Calderdale Council election, 2007

Elections to Calderdale Council were held on 3 May 2007 with the exception of the Warley ward which was postponed until 14 June 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. The total turnout of the election was 38.01% (51,586 voters of an electorate of 135,729). The winning candidate in each ward is highlighted in bold. [ [http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/council/democracy/electionresults/results.jsp?election=27 Election of Local Councillors 2007] . "calderdale.gov.uk".] [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/content/articles/2007/04/17/local_elections_2007_calderdale_feature.shtml Local Elections 2007: Calderdale] . "BBC".] [http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Voters-oust-Tory-deputy-John.2856990.jp Voters oust Tory deputy John Ford - huge blow in Skircoat Green] . "The Halifax Evening Courier".]

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 19
*Liberal Democrat 15
*Labour 11
*Independent 4
*British National 2

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joyce Cawthra
votes = 1,274
percentage = 38.46
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Daniel Alan Coll
votes = 1,023
percentage = 30.88
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Luke William Wickham
votes = 372
percentage = 11.23
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party = British National Party
candidate = Jane Shooter
votes = 361
percentage = 10.89
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = Richard Thomas Langford
votes = 282
percentage = 8.51
change = Election box majority
votes = 251
percentage = 7.57
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,312
percentage = 39.15
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Calder ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David William O'Neill
votes = 1,331
percentage = 39.07
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stewart Brown
votes = 1,254
percentage = 36.81
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Ruby Rose Joy Berridge
votes = 821
percentage = 24.10
change = Election box majority
votes = 77
percentage = 2.26
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,406
percentage = 39.14
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 = Diane Park
votes = 1,318
percentage = 48.72
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Foran
votes = 586
percentage = 21.66
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = Michael John Clarke
votes = 408
percentage = 15.08
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Simone Batten
votes = 393
percentage = 14.52
change = Election box majority
votes = 732
percentage = 27.06
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,705
percentage = 33.56
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Greetland and Stainland ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Joseph Wardhaugh
votes = 1,607
percentage = 53.33
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christian Corkish
votes = 714
percentage = 23.69
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Margaret Fellows
votes = 288
percentage = 9.55
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Paddy Hall
votes = 251
percentage = 8.33
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Mark Richard Mullany
votes = 153
percentage = 5.07
change = Election box majority
votes = 893
percentage = 29.63
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,013
percentage = 36.25
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Kirton
votes = 1,503
percentage = 45.58
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Chris O'Connor
votes = 1,073
percentage = 32.54
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith John Butterick
votes = 496
percentage = 15.04
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Graham James
votes = 225
percentage = 6.82
change = Election box majority
votes = 430
percentage = 13.04
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,297
percentage = 39.87
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Illingworth and Mixenden ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Kaye Collins
votes = 1,369
percentage = 42.56
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Richard Mulhall
votes = 974
percentage = 30.28
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Cecil David Hardy
votes = 612
percentage = 19.02
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Elder
votes = 178
percentage = 5.53
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sean Vincent Loftus
votes = 83
percentage = 2.58
change = Election box majority
votes = 395
percentage = 12.28
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,216
percentage = 35.38
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = British National Party
swing =

Luddendenfoot ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Hugh Marshall
votes = 1,067
percentage = 33.66
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Christopher Beacroft-Mitchell
votes = 1,065
percentage = 33.60
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Fearon
votes = 611
percentage = 19.28
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = John Derek Gregory
votes = 426
percentage = 13.44
change = Election box majority
votes = 2
percentage = 0.06
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,169
percentage = 42.08
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Northowram and Shelf ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Laurence Taylor
votes = 1,903
percentage = 53.80
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Gary Rae
votes = 788
percentage = 22.27
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Ann Jackson
votes = 515
percentage = 14.56
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Alfred Smith
votes = 331
percentage = 9.35
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,115
percentage = 31.52
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,537
percentage = 40.05
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Ovenden ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Bryan Thomas Raymond Smith
votes = 1,003
percentage = 43.17
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Chris Godridge
votes = 691
percentage = 29.74
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sally Victoria McCartney
votes = 394
percentage = 16.96
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Ward
votes = 235
percentage = 10.11
change = Election box majority
votes = 312
percentage = 13.43
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,323
percentage = 27.91
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Co-operative
swing =

