2011_Calderdale_Council_election

2011 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
17 of 51 seats on Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
Leader before election; Stephen Baines; Conservative	Leader after election ; Janet Battye; Liberal Democrat (UK)

2011 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

2011 UK local government election

Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.

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

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.

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]

Ward results

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Council leadership. Halifax Courier. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

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Search for your councillor. Calderdale Council. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

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Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Election, 2011

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	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 Democrats	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

19	17	10	4	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	Labour	Ind	BN

21	14	13	2	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	Labour	Ind	BN

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scott Lloyd Benton	1,278	35.2	-3.3
	Labour Co-op	Edith Ann Martin	1,180	32.5	+1.6
	Independent	Joyce Cawthra	968	26.7	-11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mat Bowles	200	5.5	-5.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Young	1,660	35.8	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Hywel Morgan	1,042	22.5	-16.6
	Conservative	Gail Patricia Lund	915	19.7	+19.7
	Green	Alan Patrick McDonald	754	16.3	-7.8
	Independent	Stephen Denis Curry	262	5.7	+5.7
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2011_Calderdale_Council_election

2011 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

Election result

Council Composition

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Calder ward

Elland ward

Greetland and Stainland ward

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Illingworth and Mixenden ward

Luddendenfoot ward

Northowram and Shelf ward

Ovenden ward

Park ward

Rastrick ward

Ryburn ward

Skircoat ward

Sowerby Bridge ward

Todmorden ward

Town ward

Warley ward

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Frank Brearley Ford	997	32.2	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stella Haigh	932	30.1	-18.6
	Labour	Angi Gallagher	905	29.2	+14.7
	Green	Susan Ann Thomas	262	8.5	+8.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Joseph Wardhaugh	1,271	37.5	-15.8
	Conservative	Sam Stafford	1,138	33.5	+9.8
	Labour	Jim Gallagher	722	21.3	+11.7
	Green	Mark Richard Mullany	261	7.7	+2.6
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Eric Kirton	1,628	43.0	-2.6
	Independent	Chris O'Connor	1,256	33.2	+0.7
	Labour	Anthony Rutherford	710	18.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jennie Rigg	188	5.0	-1.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Barry Kaye Collins	1,489	44.4	+1.8
	Conservative	Andrew James Tagg	1,039	31.0	+12.0
	BNP	Jane Ann Shooter	614	18.3	-12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Albrett	109	3.3	-2.2
	Independent	Seán Vincent Loftus	101	3.0	+0.4
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hugh Marshall	1,414	38.7	+5.1
	Labour Co-op	Simon Robert Young	1,361	37.2	+17.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Boje Frederiksen	879	24.1	-9.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Laurence Taylor	2,142	56.0	+2.2
	Labour	Gary Walsh	1,205	31.5	+9.2
	BNP	Simon Michael Gill	262	6.9	-7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Glen Mattock	213	5.6	-3.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Bryan Thomas Raymond Smith	1,265	57.1	+13.9
	Conservative	Peter Caffrey	464	20.9	+3.9
	BNP	Katie Jane Gill	330	14.9	-14.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Dennis Reynolds	157	7.1	-3.0
Majority			801
Turnout			2,231
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Faisal Shoukat	2,353	52.5	+17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Shazad Fazal	1,272	28.4	+4.3
	Independent	Shakar Saghir	444	9.9	-3.5
	Conservative	Naveed Khan	416	9.3	+9.3
Majority			1,081
Turnout			4,553	51.39
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Pillai	1,239	35.5	-7.5
	Labour Co-op	Peter Judge	1,136	32.6	+7.4
	Independent	Adrian Hartshorn	673	19.3	+19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Yates	439	12.6	+3.2
Majority			103
Turnout			3,498	41.01
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Ernest Thornber	1,896	53.0	+2.9
	Labour	Judy Gannon	1,089	30.4	+13.1
	Green	Freda Mary Davis	300	8.4	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Graham James	292	8.2	-16.3
Majority			807
Turnout			3,594	41.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sowerby Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Dave Draycott	1,364	43.2	+10.8
	Conservative	Andrew David Feather	1,164	36.9	+1.2
	BNP	Emma Louise Haldenby	315	10.0	-8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Jagger	312	9.9	-3.7
Majority			200
Turnout			3,170	38.35
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Todmorden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Booth	1,182	32.5	+10.5
	Conservative	Julie Louise Stansfield	822	22.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Olwen Jennings	705	19.4	-12.6
	Independent	David William O'Neill	461	12.7	+12.7
	Green	Kate Sweeny	259	7.1	-3.2
	BPP	David Jones	203	5.6	+5.6
Majority			360
Turnout			3,667	43.69
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Timothy John Swift	1,552	53.5	+5.7
	Conservative	Geoffrey Thompson	828	28.5	+9.3
	BNP	Richard Wayne Armstrong	325	11.2	-7.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Baker	197	6.8	-1.2
Majority			724
Turnout			2,928	33.95
	Labour hold		Swing

Warley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Jones Hutson	1,334	37.6	-8.4
	Labour Co-op	Martin Burton	1,181	33.3	+25.1
	Conservative	Beverley Anne Carter	783	22.1	+7.5
	BNP	Paul Leslie Steven Wadsworth	253	7.1	-4.6
Majority			398
Turnout			3,567	41.88
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marcus Joseph Chance Thompson	1,584	36.7	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Gow	1,401	32.5	-11.0
	Labour Co-op	Anne Collins	993	23.0	+11.6
	Green	Charles Gate	339	7.9	+3.9
Majority			183
Turnout			4,335	45.87
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing