Reform UK has become the largest party on Kirklees Council after previously having no representation, while ruling party Labour fail to secure a single seat.
Reform won 29 seats, with 14 Independents, 12 Greens, nine Conservatives and five Liberal Democrats also elected, with no overall control for any party.
Kirklees’ Labour group leader Carole Pattison, who lost her Greenhead ward seat to the Greens, said she was “seriously concerned” about the lack of experience those who made gains had in local politics.
Pattison added: “The message has been ‘get Starmer out’, but this is about local services, Starmer isn’t standing in this election.”