Thousands of voters headed to their local polling stations in Kirklees on Thursday, May 4 to elect a new set of councillors.

All over England, elections have been held for local governments.

In Kirklees, a third of council seats are up for election three years out of four.

This means 23 of 69 councillors are up for election in this cycle.

Before the election, the council was currently Labour-controlled, with a significant majority.

Labour has 35 councillors, the Conservatives have 18 and the Liberal Democrats have eight.

There are three Green Party councillors, three councillors in an independent group, and one independent councillor.

There is also currently a vacancy in the Ashbrow ward.

The UK government has introduced a requirement for voters to show photo ID when voting at a polling station at some elections.

This new requirement applied for the first time in England at these local elections.

Counting begins on Friday, May 5, with a result expected at 3pm.

You can see where all local elections are taking place here

You can also see all the results from across Yorkshire here

The results of the election will be published here as soon as they are available.

Kirklees council: Local election results 2023