{"id":60150,"date":"2024-05-03T11:01:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=60150"},"modified":"2024-05-03T11:11:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:11:02","slug":"wards-to-watch-as-counts-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/wards-to-watch-as-counts-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Wards to watch as counts continue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-9a6fdb2e-7fff-8b2d-8910-2cec04217ab5\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\">Almondbury:<\/span><\/p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-9a6fdb2e-7fff-8b2d-8910-2cec04217ab5\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\">Almondbury\u2019s conservative councillor Bernard McGuin stepped down at this election, leaving the area open to a new challenger. Aside from McGuin, the other two seats are held by Lib Dems Cllr Alison Munro and Cllr Paola Davies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-9a6fdb2e-7fff-8b2d-8910-2cec04217ab5\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\">Batley East:<\/span><\/p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-9a6fdb2e-7fff-8b2d-8910-2cec04217ab5\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\">Batley East is another one to watch after having a rocky 12 months, with a by-election taking place back in August due to former councillor Fazila Loonat being jailed. Last years election was a close call, with several recounts that saw just a mere 14 votes separating Labour and the conservatives, with Labour\u2019s Habiban Zaman taking the victory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-9a6fdb2e-7fff-8b2d-8910-2cec04217ab5\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\">Denby Dale:<\/span><\/p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-9a6fdb2e-7fff-8b2d-8910-2cec04217ab5\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\">Denby Dale could also be a close one with just 5% of the vote separating Labour who were victorious and the Conservatives last year.<\/span><\/p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-9a6fdb2e-7fff-8b2d-8910-2cec04217ab5\"><div><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almondbury: Almondbury\u2019s conservative councillor Bernard McGuin stepped down at this election, leaving the area open to a new challenger. 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