Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011

Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.

There will be 17 seats up for election, one third of the council. The last election left the council with no overall control, and is run by the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats.

Election result

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Election, 2011
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	17	8				47.1%	32.3%	19,747
	Labour Co-op	9	4				23.5%	18.9%	11,521
	Labour	8	3				17.6%	16.1%	9,826
	Liberal Democrat	17	2				11.8%	17.9%	10,943
	Independent	7	0	0	0	0	0	6.8%	4,165
	Green	6	0	0	0	0	0	3.6%	2,175
	BNP	6	0	0	0	0	0	3.4%	2,099
	BPP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.3%	203

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓

19	19	10	2	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	Labour	Ind	BN

After the election the composition of the council was:

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20	15	13	2	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	Labour	Ind	BN

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservative	19	20
	Liberal Democrat	19	15
	Labour	10	13
	Independent	2	2
	BNP	1	1
Total		51	51

Ward results

Brighouse Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scott Lloyd Benton	1,278
	Labour Co-op	Edith Ann Martin	1,180
	Independent	Joyce Cawthra	968
	Liberal Democrat	Mat Bowles	200
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Calder Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Young	1,660
	Liberal Democrat	Hywel Morgan	1,042
	Conservative	Gail Patricia Lund	915
	Green	Alan Patrick McDonald	754
	Independent	Stephen Denis Curry	262
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Elland Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Frank Brearley Ford	997
	Liberal Democrat	Stella Haigh	932
	Labour	Angi Gallagher	905
	Green	Susan Ann Thomas	262
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Greetland and Stainland Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Joseph Wardhaugh	1,271
	Conservative	Sam Stafford	1,138
	Labour	Jim Gallagher	722
	Green	Mark Richard Mullany	261
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Eric Kirton	1,628
	Independent	Chris O'Connor	1,256
	Labour	Anthony Rutherford	710
	Liberal Democrat	Jennie Rigg	188
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Illingworth and Mixenden Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Barry Kaye Collins	1,489
	Conservative	Andrew James Tagg	1,039
	BNP	Jane Ann Shooter	614
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Albrett	109
	Independent	Seán Vincent Loftus	101
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Luddendenfoot Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hugh Marshall	1,414
	Labour Co-op	Simon Robert Young	1,361
	Liberal Democrat	John Boje Frederiksen	879
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northowram and Shelf Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Laurence Taylor	2,142
	Labour	Gary Walsh	1,205
	BNP	Simon Michael Gill	262
	Liberal Democrat	Glen Mattock	213
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ovenden Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Bryan Thomas Raymond Smith	1,265
	Conservative	Peter Caffrey	464
	BNP	Katie Jane Gill	330
	Liberal Democrat	John Dennis Reynolds	157
Majority			801
Turnout			2,231
	Labour hold		Swing

Park Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Faisal Shoukat	2,353
	Liberal Democrat	Shazad Fazal	1,272
	Independent	Shakar Saghir	444
	Conservative	Naveed Khan	416
Majority			1,081
Turnout			4,553	51.39
	Labour hold		Swing

Rastrick Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Pillai	1,239
	Labour Co-op	Peter Judge	1,136
	Independent	Adrian Hartshorn	673
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Yates	439
Majority			103
Turnout			3,498	41.01
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ryburn Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Ernest Thornber	1,896
	Labour	Judy Gannon	1,089
	Green	Freda Mary Davis	300
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Graham James	292
Majority			807
Turnout			3,594	41.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skircoat Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marcus Joseph Chance Thompson	1,584
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Gow	1,401
	Labour Co-op	Anne Collins	993
	Green	Charles Gate	339
Majority			183
Turnout			4,335	45.87
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Sowerby Bridge Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Dave Draycott	1,364
	Conservative	Andrew David Feather	1,164
	BNP	Emma Louise Haldenby	315
	Liberal Democrat	Denise Jagger	312
Majority			200
Turnout			3,170	38.35
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Todmorden Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Booth	1,182	32.23
	Conservative	Julie Louise Stansfield	822	22.41
	Liberal Democrat	Olwen Jennings	705	19.22
	Independent	David William O'Neill	461	12.57
	Green	Kate Sweeny	259	7.06
	BPP	David Jones	203	5.53
Majority			360
Turnout			3,667	43.69
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Town Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Timothy John Swift	1,552
	Conservative	Geoffrey Thompson	828
	BNP	Richard Wayne Armstrong	325
	Liberal Democrat	James Baker	197
Majority			724
Turnout			2,928	33.95
	Labour hold		Swing

Warley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Jones Hutson	1,334
	Labour Co-op	Martin Burton	1,181
	Conservative	Beverley Anne Carter	783
	BNP	Paul Leslie Steven Wadsworth	253
Majority			398
Turnout			3,567	41.88
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing