Calderdale council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 18 wards · 54 seats contested

Most seats
34
Reform UK
Seats contested
54
across 18 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Reform UK 34 +34 70,372 36.2% —
Labour Party 8 -2 43,024 22.2% -19.4
Green Party 7 +6 39,430 20.3% +4.2
Liberal Democrats 2 +0 13,148 6.8% -4.0
Independent 2 +2 6,846 3.5% +1.9
Workers Party of Britain 1 +0 2,462 1.3% -1.9
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 -3 18,657 9.6% -16.8
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party 0 +0 246 0.1% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 54
Green Party 54
Reform UK 54
Labour Party 52
Conservative and Unionist Party 36
Liberal Democrats 30
Independent 10
Workers Party of Britain 5
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 54 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 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Darren Nigel Commons Elected 1,538 40.7% —
Reform UK Stephen Michael Mycroft Elected 1,484 39.3% —
Reform UK Mark Wayne Kimberlin Elected 1,470 38.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Howard Granville Blagbrough 1,049 27.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tina Benton 947 25.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brenda Monteith 897 23.7% —
Green Party Kim Atkinson 754 20.0% —
Labour Party Samuel James Bacon 657 17.4% —
Green Party Megan Nichols 639 16.9% —
Green Party Tea Owens 558 14.8% —
Labour Party Brown Giwa 545 14.4% —
Labour Party Derrie Callum Thickett 531 14.1% —
Liberal Democrats Jennie Dawn Rigg 267 7.1% —
Majority421
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,779

Elland 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Peter John Hunt Elected 1,510 55.5% —
Reform UK James Andrew Cook Elected 1,357 49.8% —
Reform UK Nigel Hatfield Elected 1,276 46.9% —
Labour and Co-operative Party David William Veitch 904 33.2% —
Green Party Joy Harrison 488 17.9% —
Green Party Barry Edward Crossland 458 16.8% —
Liberal Democrats Sammie Hurles-Green 429 15.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Karl Stephen Baines 349 12.8% —
Green Party Mark Richard Mullany 300 11.0% —
Liberal Democrats Samuel Jackson 300 11.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Steven Holroyd 283 10.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon James Kay 263 9.7% —
Liberal Democrats Donal Antony O'Hanlon 251 9.2% —
Majority372
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,723

Greetland 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Thomas Ian Garnett Elected 1,704 48.3% —
Reform UK Ruth Walker Elected 1,559 44.2% —
Reform UK Philip Geoffrey John Pringle Elected 1,519 43.1% —
Liberal Democrats Paul Alexander Bellenger 1,288 36.5% —
Liberal Democrats Sue Holdsworth 1,067 30.3% —
Liberal Democrats Christine June Prashad 1,009 28.6% —
Green Party JD Anderson-Martin 345 9.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Glen Nicholas Cockroft 336 9.5% —
Green Party Jessica Christel Sophia Martin 325 9.2% —
Green Party Lauren Katy Mead 320 9.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Franks 277 7.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jackie Morris 260 7.4% —
Labour Party Sharron Hardman 217 6.2% —
Labour Party Stuart Murray 177 5.0% —
Labour Party Mark Andrew Pitkethly 175 5.0% —
Majority231
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,526

Halifax Town 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Joseph Gibbons Elected 1,082 40.3% —
Reform UK Keith Ingle Elected 1,040 38.7% —
Reform UK Jay Shaban Elected 927 34.5% —
Labour Party Rhys Alexander Owens 752 28.0% —
Labour Party Joe Thompson 745 27.7% —
Labour Party Kelly Thornham 703 26.2% —
Green Party Katherine Elizabeth Spivey 568 21.1% —
Green Party Alex Rowan McKevitt 563 21.0% —
Green Party Roseanne Marie Sweeney 538 20.0% —
Workers Party of Britain Aber Shakar Saghir 340 12.7% —
Workers Party of Britain Wajid Hussain 309 11.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Baines 308 11.5% —
Liberal Democrats Rachel Reed Proctor 184 6.9% —
Majority175
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,686

Hebden Bridge & Todmorden East 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sarah Courtney Elected 2,397 42.3% —
Green Party Hannah Louise Mickleburgh-Benn Elected 2,049 36.2% —
Green Party Margot Puddepha Elected 1,971 34.8% —
Green Party Kieran Luke Turner 1,852 32.7% —
Labour Party Jonathan Charles Timbers 1,721 30.4% —
Labour Party Ben Jancovich 1,715 30.3% —
Independent Scott Borrows 801 14.1% —
Reform UK James Thomas Connolly 786 13.9% —
Reform UK Christine Shaw 730 12.9% —
Reform UK Richard Stephen Beaumont Knockton 714 12.6% —
Independent Rebecca Boden 505 8.9% —
Independent Mikaela Tiffany Mills-Brand 427 7.5% —
Independent Chris Wood 256 4.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Anthony Davies 248 4.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Richard Hill 243 4.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Percy Sugden 215 3.8% —
Liberal Democrats Brian Hewson 197 3.5% —
Liberal Democrats David Christopher Wainwright 174 3.1% —
Majority119
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)5,667

