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.[1][2][3]
The table below summarises the results of the 2007 local government election. Each party is ordered by number of votes registered. 17 of the 51 seats were up for re-election.
Parties |
Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss |
Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39.2 | 28.4 | 14,565 | -0.4 | |
Labour | 11 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 19.6 | 26.3 | 13,494 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31.4 | 23.6 | 12,105 | -1.5 | |
BNP | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3.9 | 10.8 | 5,569 | -0.1 | |
English Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 1,840 | N/A | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 1,459 | +0.3 | |
Independent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 1,156 | -6.8 | |
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1,147 | N/A | |
Total | 51 | 51,335 |
Brighouse ward | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Joyce Cawthra | 1,274 | 38.46 | ||
Labour | Daniel Alan Coll | 1,023 | 30.88 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Luke William Wickham | 372 | 11.23 | ||
BNP | Jane Shooter | 361 | 10.89 | ||
English Democrats | Richard Thomas Langford | 282 | 8.51 | ||
Majority | 251 | 7.57 | |||
Turnout | 3,312 | 39.15 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Calder ward | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | David William O'Neill | 1,331 | 39.07 | ||
Labour | Stewart Brown | 1,254 | 36.81 | ||
Green | Ruby Rose Joy Berridge | 821 | 24.10 | ||
Majority | 77 | 2.26 | |||
Turnout | 3,406 | 39.14 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Elland ward | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Diane Park | 1,318 | 48.72 | ||
Conservative | John Foran | 586 | 21.66 | ||
English Democrats | Michael John Clarke | 408 | 15.08 | ||
Labour | Marion Simone Batten | 393 | 14.52 | ||
Majority | 732 | 27.06 | |||
Turnout | 2,705 | 33.56 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Greetland and Stainland ward | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Joseph Wardhaugh | 1,607 | 53.33 | ||
Conservative | Christian Corkish | 714 | 23.69 | ||
Labour | Pamela Margaret Fellows | 288 | 9.55 | ||
BNP | Paddy Hall | 251 | 8.33 | ||
Green | Mark Richard Mullany | 153 | 5.07 | ||
Majority | 893 | 29.63 | |||
Turnout | 3,013 | 36.25 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | David Kirton | 1,503 | 45.58 | ||
Independent | Chris O'Connor | 1,073 | 32.54 | ||
Labour | Keith John Butterick | 496 | 15.04 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Graham James | 225 | 6.82 | ||
Majority | 430 | 13.04 | |||
Turnout | 3,297 | 39.87 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Illingworth and Mixenden ward [4] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Barry Kaye Collins | 1,369 | 42.56 | ||
BNP | Richard Mulhall | 974 | 30.28 | ||
Conservative | John Cecil David Hardy | 612 | 19.02 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Michael Elder | 178 | 5.53 | ||
Independent | Sean Vincent Loftus | 83 | 2.58 | ||
Majority | 395 | 12.28 | |||
Turnout | 3,216 | 35.38 | |||
Labour gain from BNP | Swing |
Luddendenfoot ward [5] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Richard Hugh Marshall | 1,067 | 33.66 | ||
Liberal Democrat | John Christopher Beacroft-Mitchell | 1,065 | 33.60 | ||
Labour | James Fearon | 611 | 19.28 | ||
BNP | John Derek Gregory | 426 | 13.44 | ||
Majority | 2 | 0.06 | |||
Turnout | 3,169 | 42.08 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing |
Northowram and Shelf ward | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roger Laurence Taylor | 1,903 | 53.80 | ||
Labour Co-op | Gary Rae | 788 | 22.27 | ||
BNP | Ann Jackson | 515 | 14.56 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Michael Alfred Smith | 331 | 9.35 | ||
Majority | 1,115 | 31.52 | |||
Turnout | 3,537 | 40.05 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ovenden ward | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Bryan Thomas Raymond Smith | 1,003 | 43.17 | ||
