Election results for Dewsbury South

District Council Election - Thursday 7th May 2026
Comparison with previous election

 Independent Hold Councillor Hanifa Darwan was re-elected with a majority of 2%, a change of -49% from the previous election. A total of 15666 votes were cast.

Table of main parties and election candidates retaining deposit
Election CandidatePartyNumber%Status% Change
Councillor Hanifa DarwanIndependent211714%Re-elected-49%
Councillor Masood AhmedIndependent187312%Newly electedn/a
Councillor Christopher KennedyReform UK13118%Newly electedn/a
Soyeb YusufIndependent12948%Not electedn/a
Imtiaz Ali AmeenLabour12878%Not electedn/a
Michael Kenneth FortuneReform UK12428%Not electedn/a
Ryan WardReform UK12158%Not electedn/a
Mohammed AliLabour11207%Not electedn/a
Jackie RamsayLabour9836%Not electedn/a
Ismail Yusuf BhanaIndependent9236%Not electedn/a
Other election candidates-see below230115%-4%
Table of other election candidates
Election Candidate Party Number % Outcome
Mohammed Abubaker Haneef Green Party 425 3% Not elected
Ebony Riann Johnson Green Party 329 2% Not elected
Myste Brooke Webster Green Party 307 2% Not elected
Pamela Joyce Thorne Conservative 226 1% Not elected
Marjorie Wheelhouse Conservative 215 1% Not elected
Claire Voyce Conservative 204 1% Not elected
Shaun Maddox Independent 201 1% Not elected
Stephen John Bird Liberal Democrats 156 1% Not elected
Chrissy Bloom Liberal Democrats 138 1% Not elected
John Edward Rossington Liberal Democrats 100 1% Not elected