1,149
Conservative Stuart Fairbairn 595
Green Sarah Greenwood 70
Total votes:
 3,165
Turnout:
 27.60%
Dewsbury West
Party Candidate name Votes
Labour Mohammed Razaq 2,118
Liberal Democrat Glynis Davies 2,091
Conservative Lynn Holland 598
Independent Dennis Richardson 176
Green David Honour 90
Total votes:
 5,073
Turnout:
 39.90%
Golcar
Party Candidate name Votes
Liberal Democrat Mary Granger 2,159
Labour Jamil Akhtar 867
Conservative Karen Tweed 599
Green David Carter 199
Total votes:
 3,824
Turnout:
 29.80%
Heckmondwike
Party Candidate name Votes
Labour Peter Sykes 1,498
Conservative Roger Roberts 1,412
Liberal Democrat David Marsden 391
Green Gillian Redshaw 149
Total votes:
 3,450
Turnout:
 29.95%
Holme Valley North
Party Candidate name Votes
Liberal Democrat Marie Bower 1,718
Conservative Richard Wrigley 1,188
Labour Carol Hirst 701
Green Barry Ward 149
The Official Monster Raving Loony Robert Staniforth 36
Independence Geezer Michael Madden 33
Kirklees Council Watch Martin Murphy 32
Total votes:
 3,857
Turnout:
 31.42%
Holme Valley South
Party Candidate name Votes
Conservative Kenneth Sims 2,021
Labour David Taylor 1,223
Liberal Democrat Helen Smith 933
Green Jonathan Clowes 252
Total votes:
 4,429
Turnout:
 32.60%
Kirkburton
Party Candidate name Votes
Conservative Christine Smith 2,110
Labour Roy Dobson 1,171
Green Derek Hardcastle 710
Liberal Democrat Gerald Edinburgh 487
Total votes:
 4,478
Turnout:
 32.40%
Lindley
Party Candidate name Votes
Liberal Democrat David Payne 1,925
Conservative David James 1,457
Labour Naheed Arshad-Mather 558
Green Richard Plunkett 283
Total votes:
 4,223
Turnout:
 31.85%
Mirfield
Party Candidate name Votes
Conservative Beverley Warby 2,300
Labour Kevin Fisher 1,391
Liberal Democrat John Dobson 324
Green Allan Armstrong 115
Total votes:
 4,130
Turnout:
 32.80%
Newsome
Party Candidate name Votes
Green Resigned 2,400
Labour Barrie Metcalfe 875
Liberal Democrat Rana Younas 500
Conservative Oliver Colling 216
Kirklees Council Watch Sean Hellawell 77
Total votes:
 4,068
Turnout:
 36.35%
Paddock
Party Candidate name Votes
Labour Mohan Sokhal 1,526
Liberal Democrat Patricia Milner 1,461
Conservative Kenneth Giles 537
Socialist Labour Alan Brooke 76
Green Leslie Bailey 75
Total votes:
 3,675
Turnout:
 32.62%
Spen
Party Candidate name Votes
Conservative Margaret Bates 1,623
Labour Gordon North 1,260
Liberal Democrat Eileen Newsome 310
Green Joan Smithson 78
Total votes:
 3,271
Turnout:
 26.25%
Thornhill
Party Candidate name Votes
Labour Gulfam Asif 1,788
Labour Thimme Gowda 1,213
Liberal Democrat Gary Denison 655
Green Gillian Jolly 128
Total votes:
 3,784
Turnout:
 30.53%