Park ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Arshad Mahmood
votes = 1,500
percentage = 35.41
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = RESPECT The Unity Coalition
candidate = Sajid Mehmood
votes = 1,147
percentage = 27.07
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Shazad Fazal
votes = 1,022
percentage = 24.12
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = Shakir Saghir
votes = 567
percentage = 13.38
change = Election box majority
votes = 353
percentage = 8.33
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,236
percentage = 49.45
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 = Craig Whittaker
votes = 1,336
percentage = 43.01
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Martin
votes = 782
percentage = 25.17
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = David Vincent Stevenson
votes = 418
percentage = 13.45
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Cheryl Elizabeth Stovin
votes = 292
percentage = 9.40
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Katie Jane Gill
votes = 278
percentage = 8.95
change = Election box majority
votes = 554
percentage = 17.83
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,106
percentage = 36.68
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 = Robert Ernest Thornber
votes = 1,570
percentage = 50.07
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ashley John Richard Evans
votes = 768
percentage = 24.49
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Butterworth
votes = 541
percentage = 17.25
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = John Andrew Greenaway
votes = 256
percentage = 8.16
change = Election box majority
votes = 802
percentage = 25.58
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,135
percentage = 37.23
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

kircoat ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Alexander Gow
votes = 1,716
percentage = 43.53
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Frank Brearley Ford
votes = 1,301
percentage = 33.00
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Collins
votes = 449
percentage = 11.39
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Anthony Shane Bentley
votes = 317
percentage = 8.04
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Simon Christopher Turner
votes = 159
percentage = 4.03
change = Election box majority
votes = 415
percentage = 10.52
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,942
percentage = 42.55
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

owerby Bridge ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew David Feather
votes = 1,054
percentage = 35.70
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party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Dave Draycott
votes = 957
percentage = 32.41
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Tom Bates
votes = 539
percentage = 18.25
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brendan Robert Stubbs
votes = 402
percentage = 13.61
change = Election box majority
votes = 97
percentage = 3.28
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,952
percentage = 37.51
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 = Olwen Jean Arlette Jennings
votes = 1,017
percentage = 32.02
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Cooper
votes = 711
percentage = 22.38
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Rosemary Jackson
votes = 698
percentage = 21.97
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Christian Michael Jackson
votes = 424
percentage = 13.35
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Leo Vincent
votes = 326
percentage = 10.26
change = Election box majority
votes = 306
percentage = 9.63
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,176
percentage = 37.31
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 = Timothy John Swift
votes = 1,342
percentage = 47.75
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Chris Pillai
votes = 540
percentage = 19.21
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Stuart Brian Gill
votes = 537
percentage = 19.11
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Boje Frederiksen
votes = 226
percentage = 8.04
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = David Mounsey
votes = 165
percentage = 5.87
change = Election box majority
votes = 802
percentage = 28.54
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,810
percentage = 33.40
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Warley ward

The election for this ward seat was postponed by the sudden death of the Conservative candidate Richard Maycock. [ [http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/New-date-set-for-election.2698278.jp New date set for election] . "The Yorkshire Post".] He was replaced by John Foran, who had stood in the Elland ward above. [ [http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Ex-deputy-leader-is-to.2888565.jp Ex- deputy leader is to stand] . "The Halifax Evening Courier".] The new election date was held on 14 June 2007. [http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Liberal-Democrats-hold-Warley-seat.2956939.jp Liberal Democrats hold Warley seat on Calderdale Council] . "The Halifax Evening Courier".]

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Pearson
votes = 1,319
percentage = 45.99
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Foran
votes = 418
percentage = 14.57
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jenny Carr
votes = 360
percentage = 12.55
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Julie Ann Baxter
votes = 335
percentage = 11.68
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ilyas Najib
votes = 236
percentage = 8.22
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Adrian Grenville Greenwood
votes = 145
percentage = 5.05
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = Faizan Saghir
votes = 51
percentage = 1.77
change = Election box majority
votes = 901
percentage = 31.41
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,868
percentage = 34.02
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

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