Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for

Calderdale Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, whose population in 2020 was 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the u ...

in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council is elected each year, except for every fourth year when there is no election.

Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. County-level services were provided by

West Yorkshire County Council West Yorkshire County Council (WYCC) – also known as West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council (WYMCC) – was the top-tier local government administrative body for West Yorkshire from 1974 to 1986. A strategic authority, with responsibilitie ...

until its abolition in 1986, when Calderdale became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1999 have been:

Council elections

* 1973 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election * 1975 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election * 1976 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election * 1978 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election * 1979 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election * 1980 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election * 1982 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election *

1983 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

* 1984 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election * 1986 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election *

1987 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...

1988 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicentenni ...

* 1990 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election * 1991 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election * 1992 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election *

1994 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

1995 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strik ...

1996 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on ...

1998 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was *Labour 2 ...

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 3 ...

2000 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough 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 elec ...

2002 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough 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 electio ...

2003 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough 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% (47,601 voters of an electo ...

2004 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The council stayed under no overall control with a minority Conservati ...

2006 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control with a minority Conservative administration. 17 of the 51 seats were up ...

2007 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007 with the exception of the Warley ward which was postponed until 14 June 2007 due to the sudden death of one of the candidates. One third of the council was up for elec ...

2008 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control with a minority Conservative administration. On 9 May, about a week aft ...

2010 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2010 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and a general election. One councillor ...

2011 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011. There were 17 seats up for election, one third of the council. After the election the council continued to have no overall control and continue to be run ...

2012 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2012 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. Af ...

2014 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2014 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as local elections across the United Kingdom and a European el ...

2015 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2015 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Calderdale in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and a general election. One councillor was elected in each ward fo ...

2016 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2016 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One councillor was elected in each ...

2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One councillor was elected in each w ...

2019 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2019 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One councillor was elected in each w ...

* 2021 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2022 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

Borough result maps

File:Calderdale UK ward map 2006 Election.svg, 2006 results map File:Calderdale UK ward map 2007 Election.svg, 2007 results map File:Calderdale UK ward map 2008 Election.svg, 2008 results map File:Calderdale UK ward map 2010 Election.svg, 2010 results map File:Calderdale UK ward map 2011 Election.svg, 2011 results map File:Calderdale UK ward map 2012 Election.svg, 2012 results map File:Calderdale UK ward map 2014 Election.svg, 2014 results map File:Calderdale UK ward map 2015 Election.svg, 2015 results map File:Calderdale wards 2016.png, 2016 results map File:Calderdale UK ward map 2018 Election.svg, 2018 results map File:Calderdale UK ward map 2019 Election.svg, 2019 results map File:Calderdale UK ward map 2021 Election.svg, 2021 results map File:Calderdale UK ward map 2022 Election.svg, 2022 results map

By-election results

The January 2003 Mixenden by-election has become synonymous as an example of a likely Condorcet loser winning.

References

External links

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
{{Metropolitan districts of England Council elections in West Yorkshire Elections in Calderdale

Local government in Calderdale