1999 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
# 1999 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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

* Labour 20
* Conservative 19
* Liberal Democrats 14
* Independent 1

## Ward results

### Brighouse ward

Brighouse ward :

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

### Calder Valley ward

Calder Valley ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 439 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,146 | 34.63 |

### Elland ward

Elland ward :

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

### Greetland and Stainland ward

Greetland and Stainland ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Trevor Shutt | 1,953 | 67.46 |
| | Conservative | Keith Smith | 676 | 23.35 |
| | Labour | Salamat Aliata | 266 | 9.18 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,277 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,895 | 31.3 |

### Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe :

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

### Illingworth ward

Illingworth ward :

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

### Luddendenfoot ward

Luddendenfoot ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 541 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,460 | 28.7 |

### Mixenden ward

Mixenden ward :

| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 322 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,487 | 20.32 |

### Northowram and Shelf ward

Northowram and Shelf ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | William Charles Albert Carpenter | 1,720 | 66.58 |
| | Labour | Keith Lucas | 573 | 22.18 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Hirst | 290 | 11.22 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,147 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,583 | 29.93 |

### Ovenden ward

Ovenden ward :

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

### Rastrick ward

Rastrick ward :

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

### Ryburn ward

Ryburn ward :

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

### Skircoat ward

Skircoat ward :

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

### Sowerby Bridge ward

Sowerby Bridge :

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

### St John's ward

St John's ward :

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

### Todmorden ward

Todmorden ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 144 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,719 | 35.45 |

### Town ward

Town ward :

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

### Warley ward

Warley ward :

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

## By-elections between 1999 and 2000

### Elland ward, 1999

Elland By-Election 29 October 1999 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Allen | 864 | 59.5 | -3.3 |
| | Labour | George Richardson | 391 | 26.9 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | Michael Clarke | 198 | 13.6 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 473 | 32.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,453 | 18.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
