Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006

2006 local election results in Calderdale

Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

17 of the 51 seats were up for re-election. Although these are the results after the election, the number of seats per party changed later that year. Councillor Paul Rogan was returned by the Rastrick ward in this election for four years as a Conservative councillor and is included in the twenty Conservative seats shown below. However, after the 2006 election, he left the party and joined the English Democrats Party. Also this year, Councillor Nicholas Yates, who had been returned by the Brighouse ward in the 2004 election for four years and is included in the twenty Conservative seats shown below, left the party to continue his tenure as an Independent. This left the Conservatives with 18 seats, 1 held by the English Democrats and 4 held by Independents. In December 2006, Illingworth and Mixenden ward Councillor Tom McElroy (Labour) died suddenly, leaving Labour with nine seats. The by-election to succeed him took place on 22 February 2007, with Labour holding the ward.

Council results

Calderdale[1]
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	Conservative	17	6	1	2	1	33.3	28.8	15,657	7.2
	Liberal Democrat	18	5	1	0	1	27.8	25.1	13,661	1.3
	Labour	18	4	1	0	1	22.2	23.5	12,779	2.2
	BNP	8	1	0	1	1	5.6	10.9	5,937	3.5
	Independent	8	2	1	1	0	11.1	9.1	4,946	3.8
	Green	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.5	1,351	1.6
	Christian Peoples	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	103	0.2

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

After the election the composition of the council was:

Ward results

Brighouse ward

The incumbent was Colin Stout as an Independent.

Calder ward

The incumbent was Nader Fekri for the Liberal Democrats.

Elland ward

The incumbent was Michael Clarke for the Conservative Party.

Greetland and Stainland ward

The incumbent was Elizabeth Ingleton for the Liberal Democrats.

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

The incumbent was John Foran for the Conservative Party.

Illingworth and Mixenden ward

The incumbent was Geoffrey Wallace for the BNP.

Luddendenfoot ward

The incumbent was Peter Coles for the Liberal Democrats.

Northowram and Shelf ward

The incumbent was Stephen Baines for the Conservative Party.

Ovenden ward

The incumbents were Helen Rivron and Linda Riordan for the Labour Party.

Park ward

The incumbent was Zafar Iqbal Din for the Labour Party.

Rastrick ward

The incumbent was Paul Rogan for the Conservative Party.

Ryburn ward

The incumbent was Kay Barret for the Conservative Party.

Skircoat ward

The incumbent was Grenville Horsfall for the Conservative Party.

Sowerby Bridge ward

The incumbent was Robert Reynolds for the Conservative Party.

Todmorden ward

The incumbent was Ruth Goldthorpe for the Liberal Democrats.

Town ward

The incumbent was Adrian Marsden for the BNP.

Warley ward

The incumbent was Jennifer Carr as an Independent.

References

Council elections in West Yorkshire
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Leeds City Council	1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
West Yorkshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished
West Riding County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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