2003 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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1 May 2003

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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 won	9	7	3
Seats after	25	16	10
Seat change		1

Leader before election

Conservative

Leader after election

Conservative

Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. The total turnout of the election was 34.44% (47,601 voters of an electorate of 138,228). The winning candidate(s) in each ward is highlighted in bold.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Brighouse ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Craig Whittaker	885	36.90
	Labour Co-op	George Edward Richardson	760	31.69
	Independent	Dorothy Helen Anderson	540	22.51
	Liberal Democrats	Glen Michael Mattock	213	8.88
Majority			125
Turnout			2,398	32.55
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Calder Valley ward

Calder Valley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Francis Taylor	1,113	38.18
	Labour	Stewart Brown	749	25.69
	Green	Jamie Johnson	541	18.55
	Conservative	Darren Keith Midgley	512	17.56
Majority			364
Turnout			2,915	33.17
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Elland ward

Elland ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Park	1,194	57.84
	Labour	Stanley Richard Sutcliffe	469	22.72
	Conservative	Michael John Clarke	401	19.42
Majority			364
Turnout			2,064	27.41
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Greetland and Stainland ward

Greetland and Stainland ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Margaret Drake Ingleton	1,769	63.31
	Conservative	Bryce Christian Corkish	662	23.69
	Labour	Nigel Patrick Ambler	363	12.99
Majority			1,107
Turnout			2,794	30.38
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graham Thomas Hall	1,390	51.63
	Independent	Adrian Christopher O'Connor	769	28.56
	Labour	Keith John Butterick	533	19.79
Majority			621
Turnout			2,692	34.59
	Conservative hold		Swing

Illingworth ward

Illingworth ward ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BNP	Richard Mulhall	896	38.68
	Labour	Zoë Marston	840	36.26
	Conservative	Richard Francis Maycock	580	25.04
Majority			56
Turnout			2,316	36.48
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Luddendenfoot ward

Luddendenfoot ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Irene Bampton-Smith	1,277	46.53
	Labour	Susan Mary Press	577	21.02
	Conservative	Annette Jean Getty	548	19.97
	Green	Steven Richard Hutton	342	12.46
Majority			700
Turnout			2,744	33.49
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mixenden ward

Mixenden ward ^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Pearson	986	39.37
	BNP	Jane Ann Shooter	700	27.95
	Labour	Robert George Metcalfe	682	27.23
	Conservative	John Joseph Wainwright	136	5.43
Majority			286
Turnout			2,504	39.52
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Northowram and Shelf ward

Northowram and Shelf ward ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Charles Albert Carpenter	1,231	36.33
	BNP	Graham Nalton	1,119	33.02
	Labour	Derek Fox Haviour	525	15.49
	Independent	John Christopher Pulman	270	7.96
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Mary Sherrard-Smith	243	7.17
Majority			112
Turnout			3,388	40.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ovenden ward

Ovenden ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda June Riordan	837	39.68
	BNP	Andrew Mellor	618	29.30
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Elizabeth Burton	512	24.27
	Conservative	Joan Elizabeth Wainwright	142	6.73
Majority			219
Turnout			2,109	32.75
	Labour hold		Swing

Rastrick ward

Rastrick ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Clarence Williamson	1,052	50.55
	Labour	Pamela Margaret Fellows	598	28.73
	Liberal Democrats	John Durkin	431	20.71
Majority			454
Turnout			2,081	27.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ryburn ward

Ryburn ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raynor Wilson Booth	1,069	38.78
	Labour	Judith Mary Gannon	861	31.24
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Crowther	826	29.97
Majority			208
Turnout			2,756	31.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skircoat ward

Skircoat ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Grenville Horsfall	1,404	53.40
	Labour	Maura Wilson	681	25.90
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Ian Scholes	544	20.69
Majority			723
Turnout			2,629	31.65
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sowerby Bridge ward

Sowerby Bridge ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Amanda Louise Byrne	871
	Conservative	Andrew David Feather	862
	Labour	Michael George Marsden	774
	BNP	John Derek Gregory	711
	Labour	Michael Donald Higgins	670
	BNP	Christian Michael Jackson	600
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Stevenson	411
	Liberal Democrats	Siobhen Stow	396
Turnout				38.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

St John's ward

St John's ward ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammed Najib	1,480	42.21
	Conservative	Shakar Saghir	980	27.95
	Liberal Democrats	John Christopher Beacroft-Mitchell	566	16.14
	BNP	Andrew Mulligan	480	13.69
Majority			500
Turnout			3,506	48.27
	Labour hold		Swing

Todmorden ward

Todmorden ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Alice Myers	1,155	52.64
	Labour	Frank Rostron McManus	729	33.22
	Conservative	Thiruvenkatar Krishnapillai	310	14.12
Majority			426
Turnout			2,194	30.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Town ward

Town ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Timothy John Swift	1,148	37.03
	Conservative	Stephen Baines	833	26.87
	BNP	Christopher Godridge	782	25.22
	Liberal Democrats	Elisabeth Mary Wilson	337	10.87
Majority			315
Turnout			3,100	39.03
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Warley ward

Warley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Cecil David Hardy	1,521	58.47
	Labour	Catherine Mary Groves	599	23.02
	Liberal Democrats	Josef Arthur Rez	481	18.49
Majority			922
Turnout			2,601	35.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2003 and 2004

Mixenden ward, 2003

Mixenden By-Election 16 October 2003 ^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Pearson	1,210	47.6	+8.2
	BNP	Heath Clegg	801	31.5	+3.5
	Labour	Daniel Coll	474	18.7	-8.5
	Independent	Sean Loftus	56	2.2	+2.2
Majority			409	16.1
Turnout			2,541	40.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ Election of Local Councillors 2003. calderdale.gov.uk.
^ Results at a glance. The Halifax Evening Courier.
^ Real proof it's a wake-up call. The Halifax Evening Courier.
^ BNP snatches win by 56 votes. The Halifax Evening Courier.
^ Sweet revenge!. The Halifax Evening Courier.
^ Lib-Dems oust Labour leader. The Halifax Evening Courier.
^ Tense wait for veteran. The Halifax Evening Courier.
^ Cheers ring out for Najib. The Halifax Evening Courier.
^ Mixenden By-Election, 2003. calderdale.gov.uk.
^ Liberal Democrats halt BNP bandwagon. The Halifax Evening Courier.

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