| Election Name: | 2010 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | West Yorkshire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Election Date: | 6 May 2010 |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2011 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Seats For Election: | 17 of 51 seats on Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat3: | Town |
| Seats Before3: | 9 |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Seats After3: | 10 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 24,898 |
| Percentage3: | 26.31% |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 21 |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Seats After1: | 20 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 30,275 |
| Percentage1: | 31.99% |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 15 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seats After2: | 17 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 27,893 |
| Percentage2: | 17.9% |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Stephen Baines |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Janet Battye |
| After Party: | Liberal Democrat/Labour Coalition |
The 2010 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and a general election. One councillor was elected in each ward for a four-year term so the councillors elected in 2010 last stood for election in 2006. Each ward is represented by three councillors, the election of which is staggered, so only one third of the councillors was elected in this election. After the election the council stayed in no overall control but the Conservative minority administration was replaced with a coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats.[1]
Brighouse Councillor Joyce Cawthra left the Conservative Party and became an Independent in December 2010 due to her not being selected by the party to stand in the next election.[2]
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Lib Dem | Labour | Ind | BN | ED |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 20 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |
| 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 | 17 | |||||
| 9 | 10 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 51 | 51 | ||||
The incumbent was Colin Stout as an Independent.
The incumbent was Nader Fekri for the Liberal Democrats.
The incumbent was Robert Thompson for the Liberal Democrats who stood down at this election.
The incumbent was Conrad Winterbottom for the Liberal Democrats.
The incumbent was Colin Raistrick as an Independent.
The incumbent was Geoffrey Wallace for the BNP who stood down at this election.
The incumbent was Peter Coles for the Liberal Democrats who stood down at this election.
The incumbent was Stephen Baines for the Conservative Party.
The incumbent was Helen Rivron for the Labour Party.
The incumbent was Zafar Iqbal-Din for the Labour Party who stood down at this election.
The incumbent was Paul Rogan for the English Democrats who stood down at this election. He had been elected as a Conservative.
The incumbent was Kay Barret for the Conservative Party.
The incumbent was Grenville Horsfall for the Conservative Party who stood down at this election.
The incumbent was Martin Peel for the Conservative Party.
The incumbent was Ruth Goldthorpe for the Liberal Democrats.
The incumbent was Bob Metcalfe for the Labour Party.
The incumbent was David Ginley for the Conservative Party.