Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council elections explained
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council is elected each year, except for every fourth year when there is no election.[1]
Historical political make-up
2020s
2010s
Year | | Labour | | Conservative | | Ind. Con. | | Lib Dems | | Ind. LD | | Ind | | BNP | | Change UK |
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2019 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
2010 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
2000s
Year | | Labour | | Conservative | | Lib Dems | | Ind | | BNP | | Eng Dem |
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2009 | 9 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
2008 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
2007 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
2006 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
2004 | 9 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
Council elections
By-election results
By-election[3] | Date | Incumbent party | Winning party |
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Brighouse by-election | 22 May 1974 | | |
Lightcliffe by-election | 18 November 1977 | | |
Hebden Bridge by-election | 24 August 1978 | | |
Town by-election | 8 November 1979 | | |
Skircoat by-election | 18 December 1980 | | |
St. John's by-election | 27 August 1982 | | |
Luddenden Foot by-election | 18 August 1983 | | |
Mixenden by-election | 26 January 1984 | | |
Todmorden by-election | 24 May 1984 | | |
Northowram and Shelf by-election | 6 September 1984 | | |
Calder Valley by-election | 14 February 1985 | | |
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe by-election | 23 May 1985 | | |
Ryburn by-election | 28 November 1985 | | |
St. John's by-election | 3 July 1986 | | |
Brighouse by-election | 9 October 1986 | | |
Rastrick by-election | 24 September 1987 | | |
Town by-election | | |
Town by-election | 16 February 1989 | | |
Calder Valley by-election | 20 April 1989 | | |
St. John's by-election | 12 October 1989 | | |
Town by-election | 27 September 1990 | | |
Brighouse by-election | 8 November 1990 | | |
Luddenden Foot by-election | 28 August 1991 | | |
Ryburn by-election | 22 November 1991 | | |
St. John's by-election | 19 November 1992 | | |
Calder Valley by-election | 9 September 1993 | | |
Ryburn by-election | 3 August 1995 | | |
Todmorden by-election | 1 May 1997 | | |
Todmorden by-election | 19 January 1998 | | |
Elland by-election | 29 October 1999 | | |
Calder Valley by-election | 5 December 2002 | | |
Mixenden by-election | 23 January 2003 | | |
Rastrick by-election | 6 February 2003 | | |
Mixenden by-election | 16 October 2003 | | |
Illingworth and Mixenden by-election | 22 February 2007 | | |
Skircoat by-election | 2 April 2009 | | |
Warley by-election | 19 July 2012 | | |
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe by-election | 6 April 2017 | | |
Rastrick by-election | 8 June 2017 | | |
Todmorden by-election | | |
Park by-election | 2 September 2021 | | |
Ryburn by-election | | | |
The January 2003 Mixenden by-election has become synonymous as an example of a likely Condorcet loser winning.
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/council/democracy/electionresults/index.jsp?type=local Calderdale Local election results
- si . 2003 . 3088 . The Borough of Calderdale (Electoral Changes) Order 2003 . 18 March 2024 .
- Web site: Calderdale Votes: 40 years of local democracy. Local Elections Archive Project . 20 August 2017.