2012 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

2012 local election results in Calderdale

The 2012 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. 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.

The Warley Councillor Keith Hutson stepped down in 2012 due to health reasons. A by-election was held on 19 July 2012. The seat was held by the Liberal Democrats with James Baker winning the seat.^[2]

In this year Councillor Nader Fekri for Calder ward defected to Labour from the Liberal Democrats in 2012 saying that he could no longer support the coalition in the national parliament with the Conservatives.^[3]

In April 2013 the coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats collapsed as Labour pulled out over disagreements over benefit cuts.^[4] Labour continued to run the council as a minority administration.^[5]

Council composition[]

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
13	21	13	1	3
Labour	Conservative	Lib Dem	ILD	Ind

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓
20	17	12	2
Labour	Conservative	Lib Dem	Ind

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	13	20
	Conservative	21	17
	Liberal Democrats	13	12
	Independent	3	2
	Ind. Liberal Democrat	1	0
Total		51	51

Ward results[]

Brighouse ward[]

Brighouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Martin	1,329	47.1	+25.1
	Conservative	Howard Blagbrough	1,195	42.3	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jennie Rigg	273	9.8	−28.0
Majority			134	4.7
Turnout			2,822	32.7	−6.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

The incumbent was Howard Blagbrough for the Conservative Party.

Calder ward[]

Calder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Battye	1,599	39.1	+7.0
	Labour	Susan Press	1,454	35.5	+4.8
	Green	Kate Sweeny	541	13.2	−10.9
	Conservative	Gail Lund	477	11.7	−1.4
Majority			145	3.5
Turnout			4,093	44.9	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The incumbent was Janet Battye for the Liberal Democrats.

Elland ward[]

Elland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Allen	950	36.4	−7.6
	Labour	Angi Gallagher	829	31.8	+20.4
	Conservative	Mike Payne	595	22.8	−6.4
	Green	Susan Thomas	225	8.6	+3.1
Majority			121	4.6
Turnout			2,607	30.9	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The incumbent was Pat Allen for the Liberal Democrats.

Greetland & Stainland ward[]

Greetland & Stainland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm James	1,121	41.4	−4.3
	Conservative	Keith Watson	751	27.8	−3.4
	Labour	Jim Gallagher	527	19.5	+11.3
	Green	Mark Mullany	297	11.0	+5.4
Majority			370	13.7
Turnout			2,705	31.9	−4.79
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The incumbent was Keith Watson for the Conservative Party.

Hipperholme & Lightcliffe ward[]

Hipperholme & Lightcliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Hall	1,322	42.8	−25.7
	Independent	Chris O'Connor	930	30.1	N/A
	Labour	Anthony Rutherford	722	25.4	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mat Bowles	106	3.4	−14.5
Majority			392	12.7
Turnout			3,090	35.3	−3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was Graham Hall for the Conservative Party.

Illingworth & Mixenden ward[]

Illingworth & Mixenden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Lambert	1,224	40.8	+11.4
	Independent	Tom Bates	968	32.3	−6.1
	Conservative	Andrew Tagg	673	22.4	−0.6
	Independent	Sean Loftus	76	2.5	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Glen Mattock	50	1.7	−3.9
Majority			256	8.5
Turnout			2,998	32.7	−4.4
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

The incumbent was Tom Bates, an independent.

Luddendenfoot ward[]

Luddendenfoot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Young	1,263	41.3	+25.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Bampton-Smith	948	31.0	−10.4
	Conservative	Gillian Smith-Moorhouse	823	26.9	−5.4
Majority			315	10.3
Turnout			3,060	37.9	−3.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The incumbent was Christine Bampton-Smith for the Liberal Democrats.

Northowram & Shelf ward[]

Northowram & Shelf
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Caffrey	1,705	56.6	+7.6
	Labour	Gary Walsh	1,094	36.3	+21.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Albret	181	6.0	−0.7
Majority			611	20.3
Turnout			3,014	33.1	−7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was Graham Hall for the Conservative Party.

Ovenden ward[]

Ovenden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Collins	1,255	68.1	+23.3
	Conservative	Christopher Blakey	367	19.9	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Reynolds	186	10.1	−3.0
Majority			888	43.2
Turnout			1,843	21.8	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing

The incumbent was Danielle Coombs for the Labour Party.

