Calderdale Council election, 2006

Elections to Calderdale Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 20
*Liberal Democrat 16
*Labour 10
*Independent 3
*British National 2

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Colin Stout
votes = 1,450
percentage = 44.47
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Robert Taylor
votes = 978
percentage = 30.00
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Daniel Alan Coll
votes = 575
percentage = 17.63
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Luke William Wickham
votes = 257
percentage = 7.88
change = Election box majority
votes = 472
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,260
percentage = 39.89
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Calder ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nader Fekri
votes = 1,222
percentage = 34.05
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stewart Brown
votes = 884
percentage = 24.63
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Paul Edward John Palmer
votes = 780
percentage = 21.73
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Annette Jean Getty
votes = 702
percentage = 19.56
change = Election box majority
votes = 338
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,588
percentage = 41.55
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Elland ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Francis Thompson
votes = 1,390
percentage = 53.68
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael John Clarke
votes = 794
percentage = 30.66
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Simone Batten
votes = 405
percentage = 15.64
change = Election box majority
votes = 596
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,589
percentage = 33.56
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Greetland and Stainland ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Conrad Vero Winterburn
votes = 1,401
percentage = 51.26
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bryce Christian Corkish
votes = 768
percentage = 28.10
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Patrick Ambler
votes = 336
percentage = 12.29
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Mark Richard Mullany
votes = 228
percentage = 8.34
change = Election box majority
votes = 633
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,733
percentage = 33.92
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Colin Raistrick
votes = 1,277
percentage = 39.59
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Foran
votes = 1,215
percentage = 37.67
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith John Butterick
votes = 500
percentage = 15.50
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Graham James
votes = 233
percentage = 7.22
change = Election box majority
votes = 62
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,225
percentage = 39.74
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Illingworth and Mixenden ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Geoffrey James Wallace
votes = 1,075
percentage = 35.63
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Janet Lynne Oosthuysen
votes = 840
percentage = 27.84
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Francis Maycock
votes = 682
percentage = 22.60
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Murray Elder
votes = 296
percentage = 9.81
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sean Vincent Loftus
votes = 124
percentage = 4.11
change = Election box majority
votes = 235
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,017
percentage = 36.14
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = British National Party
swing =

Luddendenfoot ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Sephton Coles
votes = 1,082
percentage = 34.86
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Hugh Marshall
votes = 936
percentage = 30.16
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = John Derek Gregory
votes = 570
percentage = 18.36
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Graham William Rusher
votes = 515
percentage = 16.59
change = Election box majority
votes = 146
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,103
percentage = 42.33
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Northowram and Shelf ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Baines
votes = 1,610
percentage = 44.83
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Christopher Godridge
votes = 830
percentage = 23.11
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gary Rae
votes = 764
percentage = 21.27
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Christopher Beacroft-Mitchell
votes = 387
percentage = 10.77
change = Election box majority
votes = 780
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,591
percentage = 41.56
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Ovenden ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Helen Josephine Rivron
votes = 945
percentage = 20.97
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Danielle Sara Eleana Coombs
votes = 873
percentage = 19.37
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party = British National Party
candidate = Thomas Lee Bates
votes = 796
percentage = 17.66
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Jane Ann Shooter
votes = 775
percentage = 17.20
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sally Victoria McCartney
votes = 319
percentage = 7.08
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kathleen Young
votes = 303
percentage = 6.72
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Beth Charlotte Gore
votes = 285
percentage = 6.32
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Ward
votes = 209
percentage = 4.63
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,505
percentage = 30.64
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Park ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Zafar Iqbal Din
votes = 1,339
percentage = 35.60
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mohammed Ilyas
votes = 971
percentage = 25.81
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Shakar Saghir
votes = 668
percentage = 17.76
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Cecil David Hardy
votes = 510
percentage = 13.56
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Stephen Pickles
votes = 273
percentage = 7.25
change = Election box majority
votes = 368
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,761
percentage = 45.65
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Rastrick ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Graham Rogan
votes = 1,603
percentage = 54.02
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Margaret Fellows
votes = 822
percentage = 27.70
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Diane Park
votes = 542
percentage = 18.26
change = Election box majority
votes = 781
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,967
percentage = 36.02
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Ryburn ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kay Barret
votes = 1,338
percentage = 46.71
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ashley John Richard Evans
votes = 782
percentage = 27.30
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Mary Gannon
votes = 744
percentage = 25.97
change = Election box majority
votes = 556
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,864
percentage = 35.59
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Skircoat ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Grenville Horsfall
votes = 1,419
percentage = 40.51
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Alexander Gow
votes = 1,410
percentage = 40.26
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Vivienne Patricia Smith
votes = 343
percentage = 9.79
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammed Ilyas Najib
votes = 330
percentage = 9.42
change = Election box majority
votes = 9
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,502
percentage = 39.13
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Sowerby Bridge ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Howard Peel
votes = 955
percentage = 36.77
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anne Marsden
votes = 888
percentage = 34.19
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Draycott
votes = 754
percentage = 29.03
change = Election box majority
votes = 67
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,597
percentage = 33.78
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Todmorden ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ruth Goldthorpe
votes = 1,214
percentage = 40.53
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Hariharan Padmanabhan
votes = 649
percentage = 21.66
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Christian Michael Jackson
votes = 647
percentage = 21.60
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Nicholas Green
votes = 485
percentage = 16.19
change = Election box majority
votes = 565
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,995
percentage = 36.05
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Town ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert George Metcalfe
votes = 1,151
percentage = 40.68
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Stuart Brian Gill
votes = 748
percentage = 26.44
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Byrne
votes = 590
percentage = 20.85
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Boje Frederiksen
votes = 237
percentage = 8.37
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Christian Peoples Alliance
candidate = Shaun Hogan
votes = 103
percentage = 3.64
change = Election box majority
votes = 403
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,829
percentage = 35.15
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = British National Party
swing =

Warley ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Ian Ginley
votes = 935
percentage = 28.26
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brendan Robert Stubbs
votes = 855
percentage = 25.84
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Michael Hall
votes = 496
percentage = 14.99
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jennifer Mary Carr
votes = 636
percentage = 19.22
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammed Shazad Fazal
votes = 353
percentage = 10.67
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Kelly Marie Catlow
votes = 33
percentage = 0.99
change = Election box majority
votes = 80
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,308
percentage = 40.42
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

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References

* [http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/council/democracy/electionresults/results.jsp?election=25 Election of Local Councillors 2006 - 5th May 2006] . "calderdale.gov.uk".
* [http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Local-election-results.1485506.jp Calderdale Council full results - 2006] . "The Halifax Evening Courier".