| Election Name: | 2008 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | West Yorkshire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Election Date: | 1 May 2008 |
| Previous Election: | 2007 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2007 |
| Next Election: | 2010 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Seats For Election: | 17 of 51 seats on Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 11 |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seats After3: | 9 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 18 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seats After1: | 20 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 17 |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seats After2: | 17 |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control with a minority Conservative administration.
On 9 May, about a week after being elected as a Liberal Democrat, Greetland and Stainland Councillor Keith Watson left the Liberal Democrats and joined the Conservative Party.[1]
In 2009 the Skircoat Councillor Geoffrey Wainwright died suddenly. A by-election was held on 2 April 2009. The seat was held by the Conservative Party with John Hardy winning the seat.[2]
In June 2009 Elland Councillor Diane Park quit the Liberal Democrats due to the state of the party in the House of Commons. She continued as an independent.[3]
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 18 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Lib Dem | Labour | Ind | BN | ED |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 20 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Lib Dem | Labour | Ind | BN | ED |
| valign=centre colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 20 | |||||
| 17 | 17 | |||||
| 11 | 9 | |||||
| 3 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 51 | 51 | ||||
The incumbent was Nick Yates for the Liberal Democrats. He had been elected as a Conservative.
The incumbent was Janet Battye for the Liberal Democrats.
The incumbent was Pat Allen for the Liberal Democrats.
The incumbent was Keith Watson for the Liberal Democrats.
The incumbent was Graham Hall for the Conservative Party
The incumbent was Judith Gannon for the Labour Party.
The incumbent was Christine Bampton-Smith for the Liberal Democrats.
The incumbent was Graham Reason for the Conservative Party.
The incumbent was Danielle Coombs for the Labour Party.
The incumbent was Mohammed Najib for the Labour Party.
The incumbent was Ann McAllister for the Conservative Party.
The incumbent was Geraldine Carter for the Conservative Party.
The incumbent was Geoffrey Wainwright for the Conservative Party.
The incumbent was Amanda Byrne for the Conservative Party.
The incumbent was Anne Townley for the Liberal Democrats.
The incumbent was Megan Swift for the Labour Party.
The incumbent was Allen Clegg as an Independent.