Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010

The 2010 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and a general election. One councillor was elected in each ward for a four-year term so the councillors elected in 2010 last stood for election in 2006. Each ward is represented by three councillors, the election of which is staggered, so only one third of the councillors was elected in this election.

Council result

Calderdale
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	17	4	0	2	2	23.53	31.99	30,275
	Liberal Democrat	17	7	2	0	2	41.18	29.48	27,893
	Labour	17	4	1	0	1	23.53	26.31	24,898
	Independent	5	2	0	0	0	11.76	4.93	4,661
	BNP	6	0	0	1	1	0.00	4.33	4,100
	Green	7	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.66	2,520
	BPP	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.30	283

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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20	17	9	2	2	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	Labour	Ind	BN	ED

After the election the composition of the council was:

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19	19	10	2	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	Labour	Ind	BN

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservative	20	19
	Liberal Democrat	17	19
	Labour	9	10
	Independent	2	2
	BNP	2	1
	English Democrats	1	0
Total		51	51

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Brighouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Colin Stout	1,935
	Conservative	Kris Pillai	1,317
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Yates	1,270
	Labour	Pamela Margaret Fellows	1,086
Majority
Turnout			5,641	66.11
	Independent hold		Swing

The incumbent was Colin Stout.

Calder ward

Calder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Nader Fekri	2,775
	Conservative	Gail Lund	1,575
	Labour	Robin Dixon	1,538
	Green	Alan Patrick McDonald	762
Majority
Turnout			6,694	72.90
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

The incumbent was Nader Fekri.

Elland ward

Elland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Hardy	2,069
	Conservative	Christian Corkish	1,534
	Labour	Angie Gallagher	1,227
	Green	Susan Ann Thomas	211
Majority
Turnout			5,087	59.34
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

The incumbent was Robert Thompson who stood down at this election.

Greetland and Stainland ward

Greetland and Stainland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Conrad Vero Winterburn	2,551
	Conservative	Beverley Anne Carter	1,854
	Labour	James Gallagher	893
	Green	Mark Richard Mullany	262
Majority
Turnout			5,599	66.47
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

The incumbent was Conrad Winterbottom.

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Colin Raistrick	2,213
	Conservative	John Frank Brearley Ford	1,971
	Labour	Sean Patrick O'Malley	933
	Liberal Democrat	Jennie Dawn Rigg	860
Majority
Turnout			6,022	69.48
	Independent hold		Swing

The incumbent was Colin Raistrick.

Illingworth and Mixenden ward

Illingworth and Mixenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel James Sutherland	1,995
	Conservative	Andrew James Tagg	1,403
	BNP	Richard Mulhall	1,226
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Anthony Walters	701
	Independent	Sean Vincent Loftus	114
Majority
Turnout			5,470	58.20
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

The incumbent was Geoffrey Wallace who stood down at this election.

Luddendenfoot ward

Luddendenfoot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Christopher Beacroft-Mitchell	2,138
	Conservative	Sarah Jane Jennings	1,626
	Labour	Lesley Anne Sleigh	1,036
	BNP	John Derek Gregory	398
	Green	Jennifer Byrom	315
Majority
Turnout			5,532	70.21
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

The incumbent was Peter Coles who stood down at this election.

Northowram and Shelf ward

Northowram and Shelf

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Baines	3,281
	Labour	Martin Burton	1,301
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Margaret Ward	1,183
	BNP	Ann Jackson	521
Majority
Turnout			6,360	70.12
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was Stephen Baines.

Ovenden ward

Ovenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Josephine Rivron	1,887
	Conservative	Peter Caffrey	860
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Haigh-Hutchinson	680
	BNP	Jane Shooter	727
Majority
Turnout			4,169	49.28
	Labour hold		Swing

The incumbent was Helen Rivron.

Park ward

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ferman Ali	2,381
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Shazad Fazal	1,856
	Conservative	Mohammed Khalid Rashid	1,196
Majority
Turnout			5,562	61.42
	Labour hold		Swing

The incumbent was Zafar Din who stood down at this election.

Rastrick ward

Rastrick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Beal	2,574
	Liberal Democrat	Martin David Robinson	1,438
	Labour Co-op	Ann Martin	1,409
Majority
Turnout			5,460	64.36
	Conservative gain from English Democrats		Swing

The incumbent was Paul Rogan who stood down at this election.

Ryburn ward

Ryburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay Barret	2,687
	Labour	Judy Gannon	1,559
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Graham James	1,418
	Green	Freda Mary Davis	291
Majority
Turnout			5,999	68.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was Kay Barret.

Skircoat ward

Skircoat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Nash	2,748
	Conservative	Sheila Ruth Helen Jackson	2,334
	Labour Co-op	Anne Collins	1,124
	Green	Charles Gate	324
Majority
Turnout			6,602	68.62
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

The incumbent was Grenville Horsfall who stood down at this election.

Sowerby Bridge ward

Sowerby Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Peel	1,862
	Labour Co-op	David Draycott	1,654
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Christopher Lumb	1,510
Majority
Turnout			5,134	61.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was Martin Peel.

Todmorden ward

Todmorden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Goldthorpe	1,916
	Conservative	Julie Louise Stansfield	1,665
	Labour	Jayne Booth	1,502
	Green	Mark Hill	355
	BPP	David Jones	283
Majority
Turnout			5,754	65.17
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

The incumbent was Ruth Goldthorpe.

Town ward

Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Metcalfe	1,936
	Conservative	Geoffrey Thompson	1,187
	Liberal Democrat	Mat Bowles	875
	BNP	Michael Hall	678
	Independent	Chris O'Conner	243
Majority
Turnout			4,958	55.92
	Labour hold		Swing

The incumbent was Bob Metcalfe.

Warley ward

Warley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ashley John Richard Evans	1,905
	Labour	Rod Sutcliffe	1,437
	Conservative	David Ian Ginley	1,349
	BNP	Paul Leslie Steven Wadsworth	550
	Independent	Kelly Marie Catlow	156
Majority
Turnout			5,437	63.65
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

The incumbent was David Ginley.