Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Calderdale. Since 1 April 2014 it has been a constituent council of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.[1]

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Third of council elected three years out of four
Coat of arms
Council Logo
Type
Type	Metropolitan district council of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor of Calderdale	Cllr Dot Foster, Labour since 16 May 2019
Leader of the Council	Cllr Tim Swift, Labour since 27 May 2015
Chief executive	Robin Tuddenham since 8 May 2017
Structure
Seats	51 (26 needed for a majority)
Political groups	Executive   Labour Party (28) Opposition parties   Conservative Party (14)   Liberal Democrat (7)   Independent (2)
Joint committees	West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	3 May 2019 (one third of councillors)
Next election	2020 (one third of councillors)
Meeting place
Halifax Town Hall Halifax West Yorkshire United Kingdom
Website
www.calderdale.gov.uk

Elections

Electoral arrangements

Calderdale is divided into 17 wards, each ward having three councillors for a total of 51 councillors. Councillors serve four-year terms, with one-third of the council elected every year except every fourth year when no councilors are elected.

The ward boundaries were redrawn in 2004 so the whole council was up for election. One third of the council was elected from 2006 onward.

Current political make-up

As of 2019 the council is controlled by Labour.

Party Affiliation		Number
	Labour	28
	Conservative	13
	Liberal Democrats	7
	Independent	2
	Change UK	1

Historical political make-up

Year		Labour		Conservative		Ind. Con.		Lib Dems		Ind. LD		Ind		BNP		Eng Dem
2019	28		14		0		7		0		2		0		0
2018	24		19		1		6		0		1		0		0
2018	23		20		1		5		0		2		0		0
2016	23		21		0		5		0		2		0		0
2016	23		22		0		5		0		1		0		0
2015	24		21		0		5		0		1		0		0
2014	25		19		0		6		0		1		0		0
2012	21		17		0		11		0		2		0		0
2012	20		17		0		12		0		2		0		0
2011	13		21		0		13		1		3		0		0
2011	13		21		0		14		0		2		1		0
2010	10		19		0		17		0		4		1		0
2010	10		20		0		17		0		3		1		0
2009	9		21		0		15		0		3		2		1
2008	9		21		0		16		0		2		2		1
2008	9		20		0		17		0		2		2		1
2007	11		18		0		17		0		3		1		1
2007	11		18		0		16		0		4		1		1
2006	10		18		0		16		0		4		2		1
2006	10		20		0		16		0		3		2		0
2004	9		21		0		15		0		3		3		0

Wards

Wards within Calderdale Council

Calder Valley	Halifax
1. Todmorden 2. Calder 3. Luddendenfoot 4. Ryburn 8. Greetland and Stainland 14. Elland 15. Hipperholme and Lightcliffe 16. Brighouse 17. Rastrick	5. Illingworth and Mixenden 6. Warley 7. Sowerby Bridge 9. Ovenden 10. Park 11. Skircoat 12. Northowram and Shelf 13. Town

Leaders and control

Name		Years	Control
	Tim Swift	2019–present		Labour
	Tim Swift	2015–2019		No Overall Control
	Stephen Baines MBE	2014–2015
	Tim Swift	2012–2014
	Janet Battye	2010–2012
	Stephen Baines MBE	2008–2010
	Ann McAllister	2006–2008
	John Ford	? – 2006

Mayor

Name[2]		Years
	Dot Foster	2019–2020
	Marcus Thompson	2018–2019
	Ferman Ali	2017–2018
	Howard Blagbrough	2016–2017
	Lisa Lambert	2015–2016
	Pat Allen	2014–2015
	Ann Martin	2013–2014
	John Hardy	2012–2013
	Nader Fekri	2011–2012
	Keith Watson	2010–2011
	Ann McAllister	2010
	Arshad Mahmood	2009–2010
	Conrad Winterburn	2008–2009
	Martin Peel	2007–2008
	Colin Stout	2006–2007
	John Williamson	2005–2006
	Olwen Jennings	2004–2005
	Geraldine Carter	2003–2004
	Patrick Phillips	2002–2003
	Chris O'Connor	2001–2002
	Peter Coles	2000–2001
	Graham Hall	1999–2000
	Alan Worth	1998–1999
	Alan Worth	1997–1998
	Susan Tucker	1997
	Dawn Neal	1996–1997
	Graham Reason	1995–1996
	Stephen Pearson	1994–1995
	Tony Mazey	1993–1994
	Bill Carpenter	1992–1993
	Tom McElroy	1991–1992
	Joe Tolan	1990–1991
	Joe Kneafsey	1989–1990
	Albert Berry	1988–1989
	Wilfred Sharp	1987–1988
	David Fox	1986–1987
	Tom Lawler	1985–1986
	John Bradley	1984–1985
	Kevin Lord	1983–1984
	David Shutt	1982–1983
	Eric Whitehead	1981–1982
	Harry Wilson	1980–1981
	Betty Wildsmith	1979–1980
	Richard Deadman	1978–1979
	Eric Dennett	1977–1978
	Mona Mitchell	1976–1977
	Kathleen Cawdry	1975–1976
	Joe Tolan	1974–1975

See also

• Calderdale local elections

References

1. The West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014
2. Calderdale Votes: 40 years of local democracy. Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 20 August 2017.