BNP | Chris Godridge | 691 | 29.74 | ||
Conservative | Sally Victoria McCartney | 394 | 16.96 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Robert Ward | 235 | 10.11 | ||
Majority | 312 | 13.43 | |||
Turnout | 2,323 | 27.91 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Park ward | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Arshad Mahmood | 1,500 | 35.41 | ||
Respect | Sajid Mehmood | 1,147 | 27.07 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Shazad Fazal | 1,022 | 24.12 | ||
English Democrats | Shakir Saghir | 567 | 13.38 | ||
Majority | 353 | 8.33 | |||
Turnout | 4,236 | 49.45 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rastrick ward | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Craig Whittaker | 1,336 | 43.01 | ||
Labour | Ann Martin | 782 | 25.17 | ||
English Democrats | David Vincent Stevenson | 418 | 13.45 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Cheryl Elizabeth Stovin | 292 | 9.40 | ||
BNP | Katie Jane Gill | 278 | 8.95 | ||
Majority | 554 | 17.83 | |||
Turnout | 3,106 | 36.68 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ryburn ward | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Ernest Thornber | 1,570 | 50.07 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Ashley John Richard Evans | 768 | 24.49 | ||
Labour | John Butterworth | 541 | 17.25 | ||
BNP | John Andrew Greenaway | 256 | 8.16 | ||
Majority | 802 | 25.58 | |||
Turnout | 3,135 | 37.23 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Skircoat ward [6] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Alexander Gow | 1,716 | 43.53 | ||
Conservative | John Frank Brearley Ford | 1,301 | 33.00 | ||
Labour | Anne Collins | 449 | 11.39 | ||
BNP | Anthony Shane Bentley | 317 | 8.04 | ||
Green | Simon Christopher Turner | 159 | 4.03 | ||
Majority | 415 | 10.52 | |||
Turnout | 3,942 | 42.55 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sowerby Bridge ward | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Andrew David Feather | 1,054 | 35.70 | ||
Labour Co-op | Dave Draycott | 957 | 32.41 | ||
BNP | Tom Bates | 539 | 18.25 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Brendan Robert Stubbs | 402 | 13.61 | ||
Majority | 97 | 3.28 | |||
Turnout | 2,952 | 37.51 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Todmorden ward | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Olwen Jean Arlette Jennings | 1,017 | 32.02 | ||
Conservative | Ian Cooper | 711 | 22.38 | ||
Labour | Jennifer Rosemary Jackson | 698 | 21.97 | ||
BNP | Christian Michael Jackson | 424 | 13.35 | ||
Green | Leo Vincent | 326 | 10.26 | ||
Majority | 306 | 9.63 | |||
Turnout | 3,176 | 37.31 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Town ward | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Timothy John Swift | 1,342 | 47.75 | ||
Conservative | Chris Pillai | 540 | 19.21 | ||
BNP | Stuart Brian Gill | 537 | 19.11 | ||
Liberal Democrat | John Boje Frederiksen | 226 | 8.04 | ||
English Democrats | David Mounsey | 165 | 5.87 | ||
Majority | 802 | 28.54 | |||
Turnout | 2,810 | 33.40 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
The election for this ward seat was postponed by the sudden death of the Conservative candidate Richard Maycock.[7] He was replaced by John Foran, who had stood in the Elland ward above.[8] The new election date was held on 14 June 2007.[9]
Warley ward [9][10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Jennifer Pearson | 1,319 | 45.99 | ||
Conservative | John Foran | 418 | 14.57 | ||
Independent | Jenny Carr | 360 | 12.55 | ||
BNP | Julie Ann Baxter | 335 | 11.68 | ||
Labour | Ilyas Najib | 236 | 8.22 | ||
Independent | Adrian Grenville Greenwood | 145 | 5.05 | ||
English Democrats | Faizan Saghir | 51 | 1.77 | ||
Majority | 901 | 31.41 | |||
Turnout | 2,868 | 34.02 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Preceded by Calderdale Council election, 2006 |
Calderdale local elections | Succeeded by Calderdale Council election, 2008 |