1999 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The overall turnout of the election was 30.09% (44,215 voters of an electorate of 146,944). The winning candidate in each ward is highlighted in bold.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Brighouse ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dorothy Helen Anderson1,15655.57
Conservative Thiruvenkatar Krishnapillai92444.42
Majority 232
Turnout 2,08027.85

Calder Valley ward

Calder Valley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Francis Taylor1,44045.77
Labour Matthew James Talbot1,00131.81
Conservative James Albert Fuke37211.82
Green Graham Wilfred Yelland33310.58
Majority 439
Turnout 3,14634.63

Elland ward

Elland ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Riley1,53862.80
Labour Baldev Singh Gill59824.41
Conservative Michael John Clarke31312.78
Majority 940
Turnout 2,44930.37

Greetland and Stainland ward

Greetland and Stainland ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Trevor Shutt1,95367.46
Conservative Keith Smith67623.35
Labour Salamat Aliata2669.18
Majority 1,277
Turnout 2,89531.3

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Thomas Hall1,68066.69
Labour Keith John Butterick83933.30
Majority 841
Turnout 2,51931.73

Illingworth ward

Illingworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Mary Abrahams66442.13
Conservative Geoffrey James Wallace60738.51
Liberal Democrats Janet Mary Sherrard-Smith20212.81
BNP Richard Mulhall1036.53
Majority 57
Turnout 1,57622.36

Luddendenfoot ward

Luddendenfoot ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Irene Bampton-Smith1,18448.13
Labour Freda Mary Davis64326.13
Conservative Charmain Vivienne Smith46418.86
Green Mark Richard Hill1696.86
Majority 541
Turnout 2,46028.7

Mixenden ward

Mixenden ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert George Metcalfe81354.67
Conservative Sally Victoria McCartney49133.01
Green Paul Martin Coe634.23
Independent Sean Vincent Loftus614.10
BNP Stuart Hall593.96
Majority 322
Turnout 1,48720.32

Northowram and Shelf ward

Northowram and Shelf ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Charles Albert Carpenter1,72066.58
Labour Keith Lucas57322.18
Liberal Democrats Patricia Hirst29011.22
Majority 1,147
Turnout 2,58329.93

Ovenden ward

Ovenden ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda June Riordan89864.93
Conservative Maria Constantino39928.85
BNP Rachel Clarke866.21
Majority 499
Turnout 1,38319.02

Rastrick ward

Rastrick ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Clarence Williamson1,26856.83
Labour George Edward Richardson96343.16
Majority 305
Turnout 2,23127.8

Ryburn ward

Ryburn ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raynor Wilson Booth1,22846.47
Labour Judith Mary Gannon80330.39
Liberal Democrats Margaret Elizabeth White61123.12
Majority 425
Turnout 2,64228.59

Skircoat ward

Skircoat ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Grenville Horsfall1,69361.56
Labour Elizabeth Jill Smith57821.01
Liberal Democrats Judith Madeleine Harrison34512.54
Green Howard Smith1344.87
Majority 1,115
Turnout 2,75031.9

Sowerby Bridge ward

Sowerby Bridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew David Feather1,06046.24
Labour Richard Harvey Ward87438.13
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Allen Edwards35815.61
Majority 186
Turnout 2,29229.7

St John's ward

St John's ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Najib1,49343.91
Conservative Zafar Iqbal-Din109332.14
Liberal Democrats William Mark Harrison60117.67
BNP Adrian Paul Marsden2136.26
Majority 400
Turnout 3,40041.83

Todmorden ward

Todmorden ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jason Paul Jeffrey1,18743.65
Labour Peter Oskar George Ehrhardt1,04338.35
Conservative Philip Norman Brown35212.94
Green Charles Gate1375.03
BNP Christian Michael Jackson782.86
Majority 144
Turnout 2,71935.45

Town ward

Town ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Christopher O'Connor1,12141.71
Labour Dawn Neal92034.23
Liberal Democrats John Durkin45316.85
Independent Gwyneth Greenwood1937.18
Majority 201
Turnout 2,68730.55

Warley ward

Warley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathleen Young1,33547.04
Labour Paul Anthony Wyatt1,11839.39
Liberal Democrats Robert Andrew Pearson38513.56
Majority 217
Turnout 2,83836.0

By-elections between 1999 and 2000

Elland ward, 1999

Elland By-Election 29 October 1999 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Allen 864 59.5 −3.3
Labour George Richardson39126.9+2.5
Conservative Michael Clarke19813.6+0.8
Majority 47332.6
Turnout 1,45318.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. Elland Bye Election, 1999. calderdale.gov.uk.