Calderdale Council election, 2010
Encyclopedia
Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
took place on a Thursday in May 2010.
left the council with no overall control, and was then run by the Labour Party
and the Liberal Democrats
.
After the election, the composition of the council was
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...
took place on a Thursday in May 2010.
Overall results
There were 17 seats up for election, one third of the council. The last electionCalderdale local elections
One third of Calderdale Council in West Yorkshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election.-Political control:*Labour 1973 - 1975*Conservative 1975 - 1980*No overall control 1980 - 1990*Labour 1990 - 1992...
left the council with no overall control, and was then run by the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
and the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
19 - Liberal Democrat 15
- LabourLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
10 - IndependentIndependent (politician)In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
4 - Independent Liberal 1
- Independent Liberal Democrat 1
- British NationalBritish National PartyThe British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...
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