Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council is elected each year, except for every fourth year when there is no election.[1]

Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. County-level services were provided by West Yorkshire County Council until its abolition in 1986, when Calderdale became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in controlYears
Labour1973–1975
Conservative1975–1980
No overall control1980–1990
Labour1990–1992
No overall control1992–1995
Labour1995–1999
No overall control1999–2000
Conservative2000–2002
No overall control2002–2019
Labour2019–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1999 have been:[3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Pamela Warhurst Labour19 May 1999
Michael Higgins Labour19 May 19997 May 2000
John Ford Conservative17 May 200017 May 2006
Ann McAllister Conservative17 May 20062008
Stephen Baines Conservative1 Oct 200824 May 2010
Janet Battye Liberal Democrats24 May 201023 May 2012
Tim Swift Labour23 May 201230 Jul 2014
Stephen Baines Conservative30 Jul 201427 May 2015
Tim Swift Labour27 May 2015

Council elections

Borough result maps
  • 2006 results map
    2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
    2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
    2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2012 results map
    2012 results map
  • 2014 results map
    2014 results map
  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2016 results map
    2016 results map
  • 2018 results map
    2018 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map
  • 2021 results map
    2021 results map
  • 2022 results map
    2022 results map

By-election results
By-election[4]DateIncumbent partyWinning party
Brighouse by-election 22 May 1974 Conservative Labour
Lightcliffe by-election 18 November 1977 Conservative Conservative
Hebden Bridge by-election 24 August 1978 Conservative Conservative
Town by-election 8 November 1979 Conservative Labour
Skircoat by-election 18 December 1980 Conservative Conservative
St. John's by-election 27 August 1982 Labour Labour
Luddenden Foot by-election 18 August 1983 Conservative Alliance
Mixenden by-election 26 January 1984 Labour Labour
Todmorden by-election 24 May 1984 Alliance Alliance
Northowram and Shelf by-election 6 September 1984 Conservative Conservative
Calder Valley by-election 14 February 1985 Alliance Alliance
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe by-election 23 May 1985 Conservative Conservative
Ryburn by-election 28 November 1985 Conservative Conservative
St. John's by-election 3 July 1986 Labour Labour
Brighouse by-election 9 October 1986 Labour Labour
Rastrick by-election 24 September 1987 Alliance Conservative
Town by-election Labour Labour
Town by-election 16 February 1989 Labour Labour
Calder Valley by-election 20 April 1989 Alliance Labour
St. John's by-election 12 October 1989 Labour Labour
Town by-election 27 September 1990 Labour Conservative
Brighouse by-election 8 November 1990 Conservative Labour
Luddenden Foot by-election 28 August 1991 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Ryburn by-election 22 November 1991 Conservative Conservative
St. John's by-election 19 November 1992 Labour Labour
Calder Valley by-election 9 September 1993 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Ryburn by-election 3 August 1995 Conservative Labour
Todmorden by-election 1 May 1997 Labour Liberal Democrats
Todmorden by-election 19 January 1998 Labour Liberal Democrats
Elland by-election 29 October 1999 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Calder Valley by-election 5 December 2002 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Mixenden by-election 23 January 2003 Labour BNP
Rastrick by-election 6 February 2003 Conservative Conservative
Mixenden by-election 16 October 2003 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Illingworth and Mixenden by-election 22 February 2007 Labour Labour
Skircoat by-election 2 April 2009 Conservative Conservative
Warley by-election 19 July 2012 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe by-election 6 April 2017 Conservative Conservative
Rastrick by-election 8 June 2017 Conservative Conservative
Todmorden by-election Labour Labour
Park by-election 2 September 2021 Labour Labour
Ryburn by-election Independent Conservative

The January 2003 Mixenden by-election has become synonymous as an example of a likely Condorcet loser winning.

References
  1. Calderdale Local election results. calderdale.gov.uk.
  2. "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. "Council minutes". Calderdale Council. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  4. "Calderdale Votes: 40 years of local democracy" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
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