At least 12 Kirklees councillors are standing down at this year’s election.

On May 7, Kirklees voters will head to the polls to choose who they would like to represent their areas, as thousands of council seats are contested in local elections up and down the country.

This year, every one of the council’s 69 seats is up for grabs due to the recent boundary review.

Kirklees Council is currently run by Labour as a minority administration. The group holds 23 of all 69 seats on the council, with the remainder belonging to the Conservatives (16), Independents (10), Lib Dems (nine), Community Alliance (four), Greens (four), Community Independents (two) and one vacancy.

Pictured clockwise from top left are Coun Itrat Ali (Con, Mirfield), Coun Darren O’Donovan (Labour, Dewsbury West), Coun Gwen Lowe (Labour, Batley West) and Coun Nosheen Dad (Labour, Dewsbury South), who are all standing down at the upcoming Kirklees Council elections

placeholder image — Pictured clockwise from top left are Coun Itrat Ali (Con, Mirfield), Coun Darren O’Donovan (Labour, Dewsbury West), Coun Gwen Lowe (Labour, Batley West) and Coun Nosheen Dad (Labour, Dewsbury South), who are all standing down at the upcoming Kirklees Council elections

The full council meeting earlier this month saw tributes paid to councillors who are not seeking re-election.

They include Labour councillors Gwen Lowe (Batley West), Nosheen Dad (Dewsbury South) and Darren O’Donovan (Dewsbury West), as well as Conservative councillor Itrat Ali (Mirfield).