Hipperholme & Lightcliffe 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Timothy James Holden Elected 1,470 38.7% —
Reform UK Connor Dent Elected 1,463 38.5% —
Reform UK Valerie Joan Mycroft Elected 1,400 36.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Frederick George Philp 1,079 28.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Steven Leigh 1,076 28.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Vishal Gupta 869 22.9% —
Independent Mark Stuart Pullen 781 20.6% —
Green Party Isabella Greenwood 681 17.9% —
Green Party Aisling Catherine Grace Blythe 635 16.7% —
Labour Party Nicola Jane Lovelady 536 14.1% —
Labour Party Steven George Sewell 463 12.2% —
Labour Party Mick Shannon 428 11.3% —
Liberal Democrats James Ross Souper 261 6.9% —
Green Party James Turner 259 6.8% —
Majority321
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,800

Illingworth & Mixenden 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Nikki Kelly Elected 1,774 62.4% —
Reform UK Dan Sutherland Elected 1,738 61.1% —
Reform UK Andrew James Tagg Elected 1,657 58.3% —
Labour Party Rachel Anna Hollingworth 651 22.9% —
Labour Party Shane David Taylor 574 20.2% —
Labour Party Danny Sweeney 549 19.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Robert Hillman 357 12.6% —
Green Party Jane Smith 323 11.4% —
Green Party Robert William Orange 300 10.5% —
Green Party Joseph Simon Scanlon 291 10.2% —
Liberal Democrats Nick Proctor 164 5.8% —
Independent Seán Loftus 154 5.4% —
Majority1,006
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,844

Luddendenfoot 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Scott Anthony Patient Elected 1,671 38.4% —
Labour Party Katie Jane Kimber Elected 1,625 37.4% —
Labour Party Kate MacDonald Elected 1,470 33.8% —
Reform UK Joseph Paul Stephen Matthews 1,438 33.1% —
Reform UK Matthew Joel Isaac Murray 1,371 31.5% —
Reform UK Christopher Thomas Wade 1,365 31.4% —
Green Party Emma Clare Sweaney 887 20.4% —
Green Party Matthew Geraghty 772 17.7% —
Green Party Mark Thomas Stanley 711 16.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jerrad Lee Dann 494 11.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jules Cian Devlin-Dickenson 446 10.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul James Worth 429 9.9% —
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Tatchell 370 8.5% —
Majority32
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)4,350

Northowram & Shelf 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Martin Hey Elected 1,823 52.9% —
Reform UK David Banks Elected 1,591 46.2% —
Green Party Dan Wood Elected 1,545 44.9% —
Reform UK James Edward Brezinski 1,446 42.0% —
Reform UK Diana Thorpe 1,426 41.4% —
Green Party Chris Ioanna 1,395 40.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Naveed Khan 413 12.0% —
Labour Party Alison Dunn 220 6.4% —
Labour Party James Stephen Hepplestone 174 5.1% —
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Robinson 153 4.4% —
Labour Party Richard Mark Pierson 145 4.2% —
Majority99
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,444

Ovenden 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Paul Dale Elected 1,531 59.8% —
Reform UK Stephen Paul Hodgson Elected 1,516 59.2% —
Reform UK Gordon Thorpe Elected 1,497 58.5% —
Labour Party Danielle Afton Durrans 611 23.9% —
Labour Party Mike Barnes 601 23.5% —
Labour Party Stuart John Cairney 568 22.2% —
Green Party Catherine Louise Graham 362 14.1% —
Green Party Luna Ophelia Moon 300 11.7% —
Green Party Finn Mygind Jensen 295 11.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Caffrey 245 9.6% —
Liberal Democrats Steve Whitaker 155 6.1% —
Majority886
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,560

Park 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Osman Khalil Elected 1,588 57.4% —
Labour Party Mohammed Shazad Fazal Elected 1,016 36.7% —
Workers Party of Britain Shakir Saghir Elected 901 32.6% —
Independent Nagheena Haroon 632 22.8% —
Workers Party of Britain Sohail Ashfaq 601 21.7% —
Liberal Democrats Abdul Rehman 592 21.4% —
Green Party Fintan Michael Daly 496 17.9% —
Green Party Charles Gate 426 15.4% —
Green Party Diccon Edward Lowe 399 14.4% —
Labour Party Michael Darby 398 14.4% —
Labour Party Megan Lynne Taylor 380 13.7% —
Reform UK Ruth Jane Heslop 217 7.8% —
Reform UK Toby Montgomery Rogan 210 7.6% —
Reform UK Sandeep Goyal 192 6.9% —
Liberal Democrats Mark Stephen Pittaway 138 5.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Townend 112 4.0% —
Majority269
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,766

Rastrick 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Simon Briggs Elected 1,644 41.7% —
Reform UK David Small Elected 1,551 39.4% —
Reform UK Jackie Wilson Elected 1,523 38.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Regan Gerhard Dickenson 966 24.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Pillai 960 24.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Richard Holmes 899 22.8% —
Labour Party Peter Judge 822 20.9% —
Labour Party Katy Shannon 674 17.1% —
Labour Party Tony Rimmer 668 17.0% —
Green Party Andrew Bramley 658 16.7% —
Green Party Vic Tordoff 549 13.9% —
Green Party Teddy Morgan 540 13.7% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew Campbell Menzies 195 4.9% —
Liberal Democrats Margareta Holmstedt 173 4.4% —
Majority557
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,941

