2008 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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1 May 2008

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17 of 51 seats on Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour
Seats before	18	17	11
Seats won	8	6	3
Seats after	20	17	9
Seat change	2		2

Leader before election

Conservative

Leader after election

Conservative

Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control with a minority Conservative administration.

On 9 May, about a week after being elected as a Liberal Democrat, Greetland and Stainland Councillor Keith Watson left the Liberal Democrats and joined the Conservative Party.^[1]

In 2009 the Skircoat Councillor Geoffrey Wainwright died suddenly. A by-election was held on 2 April 2009. The seat was held by the Conservative Party with John Hardy winning the seat.^[2]

In June 2009 Elland Councillor Diane Park quit the Liberal Democrats due to the state of the party in the House of Commons. She continued as an independent.^[3]

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
18	17	11	3	1	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	Labour	Ind	BN	ED

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓
20	17	9	2	2	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	Labour	Ind	BN	ED

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservative	18	20
	Liberal Democrats	17	17
	Labour	11	9
	Independent	3	2
	BNP	1	2
	English Democrat	1	1
Total		51	51

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Brighouse ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Blagbrough	1,329	40.2	-3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Yates	1,250	37.8	-5.9
	Labour	Ann Martin	729	22.0	-5.6
Majority			79
Turnout			3,308	39.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The incumbent was Nick Yates for the Liberal Democrats. He had been elected as a Conservative.

Calder ward

Calder ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Mary Battye	1,188	32.1	1.2
	Labour Co-op	Janet Lynne Oosthuysen	1,135	30.7	+4.7
	Conservative	Beverley Anne Carter	890	24.1	+3.6
	Green	Ruby Rose Joy Berridge	486	13.1	-13.5
Majority			53
Turnout			3,699	41.52
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The incumbent was Janet Battye for the Liberal Democrats.

Elland ward

Elland ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Allen	1,203	44.0	-9.4
	Conservative	Christian Corkish	800	29.3	+2.7
	Labour Co-op	Stewart Brown	312	11.4	-3.9
	English Democrat	Mick Clarke	262	9.6	+9.6
	Green	Susan Ann Thomas	156	5.7	+5.7
Majority			403
Turnout			2,733	33.39
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The incumbent was Pat Allen for the Liberal Democrats.

Greetland and Stainland ward

Greetland and Stainland ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Watson	1,404	45.7	-1.6
	Conservative	John Frank Brearley Ford	958	31.2	+3.8
	Labour	Pamela Fellows	251	8.2	-5.5
	BNP	Michael Hall	229	7.5	+7.5
	Green	Mark Mullany	170	5.5	-6.1
	English Democrat	Johnathan Paul Rogan	59	1.9	+1.9
Majority			446
Turnout			3,071	36.68
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The incumbent was Keith Watson for the Liberal Democrats.

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Thomas Hall	2,209	68.5	+21.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Souper	578	17.9	+9.5
	Labour	Susan Press	438	13.6	-10.1
Majority			1,631
Turnout			3,225	38.44
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was Graham Hall for the Conservative Party

Illingworth and Mixenden ward

Illingworth and Mixenden ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Tom Bates	1,323	38.3	+7.9
	Labour	Judy Gannon	1,014	29.4	-5.1
	Conservative	Jon Shaw	796	23.1	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Murray Elder	193	5.6	-5.1
	Independent	Sean Vincent Loftus	124	3.6	+3.6
Majority			309
Turnout			3,450	37.12
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

The incumbent was Judith Gannon for the Labour Party.

Luddendenfoot ward

Luddendenfoot ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Irene Bampton-Smith	1,301	41.4	-0.9
	Conservative	Sarah Jane Jennings	1,016	32.3	-0.3
	Labour	James Edward Fearon	513	16.3	-3.3
	BNP	John Derek Gregory	316	10.0	-8.3
Majority			285
Turnout			3,146	40.97
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The incumbent was Christine Bampton-Smith for the Liberal Democrats.

Northowram and Shelf ward

Northowram and Shelf ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Edward Alexander Reason	1,745	49.0	-4.4
	Labour Co-op	Gary Rae	524	14.7	-2.9
	Independent	Raymond Pearson	387	10.9	+10.9
	English Democrat	John William Dowson	343	9.6	+9.6
	BNP	Chris Godridge	322	9.0	-14.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Christopher Beacroft-Mitchell	240	6.7	-4.3
Majority			1,221
Turnout			3,561	40.15
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was Graham Reason for the Conservative Party.

Ovenden ward

Ovenden ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Danielle Sara Eleana Coombs	847	44.8	+4.1
	BNP	Jane Shooter	564	29.8	+0.8
	Conservative	John Cecil David Hardy	479	25.3	+12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Graham James	248	13.1	+0.7
Majority			283
Turnout			1,890	25.38
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

The incumbent was Danielle Coombs for the Labour Party.

Park ward

Park ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Ilyas	1,838	41.3	+24.4
	Labour	Mohammed Najib	1,678	37.7	-2.8
	Conservative	Craig Anthony Stanton	489	11.0	-23.7
	Independent	Shakar Saghir	442	9.9	-21.1
Majority			160
Turnout			4,447	50.85
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

The incumbent was Mohammed Najib for the Labour Party.

Rastrick ward

Rastrick ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann McAllister	1,546	49.0	+1.0
	Labour Co-op	George Edward Richardson	666	21.1	-9.6
	English Democrat	David Vincent Stevenson	516	16.4	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Jeffery	425	13.5	-5.2
Majority			880
Turnout			3,153	37.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was Ann McAllister for the Conservative Party.

Ryburn ward

Ryburn ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geraldine Mary Carter	1,667	54.2	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley John Richard Evans	908	29.5	+3.7
	Labour	Lesley Anne Sleigh	502	16.3	-11.3
Majority			759
Turnout			3,077	36.05
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was Geraldine Carter for the Conservative Party.

Skircoat ward

Skircoat ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Wainwright	2,132	54.0	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Nash	1,305	33.1	+10.9
	Labour Co-op	Marion Simone Batten	308	7.8	-11.3
	Green	Viv Smith	202	5.1	+5.1
Majority			827
Turnout			3,947	42.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was Geoffrey Wainwright for the Conservative Party.

Sowerby Bridge ward

Sowerby Bridge ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Louise Byrne	1,252	42.6	+4.3
	Labour Co-op	Dave Draycott	864	29.4	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Boje Frederiksen	365	12.4	-5.5
	BNP	Stuart Brian Gill	357	12.1	-7.7
	English Democrat	Tom Mathieson	103	3.5	3.5
Majority			388
Turnout			2,941	35.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

The incumbent was Amanda Byrne for the Conservative Party.

Todmorden ward

Todmorden ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Cooper	1,048	32.5	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Alice Myers	912	28.3	-12.7
	Labour	Steph Booth	853	26.5	-1.3
	BNP	Christian Michael Jackson	408	12.7	+12.7
Majority			136
Turnout			3,221	37.92
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The incumbent was Anne Townley for the Liberal Democrats.

Town ward

Town ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Megan Kathleen Swift	1,055	39.5	+7.0
	Conservative	Chris Pillai	649	24.3	+1.8
	BNP	Anthony Bentley	403	15.1	-13.3
	Independent	Robert Philip Andrew Reynolds	292	10.9	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan Robert Stubbs	273	10.2	-0.4
Majority			406
Turnout			2,672	31.07
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

The incumbent was Megan Swift for the Labour Party.

Warley ward

Warley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Pearson	1,681	51.8	+34.8
	Conservative	Sally Victoria McCartney	708	21.8	-4.0
	BNP	Paul Wadsworth	433	13.3	-6.8
	Labour	Anne Collins	422	13.0	+0.8
Majority			973
Turnout			3,244	38.05
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

The incumbent was Allen Clegg as an Independent.

By-elections between 2008 and 2010

Skircoat ward, 2009

Skircoat By-Election 2 April 2009 ^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Cecil David Hardy	1,327	36.78
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Nash	1,209	33.51
	Labour	Anne Collins	274	7.59
	Independent	Paul Brannigan	238	6.60
	BNP	Chris Godridge	235	6.51
	Independent	Philip Maxwell Crossley	229	6.35
	Green	Viv Smith	92	2.55
Majority			118	3.28
Turnout			3,608	38.07
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ Councillor switches party just a week after elections. Halifax Courier. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
^ Conservative Hardy wins Skircoat by-election. Halifax Courier. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
^ Diane quits in disgust Halifax Courier. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
^ Skircoat Ward By-Election, 2009. calderdale.gov.uk.
^ Conservative Hardy wins Skircoat by-election. The Halifax Evening Courier.

Election of District Councillors - 2 May 2008. calderdale.gov.uk.
Calderdale Council elections - see all the results. Halifax Courier.

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