Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012

The 2012 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. This was on the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, 2012. In this year Councillor Nader Fekri for Calder ward defected to Labour from the Liberal Democrats in 2012 saying that he could no longer support the coalition in the national parliament with the Conservatives.

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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13	20	15	2	1
Labour	Conservative	Lib Dem	Ind	BN

After the election the composition of the council was:

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20	17	12	2
Labour	Conservative	Lib Dem	Ind

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	13	20
	Conservative	20	17
	Liberal Democrat	15	12
	Independent	2	2
	BNP	1	0
Total		51	51

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Brighouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Martin	1,329	47.1	+25.1
	Conservative	Howard Blagbrough	1,195	42.3	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jennie Rigg	273	9.8	−28.0
Majority			134	4.7
Turnout			2,822	32.7	−6.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Calder ward

Calder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Battye	1,599	39.1	+7.0
	Labour	Susan Press	1,454	35.5	+4.8
	Green	Kate Sweeny	541	13.2	−10.9
	Conservative	Gail Lund	477	11.7	−1.4
Majority			145	3.5
Turnout			4,093	44.9	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Elland ward

Elland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Allen	950	36.4	−7.6
	Labour	Angi Gallagher	829	31.8	+20.4
	Conservative	Mike Payne	595	22.8	−6.4
	Green	Susan Thomas	225	8.6	+3.1
Majority			121	4.6
Turnout			2,607	30.9	−2.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Greetland & Stainland ward

Greetland & Stainland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm James	1,121	41.4	−4.3
	Conservative	Keith Watson	751	27.8	−3.4
	Labour	Jim Gallagher	527	19.5	+11.3
	Green	Mark Mullany	297	11.0	+5.4
Majority			370	13.7
Turnout			2,705	31.9	−4.79
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hipperholme & Lightcliffe ward

Hipperholme & Lightcliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Hall	1,322	42.8	−25.7
	Independent	Chris O'Connor	930	30.1	N/A
	Labour	Anthony Rutherford	722	25.4	+9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mat Bowles	106	3.4	−14.5
Majority			392	12.7
Turnout			3,090	35.3	−3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Illingworth & Mixenden ward

Illingworth & Mixenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Lambert	1,224	40.8	+11.4
	Independent	Tom Bates	968	32.3	−6.1
	Conservative	Andrew Tagg	673	22.4	−0.6
	Independent	Sean Loftus	76	2.5	−1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Glen Mattock	50	1.7	−3.9
Majority			256	8.5
Turnout			2,998	32.7	−4.4
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

Luddendenfoot ward

Luddendenfoot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Young	1,263	41.3	+25.0
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Bampton-Smith	948	31.0	−10.4
	Conservative	Gillian Smith-Moorhouse	823	26.9	−5.4
Majority			315	10.3
Turnout			3,060	37.9	−3.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Northowram & Shelf ward

Northowram & Shelf

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Caffrey	1,705	56.6	+7.6
	Labour	Gary Walsh	1,094	36.3	+21.6
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Albret	181	6.0	−0.7
Majority			611	20.3
Turnout			3,014	33.1	−7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ovenden ward

Ovenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Collins	1,255	68.1	+23.3
	Conservative	Christopher Blakey	367	19.9	−5.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Reynolds	186	10.1	−3.0
Majority			888	43.2
Turnout			1,843	21.8	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Park ward

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jenny Lynn	2,657	63.6	+25.9
	Conservative	Shakir Saghir	838	20.1	+9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammad Ilyas	651	15.6	−25.7
Majority			1,819	43.6
Turnout			4,176	46.1	−4.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Rastrick ward

Rastrick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann McAllister	1,311	49.8	+0.8
	Labour	Peter Judge	1,046	39.8	+18.6
	TUSC	Rob Bailey	258	9.8	N/A
Majority			265	10.1
Turnout			2,631	30.6	−6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ryburn ward

Ryburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geraldine Carter	1,253	44.9	−9.3
	Labour	Judy Gannon	944	33.8	+17.5
	Green	Freda Davis	349	12.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Rosemary Tatchell	229	8.2	−21.3
Majority			309	11.1
Turnout			2,790	31.6	−4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skircoat ward

Skircoat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hardy	1,496	41.0	−13.0
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Gow	1,104	30.3	−2.8
	Labour	Alistair Millington	778	21.3	+13.5
	Green	Charles Gate	251	6.9	+1.8
Majority			392	10.7
Turnout			3,647	38.4	−3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sowerby Bridge ward

Sowerby Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Wilkinson	1,422	52.5	+23.1
	Conservative	Andrew Feather	915	38.8	−8.8
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Ward	330	12.2	−0.2
Majority			507	18.7
Turnout			2,709	32.0	−3.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Todmorden ward

Todmorden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Sweeney	1,072	35.2	+8.7
	Liberal Democrat	Olwen Jennings	874	28.7	+0.4
	Conservative	Ian Cooper	583	19.1	−13.4
	BPP	David Jones	257	8.4	N/A
	Green	John Nesbitt	246	8.1	N/A
Majority			198	6.5
Turnout			3,045	34.3	−3.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Town ward

Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Megan Swift	1,389	63.0	+23.5
	Conservative	Stephen Collins	576	26.1	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Coleman-Taylor	206	9.3	−0.9
Majority			2,205	25.2
Turnout			2,205	25.2	−5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Warley ward

Warley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Burton	1,259	40.8	+27.8
	Liberal Democrat	James Baker	1,146	37.1	−14.7
	Conservative	Christopher Pearson	658	21.3	−0.5
Majority			113	3.7
Turnout			3,089	35.5	−2.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing