| Election Name: | 2006 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2007 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
| Seats For Election: | One third of seats (23 of 69) to Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 35 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2006 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seats After1: | 21 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 29,200 |
| Percentage1: | 23.6% |
| Swing1: | 0.1% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seats After2: | 20 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 31,076 |
| Percentage2: | 25.1% |
| Swing2: | 0.5% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Seats After3: | 20 |
| Seat Change3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 24,445 |
| Percentage3: | 19.8% |
| Swing3: | 4.0% |
| Party4: | British National Party |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seats After4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 22,914 |
| Percentage4: | 18.5% |
| Swing4: | 5.3% |
| Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 3 |
| Popular Vote5: | 10,300 |
| Percentage5: | 8.3% |
| Swing5: | 2.7% |
| Party6: | Save Huddersfield NHS |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Seats After6: | 1 |
| Seat Change6: | 1 |
| Popular Vote6: | 2,827 |
| Percentage6: | 2.3% |
| Swing6: | New |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Majority party | |
| Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
| Before Election: | No overall control |
| After Election: | No overall control |
Elections to Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 25 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Conservative | Labour | Gr | B | I |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 21 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Conservative | Labour | Gr | B | I | S |
| valign=centre colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 21 | |||||
| 22 | 21 | |||||
| 17 | 19 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| 0 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 69 | 69 | ||||
The incumbent was Linda Wilkinson.
The incumbent was Jean Calvert.
The incumbent was Mahmood Akhtar.
The incumbent was Geoffrey Alvy who stood down at this election.
The incumbent was Liz Smaje.
The incumbent was Ann Raistrick.
The incumbent was Dorothy Lindley.
The incumbent was Shahida Awan
The incumbent was Angela Ellam.
The incumbent was Jim Dodds.
The incumbent was Eric Firth.
The incumbent was Jonathan Scott.
The incumbent was Keith Oldroyd.
The incumbent was Andrew Marchington.
The incumbent was Mohan Sokhal.
The incumbent was Tabasum Aslam who stood down at this election.
The incumbent was Mike Bower who stood down at this election.
The incumbent was Nigel Patrick.
The incumbent was Christine Smith.
The incumbent was Tony Brice.
The incumbent was David Hall.
The incumbent was Beverley Warby who stood down at this election.
The incumbent was Sharon Fallows who stood down at this election.