2000_Calderdale_Council_election

2000 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
17 of 51 seats on Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
Leader before election; ; Labour	Leader after election ; ; Conservative

2000 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

2000 UK local government election

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.

Quick Facts 17 of 51 seats on Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

After the election, the composition of the council was

Ward results

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Colin Stout	951	39.20
	Conservative	Thiruvenkatar Krishnapillai	737	30.37
	Labour	Edith Ann Martin	621	25.59
	Liberal Democrats	Tracie Anne Quinn-Robinson	117	4.82
Majority			214
Turnout			2,426
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats 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

2000_Calderdale_Council_election

2000 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Calder Valley ward

Elland ward

Greetland and Stainland ward

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Illingworth ward

Luddendenfoot ward

Mixenden ward

Northowram and Shelf ward

Ovenden ward

Rastrick ward

Ryburn ward

Skircoat ward

Sowerby Bridge ward

St John's ward

Todmorden ward

Town ward

Warley ward

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey James Wallace	805	53.38
	Labour	Jack Oade	490	32.49
	Liberal Democrats	Eira Rutley	213	14.12
Majority			315
Turnout			1,508	21.49
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats 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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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

Todmorden ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing

Town ward
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 Democrats	Robert Andrew Pearson	295	11.39
Majority			682
Turnout			2,589	33.13
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing