2011 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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

There were 17 seats up for election, one third of the council. After the election the council continued to have no overall control and continue to be run by a coalition between the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats.

During 2011 the Liberal Democrat councillor for the Warley Ward Robert Pearson left the Liberal Democrats and spent the remainder of his time on the council as an Independent Liberal Democrat.^[1] Councillor Tom Bates of the BNP left the party and continued his term as an independent councillor.^[2]

Election result[]

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Election, 2011
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	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 Democrats	17	2	0	3	-3	11.8%	17.9%	10,943
	Independent	7	0	0	2	-2	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	17	10	4	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 Democrats	17	14
	Labour	10	13
	Independent	4	2
	BNP	1	1
Total		51	51

Ward results[]

Brighouse ward[]

Brighouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scott Lloyd Benton	1,278
	Labour	Edith Ann Martin	1,180
	Independent	Joyce Cawthra	968
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats		Swing

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

Elland ward[]

Elland

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

The incumbent was Diane Park, an Independent.

Greetland and Stainland ward[]

Greetland and Stainland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Joseph Wardhaugh	1,271
	Conservative	Sam Stafford	1,138
	Labour	Jim Gallagher	722
	Green	Mark Richard Mullany	261
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats	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	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
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	Simon Robert Young	1,361
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	Glen Mattock	213
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was Roger Taylor for the Conservative Party.

Ovenden ward[]

Ovenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	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

The incumbent was Bryan Smith for the Labour Party.

Park ward[]

Park

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

The incumbent was Arshad Mahmood for the Labour Party.

Rastrick ward[]

Rastrick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Pillai	1,239
	Labour	Peter Judge	1,136
	Independent	Adrian Hartshorn	673
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	Stephen Gow	1,401
	Labour	Anne Collins	993
	Green	Charles Gate	339
Majority			183
Turnout			4,335	45.87
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The incumbent was Stephen Gow for the Liberal Democrats.

Sowerby Bridge ward[]

Sowerby Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	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

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 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

The incumbent was Olwen Jennings for the Liberal Democrats.

Town ward[]

Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	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

The incumbent was Timothy Swift for the Labour Party.

Warley ward[]

Warley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Jones Hutson	1,334
	Labour	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

The incumbent was Jennifer Pearson for the Liberal Democrats.

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