Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1999

Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The overall turnout of the election was 30.09% (44,215 voters of an electorate of 146,944). The winning candidate in each ward is highlighted in bold.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Brighouse ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dorothy Helen Anderson	1,156	55.57
	Conservative	Thiruvenkatar Krishnapillai	924	44.42
Majority			232
Turnout			2,080	27.85

Calder Valley ward

Calder Valley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Francis Taylor	1,440	45.77
	Labour	Matthew James Talbot	1,001	31.81
	Conservative	James Albert Fuke	372	11.82
	Green	Graham Wilfred Yelland	333	10.58
Majority			439
Turnout			3,146	34.63

Elland ward

Elland ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Riley	1,538	62.80
	Labour	Baldev Singh Gill	598	24.41
	Conservative	Michael John Clarke	313	12.78
Majority			940
Turnout			2,449	30.37

Greetland and Stainland ward

Greetland and Stainland ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	David Trevor Shutt	1,953	67.46
	Conservative	Keith Smith	676	23.35
	Labour	Salamat Aliata	266	9.18
Majority			1,277
Turnout			2,895	31.3

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graham Thomas Hall	1,680	66.69
	Labour	Keith John Butterick	839	33.30
Majority			841
Turnout			2,519	31.73

Illingworth ward

Illingworth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patricia Mary Abrahams	664	42.13
	Conservative	Geoffrey James Wallace	607	38.51
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Mary Sherrard-Smith	202	12.81
	BNP	Richard Mulhall	103	6.53
Majority			57
Turnout			1,576	22.36

Luddendenfoot ward

Luddendenfoot ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Irene Bampton-Smith	1,184	48.13
	Labour	Freda Mary Davis	643	26.13
	Conservative	Charmain Vivienne Smith	464	18.86
	Green	Mark Richard Hill	169	6.86
Majority			541
Turnout			2,460	28.7

Mixenden ward

Mixenden ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert George Metcalfe	813	54.67
	Conservative	Sally Victoria McCartney	491	33.01
	Green	Paul Martin Coe	63	4.23
	Independent	Sean Vincent Loftus	61	4.10
	BNP	Stuart Hall	59	3.96
Majority			322
Turnout			1,487	20.32

Northowram and Shelf ward

Northowram and Shelf ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Charles Albert Carpenter	1,720	66.58
	Labour	Keith Lucas	573	22.18
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Hirst	290	11.22
Majority			1,147
Turnout			2,583	29.93

Ovenden ward

Ovenden ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda June Riordan	898	64.93
	Conservative	Maria Constantino	399	28.85
	BNP	Rachel Clarke	86	6.21
Majority			499
Turnout			1,383	19.02

Rastrick ward

Rastrick ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Clarence Williamson	1,268	56.83
	Labour	George Edward Richardson	963	43.16
Majority			305
Turnout			2,231	27.8

Ryburn ward

Ryburn ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raynor Wilson Booth	1,228	46.47
	Labour	Judith Mary Gannon	803	30.39
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Elizabeth White	611	23.12
Majority			425
Turnout			2,642	28.59

Skircoat ward

Skircoat ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Grenville Horsfall	1,693	61.56
	Labour	Elizabeth Jill Smith	578	21.01
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Madeleine Harrison	345	12.54
	Green	Howard Smith	134	4.87
Majority			1,115
Turnout			2,750	31.9

Sowerby Bridge ward

Sowerby Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew David Feather	1,060	46.24
	Labour	Richard Harvey Ward	874	38.13
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Allen Edwards	358	15.61
Majority			186
Turnout			2,292	29.7

St John's ward

St John's ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammed Najib	1,493	43.91
	Conservative	Zafar Iqbal-Din	1093	32.14
	Liberal Democrat	William Mark Harrison	601	17.67
	BNP	Adrian Paul Marsden	213	6.26
Majority			400
Turnout			3,400	41.83

Todmorden ward

Todmorden ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Jason Paul Jeffrey	1,187	43.65
	Labour	Peter Oskar George Ehrhardt	1,043	38.35
	Conservative	Philip Norman Brown	352	12.94
	Green	Charles Gate	137	5.03
	BNP	Christian Michael Jackson	78	2.86
Majority			144
Turnout			2,719	35.45

Town ward

Town ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Adrian Christopher O'Connor	1,121	41.71
	Labour	Dawn Neal	920	34.23
	Liberal Democrat	John Durkin	453	16.85
	Independent	Gwyneth Greenwood	193	7.18
Majority			201
Turnout			2,687	30.55

Warley ward

Warley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kathleen Young	1,335	47.04
	Labour	Paul Anthony Wyatt	1,118	39.39
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Andrew Pearson	385	13.56
Majority			217
Turnout			2,838	36.0

References

Election of District Councillors 1999 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

(1998 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1999 (→ 2000)

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Council elections in West Yorkshire

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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West Yorkshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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