Calderdale council election, 2021

06/05/2021 · 17 wards · 19 seats contested

Most seats
9
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
19
across 17 wards
Turnout
40.8%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 9 +5 25,940 39.0% +8.6
Labour Party 8 -2 24,775 37.3% -0.6
Liberal Democrats 2 +0 7,511 11.3% -2.9
Green Party 0 +0 5,525 8.3% -1.4
Independent 0 -1 2,163 3.3% -2.3
Yorkshire Party 0 +0 325 0.5% -1.1
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance 0 +0 90 0.1% —
National Front 0 +0 86 0.1% -0.1
Reform UK 0 +0 51 0.1% —
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 15 0.0% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 19
Conservative and Unionist Party 19
Green Party 19
Labour Party 19
Liberal Democrats 18
Independent 5
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance 1
National Front 1
Reform UK 1
Social Democratic Party 1
Yorkshire Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 19 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 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Tina Benton Elected 1,643 43.5% -12.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Brenda Monteith Elected 1,431 37.9% —
Independent Colin Stout 977 25.9% —
Labour Party Charlotte Butterick 900 23.9% +4.4
Labour Party Oliver Willows 660 17.5% —
Green Party Kim Atkinson 318 8.4% -0.9
Green Party Joanne Lisa Core 250 6.6% —
Liberal Democrats Michael James Sutton 112 3.0% —
Independent Colin Bryan Peel 50 1.3% —
Majority454
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors8,345
Ballots cast3,773

Conservative and Unionist Party gain · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Calder

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Josh Fenton-Glynn Elected 3,399 66.3% +11.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Gail Lund 936 18.3% +4.6
Green Party Alan McDonald 480 9.4% -7.2
Liberal Democrats Nikki Stocks 220 4.3% -10.6
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance Helen Lasham 90 1.8% —
Majority2,463
Turnout55.0%
Registered electors9,294
Ballots cast5,125

Labour Party hold

Elland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party John Frank Brearley Ford Elected 1,209 36.9% +3.6
Labour Party Jim Gallagher 1,147 35.0% -2.8
Liberal Democrats Pat Allen 699 21.3% +4.5
Green Party Barry Edward Crossland 220 6.7% -5.3
Majority62
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors8,700
Ballots cast3,275

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Greetland and Stainland 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Paul Alexander Bellenger Elected 1,814 50.9% +0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacob Cook Elected 1,020 28.6% +0.9
Liberal Democrats Alexander Parsons-Hulse 997 28.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joseph Paul Stephen Matthews 954 26.8% —
Labour Party Kathleen Foster 435 12.2% -0.7
Green Party Jackie Haigh 296 8.3% -0.9
Independent Ed Greenwood 240 6.7% —
Labour Party Rahat Khan 234 6.6% —
Green Party Matt Lawson 154 4.3% —
Majority23
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors8,436
Ballots cast3,566

Liberal Democrats hold · Conservative and Unionist Party gain

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party George Andrew Robinson Elected 2,679 67.9% +12.5
Labour Party Joe Thompson 910 23.1% +0.8
Green Party Elaine Hey 265 6.7% -7.8
Liberal Democrats Sophie Sutton 92 2.3% -5.5
Majority1,769
Turnout44.0%
Registered electors9,069
Ballots cast3,946

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Illingworth and Mixenden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Guy Beech Elected 1,226 42.5% +8.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Stuart Cairney 1,133 39.3% -1.6
Yorkshire Party Paul Daniel Farrell 325 11.3% —
Green Party Mark Richard Mullany 90 3.1% -4.0
Independent Seán Loftus 48 1.7% -11.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Stephen Pittaway 46 1.6% -3.4
Social Democratic Party Martin Gerard Roberts 15 0.5% —
Majority93
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors9,053
Ballots cast2,883

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Luddendenfoot

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jane Scullion Elected 1,735 45.8% +0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Jill Smith-Moorhouse 1,365 36.1% +8.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Irene Bampton-Smith 372 9.8% -6.3
Green Party Kate Sweeny 313 8.3% -2.5
Majority370
Turnout47.6%
Registered electors7,992
Ballots cast3,785

Labour Party hold

Northowram and Shelf

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Caffrey Elected 2,193 58.2% +1.1
Green Party Martin Hey 902 24.0% +13.5
Labour Party Frank Malcolm Darnley 596 15.8% -2.0
Liberal Democrats Catherine Crosland 75 2.0% -1.8
Majority1,291
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors9,124
Ballots cast3,766

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Ovenden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Danielle Afton Durrans Elected 979 45.6% +0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Tagg 811 37.7% +17.6
Liberal Democrats Sean Bamforth 245 11.4% -2.5
Green Party Finn Mygind Jensen 114 5.3% -3.3
Majority168
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors8,466
Ballots cast2,149

Labour Party hold

Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jenny Lynn Elected 2,375 61.0% -26.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Shakir Saghir 1,297 33.3% +26.7
Green Party Laura Iris Beesley 124 3.2% -0.8
Liberal Democrats Ruth Coleman-Taylor 100 2.6% +0.3
Majority1,078
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors9,472
Ballots cast3,896

Labour Party hold

Rastrick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sophie Jane Whittaker Elected 2,112 58.5% +7.6
Labour and Co-operative Party Peter Judge 1,082 30.0% +1.5
Green Party Gareth Owen 327 9.1% -2.6
Liberal Democrats Javed Bashir 91 2.5% -6.4
Majority1,030
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors8,354
Ballots cast3,612

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Ryburn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Ernest Thornber Elected 1,785 47.3% +19.0
Independent Peter John Hunt 848 22.5% -27.7
Labour Party Leah Elizabeth Webster 798 21.1% +9.9
Green Party Freda Davis 207 5.5% -0.9
Liberal Democrats Pete Wilcock 85 2.3% -1.7
Reform UK Christopher John Green 51 1.4% —
Majority937
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors8,979
Ballots cast3,774

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent

Skircoat

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ann Kingstone Elected 2,143 49.7% +7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammad Ilyas 1,524 35.3% +4.5
Green Party Mary Elizabeth Betteridge 378 8.8% +3.1
Liberal Democrats Kathy Haigh-Hutchinson 268 6.2% +0.4
Majority619
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors9,606
Ballots cast4,313

Labour Party hold

Sowerby Bridge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Adam David Wilkinson Elected 1,805 52.7% +11.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Llewellyn Edwards 1,272 37.1% -0.7
Green Party David Booth 238 7.0% -4.4
Liberal Democrats Tom Stringfellow 109 3.2% -6.2
Majority533
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors8,731
Ballots cast3,424

Labour Party hold

Todmorden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Diana Helen Tremayne Elected 1,951 51.7% +5.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Craig Ashton Oates 824 21.8% +9.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew James Doyle 552 14.6% -9.5
Green Party Kieran Luke Turner 361 9.6% -3.7
National Front Chris Jackson 86 2.3% -2.3
Majority1,127
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors9,106
Ballots cast3,774

Labour Party hold

Town

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Megan Swift Elected 1,385 50.2% +5.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Naveed Khan 916 33.2% +4.4
Green Party Elliot David Hey 316 11.5% +1.7
Liberal Democrats Mick Taylor 141 5.1% +0.1
Majority469
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors9,013
Ballots cast2,758

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Warley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ashley Evans Elected 1,493 42.5% -11.2
Labour Party David William Veitch 1,108 31.5% +0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party David Budgen 743 21.1% +10.2
Green Party Katie Witham 172 4.9% +0.9
Majority385
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors9,064
Ballots cast3,516

Liberal Democrats hold

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