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Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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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

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2020s

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Year Labour Conservative Lib Dems Green Workers Party Ind
2024 29 11 6 3 1 1
2023 28 15 6 2 0 0
2022 28 15 6 1 0 1
2021 28 16 5 0 0 2
2021 28 15 5 0 0 3

2010s

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Year Labour Conservative Ind. Con. Lib Dems Ind. LD Ind BNP Change UK
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
2014 25 19 0 6 0 1 0 0
2012 21 17 0 11 0 2 0 0
2012 20 17 0 12 0 2 0 0
2011 13 21 0 13 1 3 0 0
2011 13 21 0 14 0 2 1 0
2010 10 19 0 17 0 4 1 0
2010 10 20 0 17 0 3 1 0

2000s

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Year Labour Conservative Lib Dems Ind BNP Eng Dem
2009 9 21 15 3 2 1
2008 9 21 16 2 2 1
2008 9 20 17 2 2 1
2007 11 18 17 3 1 1
2007 11 18 16 4 1 1
2006 10 18 16 4 2 1
2006 10 20 16 3 2 0
2004 9 21 15 3 3 0

Council elections

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Borough result maps

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By-election results

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By-election[3] Date Incumbent party Winning party
Brighouse by-election 22 May 1974 Conservative Labour
Lightcliffe by-election 18 November 1977 Conservative Conservative
Hebden Bridge by-election 24 August 1978 Conservative Conservative
Town by-election 8 November 1979 Conservative Labour
Skircoat by-election 18 December 1980 Conservative Conservative
St. John's by-election 27 August 1982 Labour Labour
Luddenden Foot by-election 18 August 1983 Conservative Alliance
Mixenden by-election 26 January 1984 Labour Labour
Todmorden by-election 24 May 1984 Alliance Alliance
Northowram and Shelf by-election 6 September 1984 Conservative Conservative
Calder Valley by-election 14 February 1985 Alliance Alliance
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe by-election 23 May 1985 Conservative Conservative
Ryburn by-election 28 November 1985 Conservative Conservative
St. John's by-election 3 July 1986 Labour Labour
Brighouse by-election 9 October 1986 Labour Labour
Rastrick by-election 24 September 1987 Alliance Conservative
Town by-election Labour Labour
Town by-election 16 February 1989 Labour Labour
Calder Valley by-election 20 April 1989 Alliance Labour
St. John's by-election 12 October 1989 Labour Labour
Town by-election 27 September 1990 Labour Conservative
Brighouse by-election 8 November 1990 Conservative Labour
Luddenden Foot by-election 28 August 1991 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Ryburn by-election 22 November 1991 Conservative Conservative
St. John's by-election 19 November 1992 Labour Labour
Calder Valley by-election 9 September 1993 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Ryburn by-election 3 August 1995 Conservative Labour
Todmorden by-election 1 May 1997 Labour Liberal Democrats
Todmorden by-election 19 January 1998 Labour Liberal Democrats
Elland by-election 29 October 1999 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Calder Valley by-election 5 December 2002 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Mixenden by-election 23 January 2003 Labour BNP
Rastrick by-election 6 February 2003 Conservative Conservative
Mixenden by-election 16 October 2003 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Illingworth and Mixenden by-election 22 February 2007 Labour Labour
Skircoat by-election 2 April 2009 Conservative Conservative
Warley by-election 19 July 2012 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe by-election 6 April 2017 Conservative Conservative
Rastrick by-election 8 June 2017 Conservative Conservative
Todmorden by-election Labour Labour
Park by-election 2 September 2021 Labour Labour
Ryburn by-election Independent Conservative

The January 2003 Mixenden by-election has become synonymous as an example of a likely Condorcet loser winning.

References

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  1. ^ Calderdale Local election results. calderdale.gov.uk.
  2. ^ "The Borough of Calderdale (Electoral Changes) Order 2003", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2003/3088, retrieved 18 March 2024
  3. ^ "Calderdale Votes: 40 years of local democracy" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
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