Candidates for each Kirklees Council ward The asterisk denotes the sitting councillor defending the seat.
ALMONDBURY
Ian Brooke (Ind)
*Ann Denham (Lib Dem)
Keiron Dunn (Lab)
Melvin Gray (Ind)
David Hargreaves (Green)
Martin Leonard (Con)
James Whitehead (BNP)
ASHBROW
Bill Armer (Con)
Yvonne Hutchinson (Ind)
Mel Mills (Kirklees Save Our Services)
John Phillips (Green)
*Ken Smith (Lab)
James Wilkinson (Lib Dem)
BATLEY EAST
Nadeem Hussain (Con)
Mary Ioannou (BNP)
Irfan Iqbal (Lib Dem)
*Hanif Mayet (Lab)
Brenda Smithson (Green)
BATLEY WEST
Allan Bentley (Lib Dem)
Julian Flynn (Green)
Kelly McKeown (Con)
*Shabir Pandor (Lab)
Ian Roper (BNP)
BIRSTALL AND BIRKENSHAW
Jon Bloom (Lib Dem)
Clive Lord (Green)
*Andrew Palfreeman (Con)
Amanda Stubley (Lab)
John Wilkinson (BNP)
CLECKHEATON
Richard Brown (BNP)
Sally-Ann Cook (Con)
Janice Cronin (Green)
*Kath Pinnock (Lib Dem)
Michael Ramsden (Lab)
COLNE VALLEY
Christine Hanson (BNP)
Lesley Hedges (Green)
Bunty Herriott (Con)
David Ridgway (Lib Dem)
Helen Singleton (Lab)
CROSLAND MOOR AND NETHERTON
Chas Ball (Green)
Ian Rutter (Lib Dem)
Ian Slattery (Save Huddersfield NHS)
John Travis (Con)
Skye Turner (BNP)
*Molly Walton (Lab)
DALTON
Sharon Fallows (Green)
Roger Jessop (Con)
*Peter McBride (Lab)
Rochelle Parchment (Lib Dem)
Jonathan Wright (BNP)
DENBY DALE
Craig Armistead (Lib Dem)
*Maggie Blanshard (Lab)
John Cook (Con)
June Firth (BNP)
Paul McEnhill (English Democrats Putting England First)
Andrew Stimson (Green)
DEWSBURY EAST
Alan Girvan (BNP)
Dennis Hullock (Lib Dem)
*Paul Kane (Lab)
Mohammed Mahroof (Con)
DEWSBURY SOUTH
Frank Atack (BNP)
Bernard Disken (Lib Dem)
Yunus Gajra (Lab)
*Khizar Iqbal (Con)
Gillian Jolly (Green)
DEWSBURY WEST
Rashid Afsar (Lab)
Danny Auty (BNP)
Peter Cunnington (Green)
*Karam Hussain (Lib Dem)
Keith Sibbald (Con)
GOLCAR
Jeremy Cuss (Lab)
Jackie Firth (Con)
Dan Greenwood (Green)
*Christine Iredale (Lib Dem)
Robert Walker (BNP)
GREENHEAD
Paul Cooney (Green)
*Mehboob Khan (Lab)
Paul Murphy (Con)
Geraldine O’Reilly (Lib Dem)
Linda Wild (Ind)
HECKMONDWIKE
Chrissy Bloom (Lib Dem)
*David Exley (BNP)
Steve Hall (Lab)
Phillip Stocks (Con)
HOLME VALLEY NORTH
Andrea Gosslin (Lib Dem)
*Terry Lyons (Ind)
Boney Maroney (The Blah Party)
Claire Plunkett (Green)
Beryl Smith (Con)
Bill Tankard (Lab)
Deborah Wright (BNP)
HOLME VALLEY SOUTH
Simon Anscombe (Green)
Chris Chapple (Lab)
*Donald Firth (Con)
Arthur Pritchard (Lib Dem)
Len Sandford (BNP)
KIRKBURTON
Michelle Atkinson (Green)
Gerald Edinburgh (Lib Dem)
Mike Greetham (Lab)
*Adrian Murphy (Con)
Ivan Purkiss (English Democrats Putting England First)
LINDLEY
Trisha Benge (BNP)
Douglas Morgan (Lab)
Richard Plunkett (Green)
*Christine Stanfield (Lib Dem)
Bob Steer (Con)
LIVERSEDGE AND GOMERSAL
*Margaret Bates (Con)
Neil Bentley (Lib Dem)
Steve Cass (BNP)
Simon Cave (Lab)
Gill Redshaw (Green)
MIRFIELD
*Martyn Bolt (Con)
Nick Cass (BNP)
Brian Firth (Lib Dem)
Julie Miles (Lab)
David Pinder (The New Party)
Brian Strudwick (Green)
NEWSOME
*Andrew Cooper (Green)
Stuart Exley (BNP)
Jean Goodison (Lab)
Helen Greaves (Lib Dem)
Janice Thomas (Con)