Calderdale Council election, 2000

Elections to Calderdale Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. The total turnout of the election was 28.97% (40,190 voters of an electorate of 138,748). The winning candidate in each ward is highlighted in bold.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 28
*Liberal Democrat 15
*Labour 10
*Independent 1

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Colin Stout
votes = 951
percentage = 39.20
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thiruvenkatar Krishnapillai
votes = 737
percentage = 30.37
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edith Ann Martin
votes = 621
percentage = 25.59
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tracie Anne Quinn-Robinson
votes = 117
percentage = 4.82
change = Election box majority
votes = 214
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,426
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Calder Valley ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mary Seward
votes = 1,406
percentage = 51.10
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Charles Timbers
votes = 912
percentage = 33.15
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Jamie Johnson
votes = 433
percentage = 15.73
change = Election box majority
votes = 494
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,751
percentage = 30.24
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elland ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia May Allen
votes = 1,106
percentage = 56.92
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael John Clarke
votes = 434
percentage = 22.33
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dawn Neal
votes = 403
percentage = 20.74
change = Election box majority
votes = 672
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,943
percentage = 24.43
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Greetland and Stainland ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith Watson
votes = 1,183
percentage = 51.70
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Smith
votes = 813
percentage = 35.53
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew James Talbot
votes = 292
percentage = 12.76
change = Election box majority
votes = 370
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,288
percentage = 24.41
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Eric Kirton
votes = 1,711
percentage = 73.08
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Merlin Alexander Kalanovic
votes = 630
percentage = 26.91
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,081
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,341
percentage = 29.8
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Illingworth ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey James Wallace
votes = 805
percentage = 53.38
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Oade
votes = 490
percentage = 32.49
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Eira Rutley
votes = 213
percentage = 14.12
change = Election box majority
votes = 315
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,508
percentage = 21.49
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Luddendenfoot ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Sephton Coles
votes = 1,272
percentage = 53.82
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charmain Vivienne Smith
votes = 556
percentage = 23.52
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Jill Smith
votes = 535
percentage = 22.64
change = Election box majority
votes = 716
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,363
percentage = 27.57
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Mixenden ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lorraine Mary Stott
votes = 658
percentage = 44.79
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Freda Mary Davis
votes = 395
percentage = 26.88
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party = Independent Labour
candidate = Redmond Mellett
votes = 293
percentage = 19.94
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew John Foster
votes = 82
percentage = 5.58
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sean Vincent Loftus
votes = 41
percentage = 2.79
change = Election box majority
votes = 263
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,469
percentage = 20.45
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent Labour
swing =

Northowram and Shelf ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Edward Alexander Reason
votes = 1,877
percentage = 73.32
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Fox Haviour
votes = 683
percentage = 26.67
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,194
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,560
percentage = 29.47
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Ovenden ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bryan Thomas Raymond Smith
votes = 522
percentage = 41.19
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sally Victoria McCartney
votes = 412
percentage = 32.51
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Durkin
votes = 333
percentage = 26.28
change = Election box majority
votes = 110
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,267
percentage = 17.44
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Rastrick ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anne McAllister
votes = 1,379
percentage = 64.46
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = George Edward Richardson
votes = 760
percentage = 35.53
change = Election box majority
votes = 619
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,139
percentage = 26.55
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Ryburn ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Rouse Lang
votes = 1,220
percentage = 47.54
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Mary Gannon
votes = 699
percentage = 27.24
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Margaret Elizabeth White
votes = 647
percentage = 25.21
change = Election box majority
votes = 521
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,566
percentage = 28.14
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

kircoat ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Frank Brearley Ford
votes = 1,692
percentage = 67.24
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Lucas
votes = 411
percentage = 16.33
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Judith Madeleine Harrison
votes = 304
percentage = 12.08
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Howard Smith
votes = 109
percentage = 4.33
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,281
percentage =
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votes = 2,516
percentage = 29.26
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

owerby Bridge ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Howard Blagbrough
votes = 1,075
percentage = 49.58
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Anthony Wyatt
votes = 752
percentage = 34.68
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sheila Ann Ashton
votes = 341
percentage = 15.72
change = Election box majority
votes = 323
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,168
percentage = 28.08
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

t John's ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Chaudhary Mohammed Saghir
votes = 1,222
percentage = 44.42
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Donald Higgins
votes = 1,102
percentage = 40.05
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Barbara Lynne Peggs
votes = 427
percentage = 15.52
change = Election box majority
votes = 120
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,751
percentage = 34.77
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Todmorden ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Olwen Jean Arlette Jennings
votes = 1,042
percentage = 48.33
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Lindsay Oldham
votes = 635
percentage = 29.45
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Norman Brown
votes = 393
percentage = 18.22
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Christian Michael Jackson
votes = 86
percentage = 3.98
change = Election box majority
votes = 407
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,156
percentage = 27.49
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Town ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Janet Ellen Hardy
votes = 1,249
percentage = 52.28
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Daniel McIntyre
votes = 840
percentage = 35.16
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Gwyneth Greenwood
votes = 300
percentage = 12.55
change = Election box majority
votes = 409
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,389
percentage = 27.52
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Warley ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Howard Peel
votes = 1,488
percentage = 57.47
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Harvey Ward
votes = 806
percentage = 31.13
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Andrew Pearson
votes = 295
percentage = 11.39
change = Election box majority
votes = 682
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,589
percentage = 33.13
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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References

* [http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/council/democracy/electionresults/results.jsp?election=5 Election of Local Councillors 2000] . "calderdale.gov.uk".
* [http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/CALDERDALE-ELECTION-RESULTS-2000.310513.jp Calderdale Election Results] . "The Halifax Evening Courier".
* [http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/TORIES-STORM-INTO-POWER.313479.jp Tories storm into power] . "The Halifax Evening Courier".