Calderdale Council election, 2007
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Elections to Calderdale
Council were held on 3 May 2007 with the exception of the Warley ward which was postponed until 14 June 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control
. The total turnout
of the election was 38.01% (51,586 voters of an electorate of 135,729). The winning candidate in each ward
is highlighted in bold.
The table below summarises the results of the 2007 local government election. Each party is ordered by number of votes registered. 17 of the 51 seats were up for re-election.
Summary of the May 2007 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election results
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!colspan=2|Parties
!Seats
!Gains
!Losses
!Net
Gain/Loss
!Seats %
!Votes %
!Votes
!+/-
|-
|18||1||1||0||39.2||28.4||14,565||-0.4
|-
|11||1||0||+1||19.6||26.3||13,494||+2.8
|-
|16||1||1||0||31.4||23.6||12,105||-1.5
|-
|1||0||1||-1||3.9||10.8||5,569||-0.1
|-
|1||0||0||0||0||3.6||1,840||N/A
|-
|0||0||0||0||0||2.8||1,459||+0.3
|-
|4||0||0||0||5.9||2.3||1,156||-6.8
|-
|0||0||0||0||0||2.2||1,147||N/A
|-
!colspan=2|Total!!51!! !! !! !! !! !!51,335!!
|}
Calderdale
The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name...
Council were held on 3 May 2007 with the exception of the Warley ward which was postponed until 14 June 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control
No overall control
Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...
. The total turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
of the election was 38.01% (51,586 voters of an electorate of 135,729). The winning candidate in each ward
Wards of the United Kingdom
A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...
is highlighted in bold.
The table below summarises the results of the 2007 local government election. Each party is ordered by number of votes registered. 17 of the 51 seats were up for re-election.
Summary of the May 2007 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election results
|-
!colspan=2|Parties
!Seats
!Gains
!Losses
!Net
Gain/Loss
!Seats %
!Votes %
!Votes
!+/-
|-
|18||1||1||0||39.2||28.4||14,565||-0.4
|-
|11||1||0||+1||19.6||26.3||13,494||+2.8
|-
|16||1||1||0||31.4||23.6||12,105||-1.5
|-
|1||0||1||-1||3.9||10.8||5,569||-0.1
|-
|1||0||0||0||0||3.6||1,840||N/A
|-
|0||0||0||0||0||2.8||1,459||+0.3
|-
|4||0||0||0||5.9||2.3||1,156||-6.8
|-
|0||0||0||0||0||2.2||1,147||N/A
|-
!colspan=2|Total!!51!! !! !! !! !! !!51,335!!
|}