Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003
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]
After the election, the composition of the council was
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elland ward
Elland ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Greetland and Stainland ward
Greetland and Stainland ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat 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
Luddendenfoot ward
Luddendenfoot ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Mixenden ward
Mixenden ward [5][6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat 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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
Paul Stevenson |
411 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat 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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
Josef Arthur Rez |
481 |
18.49 |
|
Majority |
922 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,601 |
35.73 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
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