Park ward[]

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jenny Lynn	2,657	63.6	+25.9
	Conservative	Shakir Saghir	838	20.1	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Ilyas	651	15.6	−25.7
Majority			1,819	43.6
Turnout			4,176	46.1	−4.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The incumbent was Mohammad Ilyas for the Liberal Democrats.

Rastrick ward[]

Rastrick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann McAllister	1,311	49.8	+0.8
	Labour	Peter Judge	1,046	39.8	+18.6
	TUSC	Rob Bailey	258	9.8	N/A
Majority			265	10.1
Turnout			2,631	30.6	−6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was Ann McAllister for the Conservative Party.

Ryburn ward[]

Ryburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geraldine Carter	1,253	44.9	−9.3
	Labour	Judy Gannon	944	33.8	+17.5
	Green	Freda Davis	349	12.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Tatchell	229	8.2	−21.3
Majority			309	11.1
Turnout			2,790	31.6	−4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was Geraldine Carter for the Conservative Party.

Skircoat ward[]

Skircoat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hardy	1,496	41.0	−13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Gow	1,104	30.3	−2.8
	Labour	Alistair Millington	778	21.3	+13.5
	Green	Charles Gate	251	6.9	+1.8
Majority			392	10.7
Turnout			3,647	38.4	−3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was John Hardy for the Conservative Party.

Sowerby Bridge ward[]

Sowerby Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Wilkinson	1,422	52.5	+23.1
	Conservative	Andrew Feather	915	38.8	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Ward	330	12.2	−0.2
Majority			507	18.7
Turnout			2,709	32.0	−3.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

The incumbent was Amanda Byrne for the Conservative Party.

Todmorden ward[]

Todmorden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Sweeney	1,072	35.2	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Olwen Jennings	874	28.7	+0.4
	Conservative	Ian Cooper	583	19.1	−13.4
	BPP	David Jones	257	8.4	N/A
	Green	John Nesbitt	246	8.1	N/A
Majority			198	6.5
Turnout			3,045	34.3	−3.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

The incumbent was Ian Cooper for the Conservative Party.

Town ward[]

Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Megan Swift	1,389	63.0	+23.5
	Conservative	Stephen Collins	576	26.1	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Coleman-Taylor	206	9.3	−0.9
Majority			2,205	25.2
Turnout			2,205	25.2	−5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

The incumbent was Megan Swift for the Labour Party.

Warley ward[]

Warley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Burton	1,259	40.8	+27.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Baker	1,146	37.1	−14.7
	Conservative	Christopher Pearson	658	21.3	−0.5
Majority			113	3.7
Turnout			3,089	35.5	−2.6
	Labour gain from Ind. Liberal Democrat		Swing

The incumbent was Robert Pearson, an independent Liberal Democrat.

By-elections between 2012 and 2014[]

Warley ward, 2012[]

Warley By-Election 19 July 2012 ^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	James Douglas Baker	1,066	41.56
	Labour	Jonathan Charles Timbers	896	34.93
	Conservative	Christopher James Pearson	454	17.70
	Green	Charles Gate	140	5.46
Majority			170	6.63
Turnout			2,565	29.06
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References[]

^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
^ Lib-Dems hold on in Warley by-election. Halifax Courier. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
^ Nader Fekri’s resignation letter. Halifax Courier. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
^ Coalition deal to run Calderdale Council is ended by Labour group. Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ Council’s new way is ‘fairer’. Halifax Courier. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ Warley Ward By-Election, 2012. calderdale.gov.uk.
^ Lib-Dems hold on in Warley by-election. The Halifax Evening Courier.

[BBC-1] "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

[2] Lib-Dems hold on in Warley by-election. Halifax Courier. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

[3] Nader Fekri’s resignation letter. Halifax Courier. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

[4] Coalition deal to run Calderdale Council is ended by Labour group. Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

[5] Council’s new way is ‘fairer’. Halifax Courier. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

[6] Warley Ward By-Election, 2012. calderdale.gov.uk.

[7] Lib-Dems hold on in Warley by-election. The Halifax Evening Courier.

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