Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

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Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Third of council elected three years out of four
Arms of Calderdale Council
Coat of arms
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Leader
Tim Swift, Labour
since 27 May 2015
Mayor
Marcus Thompson
since May 2018
Structure
Seats51 (26 needed for a majority
Calderdale Council composition
Political groups
Largest party
  Labour Party (24)
Opposition parties
Joint committees
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
3 May 2018 (one third of councillors)
Next election
2019 (one third of councillors)
Meeting place
Halifax Town Hall
Halifax Town Hall
Halifax
West Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Website
www.calderdale.gov.uk

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Calderdale. Since 1 April 2014 it has been a constituent council of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.[1]

Elections

Electoral arrangements

Calderdale is divided into 17 wards, each ward having three councillors which stand for a four-year term. This makes a total of 51 councillors. One third of the council is elected three years in every four.

The ward boundaries were redrawn in 2004 so the whole council was up for election. One third of the council was elected from 2006 onward.

Current political make-up

As of 2018 the council remains in no overall control, with Labour two seats short of a majority.

Party Affiliation Number
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour 24
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative 19
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats 6
Independent 1
style="background-color: Template:Independent Conservative/meta/color" | Independent Conservative 1

Historical political make-up

Year style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | Labour style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | Conservative style="background-color: Template:Independent Conservative/meta/color; width: 3px;" | Ind. Con. style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | Lib Dems style="background-color: Template:Independent Liberal Democrat/meta/color; width: 3px;" | Ind. LD style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | Ind style="background-color: Template:British National Party/meta/color; width: 3px;" | BNP style="background-color: Template:English Democrats/meta/color; width: 3px;" | Eng Dem
2018 24 19 1 6 0 1 0 0
2018 23 20 1 5 0 2 0 0
2016 23 21 0 5 0 2 0 0
2016 23 22 0 5 0 1 0 0
2015 24 21 0 5 0 1 0 0
2014 25 19 0 6 0 1 0 0
2012 21 17 0 11 0 2 0 0
2012 20 17 0 12 0 2 0 0
2011 13 21 0 13 1 3 0 0
2011 13 21 0 14 0 2 1 0
2010 10 19 0 17 0 4 1 0
2010 10 20 0 17 0 3 1 0
2009 9 21 0 15 0 3 2 1
2008 9 21 0 16 0 2 2 1
2008 9 20 0 17 0 2 2 1
2007 11 18 0 17 0 3 1 1
2007 11 18 0 16 0 4 1 1
2006 10 18 0 16 0 4 2 1
2006 10 20 0 16 0 3 2 0
2004 9 21 0 15 0 3 3 0

Wards

Wards within Calderdale Council
Calder Valley Halifax

1. Todmorden
2. Calder
3. Luddendenfoot
4. Ryburn
8. Greetland and Stainland
14. Elland
15. Hipperholme and Lightcliffe
16. Brighouse
17. Rastrick

5. Illingworth and Mixenden
6. Warley
7. Sowerby Bridge
9. Ovenden
10. Park
11. Skircoat
12. Northowram and Shelf
13. Town

Leaders and control

Name Years Control
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tim Swift 2015 – present No Overall Control
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen Baines MBE 2014 – 2015
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tim Swift 2012 – 2014
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Janet Battye 2010 – 2012
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen Baines MBE 2008 – 2010
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ann McAllister 2006 – 2008
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Ford ? – 2006

Mayor

Name[2] Years
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Marcus Thompson 2018 – 2019
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ferman Ali 2017 – 2018
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Howard Blagbrough 2016 – 2017
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Lisa Lambert 2015 – 2016
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Pat Allen 2014 – 2015
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ann Martin 2013 – 2014
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Hardy 2012 – 2013
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Nader Fekri 2011 – 2012
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Keith Watson 2010 – 2011
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ann McAllister 2010
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arshad Mahmood 2009 – 2010
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Conrad Winterburn 2008 – 2009
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Martin Peel 2007 – 2008
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" | Colin Stout 2006 – 2007
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Williamson 2005 – 2006
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Olwen Jennings 2004 – 2005
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Geraldine Carter 2003 – 2004
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Patrick Phillips 2002 – 2003
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris O'Connor 2001 – 2002
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Peter Coles 2000 – 2001
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Graham Hall 1999 – 2000
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Alan Worth 1998 – 1999
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Alan Worth 1997 – 1998
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Susan Tucker 1997
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Dawn Neal 1996 – 1997
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Graham Reason 1995 – 1996
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen Pearson 1994 – 1995
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tony Mazey 1993 – 1994
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bill Carpenter 1992 – 1993
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tom McElroy 1991 – 1992
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Joe Tolan 1990 – 1991
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Joe Kneafsey 1989 – 1990
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Albert Berry 1988 – 1989
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Wilfred Sharp 1987 – 1988
style="background-color: Template:SDP–Liberal Alliance/meta/color" | David Fox 1986 – 1987
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tom Lawler 1985 – 1986
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Bradley 1984 – 1985
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kevin Lord 1983 – 1984
style="background-color: Template:SDP–Liberal Alliance/meta/color" | David Shutt 1982 – 1983
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Eric Whitehead 1981 – 1982
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Harry Wilson 1980 – 1981
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Betty Wildsmith 1979 – 1980
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Richard Deadman 1978 – 1979
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Eric Dennett 1977 – 1978
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mona Mitchell 1976 – 1977
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kathleen Cawdry 1975 – 1976
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Joe Tolan 1974 – 1975

See also

References

  1. ^ The West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014
  2. ^ Calderdale Votes: 40 years of local democracy. Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
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