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
Greetland and Stainland ward
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
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
Warley ward
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