Calderdale Council election results 2018

Calderdale remains no overall control but Labour, who have been running the council on a minority basis, remain the largest party having gained one net seat.With the majority of the 17 seats on offer this year being held, some more comfortably than others, the few gains swirled back and forwards and at the end of the day Labour were delighted to finish one up.The state of the parties is now Labour 24 seats (up one), Conservatives 20 (down one), Liberal Democrats six (up one) and Independents one (down one).The Conservatives would have been more hopeful and suffered the biggest shock of the day at the North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax, count when Labour took Skircoat ward for what is believed to be the first time in Calderdale’s 44 year history.Labour’s Colin Hutchinson ousted senior Conservative Andrew Tagg by just 54 votes in the closest race of the day.Steven Leigh made a gain for the Conservatives when he edged out defending candidate Rob Holden, who had switched from the party to an Independent banner in Ryburn.It was a close run thing, just 149 votes in it, but the flag of independence is still flying in Hipperholme and Lightcliffe where Colin Raistrick fended off a challenge from Conservative James Pillai to retain his seat with a 217 majority.The Conservatives fell to a Labour push in Luddenden Foot, Jill Smith-Moorhouse losing out to Scott Patient by 558 votes, while the Liberal Democrats will be pleased with their work in Warley ward, gaining the seat from Labour.Marilyn Greenwood also held her Greetland and Stainland seat for the party, but elsewhere signs of a major Liberal Democrat revival were harder to find even in wards like Calder and Todmorden which have won them representation in the past.On the evidence of this poll, it is not obvious where the UKIP vote, significant the last time all 17 seats were up for grabs at a Calderdale election two years ago, went.And the Green Party did not take any major share on a day when support for the two largest parties, Labour and Conservative, largely held up.Perhaps an early indicator of the way today’s (Friday, May 4) count was going came when one of the day’s biggest cheers went up from Labour when Angie Gallagher held the Elland seat fending off a strong Conservative challenge, David Collins just 90 votes behind.At the end of the day, it was Labour leader Tim Swift who was wearing the widest smile.

RESULTS

BRIGHOUSEHoward Blagborough (Con) – 2065Jennie Rigg (Lib Dem) – 134Kate Sweeny (Green) – 107Oliver George Willows (Lab) – 1238CON HOLD BRIGHOUSE

CALDERSarah Courtney (Lab) – 3075Richard Marshall (Con) – 1015Donal Antony Martin O’Hanlon (Lib Dem) – 460Jenny Shepherd (Green) – 399LAB HOLD CALDER

ELLANDDavid Collins (Con) – 1417Barry Crossland (Green) – 169Angie Gallagher (Lab) – 1507Michael Wallace Whiting (Lib Dem) – 302LAB HOLD ELLAND

GREETLAND & STAINLANDMike Barnes (Lab) – 498Marilyn Greenwood (Lib Dem) – 1706Mark Mullany (Green) – 112Oliver Darryl Williams (Con) – 1098LIB DEM HOLD GREETLAND & STAINLAND

HIPPERHOLME & LIGHTCLIFFESteven Cliberon (Lab) – 600Martin John Hey (Green) – 110Alisdair McGregor (Lib Dem) – 105James Pillai (Con) – 1267Colin Raistrick (Ind) – 1484INDEPENDENT HOLDS HIPPERHOLME & LIGHTCLIFFE

ILLINGWORTH & MIXENDENGuy Beech (Con) – 1005Sean Loftus (Ind) – 103Alexander Parsons-Hulse (Lib Dem) – 65Angela Street (Green) – 118Dan Sutherland (Lab) – 1398LAB HOLD ILLINGWORTH & MIXENDEN

LUDDENDEN FOOTCatherine Crosland (Lib Dem) – 307Scott Patient (Lab) – 1984Michael Prior (Green) – 150Jill Smith-Moorhouse (Con) – 1428LAB GAIN LUDDENDEN FOOT

NORTHOWRAM & SHELFStephen Baines (Con) – 2119Jon Grinham (Lib Dem) – 96Elaine Hey (Green) – 151Daniel Manning (Yorkshire Party) – 174Helen Sutcliffe (Lab) – 808CON HOLD NORTHOWRAM & SHELF

OVENDENKatherine Horner (Green) 194John Reynolds (Lib Dem) 78Helen Rivron (Lab) 1043Gill Tolley (Con) 583LAB HOLD OVENDEN

PARKAmjad Bashir (Con) – 245Surraya Bibi (Ind) – 1742Finn Jensen (Green) – 143Mohammed Naeem (Lab) – 2800LAB HOLD PARK

RASTRICKRegan Dickenson (Con) – 1945Kathy Haigh-Hutchinson (Lib Dem) – 154Peter Judge (Labour and Co-operative) – 1213Angharad Turner (Green) – 123CON HOLD RASTRICK

RYBURNRobert Holden (Ind) – 1302Steven Leigh (Con) – 1451Rosemary Tatchell (Lib Dem) – 131David Veitch (Labour and Co-operative) – 805Katie Witham (Green) – 98CON GAIN RYBURN

SKIRCOATSean Bamforth (Lib Dem) – 196Colin Hutchinson (Lab) – 2017Anne Nelson (Green) – 127Andrew Tagg (Con) – 1963LAB GAIN SKIRCOAT

SOWERBY BRIDGEJeff Featherstone (Con) – 1259Dot Foster (Lab) – 1636John Nesbitt (Green) – 152Tom Stringfellow (Lib Dem) – 186LAB HOLD SOWERBY BRIDGE

TODMORDENJanet Battye (Lib Dem) – 630Jacob Cook (Con) – 704Chris Jackson (National Front) – 98Susan Press (Lab) – 1976Kieran Turner (Green) – 232LAB HOLD TODMORDEN

TOWNMark Edwards (Con) – 971Alan McDonald (Green) – 127Bob Metcalfe (Lab) – 1392Benjamin Simmons (Lib Dem) – 102LAB HOLD TOWN

WARLEYFrank Holt (Green) – 58Amanda Parsons-Hulse (Lib Dem) – 1869Shakir Saghir (Con) – 648Audrey Smith (Lab) – 1463LIB DEM GAIN WARLEY