Ryburn 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Leah Elizabeth Webster Elected 1,579 40.6% —
Reform UK Alex Greenwood Elected 1,423 36.6% —
Reform UK Christopher John Green Elected 1,374 35.3% —
Reform UK Steven Jowett 1,291 33.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Ernest Thornber 895 23.0% —
Liberal Democrats Michael Holdsworth 573 14.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Benton 557 14.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julia Fidelia Cockroft 553 14.2% —
Labour Party Marie Elizabeth Wright 495 12.7% —
Green Party Sian Nicola Fisher 493 12.7% —
Labour Party Keith John Butterick 488 12.6% —
Green Party Tabitha Peacock 477 12.3% —
Labour Party Peter Ehrhardt 440 11.3% —
Green Party Cordelia Prescott 364 9.4% —
Liberal Democrats Linda Noreen Levick 344 8.9% —
Liberal Democrats David Mitchell 316 8.1% —
Majority83
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,887

Salterhebble, Southowram & Skircoat Green 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Paul Hawkaluk Elected 1,858 51.3% —
Reform UK Stephen Padgett Elected 1,854 51.1% —
Reform UK Mederic Robert George Payne Elected 1,704 47.0% —
Labour Party Don Bishop 912 25.2% —
Labour Party Yolande Shire 878 24.2% —
Labour Party Phil Shire 823 22.7% —
Green Party Catherine Frost 695 19.2% —
Green Party Tommy Fielden 608 16.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Judith Mary Sugden 594 16.4% —
Green Party Gary Michael Scott 566 15.6% —
Liberal Democrats Joanne O'Hanlon 384 10.6% —
Majority792
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,625

Sowerby Bridge 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Andrew Grant Varley Elected 1,637 41.3% —
Reform UK Mike Payne Elected 1,587 40.1% —
Labour Party Adam David Wilkinson Elected 1,574 39.7% —
Reform UK Nigel Paul Marklew 1,549 39.1% —
Labour Party Dot Foster 1,453 36.7% —
Labour Party Simon Craig Ashton 1,441 36.4% —
Green Party Daniel James Murgatroyd 538 13.6% —
Green Party Brigid Mary Featherstone 535 13.5% —
Green Party David Booth 514 13.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Vaughan 413 10.4% —
Liberal Democrats Michelle Amanda Turner 276 7.0% —
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party Captain Loogie 246 6.2% —
Independent Simon Zonenblick 123 3.1% —
Majority25
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,962

Todmorden West 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Jamie Furlong Elected 1,718 39.0% —
Green Party Sarah Louise Goodfellow Elected 1,686 38.3% —
Green Party Oscar Seville-Leach Elected 1,458 33.1% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Tyler George Hanley 1,395 31.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Diana Helen Tremayne 1,393 31.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Silvia Clare Dacre 1,300 29.5% —
Reform UK Deborah Michelle Garnett 1,074 24.4% —
Reform UK John Pendlebury 1,070 24.3% —
Reform UK Julie Elizabeth Wood 1,050 23.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter John Chapman 281 6.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Philip Benton 273 6.2% —
Liberal Democrats Nikki Stocks 266 6.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Ross 238 5.4% —
Majority63
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)4,401

Wainhouse 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ann Kingstone Elected 1,287 33.6% —
Labour Party Dave Mendes da Costa Elected 1,232 32.2% —
Reform UK Cathy Featherstone Elected 1,215 31.7% —
Reform UK Jeff Featherstone 1,198 31.3% —
Reform UK Sireesha Betha 1,133 29.6% —
Labour Party Gary Rae 1,102 28.8% —
Green Party Gillian Elizabeth Manojlovic 1,075 28.1% —
Green Party Rachele Victoria Lilian Pipe 1,017 26.5% —
Green Party Ian Edward Pepper 1,008 26.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Andrews 587 15.3% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Gow 337 8.8% —
Liberal Democrats Katie Jackson 306 8.0% —
Majority17
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,832

Warley 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ashley Evans Elected 1,166 39.7% —
Reform UK Irena Corkish Elected 924 31.5% —
Liberal Democrats Chris Wadsworth Elected 920 31.3% —
Liberal Democrats Sam Myatt 893 30.4% —
Reform UK Christian Corkish 872 29.7% —
Reform UK Gill Tolley 843 28.7% —
Labour Party Mark Justin Durrans 484 16.5% —
Green Party Katie Witham 451 15.4% —
Green Party Asha Hinterland 450 15.3% —
Labour Party Anne Pitcher 444 15.1% —
Green Party Samuel Theodore Rowan Lionheart 402 13.7% —
Labour Party Jane Margaret Pugh 400 13.6% —
Workers Party of Britain Esain Saddique 311 10.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Baines 246 8.4% —
Majority27
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,935

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