2011 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

2011 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
17 of 51 seats on Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
Leader before election; Stephen Baines; Conservative	Leader after election ; Janet Battye; Liberal Democrat (UK)

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
Party		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	35.2	−3.3
	Labour Co-op	Edith Ann Martin	1,180	32.5	+1.6
	Independent	Joyce Cawthra	968	26.7	−11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mat Bowles	200	5.5	−5.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

The incumbent was Joyce Cawthra as an Independent. She had been elected as a Conservative.

Calder ward

Calder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Young	1,660	35.8	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Hywel Morgan	1,042	22.5	−16.6
	Conservative	Gail Patricia Lund	915	19.7	+19.7
	Green	Alan Patrick McDonald	754	16.3	−7.8
	Independent	Stephen Denis Curry	262	5.7	+5.7
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	32.2	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stella Haigh	932	30.1	−18.6
	Labour	Angi Gallagher	905	29.2	+14.7
	Green	Susan Ann Thomas	262	8.5	+8.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

The incumbent was Diane Park, an Independent. She had been elected as a Liberal Democrat.

Greetland and Stainland ward

Greetland and Stainland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Joseph Wardhaugh	1,271	37.5	−15.8
	Conservative	Sam Stafford	1,138	33.5	+9.8
	Labour	Jim Gallagher	722	21.3	+11.7
	Green	Mark Richard Mullany	261	7.7	+2.6
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	43.0	−2.6
	Independent	Chris O'Connor	1,256	33.2	+0.7
	Labour	Anthony Rutherford	710	18.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jennie Rigg	188	5.0	−1.8
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	44.4	+1.8
	Conservative	Andrew James Tagg	1,039	31.0	+12.0
	BNP	Jane Ann Shooter	614	18.3	−12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Albrett	109	3.3	−2.2
	Independent	Seán Vincent Loftus	101	3.0	+0.4
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	38.7	+5.1
	Labour Co-op	Simon Robert Young	1,361	37.2	+17.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Boje Frederiksen	879	24.1	−9.5
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	56.0	+2.2
	Labour	Gary Walsh	1,205	31.5	+9.2
	BNP	Simon Michael Gill	262	6.9	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Glen Mattock	213	5.6	−3.8
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	57.1	+13.9
	Conservative	Peter Caffrey	464	20.9	+3.9
	BNP	Katie Jane Gill	330	14.9	−14.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Dennis Reynolds	157	7.1	−3.0
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	52.5	+17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Shazad Fazal	1,272	28.4	+4.3
	Independent	Shakar Saghir	444	9.9	−3.5
	Conservative	Naveed Khan	416	9.3	+9.3
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	35.5	−7.5
	Labour Co-op	Peter Judge	1,136	32.6	+7.4
	Independent	Adrian Hartshorn	673	19.3	+19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Yates	439	12.6	+3.2
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	53.0	+2.9
	Labour	Judy Gannon	1,089	30.4	+13.1
	Green	Freda Mary Davis	300	8.4	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Graham James	292	8.2	−16.3
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	36.7	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Gow	1,401	32.5	−11.0
	Labour Co-op	Anne Collins	993	23.0	+11.6
	Green	Charles Gate	339	7.9	+3.9
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 Co-op	Dave Draycott	1,364	43.2	+10.8
	Conservative	Andrew David Feather	1,164	36.9	+1.2
	BNP	Emma Louise Haldenby	315	10.0	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Jagger	312	9.9	−3.7
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	32.5	+10.5
	Conservative	Julie Louise Stansfield	822	22.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Olwen Jennings	705	19.4	−12.6
	Independent	David William O'Neill	461	12.7	+12.7
	Green	Kate Sweeny	259	7.1	−3.2
	BPP	David Jones	203	5.6	+5.6
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 Co-op	Timothy John Swift	1,552	53.5	+5.7
	Conservative	Geoffrey Thompson	828	28.5	+9.3
	BNP	Richard Wayne Armstrong	325	11.2	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Baker	197	6.8	−1.2
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	37.6	−8.4
	Labour Co-op	Martin Burton	1,181	33.3	+25.1
	Conservative	Beverley Anne Carter	783	22.1	+7.5
	BNP	Paul Leslie Steven Wadsworth	253	7.1	−4.6
Majority			398
Turnout			3,567	41.88
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing