Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. The total turnout of the election was 28.97% (40,190 voters of an electorate of 138,748). The winning candidate in each ward is highlighted in bold.
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Calderdale. Since 1 April 2014 it has been a constituent council of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
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In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.
After the election, the composition of the council was
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The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Colin Stout | 951 | 39.20 | ||
Conservative | Thiruvenkatar Krishnapillai | 737 | 30.37 | ||
Labour | Edith Ann Martin | 621 | 25.59 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Tracie Anne Quinn-Robinson | 117 | 4.82 | ||
Majority | 214 | ||||
Turnout | 2,426 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Mary Seward | 1,406 | 51.10 | ||
Labour | Jonathan Charles Timbers | 912 | 33.15 | ||
Green | Jamie Johnson | 433 | 15.73 | ||
Majority | 494 | ||||
Turnout | 2,751 | 30.24 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Patricia May Allen | 1,106 | 56.92 | ||
Conservative | Michael John Clarke | 434 | 22.33 | ||
Labour | Dawn Neal | 403 | 20.74 | ||
Majority | 672 | ||||
Turnout | 1,943 | 24.43 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Keith Watson | 1,183 | 51.70 | ||
Conservative | Keith Smith | 813 | 35.53 | ||
Labour | Matthew James Talbot | 292 | 12.76 | ||
Majority | 370 | ||||
Turnout | 2,288 | 24.41 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Eric Kirton | 1,711 | 73.08 | ||
Labour | Merlin Alexander Kalanovic | 630 | 26.91 | ||
Majority | 1,081 | ||||
Turnout | 2,341 | 29.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey James Wallace | 805 | 53.38 | ||
Labour | Jack Oade | 490 | 32.49 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Eira Rutley | 213 | 14.12 | ||
Majority | 315 | ||||
Turnout | 1,508 | 21.49 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Peter Sephton Coles | 1,272 | 53.82 | ||
Conservative | Charmain Vivienne Smith | 556 | 23.52 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Jill Smith | 535 | 22.64 | ||
Majority | 716 | ||||
Turnout | 2,363 | 27.57 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lorraine Mary Stott | 658 | 44.79 | ||
Labour | Freda Mary Davis | 395 | 26.88 | ||
Independent Labour | Redmond Mellett | 293 | 19.94 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Andrew John Foster | 82 | 5.58 | ||
Independent | Sean Vincent Loftus | 41 | 2.79 | ||
Majority | 263 | ||||
Turnout | 1,469 | 20.45 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Edward Alexander Reason | 1,877 | 73.32 | ||
Labour | Derek Fox Haviour | 683 | 26.67 | ||
Majority | 1,194 | ||||
Turnout | 2,560 | 29.47 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bryan Thomas Raymond Smith | 522 | 41.19 | ||
Conservative | Sally Victoria McCartney | 412 | 32.51 | ||
Liberal Democrat | John Durkin | 333 | 26.28 | ||
Majority | 110 | ||||
Turnout | 1,267 | 17.44 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anne McAllister | 1,379 | 64.46 | ||
Labour Co-op | George Edward Richardson | 760 | 35.53 | ||
Majority | 619 | ||||
Turnout | 2,139 | 26.55 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Rouse Lang | 1,220 | 47.54 | ||
Labour | Judith Mary Gannon | 699 | 27.24 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Margaret Elizabeth White | 647 | 25.21 | ||
Majority | 521 | ||||
Turnout | 2,566 | 28.14 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Frank Brearley Ford | 1,692 | 67.24 | ||
Labour | Keith Lucas | 411 | 16.33 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Judith Madeleine Harrison | 304 | 12.08 | ||
Green | Howard Smith | 109 | 4.33 | ||
Majority | 1,281 | ||||
Turnout | 2,516 | 29.26 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Howard Blagbrough | 1,075 | 49.58 | ||
Labour | Paul Anthony Wyatt | 752 | 34.68 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Sheila Ann Ashton | 341 | 15.72 | ||
Majority | 323 | ||||
Turnout | 2,168 | 28.08 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chaudhary Mohammed Saghir | 1,222 | 44.42 | ||
Labour | Michael Donald Higgins | 1,102 | 40.05 | ||
Independent | Barbara Lynne Peggs | 427 | 15.52 | ||
Majority | 120 | ||||
Turnout | 2,751 | 34.77 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Olwen Jean Arlette Jennings | 1,042 | 48.33 | ||
Labour | John Lindsay Oldham | 635 | 29.45 | ||
Conservative | Philip Norman Brown | 393 | 18.22 | ||
BNP | Christian Michael Jackson | 86 | 3.98 | ||
Majority | 407 | ||||
Turnout | 2,156 | 27.49 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Janet Ellen Hardy | 1,249 | 52.28 | ||
Labour | Daniel McIntyre | 840 | 35.16 | ||
Independent | Gwyneth Greenwood | 300 | 12.55 | ||
Majority | 409 | ||||
Turnout | 2,389 | 27.52 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Howard Peel | 1,488 | 57.47 | ||
Labour | Richard Harvey Ward | 806 | 31.13 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Robert Andrew Pearson | 295 | 11.39 | ||
Majority | 682 | ||||
Turnout | 2,589 | 33.13 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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