Calderdale local elections
Encyclopedia
One third of Calderdale
Council in West Yorkshire
, England
is elected each year, followed by one year without election.
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 in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
is elected each year, followed by one year without election.
Political control
- 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...
1973 - 1975
- 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...
1975 - 1980
- No overall controlNo overall controlWithin 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...
1980 - 1990
- 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...
1990 - 1992
- No overall controlNo overall controlWithin 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...
1992 - 1995
- 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...
1995 - 1999
- No overall controlNo overall controlWithin 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...
1999 - 2000
- 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...
2000 - 2002
- No overall controlNo overall controlWithin 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...
2002 - present
Council elections
- Calderdale Council election, 1998
- Calderdale Council election, 1999Calderdale Council election, 1999Elections to Calderdale 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%...
- Calderdale Council election, 2000Calderdale Council election, 2000Elections to Calderdale Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. The total turnout of the election was 28.97%...
- Calderdale Council election, 2002Calderdale Council election, 2002Elections to Calderdale Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The total turnout of the election was 32.16%...
- Calderdale Council election, 2003Calderdale Council election, 2003Elections to Calderdale Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. The total turnout of the election was 34.44%...
- Calderdale Council election, 2004Calderdale Council election, 2004Elections to Calderdale Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003...
- Calderdale Council election, 2006Calderdale Council election, 2006Elections to Calderdale Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control....
- Calderdale Council election, 2007Calderdale Council election, 2007Elections 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%...
- Calderdale Council election, 2008Calderdale Council election, 2008Elections to Calderdale Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.-Overall results:After the election, the composition of the council was*Conservative 21*Liberal Democrat 16...
- Calderdale Council election, 2010Calderdale Council election, 2010Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council took place on a Thursday in May 2010.-Overall results:There were 17 seats up for election, one third of the council. The last election left the council with no overall control, and was then run by the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats...
- Calderdale Council election, 2011Calderdale Council election, 2011Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.There will be 17 seats up for election, one third of the council...