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 with a minority Conservative administration.

Quick Facts 18 of the 51 seats on Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

2006 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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18 of the 51 seats on Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Seats won 6 5 4 Seats after 20 16 10 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 15,354 13,452 11,906 Percentage 29.4% 25.7% 22.8% Swing 3.5% 3.7% 0.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent BNP Seats won 2 1 Seats after 3 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 4,946 5,162 Percentage 9.5% 9.9% Swing 1.0% 0.1%
2006 local election results in Calderdale. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Independent in grey and BNP in dark blue.
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

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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.^[1][2] 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.

Percentage change calculated compared to the previous election's results

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Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	17	6	1	2	1	33.3	29.4	15,354	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	18	5	1	0	1	27.8	25.7	13,452	3.7
	Labour	18	4	1	0	1	22.2	22.8	11,906	0.9
	BNP	8	1	0	1	1	5.6	9.9	5,162	0.1
	Independent	8	2	1	1	0	11.1	9.5	4,946	1.0
	Green	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.6	1,351	0.4
	CPA	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	103	0.2

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Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

After the election the composition of the council was:

Percentage change calculated compared to the last time these candidates stood for election.