In Dewsbury East, Labour councillor Paul Kane has kept his seat on Kirklees Council. But BNP nominee Alan Girvan came second, with more than 1,400 votes.

In Dewsbury West, Lib Dem Coun Karam Hussain kept his seat with a comfortable 1,382 majority.

In Dewsbury South, Conservative Coun Khizar Iqbal, cabinet member for safer communities, also kept his seat.

In Mirfield, Conservative Coun Martyn Bolt won with a massive 2,433 majority.

The full results were as follows:

Dewsbury East
Paul Kane (Lab): 2,090
Alan Girvan (BNP): 1,467
Dennis Hullock (Lib Dem): 1,087
Mohammed Mahroof (Con): 657

Dewsbury West
Karam Hussain (Lib Deb): 3,033
Rashid Afsar (Lab): 1,651
Daniel Auty (BNP): 720
Keith Sibbald (Con): 367
Peter Cunnington (Green): 136

Dewsbury South
Khizar Iqbal (Con): 3,208
Yunus Gajra (Lab): 1,518
Frank Atack (BNP): 1,050
Bernard Disken (Lib Dem): 315
Gillian Jolly (Green): 177

Mirfield
Martyn Bolt (Con): 3,400
Nick Cass (BNP): 967
Julie Miles (Lab): 797
David Pinder (New Party): 512
Brian Firth (Lib Dem): 261
Brian Strudwick (Green): 148

Elsewhere, the results were similarly static, with the Conservatives keeping control of Kirklees Council.

They made two gains - in Holme Valley North and Denby Dale.

Heckmondwike BNP councillor David Exley was ousted by Labour in a shock result.

Coun Exley was the first BNP councillor to be elected onto Kirklees and was the leader of the three-strong group.

He was beaten into second place by Labour's Steve Hall with a majority of 194 votes.

It was Labour's only gain and they lost two seats, in Dalton and Denby Dale.

The Liberal Democrats won the seat in Dalton.

See this week's Reporter for the full story.