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Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. They presently have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, and one member of the European Parliament. They also have five Members of the Scottish Parliament and a member each in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. The party reached the height of its influence in the early 2010s, forming a junior partner in a coalition government from 2010 to 2015. It is presently led by Vince Cable.
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]
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Election, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
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Candidates | Votes | ||||||||||||||
Party | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | № | 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 Democrat | 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 | |||||||
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 Democrat | 17 | 14 | |||
Labour | 10 | 13 | |||
Independent | 4 | 2 | |||
BNP | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 51 | 51 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Scott Lloyd Benton | 1,278 | |||
Labour Co-op | Edith Ann Martin | 1,180 | |||
Independent | Joyce Cawthra | 968 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mat Bowles | 200 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Joyce Cawthra as an Independent.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Young | 1,660 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Hywel Morgan | 1,042 | |||
Conservative | Gail Patricia Lund | 915 | |||
Green | Alan Patrick McDonald | 754 | |||
Independent | Stephen Denis Curry | 262 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was David O'Neill for the Liberal Democrats.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Frank Brearley Ford | 997 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stella Haigh | 932 | |||
Labour | Angi Gallagher | 905 | |||
Green | Susan Ann Thomas | 262 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Diane Park, an Independent.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Peter Joseph Wardhaugh | 1,271 | |||
Conservative | Sam Stafford | 1,138 | |||
Labour | Jim Gallagher | 722 | |||
Green | Mark Richard Mullany | 261 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Peter Wardhaugh for the Liberal Democrats.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Eric Kirton | 1,628 | |||
Independent | Chris O'Connor | 1,256 | |||
Labour | Anthony Rutherford | 710 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jennie Rigg | 188 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was David Kirton for the Conservative Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Barry Kaye Collins | 1,489 | |||
Conservative | Andrew James Tagg | 1,039 | |||
BNP | Jane Ann Shooter | 614 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Kenneth Albrett | 109 | |||
Independent | Seán Vincent Loftus | 101 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Barry Collins for the Labour Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hugh Marshall | 1,414 | |||
Labour Co-op | Simon Robert Young | 1,361 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Boje Frederiksen | 879 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Richard Marshall for the Conservative Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Laurence Taylor | 2,142 | |||
Labour | Gary Walsh | 1,205 | |||
BNP | Simon Michael Gill | 262 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Glen Mattock | 213 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Roger Taylor for the Conservative Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Bryan Thomas Raymond Smith | 1,265 | |||
Conservative | Peter Caffrey | 464 | |||
BNP | Katie Jane Gill | 330 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Dennis Reynolds | 157 | |||
Majority | 801 | ||||
Turnout | 2,231 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Bryan Smith for the Labour Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Faisal Shoukat | 2,353 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Shazad Fazal | 1,272 | |||
Independent | Shakar Saghir | 444 | |||
Conservative | Naveed Khan | 416 | |||
Majority | 1,081 | ||||
Turnout | 4,553 | 51.39 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Arshad Mahmood for the Labour Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Pillai | 1,239 | |||
Labour Co-op | Peter Judge | 1,136 | |||
Independent | Adrian Hartshorn | 673 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Nick Yates | 439 | |||
Majority | 103 | ||||
Turnout | 3,498 | 41.01 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Craig Whittaker for the Conservative Party.
Craig Whittaker is a British Conservative Party politician. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Calder Valley in 2010. Whittaker retained the seat in 2015 and in 2017
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Robert Ernest Thornber | 1,896 | |||
Labour | Judy Gannon | 1,089 | |||
Green | Freda Mary Davis | 300 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Graham James | 292 | |||
Majority | 807 | ||||
Turnout | 3,594 | 41.91 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Robert Thornber for the Conservative Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Joseph Chance Thompson | 1,584 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Gow | 1,401 | |||
Labour Co-op | Anne Collins | 993 | |||
Green | Charles Gate | 339 | |||
Majority | 183 | ||||
Turnout | 4,335 | 45.87 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Stephen Gow for the Liberal Democrats.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Dave Draycott | 1,364 | |||
Conservative | Andrew David Feather | 1,164 | |||
BNP | Emma Louise Haldenby | 315 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Denise Jagger | 312 | |||
Majority | 200 | ||||
Turnout | 3,170 | 38.35 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Andrew Feather for the Conservative Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jayne Booth | 1,182 | 32.23 | ||
Conservative | Julie Louise Stansfield | 822 | 22.41 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Olwen Jennings | 705 | 19.22 | ||
Independent | David William O'Neill | 461 | 12.57 | ||
Green | Kate Sweeny | 259 | 7.06 | ||
BPP | David Jones | 203 | 5.53 | ||
Majority | 360 | ||||
Turnout | 3,667 | 43.69 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Olwen Jennings for the Liberal Democrats.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Timothy John Swift | 1,552 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Thompson | 828 | |||
BNP | Richard Wayne Armstrong | 325 | |||
Liberal Democrat | James Baker | 197 | |||
Majority | 724 | ||||
Turnout | 2,928 | 33.95 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Timothy Swift for the Labour Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Keith Jones Hutson | 1,334 | |||
Labour Co-op | Martin Burton | 1,181 | |||
Conservative | Beverley Anne Carter | 783 | |||
BNP | Paul Leslie Steven Wadsworth | 253 | |||
Majority | 398 | ||||
Turnout | 3,567 | 41.88 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
The incumbent was Jennifer Pearson for the Liberal Democrats.
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