Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000
Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. The total turnout of the election was 28.97% (40,190 voters of an electorate of 138,748). The winning candidate in each ward is highlighted in bold.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Ward results
Brighouse ward
Brighouse ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Colin Stout |
951 |
39.20 |
|
|
Conservative |
Thiruvenkatar Krishnapillai |
737 |
30.37 |
|
|
Labour |
Edith Ann Martin |
621 |
25.59 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Tracie Anne Quinn-Robinson |
117 |
4.82 |
|
Majority |
214 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,426 |
|
|
|
Independent gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Calder Valley ward
Calder Valley ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Mary Seward |
1,406 |
51.10 |
|
|
Labour |
Jonathan Charles Timbers |
912 |
33.15 |
|
|
Green |
Jamie Johnson |
433 |
15.73 |
|
Majority |
494 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,751 |
30.24 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Elland ward
Elland ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Patricia May Allen |
1,106 |
56.92 |
|
|
Conservative |
Michael John Clarke |
434 |
22.33 |
|
|
Labour |
Dawn Neal |
403 |
20.74 |
|
Majority |
672 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,943 |
24.43 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Greetland and Stainland ward
Greetland and Stainland ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Keith Watson |
1,183 |
51.70 |
|
|
Conservative |
Keith Smith |
813 |
35.53 |
|
|
Labour |
Matthew James Talbot |
292 |
12.76 |
|
Majority |
370 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,288 |
24.41 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward
Illingworth ward
Luddendenfoot ward
Luddendenfoot ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Sephton Coles |
1,272 |
53.82 |
|
|
Conservative |
Charmain Vivienne Smith |
556 |
23.52 |
|
|
Labour |
Elizabeth Jill Smith |
535 |
22.64 |
|
Majority |
716 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,363 |
27.57 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Mixenden ward
Mixenden ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Lorraine Mary Stott |
658 |
44.79 |
|
|
Labour |
Freda Mary Davis |
395 |
26.88 |
|
|
Independent Labour |
Redmond Mellett |
293 |
19.94 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew John Foster |
82 |
5.58 |
|
|
Independent |
Sean Vincent Loftus |
41 |
2.79 |
|
Majority |
263 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,469 |
20.45 |
|
|
Conservative gain from Independent Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Northowram and Shelf ward
Ovenden ward
Ovenden ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Bryan Thomas Raymond Smith |
522 |
41.19 |
|
|
Conservative |
Sally Victoria McCartney |
412 |
32.51 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Durkin |
333 |
26.28 |
|
Majority |
110 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,267 |
17.44 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Rastrick ward
Ryburn ward
Skircoat ward
Skircoat ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Frank Brearley Ford |
1,692 |
67.24 |
|
|
Labour |
Keith Lucas |
411 |
16.33 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Judith Madeleine Harrison |
304 |
12.08 |
|
|
Green |
Howard Smith |
109 |
4.33 |
|
Majority |
1,281 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,516 |
29.26 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Sowerby Bridge ward
St John's ward
St John's ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Chaudhary Mohammed Saghir |
1,222 |
44.42 |
|
|
Labour |
Michael Donald Higgins |
1,102 |
40.05 |
|
|
Independent |
Barbara Lynne Peggs |
427 |
15.52 |
|
Majority |
120 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,751 |
34.77 |
|
|
Conservative gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Todmorden ward
Todmorden ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Olwen Jean Arlette Jennings |
1,042 |
48.33 |
|
|
Labour |
John Lindsay Oldham |
635 |
29.45 |
|
|
Conservative |
Philip Norman Brown |
393 |
18.22 |
|
|
BNP |
Christian Michael Jackson |
86 |
3.98 |
|
Majority |
407 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,156 |
27.49 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Town ward
Warley ward
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