2024 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2024 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 2023 2 May 2024 2026 →
17 of 51 seats on Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout34.8 (Decrease 21.4)
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Leader Jane Scullion Steven Leigh Paul Bellenger
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Luddendenfoot Ryburn Greetland and Stainland
Last election 28 seats, 44.1% 15 seats, 29.3% 6 seats, 12.6%
Current seats 27 14 6
Seats needed Steady Increase 12 Increase 20
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Leader Unknown None
Party Green Independent
Last election 2 seats, 12.1% 0 seats, 0.6%
Current seats 2 1
Seats needed Increase 24 Increase 25
Incumbent Leader

Jane Scullion
Labour



The 2024 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day.

Background[edit]

Results from 2021, when these seats were last up for election
Results from the most recent election in 2023

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Calderdale was a district of the West Yorkshire metropolitan county.[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The West Yorkshire Combined Authority was established in 2014 and began electing the mayor of West Yorkshire in 2021.[2]

Calderdale Council was under no overall control with Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour leaders until the Labour Party achieved a majority of seats in the 2019 election, when they gained four seats to hold 28 of the council's 51 seats. In the most recent election in 2023, seventeen seats were up for election. Labour won ten seats, the Conservatives won four seats, Liberal Democrats won two seats and the Greens won one seat.[3]

Seats up for election in 2024 were last elected in 2021. These elections were originally scheduled for 2020, but were delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] In that election, the Conservatives won nine seats, Labour won eight, and the Liberal Democrats won two. Labour retained its majority on the council at this election.[5]

Electoral process[edit]

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election for three consecutive years and no election in the fourth year.[6][7] The election used first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Calderdale aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Council results[edit]

  • Turnout: 52,112
  • Electorate: 151,597
2024 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election[8]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 10 Increase 3 58.8 20 29 56.9 21,418 41.1 +3.8
  Conservative 3 Decrease 6 17.6 5 11 21.6 13,585 26.1 -12.9
  Liberal Democrats 2 Steady 11.8 4 6 11.8 5,556 10.7 -0.6
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 1 1 2.0 835 1.6 -1.7
  Green 1 Increase 1 5.9 2 3 5.9 8,311 16.0 +7.7
  Workers Party 1 Increase 1 5.9 0 1 2.0 1,643 3.2 New
  Freedom Alliance 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 139 0.3 +0.2

Council composition[edit]

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
27 14 6 2 1 1
Labour Conservative Lib Dem Green Ind Vac

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓
29 11 6 3 1 1
Labour Conservative Lib Dem Green Ind WPB
After 2023 election Before 2024 election After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 28 Labour 27 Labour 29
Conservative 15 Conservative 14 Conservative 11
Liberal Democrats 6 Liberal Democrats 6 Liberal Democrats 6
Green 2 Green 2 Green 3
Independent 0 Independent & vacant 2 Independent & other 2

Changes between 2023 & 2024:

  • November 2023: Guy Beech (Conservative, Illingworth & Mixenden) resigned; seat remained vacant until the May 2024 elections.[9]
  • February 2024: Rahat Khan (Labour, Park) resigned from the Labour Party and sits as an independent.[10]

Ward results[edit]

Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk.

Brighouse[edit]

Brighouse (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geraldine Carter 1,163 40.8
Labour Frank Darnley 1,078 37.8
Green Kim Atkinson 445 15.6
Liberal Democrats Jennie Rigg 126 4.4
Majority 85 3.0
Rejected ballots 40 1.4
Turnout 2,852 34.6
Registered electors 8,249
Conservative hold Swing

Calder[edit]

Calder (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Josh Fenton-Glynn* 3,008 67.0
Green Mark Stanley 638 14.2
Conservative Christopher Lee 574 12.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Wadsworth 222 4.9
Majority 2,370 52.7
Rejected ballots 53 1.2
Turnout 4,495 48.7
Registered electors 9,239
Labour hold Swing

Elland[edit]

Elland (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Hunt 786 30.9
Labour Khuram Majid 700 27.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Phillips 574 22.5
Green Barry Crossland 446 17.5
Majority 86 3.4
Rejected ballots 40 1.6
Turnout 2,546 28.7
Registered electors 8,878
Conservative hold Swing

Greetland and Stainland[edit]

Greetland and Stainland (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Bellenger* 1,526 50.6
Conservative Alex Greenwood 806 26.7
Labour Mark Pitkethly 420 13.9
Green Jacquelyn Haigh 240 8.0
Majority 720 23.9
Rejected ballots 26 0.9
Turnout 3,018 35.5
Registered electors 8,503
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe[edit]

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Robinson* 1,846 57.0
Labour Sam Ackroyd 934 28.8
Green Catherine Graham 299 9.2
Liberal Democrats Nikki Stocks 122 3.8
Majority 912 28.2
Rejected ballots 37 1.2
Turnout 3238 35.2
Registered electors 9,208
Conservative hold Swing

Ilingworth and Mixenden[edit]

