Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011

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

2011 local election results in Calderdale

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	%	№	Net %
	Labour	17	7	3	0	+3	41.2%	35.0%	21,347
	Conservative	17	8	3	1	+2	47.1%	32.3%	19,747
	Liberal Democrat	17	2	0	4	-4	11.8%	17.9%	10,943
	Independent	7	0	0	1	-1	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	18	10	3	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	Labour	Ind	BN

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓
21	14	13	2	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	Labour	Ind	BN

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservative	19	21
	Liberal Democrat	18	14
	Labour	10	13
	Independent	3	2
	BNP	1	1
Total		51	51

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Brighouse
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 gain from Independent		Swing

The incumbent was Joyce Cawthra as an Independent.

Calder ward

Calder
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

The incumbent was David O'Neill for the Liberal Democrats.

Elland ward

Elland
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

The incumbent was Diane Park for the Liberal Democrats.

Greetland and Stainland ward

Greetland and Stainland
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

The incumbent was Peter Wardhaugh for the Liberal Democrats.

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe
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

The incumbent was David Kirton for the Conservative Party.

Illingworth and Mixenden ward

Illingworth and Mixenden
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

The incumbent was Barry Collins for the Labour Party.

Luddendenfoot ward

Luddendenfoot
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

The incumbent was Richard Marshall for the Conservative Party.

Northowram and Shelf ward

Northowram and Shelf
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

The incumbent was Roger Taylor for the Conservative Party.

Ovenden ward

Ovenden
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

The incumbent was Bryan Smith for the Labour Party.

Park ward

Park
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

The incumbent was Arshad Mahmood for the Labour Party.

Rastrick ward

Rastrick
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

The incumbent was Craig Whittaker for the Conservative Party.

Ryburn ward

Ryburn
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

The incumbent was Robert Thornber for the Conservative Party.

Skircoat ward

Skircoat
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

The incumbent was Stephen Gow for the Liberal Democrats.

Sowerby Bridge ward

Sowerby Bridge
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

The incumbent was Andrew Feather for the Conservative Party.

Todmorden ward

Todmorden
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

The incumbent was Olwen Jennings for the Liberal Democrats.

Town ward

Town
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

The incumbent was Timothy Swift for the Labour Party.

Warley ward

Warley
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

The incumbent was Jennifer Pearson for the Liberal Democrats.

References

Council elections in West Yorkshire

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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Wakefield Metropolitan District Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

West Yorkshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

West Riding County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

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