2024 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
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The 2024 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day. The council remained under Labour majority control.
Background
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The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Calderdale was a district of the West Yorkshire metropolitan county.[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The West Yorkshire Combined Authority was established in 2014 and began electing the mayor of West Yorkshire in 2021.[2]
Calderdale Council was under no overall control with Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour leaders until the Labour Party achieved a majority of seats in the 2019 election, when they gained four seats to hold 28 of the council's 51 seats. In the most recent election in 2023, seventeen seats were up for election. Labour won ten seats, the Conservatives won four seats, Liberal Democrats won two seats and the Greens won one seat.[3]
Seats up for election in 2024 were last elected in 2021. These elections were originally scheduled for 2020, but were delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] In that election, the Conservatives won nine seats, Labour won eight, and the Liberal Democrats won two. Labour retained its majority on the council at this election.[5]
Electoral process
[edit]The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election for three consecutive years and no election in the fourth year.[6][7] The election used first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Calderdale aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.
Council results
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- Turnout: 52,112
- Electorate: 151,597
2024 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election[8] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 10 | ![]() |
58.8 | 20 | 29 | 56.9 | 21,418 | 41.1 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | 3 | ![]() |
17.6 | 5 | 11 | 21.6 | 13,585 | 26.1 | -12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | ![]() |
11.8 | 4 | 6 | 11.8 | 5,556 | 10.7 | -0.6 | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 835 | 1.6 | -1.7 | |
Green | 1 | ![]() |
5.9 | 2 | 3 | 5.9 | 8,311 | 16.0 | +7.7 | |
Workers Party | 1 | ![]() |
5.9 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 1,643 | 3.2 | New | |
Freedom Alliance | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 139 | 0.3 | +0.2 |
Council composition
[edit]Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
27 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Labour | Conservative | Lib Dem | Green | Ind | Vac |
After the election the composition of the council was:
29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Labour | Conservative | Lib Dem | Green | Ind | WPB |
After 2023 election | Before 2024 election | After 2024 election | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Labour | 28 | Labour | 27 | Labour | 29 | |||
Conservative | 15 | Conservative | 14 | Conservative | 11 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 6 | |||
Green | 2 | Green | 2 | Green | 3 | |||
Independent | 0 | Independent & vacant | 2 | Independent & other | 2 |
Changes between 2023 & 2024:
- November 2023: Guy Beech (Conservative, Illingworth & Mixenden) resigned; seat remained vacant until the May 2024 elections.[9]
- February 2024: Rahat Khan (Labour, Park) resigned from the Labour Party and sits as an independent.[10]
Ward results
[edit]Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk.[11]
Brighouse
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geraldine Carter | 1,163 | 40.8 | −10.9 | |
Labour | Frank Darnley | 1,078 | 37.8 | +9.5 | |
Green | Kim Atkinson | 445 | 15.6 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennie Rigg | 126 | 4.4 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 85 | 3.0 | −13.7 | ||
Rejected ballots | 40 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,852 | 34.6 | −10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,249 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Calder
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Josh Fenton-Glynn* | 3,008 | 67.0 | +1.0 | |
Green | Mark Stanley | 638 | 14.2 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Christopher Lee | 574 | 12.8 | −5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Wadsworth | 222 | 4.9 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 2,370 | 52.7 | +4.9 | ||
Rejected ballots | 53 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,495 | 48.7 | −6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,239 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Hunt | 786 | 30.9 | −5.8 | |
Labour | Khuram Majid | 700 | 27.5 | −7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Phillips | 574 | 22.5 | +1.3 | |
Green | Barry Crossland | 446 | 17.5 | +10.8 | |
Majority | 86 | 3.4 | +1.5 | ||
Rejected ballots | 40 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,546 | 28.7 | −9.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,878 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Greetland and Stainland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Bellenger* | 1,526 | 50.6 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | Alex Greenwood | 806 | 26.7 | −6.4 | |
Labour | Mark Pitkethly | 420 | 13.9 | −0.2 | |
Green | Jacquelyn Haigh | 240 | 8.0 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 720 | 23.9 | +23.2 | ||
Rejected ballots | 26 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,018 | 35.5 | −16.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,503 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Robinson* | 1,846 | 57.0 | −10.5 | |
Labour | Sam Ackroyd | 934 | 28.8 | +5.9 | |
Green | Catherine Graham | 299 | 9.2 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nikki Stocks | 122 | 3.8 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 912 | 28.2 | −16.4 | ||
Rejected ballots | 37 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,238 | 35.2 | −8.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,208 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Ilingworth and Mixenden
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Shane Taylor | 1,168 | 49.5 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | Stephen Padgett | 640 | 27.1 | −15.3 | |
Green | Laura Beesley | 169 | 7.2 | +4.1 | |
Independent | Seán Loftus | 143 | 6.1 | +4.4 | |
Independent | Sara Gaunt | 135 | 5.7 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Proctor | 79 | 3.3 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 528 | 22.4 | 19.2 | ||
Rejected ballots | 25 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,359 | 25.3 | −6.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,319 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Luddendenfoot
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jane Scullion* | 1,862 | 57.7 | +12.1 | |
Conservative | Jill Smith-Moorhouse | 731 | 22.6 | −13.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Bampton-Smith | 307 | 9.5 | −0.3 | |
Green | Kate Sweeny | 295 | 9.1 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 1,131 | 35.0 | +25.3 | ||
Rejected ballots | 33 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,228 | 40.5 | −7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,965 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Northowram and Shelf
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Elaine Hey | 2,275 | 67.6 | +43.7 | |
Conservative | John Vaughan | 737 | 21.9 | −36.2 | |
Labour | Allen Slingsby | 327 | 9.7 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 1,538 | 45.7 | +11.5 | ||
Rejected ballots | 28 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,367 | 37.0 | −4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,106 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Ovenden
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Danielle Durrans* | 919 | 55.3 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Anne Baines | 358 | 21.5 | −15.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sean Bamforth | 188 | 11.3 | ![]() | |
Green | Finn Jensen | 166 | 9.9 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 561 | 33.7 | +25.9 | ||
Rejected ballots | 32 | 1.92 | |||
Turnout | 1,663 | 19.7 | −5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,422 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Workers Party | Shakir Saghir | 1,643 | 43.9 | New | |
Green | Sabir Hussain | 953 | 25.4 | +22.2 | |
Labour | Sadia Zaman | 758 | 20.2 | −40.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Samuel Jackson | 190 | 5.1 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Naveed Khan | 164 | 4.4 | −28.7 | |
Majority | 690 | 18.4 | −9.1 | ||
Rejected ballots | 38 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,746 | 39.1 | −2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,576 | ||||
Workers Party gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Rastrick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Alan Judge | 1,317 | 45.4 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | Joseph Matthews | 1,151 | 39.6 | −18.6 | |
Green | Andrew Bramley | 237 | 8.2 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bernardette Stancliffe | 165 | 5.7 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 166 | 5.7 | −22.7 | ||
Rejected ballots | 34 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,904 | 35.0 | −8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,300 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Ryburn
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Leah Webster | 1,554 | 48.2 | +27.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Thornber* | 1,270 | 39.4 | −7.7 | |
Green | Cordelia Prescott | 197 | 6.1 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Tatchell | 165 | 5.1 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 284 | 8.8 | −15.9 | ||
Rejected ballots | 41 | 1.27 | |||
Turnout | 3,227 | 36.0 | −6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,962 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Skircoat
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Ann Kingstone* | 1,932 | 51.1 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Oliver Gibson | 950 | 25.1 | −10.0 | |
Green | Robert Orange | 558 | 14.8 | −3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Holdsworth | 309 | 8.2 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 982 | 26.0 | +11.8 | ||
Rejected ballots | 34 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,783 | 39.1 | −6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 9,685 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Sowerby Bridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Adam Wilkinson* | 1,702 | 58.5 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Mark Edwards | 695 | 23.9 | −12.9 | |
Green | David Booth | 295 | 10.1 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diana Harris | 167 | 5.7 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 1,007 | 34.6 | +19.2 | ||
Rejected ballots | 50 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,909 | 33.0 | −6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 8,820 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Todmorden
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Diana Tremayne* | 1,919 | 60.9 | +9.4 | |
Conservative | Brian Carter | 525 | 16.7 | −5.0 | |
Green | Kieran Turner | 495 | 15.7 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Abdul Kye | 160 | 5.1 | −9.5 | |
Majority | 1,394 | 44.2 | +14.5 | ||
Rejected ballots | 52 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,151 | 35.1 | −6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 8,983 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Town
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Kelly Thornham | 1,160 | 47.0 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | Vishal Gupta | 839 | 34.0 | +1.1 | |
Green | Elliot Hey | 329 | 13.3 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Garry Prashad | 103 | 4.2 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 321 | 13.0 | −3.8 | ||
Rejected ballots | 36 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,467 | 26.9 | −4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,173 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Warley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ashley Evans* | 1,153 | 36.5 | −5.7 | |
Labour | Ben Jancovich | 660 | 20.9 | −10.4 | |
Independent | Sohail Ashfaq | 557 | 17.6 | New | |
Conservative | Stephen Baines | 350 | 11.1 | −9.9 | |
Green | Katie Witham | 274 | 8.7 | +3.8 | |
Freedom Alliance | Martin Davies | 139 | 4.4 | New | |
Majority | 493 | 15.6 | +4.7 | ||
Rejected ballots | 26 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,159 | 34.3 | −4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,209 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
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