Illingworth and Mixenden (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shane Taylor 1,168 49.5
Conservative Stephen Padgett 640 27.1
Green Laura Beesley 169 7.2
Independent Seán Loftus 143 6.1
Independent Sara Gaunt 135 5.7
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Proctor 79 3.3
Majority 528 22.4
Rejected ballots 25 1.1
Turnout 2,359 25.3
Registered electors 9,319
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Luddendenfoot[edit]

Luddendenfoot (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Scullion* 1,862 57.7
Conservative Jill Smith-Moorhouse 731 22.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Bampton-Smith 307 9.5
Green Kate Sweeny 295 9.1
Majority 1,131 35.0
Rejected ballots 33 1.0
Turnout 3,228 40.5
Registered electors 7,965
Labour hold Swing

Northowram and Shelf[edit]

Northowram and Shelf (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Elaine Hey 2,275 67.6
Conservative John Vaughan 737 21.9
Labour Allen Slingsby 327 9.7
Majority 1,538 45.7
Rejected ballots 28 0.8
Turnout 3,367 37.0
Registered electors 9,106
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Ovenden[edit]

Ovenden (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Danielle Durrans* 919 55.3
Conservative Anne Baines 358 21.5
Liberal Democrats Sean Bamforth 188 11.3
Green Finn Jensen 166 9.9
Majority 561 33.7
Rejected ballots 32 1.92
Turnout 1663 19.75
Registered electors 8,422
Labour hold Swing

Park[edit]

Park (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Workers Party Shakir Saghir 1,643 43.9
Green Sabir Hussain 953 25.4
Labour Sadia Zaman 758 20.2
Liberal Democrats Samuel Jackson 190 5.1
Conservative Naveed Khan 164 4.4
Majority 690 18.4
Rejected ballots 38 1.0
Turnout 3,746 39.1
Registered electors 9,576
Workers Party gain from Labour Swing

Rastrick[edit]

Rastrick (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Alan Judge 1,317 45.4
Conservative Joseph Matthews 1,151 39.6
Green Andrew Bramley 237 8.2
Liberal Democrats Bernardette Stancliffe 165 5.7
Majority 166 5.7
Rejected ballots 34 1.2
Turnout 2,904 35.0
Registered electors 8,300
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Ryburn[edit]

Ryburn (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leah Webster 1,554 48.2
Conservative Robert Thornber* 1,270 39.4
Green Cordelia Prescott 197 6.1
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Tatchell 165 5.1
Majority 284 8.8
Rejected ballots 41 1.27
Turnout 3,227 36.01
Registered electors 8,962
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Skircoat[edit]

Skircoat (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Ann Kingstone* 1,932 51.1
Conservative Oliver Gibson 950 25.1
Green Robert Orange 558 14.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Holdsworth 309 8.2
Majority 982 26.0
Rejected ballots 34 0.9
Turnout 3,783 39.1
Registered electors 9,685
Labour hold Swing

Sowerby Bridge[edit]

Sowerby Bridge (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adam Wilkinson* 1,702 58.5
Conservative Mark Edwards 695 23.9
Green David Booth 295 10.1
Liberal Democrats Diana Harris 167 5.7
Majority 1,007 34.6
Rejected ballots 50 1.7
Turnout 2,909 33.0
Registered electors 8,820
Labour hold Swing

Todmorden[edit]

Todmorden (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Diana Tremayne* 1,919 60.9
Conservative Brian Carter 525 16.7
Green Kieran Turner 495 15.7
Liberal Democrats Abdul Kye 160 5.1
Majority 1,394 44.2
Rejected ballots 52 1.7
Turnout 3,151 35.1
Registered electors 8,983
Labour hold Swing

Town[edit]

Town (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Kelly Thornham 1,160 47.0
Conservative Vishal Gupta 839 34.0
Green Elliot Hey 329 13.3
Liberal Democrats Garry Prashad 103 4.2
Majority 321 13.0
Rejected ballots 36 1.5
Turnout 2,467 26.9
Registered electors 9,173
Labour hold Swing

Warley[edit]

Warley (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ashley Evans* 1,153 36.5
Labour Ben Jancovich 660 20.9
Independent Sohail Ashfaq 557 17.6
Conservative Stephen Baines 350 11.1
Green Katie Witham 274 8.7
Freedom Alliance Martin Davies 139 4.4
Majority 493 15.6
Rejected ballots 26 0.8
Turnout 3,159 34.3
Registered electors 9,209
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  2. ^ "West Yorkshire devolution deal". GOV.UK. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. ^ Healey, Shawna (5 May 2023). "Local elections 2023: Here are the full results for who has been elected to join Calderdale Council - see who won where you live". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Coronavirus: English local elections postponed for a year". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Calderdale result - Local Elections 2021". BBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Election of Local Councillors 2024 - 02/05/2024". Election results. Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  9. ^ Boothroyd, David (29 December 2023). "Wakey day for one councillor". www.localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  10. ^ Boothroyd, David (1 March 2024). "Horsham switchover". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
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