Kirklees Council election candidates announced

Names were released today ahead of the vote on May 5, when polling stations will be open from 7am-10pm.

The results of the district council elections will be announced from 9am the following day.

Batley East

FADIA, FazilA - Labour

FARNHILL, Richard Allan - Lib Dem

GHAFFAR, Abdul - Independent

STOYLES, Char - Green

YATES, Derrick - Conservative

Batley West

GRIFFITH-JONES, James Samuel Laugharne - UKIP

HALL, Lyndsey - Conservative

KANE, Christopher Martin - Lib Dem

KITCHIN, Garry Mervyn - Green

PANDOR, Shabir - Labour

Birstall and Birkenshaw

HOLBROOK, Joyce Avril - UKIP

KANE, Clare Elisabeth - Lib Dem

KENNEDY, Jasmine Paris - Green

PALFREEMAN, Andrew Lawrence - Conservative

PATEL, Khalid Ahmed - Labour

Cleckheaton

BUTT, Aafaq Noor - Labour

GRAY, Andrew Lyndon - Conservative

PINNOCK, Kathryn Mary - Lib Dem

WALSHAW, Colin - UKIP

WHITTINGHAM , Catherine Helen - Green Party

Dewsbury East

BURROWS, Greg - UKIP

EASTWOOD, Mark Simon - Conservative

HULLOCK, Dennis - Lib Dem

KANE, Paul - Labour

KELSALL, Tony - Green

Dewsbury South

AMEEN, Imtiaz Ali - Conservative

ASIF, Gulfam - Labour

CRUDEN, Adrian Hugh - Green

DISKEN, Bernard Thomas - Lib Dem

Dewsbury West

COPE, Simon John - Green

HUSSAIN, Shehzad - Lib Dem

NOTTINGHAM, John David - Conservative

PERVAIZ, Mussarat - Labour

Heckmondwike

HALL, Steve - Labour

LAYTON, Sofia Yusuf - Green

LUKIC, Aleks - UKIP

PUGSLEY, Josie - Lib Dem

THORNTON, Robert James Michael - Conservative

Liversedge and Gomersal

GRAINGER-MEAD, Michelle Lisa - Conservative

HOLBROOK, Simon - UKIP

KHAN, Mohammed Jawad Afzal - Labour

SNEE, David Peter - Lib Dem

WHITTINGHAM, Nicholas Eugene - Green

Mirfield

BOLT, Stephen Martyn - Conservative

DOBSON, John Allen - Lib Dem

ROWLING, Karen Louise - Labour

WALTERS, Isabel Clare - Green