Calderdale council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 17 wards · 17 seats contested

Most seats
10
Labour and Co-operative Party
Seats contested
17
across 17 wards
Turnout
34.5%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party 10 -1 22,904 44.4% -1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party 4 +0 15,208 29.5% -3.4
Liberal Democrats 2 +0 6,570 12.7% +0.9
Green Party 1 +0 6,291 12.2% +3.1
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance 0 +0 366 0.7% +0.5
Independent 0 +0 288 0.6% +0.2

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. 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 17
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance 5
Independent 3

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 Brenda Monteith Elected 1,320 44.0% -9.1
Labour Party Frank Malcolm Darnley 1,180 39.3% +7.8
Green Party Kim Atkinson 251 8.4% +2.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen David Cockroft 192 6.4% -2.8
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance Gabrielle Paterson 57 1.9% —
Majority140
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors8,254
Ballots cast3,000

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Calder

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Israr Ahmed Elected 2,615 59.4% -6.1
Green Party Alan McDonald 617 14.0% +4.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Joseph Paul Stephen Matthews 555 12.6% -3.4
Liberal Democrats Diana Margaret Harris 509 11.6% +4.3
Independent Helen Lasham 110 2.5% —
Majority1,998
Turnout48.0%
Registered electors9,207
Ballots cast4,406

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Elland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David William Veitch Elected 1,300 47.4% -3.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Vanessa Jane Lee 781 28.5% -4.7
Liberal Democrats Richard Arthur Phillips 371 13.5% +5.3
Green Party Barry Edward Crossland 228 8.3% +0.2
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance Matthew Leadbeater 60 2.2% —
Majority519
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors8,815
Ballots cast2,740

Labour Party hold

Greetland and Stainland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sue Holdsworth Elected 1,240 42.4% -6.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Greenwood 1,077 36.9% +0.8
Labour Party Adrian Russell Horton 422 14.4% +4.7
Green Party Jacquelyn Haigh 183 6.3% +0.5
Majority163
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors8,464
Ballots cast2,922

Liberal Democrats hold

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Kirton Elected 1,661 52.3% -2.8
Labour Party Samuel Ackroyd 1,031 32.5% +9.9
Green Party Elaine Hey 353 11.1% -2.4
Liberal Democrats Jennie Dawn Rigg 128 4.0% -4.7
Majority630
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors9,079
Ballots cast3,173

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Illingworth and Mixenden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Steph Clarke Elected 1,252 54.9% +6.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Colonel Padgett 683 29.9% -10.7
Green Party Laura Iris Beesley 132 5.8% +1.3
Independent Seán Loftus 118 5.2% +1.0
Liberal Democrats Alexander Parsons-Hulse 96 4.2% +1.7
Majority569
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors9,202
Ballots cast2,281

Labour Party hold

Luddendenfoot

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Katie Jane Kimber Elected 1,900 56.8% -5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Jill Smith-Moorhouse 820 24.5% -1.7
Liberal Democrats Christine Irene Bampton-Smith 355 10.6% +4.4
Green Party Kate Sweeny 271 8.1% +2.2
Majority1,080
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors7,995
Ballots cast3,346

Labour Party hold

Northowram and Shelf

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Dan Wood Elected 2,244 63.1% +23.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Baines 1,004 28.2% -11.6
Labour Party Khuram Majid 253 7.1% -10.8
Liberal Democrats Philip White 54 1.5% -0.6
Majority1,240
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors9,081
Ballots cast3,555

Green Party hold

Ovenden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Stuart Cairney Elected 1,029 57.3% -1.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher Paul Matejak 417 23.2% -10.0
Liberal Democrats Sean Bamforth 224 12.5% +0.8
Green Party Finn Mygind Jensen 126 7.0% -2.4
Majority612
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors8,423
Ballots cast1,796

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rahat Khan Elected 1,768 57.6% -7.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Shakir Saghir 568 18.5% +3.4
Liberal Democrats Abdul Rehman 545 17.7% +1.7
Green Party Catherine Louise Graham 130 4.2% -0.0
Independent Craig James Michael Withers 60 2.0% —
Majority1,200
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors9,465
Ballots cast3,071

Labour Party hold

Rastrick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Pillai Elected 1,289 44.1% -5.6
Labour and Co-operative Party Peter Judge 1,180 40.4% +1.1
Green Party Matt Lawson 204 7.0% +0.9
Liberal Democrats Francesca Maxie Carr 153 5.2% +0.3
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance Corinne Henderson 94 3.2% —
Majority109
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors8,288
Ballots cast2,920

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Ryburn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Felicity Issott Elected 1,463 46.1% -1.1
Labour Party David Henry Wager 1,101 34.7% -5.3
Green Party Freda Davis 277 8.7% +1.0
Liberal Democrats Samuel Jackson 250 7.9% +2.8
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance Michael Ogden 83 2.6% —
Majority362
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors8,878
Ballots cast3,174

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Skircoat

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Mike Barnes Elected 2,285 61.4% +4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter John Hunt 1,049 28.2% -4.0
Liberal Democrats Kathy Haigh-Hutchinson 200 5.4% -0.6
Green Party Mark Richard Mullany 188 5.1% -0.3
Majority1,236
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors9,589
Ballots cast3,722

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Sowerby Bridge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Simon Craig Ashton Elected 1,468 51.4% +0.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Llewellyn Edwards 852 29.8% -3.2
Liberal Democrats Tom Stringfellow 293 10.3% +1.7
Green Party David Booth 244 8.5% +1.5
Majority616
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors8,760
Ballots cast2,857

Labour Party hold

Todmorden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Silvia Clare Dacre Elected 1,791 58.5% -1.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Richard Holmes 530 17.3% +0.1
Green Party Kieran Luke Turner 472 15.4% +4.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Wadsworth 271 8.8% -0.5
Majority1,261
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors8,906
Ballots cast3,064

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Town

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Tim Swift Elected 1,116 48.2% +0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne-Marie Miles 796 34.4% -5.2
Green Party Elliot David Hey 250 10.8% +3.7
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Tatchell 151 6.5% +1.3
Majority320
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors9,001
Ballots cast2,313

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Warley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Abbie Carr Elected 1,538 46.8% +0.1
Labour Party Ash Ashfaq 1,213 36.9% +1.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Vishal Gupta 343 10.4% -0.3
Green Party Katie Witham 121 3.7% +0.8
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance Martin Davies 72 2.2% +0.4
Majority325
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors9,105
Ballots cast3,287

Liberal Democrats hold

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