42 pictures showing how the Calderdale Council election drama unfolded in Halifax
By Ian Hirst
Published 3rd May 2019, 16:50 GMT
Updated 3rd May 2019, 17:06 GMT
It has been a dramatic day in Halifax as Labour took overall control in Calderdale for the first time in 20 years
Here we have all the pictures from inside the election count as the drama unfolded, the winners were announced and former councillors lost their respective seats.
Calderdale Council election count
Hotly contested Greetland and Stainland ward, Calderdale Council election count 2019
Conservative Scott Benton, wins Brighouse, at Calderdale Council election count 2019
Warley ward, Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward, Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Illingworth and Mixenden ward, Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Adam Wilkinson, Sowerby Bridge ward, Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Luddendenfoot ward, Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Elland ward, Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Ryburn ward candidates wait for Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Luddendenfoot ward, Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Skircoat ward, Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Robin Tuddenham, chief executive Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Conservative Scott Benton, wins Brighouse, at Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Mike Payne, Sowerby Bridge conservative, Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Park ward, Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
Elland ward, Calderdale Council election count 2019, NBLC, Halifax
