2000 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2000 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
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  1999 4 May 2000 2002  

17 of 51 seats on Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats won1151
Seats after281510
Seat changeIncrease2.svg9Increase2.svg1Decrease2.svg10

Leader before election


Labour

Leader after election


Conservative

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.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Brighouse ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Colin Stout95139.20
Conservative Thiruvenkatar Krishnapillai73730.37
Labour Edith Ann Martin62125.59
Liberal Democrats Tracie Anne Quinn-Robinson1174.82
Majority214
Turnout 2,426
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Calder Valley ward

Calder Valley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Seward1,40651.10
Labour Jonathan Charles Timbers91233.15
Green Jamie Johnson43315.73
Majority494
Turnout 2,75130.24
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Elland ward

Elland ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia May Allen1,10656.92
Conservative Michael John Clarke43422.33
Labour Dawn Neal40320.74
Majority672
Turnout 1,94324.43
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Greetland and Stainland ward

Greetland and Stainland ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Watson1,18351.70
Conservative Keith Smith81335.53
Labour Matthew James Talbot29212.76
Majority370
Turnout 2,28824.41
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Eric Kirton1,71173.08
Labour Merlin Alexander Kalanovic63026.91
Majority1,081
Turnout 2,34129.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Illingworth ward

Illingworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey James Wallace80553.38
Labour Jack Oade49032.49
Liberal Democrats Eira Rutley21314.12
Majority315
Turnout 1,50821.49
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Luddendenfoot ward

Luddendenfoot ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Sephton Coles1,27253.82
Conservative Charmain Vivienne Smith55623.52
Labour Elizabeth Jill Smith53522.64
Majority716
Turnout 2,36327.57
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Mixenden ward

Mixenden ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lorraine Mary Stott65844.79
Labour Freda Mary Davis39526.88
Independent Labour Redmond Mellett29319.94
Liberal Democrats Andrew John Foster825.58
Independent Sean Vincent Loftus412.79
Majority263
Turnout 1,46920.45
Conservative gain from Independent Labour Swing

Northowram and Shelf ward

Northowram and Shelf ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Edward Alexander Reason1,87773.32
Labour Derek Fox Haviour68326.67
Majority1,194
Turnout 2,56029.47
Conservative hold Swing

Ovenden ward

Ovenden ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan Thomas Raymond Smith52241.19
Conservative Sally Victoria McCartney41232.51
Liberal Democrats John Durkin33326.28
Majority110
Turnout 1,26717.44
Labour hold Swing

Rastrick ward

Rastrick ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne McAllister1,37964.46
Labour Co-op George Edward Richardson76035.53
Majority619
Turnout 2,13926.55
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Ryburn ward

Ryburn ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Rouse Lang1,22047.54
Labour Judith Mary Gannon69927.24
Liberal Democrats Margaret Elizabeth White64725.21
Majority521
Turnout 2,56628.14
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Skircoat ward

Skircoat ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Frank Brearley Ford1,69267.24
Labour Keith Lucas41116.33
Liberal Democrats Judith Madeleine Harrison30412.08
Green Howard Smith1094.33
Majority1,281
Turnout 2,51629.26
Conservative hold Swing

Sowerby Bridge ward

Sowerby Bridge ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Howard Blagbrough1,07549.58
Labour Paul Anthony Wyatt75234.68
Liberal Democrats Sheila Ann Ashton34115.72
Majority323
Turnout 2,16828.08
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

St John's ward

St John's ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chaudhary Mohammed Saghir1,22244.42
Labour Michael Donald Higgins1,10240.05
Independent Barbara Lynne Peggs42715.52
Majority120
Turnout 2,75134.77
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Todmorden ward

Todmorden ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Olwen Jean Arlette Jennings1,04248.33
Labour John Lindsay Oldham63529.45
Conservative Philip Norman Brown39318.22
BNP Christian Michael Jackson863.98
Majority407
Turnout 2,15627.49
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Town ward

Town ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janet Ellen Hardy1,24952.28
Labour Daniel McIntyre84035.16
Independent Gwyneth Greenwood30012.55
Majority409
Turnout 2,38927.52
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Warley ward

Warley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Howard Peel1,48857.47
Labour Richard Harvey Ward80631.13
Liberal Democrats Robert Andrew Pearson29511.39
Majority682
Turnout 2,58933.13
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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