Calderdale Council election, 1999

Elections to Calderdale Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The overall turnout of the election was 30.09% (44,215 voters of an electorate of 146,944). The winning candidate in each ward is highlighted in bold.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 20
*Conservative 19
*Liberal Democrat 14
*Independent 1

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Dorothy Helen Anderson
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 1,156
percentage = 55.57
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candidate = Thiruvenkatar Krishnapillai
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 924
percentage = 44.42
change = Election box majority
votes = 232
percentage =
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votes = 2,080
percentage = 27.85
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Calder Valley ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael Francis Taylor
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 1,440
percentage = 45.77
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candidate = Matthew James Talbot
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 1,001
percentage = 31.81
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candidate = James Albert Fuke
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 372
percentage = 11.82
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candidate = Graham Wilfred Yelland
party = Green Party of England and Wales
votes = 333
percentage = 10.58
change = Election box majority
votes = 439
percentage =
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votes = 3,146
percentage = 34.63
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Elland ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Margaret Riley
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 1,538
percentage = 62.80
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candidate = Baldev Singh Gill
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 598
percentage = 24.41
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candidate = Michael John Clarke
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 313
percentage = 12.78
change = Election box majority
votes = 940
percentage =
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votes = 2,449
percentage = 30.37
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Greetland and Stainland ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = David Trevor Shutt
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 1,953
percentage = 67.46
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candidate = Keith Smith
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 676
percentage = 23.35
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Salamat Aliata
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 266
percentage = 9.18
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,277
percentage =
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votes = 2,895
percentage = 31.3
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Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Graham Thomas Hall
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,680
percentage = 66.69
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Keith John Butterick
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 839
percentage = 33.30
change = Election box majority
votes = 841
percentage =
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votes = 2,519
percentage = 31.73
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Illingworth ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Patricia Mary Abrahams
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 664
percentage = 42.13
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candidate = Geoffrey James Wallace
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 607
percentage = 38.51
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candidate = Janet Mary Sherrard-Smith
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 202
percentage = 12.81
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candidate = Richard Mulhall
party = British National Party
votes = 103
percentage = 6.53
change = Election box majority
votes = 57
percentage =
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votes = 1,576
percentage = 22.36
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Luddendenfoot ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Christine Irene Bampton-Smith
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 1,184
percentage = 48.13
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candidate = Freda Mary Davis
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 643
percentage = 26.13
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candidate = Charmain Vivienne Smith
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 464
percentage = 18.86
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candidate = Mark Richard Hill
party = Green Party of England and Wales
votes = 169
percentage = 6.86
change = Election box majority
votes = 541
percentage =
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votes = 2,460
percentage = 28.7
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Mixenden ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Robert George Metcalfe
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 813
percentage = 54.67
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candidate = Sally Victoria McCartney
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 491
percentage = 33.01
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candidate = Paul Martin Coe
party = Green Party of England and Wales
votes = 63
percentage = 4.23
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candidate = Sean Vincent Loftus
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 61
percentage = 4.10
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candidate = Stuart Hall
party = British National Party
votes = 59
percentage = 3.96
change = Election box majority
votes = 322
percentage =
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votes = 1,487
percentage = 20.32
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Northowram and Shelf ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = William Charles Albert Carpenter
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,720
percentage = 66.58
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candidate = Keith Lucas
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 573
percentage = 22.18
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candidate = Patricia Hirst
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 290
percentage = 11.22
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,147
percentage =
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votes = 2,583
percentage = 29.93
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Ovenden ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Linda June Riordan
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 898
percentage = 64.93
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candidate = Maria Constantino
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 399
percentage = 28.85
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Rachel Clarke
party = British National Party
votes = 86
percentage = 6.21
change = Election box majority
votes = 499
percentage =
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votes = 1,383
percentage = 19.02
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Rastrick ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Clarence Williamson
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,268
percentage = 56.83
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candidate = George Edward Richardson
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 963
percentage = 43.16
change = Election box majority
votes = 305
percentage =
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votes = 2,231
percentage = 27.8
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Ryburn ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Raynor Wilson Booth
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,228
percentage = 46.47
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candidate = Judith Mary Gannon
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 803
percentage = 30.39
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candidate = Margaret Elizabeth White
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 611
percentage = 23.12
change = Election box majority
votes = 425
percentage =
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votes = 2,642
percentage = 28.59
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kircoat ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Grenville Horsfall
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,693
percentage = 61.56
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candidate = Elizabeth Jill Smith
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 578
percentage = 21.01
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candidate = Judith Madeleine Harrison
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 345
percentage = 12.54
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candidate = Howard Smith
party = Green Party of England and Wales
votes = 134
percentage = 4.87
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,115
percentage =
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votes = 2,750
percentage = 31.9
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owerby Bridge ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Andrew David Feather
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,060
percentage = 46.24
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candidate = Richard Harvey Ward
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 874
percentage = 38.13
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Nicholas Allen Edwards
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 358
percentage = 15.61
change = Election box majority
votes = 186
percentage =
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votes = 2,292
percentage = 29.7
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t John's ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Mohammed Najib
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 1,493
percentage = 43.91
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candidate = Zafar Iqbal-Din
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1093
percentage = 32.14
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = William Mark Harrison
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 601
percentage = 17.67
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Adrian Paul Marsden
party = British National Party
votes = 213
percentage = 6.26
change = Election box majority
votes = 400
percentage =
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votes = 3,400
percentage = 41.83
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Todmorden ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Jason Paul Jeffrey
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 1,187
percentage = 43.65
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candidate = Peter Oskar George Ehrhardt
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 1,043
percentage = 38.35
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candidate = Philip Norman Brown
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 352
percentage = 12.94
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candidate = Charles Gate
party = Green Party of England and Wales
votes = 137
percentage = 5.03
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candidate = Christian Michael Jackson
party = British National Party
votes = 78
percentage = 2.86
change = Election box majority
votes = 144
percentage =
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votes = 2,719
percentage = 35.45
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Town ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Adrian Christopher O'Connor
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,121
percentage = 41.71
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Dawn Neal
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 920
percentage = 34.23
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candidate = John Durkin
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 453
percentage = 16.85
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Gwyneth Greenwood
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 193
percentage = 7.18
change = Election box majority
votes = 201
percentage =
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votes = 2,687
percentage = 30.55
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Warley ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Kathleen Young
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,335
percentage = 47.04
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candidate = Paul Anthony Wyatt
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 1,118
percentage = 39.39
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Robert Andrew Pearson
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 385
percentage = 13.56
change = Election box majority
votes = 217
percentage =
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votes = 2,838
percentage = 36.0
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References

* [http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/council/democracy/electionresults/results.jsp?election=2 Election of District Councillors 1999] . "calderdale.gov.uk".