Calderdale council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 17 wards · 17 seats contested

Most seats
10
Labour Party
Seats contested
17
across 17 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 10 +2 25,453 42.0% +3.9
Conservative and Unionist Party 4 -2 21,183 34.9% +4.8
Liberal Democrats 2 -1 6,521 10.8% -4.7
Independent 1 +1 4,631 7.6% +4.3
Green Party 0 +0 2,570 4.2% -0.9
Yorkshire Party 0 +0 174 0.3% —
National Front 0 +0 98 0.2% +0.0

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 17
Conservative and Unionist Party 17
Green Party 17
Labour Party 17
Liberal Democrats 16
Independent 4
National Front 1
Yorkshire Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 17 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Brighouse

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Howard Granville Blagbrough Elected 2,065 58.3% +16.6
Labour Party Oliver Willows 1,238 34.9% +1.2
Liberal Democrats Jennie Dawn Rigg 134 3.8% -0.5
Green Party Kate Sweeny 107 3.0% +0.1
Majority827
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,544

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Calder

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sarah Courtney Elected 3,075 62.1% +12.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Marshall 1,015 20.5% +11.0
Liberal Democrats Donal Antony O'Hanlon 460 9.3% -21.6
Green Party Jenny Shepherd 399 8.1% -1.6
Majority2,060
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,949

Labour Party hold

Elland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Angie Gallagher Elected 1,507 44.4% +26.6
Conservative and Unionist Party David Collins 1,417 41.7% +19.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Whiting 302 8.9% -34.7
Green Party Barry Edward Crossland 169 5.0% +2.0
Majority90
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,395

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Greetland and Stainland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Greenwood Elected 1,706 50.0% +11.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Oliver Williams 1,098 32.2% +0.1
Labour Party Mike Barnes 498 14.6% +2.2
Green Party Mark Richard Mullany 112 3.3% -0.5
Majority608
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,414

Liberal Democrats hold

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Colin Raistrick Elected 1,484 41.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Pillai 1,267 35.5% -29.1
Labour Party Steve Cliberon 600 16.8% -0.2
Green Party Martin Hey 110 3.1% -5.0
Liberal Democrats Alisdair Calder McGregor 105 2.9% -7.4
Majority217
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,566

Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Illingworth and Mixenden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dan Sutherland Elected 1,398 52.0% +3.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Guy Beech 1,005 37.4% +12.5
Green Party Angela Street 118 4.4% +2.3
Independent Seán Loftus 103 3.8% +2.1
Liberal Democrats Alexander Parsons-Hulse 65 2.4% +0.9
Majority393
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,689

Labour Party hold

Luddendenfoot

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Scott Patient Elected 1,984 51.3% +11.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Jill Smith-Moorhouse 1,428 36.9% +11.4
Liberal Democrats Catherine Crosland 307 7.9% -9.9
Green Party Michael Prior 150 3.9% +0.0
Majority556
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,869

Labour Party hold

Northowram and Shelf

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Baines Elected 2,119 63.3% +2.6
Labour Party Helen Sutcliffe 808 24.1% -0.8
Yorkshire Party Daniel Richard Manning 174 5.2% —
Green Party Elaine Hey 151 4.5% -0.3
Liberal Democrats Jon Grinham 96 2.9% +0.3
Majority1,311
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,348

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Ovenden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Helen Rivron Elected 1,043 55.0% -5.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Gill Tolley 583 30.7% +7.8
Green Party Katherine Louise Horner 194 10.2% -1.7
Liberal Democrats John Reynolds 78 4.1% -0.8
Majority460
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,898

Labour Party hold

Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammad Naeem Elected 2,800 56.8% -14.7
Independent Surraya Bibi 1,742 35.3% +18.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Amjad Bashir 245 5.0% -1.6
Green Party Finn Mygind Jensen 143 2.9% +0.2
Majority1,058
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,930

Labour Party hold

Rastrick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Regan Gerhard Dickenson Elected 1,945 56.6% +8.0
Labour and Co-operative Party Peter Judge 1,213 35.3% -3.4
Liberal Democrats Kathy Haigh-Hutchinson 154 4.5% -2.5
Green Party Angharad Turner 123 3.6% -2.2
Majority732
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,435

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Ryburn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Steven Leigh Elected 1,451 38.3% +2.8
Independent Rob Holden 1,302 34.4% +1.6
Labour and Co-operative Party David William Veitch 805 21.3% -1.9
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Tatchell 131 3.5% -0.2
Green Party Katie Witham 98 2.6% -2.3
Majority149
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,787

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Skircoat

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Colin Hutchinson Elected 2,017 46.9% +17.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Tagg 1,963 45.6% +1.5
Liberal Democrats Sean Bamforth 196 4.6% -8.9
Green Party Anne Nelson 127 3.0% -0.7
Majority54
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,303

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Sowerby Bridge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dot Foster Elected 1,636 50.6% +1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeff Featherstone 1,259 38.9% +10.9
Liberal Democrats Tom Stringfellow 186 5.8% +0.8
Green Party John Nesbitt 152 4.7% +0.7
Majority377
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,233

Labour Party hold

Todmorden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Susan Press Elected 1,976 54.3% +8.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacob Cook 704 19.3% -2.6
Liberal Democrats Janet Mary Battye 630 17.3% +6.2
Green Party Kieran Luke Turner 232 6.4% -3.3
National Front Chris Jackson 98 2.7% +0.4
Majority1,272
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,640

Labour Party hold

Town

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Bob Metcalfe Elected 1,392 53.7% +5.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Llewellyn Edwards 971 37.5% +16.1
Green Party Alan McDonald 127 4.9% +0.6
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Simmons 102 3.9% +1.0
Majority421
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,592

Labour Party hold

Warley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Amanda Parsons-Hulse Elected 1,869 46.3% -1.1
Labour Party Audrey Smith 1,463 36.2% +0.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Shakir Saghir 648 16.0% +2.3
Green Party Frank Holt 58 1.4% -1.6
Majority406
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,038

Liberal Democrats hold

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