2011 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
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
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | 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 Democrats | 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:
20 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
Conservative | Lib Dem | Labour | Ind | BN |
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Conservative | 19 | 20 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 19 | 15 | |||
Labour | 10 | 13 | |||
Independent | 2 | 2 | |||
BNP | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 51 | 51 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Scott Lloyd Benton | 1,278 | |||
Labour Co-op | Edith Ann Martin | 1,180 | |||
Independent | Joyce Cawthra | 968 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mat Bowles | 200 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dave Young | 1,660 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Hywel Morgan | 1,042 | |||
Conservative | Gail Patricia Lund | 915 | |||
Green | Alan Patrick McDonald | 754 | |||
Independent | Stephen Denis Curry | 262 | |||
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Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Frank Brearley Ford | 997 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stella Haigh | 932 | |||
Labour | Angi Gallagher | 905 | |||
Green | Susan Ann Thomas | 262 | |||
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Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Joseph Wardhaugh | 1,271 | |||
Conservative | Sam Stafford | 1,138 | |||
Labour | Jim Gallagher | 722 | |||
Green | Mark Richard Mullany | 261 | |||
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Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Eric Kirton | 1,628 | |||
Independent | Chris O'Connor | 1,256 | |||
Labour | Anthony Rutherford | 710 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jennie Rigg | 188 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Barry Kaye Collins | 1,489 | |||
Conservative | Andrew James Tagg | 1,039 | |||
BNP | Jane Ann Shooter | 614 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Albrett | 109 | |||
Independent | Seán Vincent Loftus | 101 | |||
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Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Hugh Marshall | 1,414 | |||
Labour Co-op | Simon Robert Young | 1,361 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Boje Frederiksen | 879 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roger Laurence Taylor | 2,142 | |||
Labour | Gary Walsh | 1,205 | |||
BNP | Simon Michael Gill | 262 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Glen Mattock | 213 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Bryan Thomas Raymond Smith | 1,265 | |||
Conservative | Peter Caffrey | 464 | |||
BNP | Katie Jane Gill | 330 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Dennis Reynolds | 157 | |||
Majority | 801 | ||||
Turnout | 2,231 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Faisal Shoukat | 2,353 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Shazad Fazal | 1,272 | |||
Independent | Shakar Saghir | 444 | |||
Conservative | Naveed Khan | 416 | |||
Majority | 1,081 | ||||
Turnout | 4,553 | 51.39 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Pillai | 1,239 | |||
Labour Co-op | Peter Judge | 1,136 | |||
Independent | Adrian Hartshorn | 673 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nick Yates | 439 | |||
Majority | 103 | ||||
Turnout | 3,498 | 41.01 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Ernest Thornber | 1,896 | |||
Labour | Judy Gannon | 1,089 | |||
Green | Freda Mary Davis | 300 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Graham James | 292 | |||
Majority | 807 | ||||
Turnout | 3,594 | 41.91 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marcus Joseph Chance Thompson | 1,584 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Dave Draycott | 1,364 | |||
Conservative | Andrew David Feather | 1,164 | |||
BNP | Emma Louise Haldenby | 315 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Denise Jagger | 312 | |||
Majority | 200 | ||||
Turnout | 3,170 | 38.35 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jayne Booth | 1,182 | 32.23 | ||
Conservative | Julie Louise Stansfield | 822 | 22.41 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Timothy John Swift | 1,552 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Thompson | 828 | |||
BNP | Richard Wayne Armstrong | 325 | |||
Liberal Democrats | James Baker | 197 | |||
Majority | 724 | ||||
Turnout | 2,928 | 33.95 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing |