| Election Name: | 2006 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2004 |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2007 |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2006 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 6 |
| Seats After1: | 20 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 15,354 |
| Percentage1: | 29.4% |
| Swing1: | 3.5% |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| Seats After2: | 16 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 13,452 |
| Percentage2: | 25.7% |
| Swing2: | 3.7% |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Seats After3: | 10 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 11,906 |
| Percentage3: | 22.8% |
| Swing3: | 0.9% |
| Party4: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seats After4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 4,946 |
| Percentage4: | 9.5% |
| Swing4: | 1.0% |
| Party5: | British National Party |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 2 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 5,162 |
| Percentage5: | 9.9% |
| Swing5: | 0.1% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Party: | No overall control |
Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control with a minority Conservative administration.
17 of the 51 seats were up for re-election. Although these are the results after the election, the number of seats per party changed later that year. Councillor Paul Rogan was returned by the Rastrick ward in this election for four years as a Conservative councillor and is included in the twenty Conservative seats shown below. However, after the 2006 election, he left the party and joined the English Democrats Party.[1] [2] Also this year, Councillor Nicholas Yates, who had been returned by the Brighouse ward in the 2004 election for four years and is included in the twenty Conservative seats shown below, left the party to continue his tenure as an Independent. This left the Conservatives with 18 seats, 1 held by the English Democrats and 4 held by Independents. In December 2006, Illingworth and Mixenden ward Councillor Tom McElroy (Labour) died suddenly, leaving Labour with nine seats. The by-election to succeed him took place on 22 February 2007, with Labour holding the ward.
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | |
| Conservative | Lib Dem | Labour | Ind | BN |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 20 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | |
| Conservative | Lib Dem | Labour | Ind | BN |
| valign=centre colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 20 | |||||
| 15 | 16 | |||||
| 9 | 10 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||
| 3 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 51 | 51 | ||||
Percentage change calculated compared to the last time these candidates stood for election.
The incumbent was Colin Stout as an Independent.
The incumbent was Nader Fekri for the Liberal Democrats.
The incumbent was Michael Clarke for the Conservative Party.
The incumbent was Elizabeth Ingleton for the Liberal Democrats.
The incumbent was John Foran for the Conservative Party.
The incumbent was Geoffrey Wallace for the BNP.
The incumbent was Peter Coles for the Liberal Democrats.
The incumbent was Stephen Baines for the Conservative Party.
The incumbents were Helen Rivron and Linda Riordan for the Labour Party.
The incumbent was Zafar Iqbal Din for the Labour Party.
The incumbent was Paul Rogan for the Conservative Party.
The incumbent was Kay Barret for the Conservative Party.
The incumbent was Grenville Horsfall for the Conservative Party.
The incumbent was Robert Reynolds for the Conservative Party.
The incumbent was Ruth Goldthorpe for the Liberal Democrats.
The incumbent was Adrian Marsden for the BNP.
The incumbent was Jennifer Carr as an Independent.