Candidates in Spen Valley — Local Elections 2026
These are the people standing in the upcoming local elections on 7 May 2026. Click a candidate to learn more about them.
Birstall and Birkenshaw
15 candidates
Adrian Reid
Bernard Thomas Disken
Cheya Amélie Watson
Corey Patrick Hayes
Elaine Wilkes
Jamie Conor Foster
Joshua Connor Sheard
Keith Mallinson
Liz Smaje
Lorna Maria Goldman
Louise Mary Walsh
Mark Stephen Thompson
Philip Anthony James
Richard Dod
Tahir Akram
Cleckheaton
15 candidates
Piers John Briggs
Active on State
Adeel Feroz
Andrew Charles Pinnock
Andrew Lyndon Gray
Erica Susan Amende
Isabelle Frances Cranfield Maddox
John Craig Lawson
Kathryn Mary Pinnock
Kay Belinda Quantrill
Michael Lockwood
Michael Robert Howard
Mohammed Babar
Richard Yeoman
Tony Veverka
Zac Williamson
Heckmondwike
19 candidates
Aafaq Butt
Ali Arshad
Amy Loughenbury
Benjamin Michael Wainman
Clare Naughton
Gill Long
Glennis-Anne Harrison
Joanne Wallace-Thompson
John Sykes
Josie Pugsley
Lee Konrad Cliff
Liz King
Lyndsey Hall
Muhammad Anwar Zahid
Naeem Latif
Simon Holbrook
Simon Phillip Thirkill
Stephen James Long
Viv Kendrick
Liversedge and Gomersal
16 candidates
Andrew Malcolm McCaig
Caroline Jane Holt
Chris Williams
Daniel Francis Michael Friend
David James Hall
David Peter Snee
George Mason Hall
Hazel Anne Seidel
Jane Barraclough
Matt Clarke
Maya Elizabeth Friend
Nicholas Eugene Whittingham
Ralph Wright
Sarah Louise Wood
Susan Jeanette Maxfield
Tracey Louise King
Mirfield
15 candidates
Andrew Hartley Wilkinson
Carl Richard Pickering
Catherine Helen Whittingham
Claire Louise Scargill
Debby Plummer
James Howard Fishwick
James Steven O'Leary
Jessica Rose May White
Mark Hamilton
Martyn Bolt
Matthew Maude
Richard Mark Dewhirst
Shanta Pinnock
Thomas Charles Waterhouse
Vivien Lees-Hamilton