Calderdale Council election, 2002

Elections to Calderdale Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The total turnout of the election was 32.16% (47,091 voters of an electorate of 146,407). The winning candidate in each ward is highlighted in bold. [ [http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/council/democracy/electionresults/results.jsp?election=8 Election of Local Councillors 2002] . "calderdale.gov.uk".] [ [http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Election-results.311081.jp Election results] . "The Halifax Evening Courier".] [ [http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/39It39s-no-good-grumbling39.309917.jp 'It's no good grumbling'] . "The Halifax Evening Courier".] [ [http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Tories-hung-out.313476.jp Tories hung out!] . "The Halifax Evening Courier".]

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 25
*Liberal Democrat 15
*Labour 13
*Independent 1

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Edith Ann Martin
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 913
percentage = 35.80
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael Raine
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 899
percentage = 35.25
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Rodney Allen
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 738
percentage = 28.94
change = Election box majority
votes = 14
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,550
percentage = 33.07
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Calder Valley ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Julie Dower
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 1,269
percentage = 38.51
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael Peter Towl
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 986
percentage = 29.92
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Helen Jane Granton
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 583
percentage = 17.69
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Jamie Johnson
party = Green Party of England and Wales
votes = 457
percentage = 13.86
change = Election box majority
votes = 283
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,295
percentage = 36.15
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Elland ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Edgar Joseph Waller
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 1,402
percentage = 60.22
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Stephen Wood
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 557
percentage = 23.92
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Howard Geofferey Seed
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 369
percentage = 15.85
change = Election box majority
votes = 845
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,328
percentage = 29.11
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Greetland and Stainland ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Patrick Julyan Lancelot Napier Phillips
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 2,129
percentage = 64.53
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Paul Graham Rogan
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 736
percentage = 22.30
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Nigel Patrick Ambler
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 434
percentage = 13.15
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,393
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,299
percentage = 34.57
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Foran
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,579
percentage = 60.91
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Paul Womersley
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 693
percentage = 26.73
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Elisabeth Mary Wilson
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 320
percentage = 12.34
change = Election box majority
votes = 886
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,592
percentage = 32.58
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Illingworth ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Thomas Joseph McElroy
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 945
percentage = 52.88
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael John Clarke
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 613
percentage = 34.30
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = David Robinson
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 229
percentage = 12.81
change = Election box majority
votes = 332
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,787
percentage = 26.14
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Luddendenfoot ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Jane Frances Leech Brown
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 1,529
percentage = 51.01
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Stewart Brown
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 674
percentage = 22.48
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Robert Ernest Thornber
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 551
percentage = 18.38
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Steven Richard Hutton
party = Green Party of England and Wales
votes = 243
percentage = 8.10
change = Election box majority
votes = 855
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,997
percentage = 35.09
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Mixenden ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Andy Metcalfe
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 758
percentage = 44.24
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Redmond Mellett
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 393
percentage = 22.94
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Sajid Mehmood
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 367
percentage = 21.42
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Tracie Anne Quinn-Robinson
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 195
percentage = 11.38
change = Election box majority
votes = 375
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,713
percentage = 24.28
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Northowram and Shelf ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Roger Laurence Taylor
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,756
percentage = 62.80
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Derek Fox Haviour
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 725
percentage = 25.92
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Margaret Stafford
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 315
percentage = 11.26
change = Election box majority
votes = 1031
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,796
percentage = 32.35
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Ovenden ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Helen Josephine Rivron
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 768
percentage = 47.79
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Pamela Elizabeth Burton
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 602
percentage = 37.46
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Charles Shoesmith
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 237
percentage = 14.74
change = Election box majority
votes = 166
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,607
percentage = 22.09
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Rastrick ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Gareth Paul Henderson
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,150
percentage = 43.96
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = George Edward Richardson
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 822
percentage = 31.42
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Peter Graham Davis
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 443
percentage = 16.93
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Glen Michael Mattock
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 201
percentage = 7.68
change = Election box majority
votes = 328
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,616
percentage = 32.49
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Ryburn ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Geraldine Mary Carter
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,257
percentage = 42.40
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Judith Mary Gannon
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 992
percentage = 33.46
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Anthony Crowther
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 715
percentage = 24.12
change = Election box majority
votes = 265
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,964
percentage = 32.45
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

t John's ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Arshad Mahmood
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 1,467
percentage = 46.42
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Shakar Saghir
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,059
percentage = 33.51
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Andrew John Foster
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 634
percentage = 20.06
change = Election box majority
votes = 408
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,160
percentage = 39.55
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

kircoat ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Geoffrey Wainwright
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,855
percentage = 63.81
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Catherine Mary Groves
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 621
percentage = 21.36
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Siobhen Stow
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 431
percentage = 14.82
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,234
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,907
percentage = 33.83
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

owerby Bridge ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Anne Marsden
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 975
percentage = 42.89
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Marian McCartney
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 826
percentage = 36.33
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Sheila Ann Ashton
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 472
percentage = 20.76
change = Election box majority
votes = 149
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,273
percentage = 29.45
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Todmorden ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Ann Clare Townley
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 1,231
percentage = 47.03
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Joe Mitchell
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 938
percentage = 35.84
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Craig Whittaker
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 448
percentage = 17.11
change = Election box majority
votes = 293
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,617
percentage = 33.72
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Town ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Megan Kathleen Swift
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 1,155
percentage = 40.46
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Stephen Baines
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 949
percentage = 33.25
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Durkin
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 510
percentage = 17.86
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Gwyneth Greenwood
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 240
percentage = 8.40
change = Election box majority
votes = 206
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,854
percentage = 32.74
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Warley ward

Election box candidate with party link
candidate = David Ian Ginley
party = Conservative Party (UK)
votes = 1,550
percentage = 56.65
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Pauline Margaret Leach
party = Labour Party (UK)
votes = 749
percentage = 27.37
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Robert Andrew Pearson
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
votes = 437
percentage = 15.97
change = Election box majority
votes = 801
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,736
percentage = 35.22
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

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