Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002
Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The total turnout of the election was 32.16% (47,091 voters of an electorate of 146,407). The winning candidate in each ward is highlighted in bold.[1][2][3][4]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Ward results
Brighouse ward
Brighouse ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Edith Ann Martin |
913 |
35.80 |
|
|
Conservative |
Michael Raine |
899 |
35.25 |
|
|
Independent |
Rodney Allen |
738 |
28.94 |
|
Majority |
14 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,550 |
33.07 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Calder Valley ward
Calder Valley ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Julie Dower |
1,269 |
38.51 |
|
|
Labour |
Michael Peter Towl |
986 |
29.92 |
|
|
Conservative |
Helen Jane Granton |
583 |
17.69 |
|
|
Green |
Jamie Johnson |
457 |
13.86 |
|
Majority |
283 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,295 |
36.15 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elland ward
Elland ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Edgar Joseph Waller |
1,402 |
60.22 |
|
|
Labour |
Stephen Wood |
557 |
23.92 |
|
|
Conservative |
Howard Geofferey Seed |
369 |
15.85 |
|
Majority |
845 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,328 |
29.11 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Greetland and Stainland ward
Greetland and Stainland ward [5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Patrick Julyan Lancelot Napier Phillips |
2,129 |
64.53 |
|
|
Conservative |
Paul Graham Rogan |
736 |
22.30 |
|
|
Labour |
Nigel Patrick Ambler |
434 |
13.15 |
|
Majority |
1,393 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,299 |
34.57 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Foran |
1,579 |
60.91 |
|
|
Labour |
Paul Womersley |
693 |
26.73 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Elisabeth Mary Wilson |
320 |
12.34 |
|
Majority |
886 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,592 |
32.58 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Illingworth ward
Illingworth ward [6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Thomas Joseph McElroy |
945 |
52.88 |
|
|
Conservative |
Michael John Clarke |
613 |
34.30 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Robinson |
229 |
12.81 |
|
Majority |
332 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,787 |
26.14 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Luddendenfoot ward
Luddendenfoot ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jane Frances Leech Brown |
1,529 |
51.01 |
|
|
Labour |
Stewart Brown |
674 |
22.48 |
|
|
Conservative |
Robert Ernest Thornber |
551 |
18.38 |
|
|
Green |
Steven Richard Hutton |
243 |
8.10 |
|
Majority |
855 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,997 |
35.09 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Mixenden ward
Mixenden ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Andy Metcalfe |
758 |
44.24 |
|
|
Independent |
Redmond Mellett |
393 |
22.94 |
|
|
Conservative |
Sajid Mehmood |
367 |
21.42 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Tracie Anne Quinn-Robinson |
195 |
11.38 |
|
Majority |
375 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,713 |
24.28 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Northowram and Shelf ward
Northowram and Shelf ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Roger Laurence Taylor |
1,756 |
62.80 |
|
|
Labour |
Derek Fox Haviour |
725 |
25.92 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Margaret Stafford |
315 |
11.26 |
|
Majority |
1031 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,796 |
32.35 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Ovenden ward
Ovenden ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Helen Josephine Rivron |
768 |
47.79 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Pamela Elizabeth Burton |
602 |
37.46 |
|
|
Conservative |
John Charles Shoesmith |
237 |
14.74 |
|
Majority |
166 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,607 |
22.09 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Rastrick ward
Rastrick ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Gareth Paul Henderson |
1,150 |
43.96 |
|
|
Labour |
George Edward Richardson |
822 |
31.42 |
|
|
Independent |
Peter Graham Davis |
443 |
16.93 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Glen Michael Mattock |
201 |
7.68 |
|
Majority |
328 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,616 |
32.49 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Ryburn ward
Ryburn ward [7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Geraldine Mary Carter |
1,257 |
42.40 |
|
|
Labour |
Judith Mary Gannon |
992 |
33.46 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anthony Crowther |
715 |
24.12 |
|
Majority |
265 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,964 |
32.45 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
St John's ward
Skircoat ward
Skircoat ward [9] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Geoffrey Wainwright |
1,855 |
63.81 |
|
|
Labour |
Catherine Mary Groves |
621 |
21.36 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Siobhen Stow |
431 |
14.82 |
|
Majority |
1,234 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,907 |
33.83 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Sowerby Bridge ward
Todmorden ward
Todmorden ward [10] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ann Clare Townley |
1,231 |
47.03 |
|
|
Labour |
Joe Mitchell |
938 |
35.84 |
|
|
Conservative |
Craig Whittaker |
448 |
17.11 |
|
Majority |
293 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,617 |
33.72 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Town ward
Town ward [11] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Megan Kathleen Swift |
1,155 |
40.46 |
|
|
Conservative |
Stephen Baines |
949 |
33.25 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Durkin |
510 |
17.86 |
|
|
Independent |
Gwyneth Greenwood |
240 |
8.40 |
|
Majority |
206 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,854 |
32.74 |
|
|
Labour gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
|
Warley ward
Warley ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
David Ian Ginley |
1,550 |
56.65 |
|
|
Labour |
Pauline Margaret Leach |
749 |
27.37 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Robert Andrew Pearson |
437 |
15.97 |
|
Majority |
801 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,736 |
35.22 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
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