1973 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

Election event in Metropolitan Borough March 2020 March 2020 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Elections, 1973 England Parliamentary no yes 1975 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election 1975 Whole council (51) to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council 26 10 May 1973 Labour Party (UK) 28, 54.9% 65,232 40.0% Conservative Party (UK) 18, 35.3% 63,428 38.9% Liberal Party (UK) 5, 9.8% 30,147 18.5% Council control Council control after election Labour The first elections to the newly created Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 51 seat council — three seats for each of the 17 wards — up for election. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated how long each served for, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976, and first-placed serving five years until 1978. As well as replacing the County Borough of Halifax, the new council included: Municipal Borough of Brighouse Municipal Borough of Todmorden Elland Urban District Hebden Royd Urban District Queensbury and Shelf Urban District (part) Ripponden Urban District Sowerby Bridge Urban District Hepton Rural District The election resulted in Labour gaining control. In May 1974 a by-election for the Brighouse ward occurred to replace the Conservative councillor G. Wood. The by-election was won by the Labour candidate M. Cunningham. Council results Calderdale Borough Council election 1973Calderdale Votes: 40 years of local democracy http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/misc/hullenedge-calderdale.pdf Election results Local Elections Archive Project 20 August 2017Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Calderdale-1973-2012.pdf Election results The Elections Centre 20 August 2017 Labour Party (UK) 49 28 - - - 54.9 40.0 65,232 - Conservative Party (UK) 51 18 - - - 35.3 38.9 63,428 - Liberal Party (UK) 31 5 - - - 9.8 18.5 30,147 - Independent (politician) 3 0 - - - 0.0 1.5 2,479 - Socialist Party 1 0 - - - 0.0 0.7 1,122 - Independent Conservative 1 0 - - - 0.0 0.3 482 - Council Composition After the election the composition of the council was: + ↓ 28 18 5 Labour Conservative Liberal PartyNew council Labour Party (UK) 28 Conservative Party (UK) 18 Liberal Party (UK) 5 Total 51 Ward results Brighouse ward Brighouse ward Labour Party (UK) M. Mitchell 2,325 46.8 - Labour Party (UK) S. Womersley 1,984 - Conservative Party (UK) G. Wood 1,519 30.6 - Conservative Party (UK) B. Newton 1,511 - Labour Party (UK) M. Cunningham 1,473 - Conservative Party (UK) C. Tinker 1,450 - Socialist Party S. Williams 1,122 22.6 - 61.9 Elland ward Elland ward Conservative Party (UK) K. Cawdry 1,355 35.4 - Liberal Party (UK) W. Ramsden 1,295 33.8 - Labour Party (UK) A. Nutton 1,178 30.8 - Conservative Party (UK) S. Taylor 998 - Liberal Party (UK) H. Fox 996 - Liberal Party (UK) D. Rabone 953 - Labour Party (UK) B. Firth 939 - Labour Party (UK) J. Heathcote 861 - Conservative Party (UK) G. Astwood 852 - 51.8 Greetland and Stainland ward Greetland and Stainland ward Liberal Party (UK) D. Shutt 1,358 45.3 - Liberal Party (UK) H. Howe 1,302 - Liberal Party (UK) N. Kemp 1,240 - Labour Party (UK) A. Lane 846 28.2 - Conservative Party (UK) M. Jones 797 26.6 - Conservative Party (UK) H. Tetlaw 730 - Labour Party (UK) K. Stacey 680 - Labour Party (UK) E. Bland 647 - Conservative Party (UK) E. Challenger 569 - 51.6 Hebden Bridge ward Hebden Bridge ward Labour Party (UK) F. Barker 2,379 39.2 - Labour Party (UK) G. Bryant 1,443 - Labour Party (UK) S. Leach 1,189 - Conservative Party (UK) M. Fisher 1,184 19.5 - Liberal Party (UK) D. Flethcer 1,178 19.4 - Liberal Party (UK) S. Yorke 1,149 - Conservative Party (UK) R. Helliwell 1,106 - Liberal Party (UK) T. Doyle 881 - Independent (politician) M. Sutherland 850 14.0 - Independent (politician) H. Knowles 812 - Conservative Party (UK) J. Price 736 - Independent Conservative A. Stromberg 482 7.9 - 63.9 Illingworth ward Illingworth ward Labour Party (UK) I. Jones 996 46.0 - Labour Party (UK) W. Higgins 920 - Labour Party (UK) K. Lord 872 - Conservative Party (UK) C. Rooks 719 33.2 - Conservative Party (UK) M. Jagger 510 - Conservative Party (UK) G. Shaw 506 - Liberal Party (UK) F. Withey 451 20.8 - Liberal Party (UK) C. Guy 288 - Liberal Party (UK) R. Binns 250 - 31.5 Lightcliffe ward Lightcliffe ward Conservative Party (UK) W. Sharp 2,333 60.6 - Conservative Party (UK) R. Sunderland 2,309 - Conservative Party (UK) D. Crinall 2,244 - Labour Party (UK) W. Tankard 1,520 39.4 - Labour Party (UK) F. Stapleford 1,487 - Labour Party (UK) D. Wood 1,404 - 40.6 Mixenden ward Mixenden ward Labour Party (UK) G. Hall 978 65.5 - Labour Party (UK) D. Thompson 961 - Labour Party (UK) J. Thompson 906 - Conservative Party (UK) F. Mitchell 515 34.5 - Conservative Party (UK) T. Riddlesden 448 - Conservative Party (UK) M. Andrews 415 - 23.6 Northowram and Shelf ward Northowram and Shelf ward Conservative Party (UK) J. Bradley 1,473 42.9 - Conservative Party (UK) R. Conway 1,360 - Conservative Party (UK) C. Farrar 1,221 - Liberal Party (UK) S. Brownridge 1,146 33.3 - Liberal Party (UK) W. Stansfield 976 - Liberal Party (UK) R. Shaw 832 - Labour Party (UK) H. Thompson 818 23.8 - Labour Party (UK) D. Walters 663 - Labour Party (UK) W. Stubbings 663 - 48.5 Ovenden ward Ovenden ward Labour Party (UK) M. Jeffreys 1,685 60.1 - Labour Party (UK) J. Tolan 1,528 - Labour Party (UK) J. Thelwell 1,495 - Conservative Party (UK) T. Enderby 1,117 39.9 - Conservative Party (UK) H. Gresham 1,020 - Conservative Party (UK) E. Cavanagh 994 - 29.3 Rastrick ward Rastrick ward Labour Party (UK) E. Hions 1,763 51.3 - Conservative Party (UK) L. Hanson 1,672 48.7 - Labour Party (UK) F. Moss 1,670 - Conservative Party (UK) W. Furness 1,624 - Labour Party (UK) F. Clayton 1,558 - Conservative Party (UK) L. Hunt 1,557 - 39.6 Ryburn ward Ryburn ward Conservative Party (UK) G. Midgley 1,582 41.9 - Conservative Party (UK) D. Wood 1,308 - Labour Party (UK) A. Benbow 1,303 34.5 - Conservative Party (UK) J. Benson 1,232 - Labour Party (UK) E. Godfrey 990 - Labour Party (UK) J. Sutcliffe 938 - Liberal Party (UK) B. Glendinning 889 23.6 - Liberal Party (UK) R. Thompson 789 - Liberal Party (UK) J. Kafel 480 - 45.0 Skircoat ward Skircoat ward Conservative Party (UK) P. Waddington 2,009 42.5 - Conservative Party (UK) J. Tidswell 1,953 - Conservative Party (UK) J. Schofield 1,928 - Liberal Party (UK) P. Haley 1,375 29.1 - Labour Party (UK) L. Mitchell 1,345 28.4 - Liberal Party (UK) G. Binns 1,281 - Liberal Party (UK) A. Templeton 1,156 - 49.5 Sowerby North ward Sowerby North ward Labour Party (UK) A. Pettengell 1,595 49.5 - Labour Party (UK) L. Sleigh 1,397 - Labour Party (UK) J. Fairhurst 1,389 - Conservative Party (UK) P. Dyson 1,021 31.7 - Conservative Party (UK) M. Andrew 967 - Conservative Party (UK) C. Beverley 901 - Liberal Party (UK) R. Holmes 607 18.8 - Liberal Party (UK) S. Pragnall 578 - Liberal Party (UK) C. Hemmingway 498 - 47.1 St. John's ward St. John's ward Labour Party (UK) B. Mann 1,819 49.4 - Labour Party (UK) R. Deadman 1,647 - Labour Party (UK) R. Metcalfe 1,373 - Conservative Party (UK) A. Culpan 990 26.9 - Liberal Party (UK) D. Carlin 873 23.7 - Conservative Party (UK) J. Clarke 833 - Conservative Party (UK) R. Wade 818 - 39.3 Todmorden ward Todmorden ward Labour Party (UK) H. Wilson 2,071 32.8 - Conservative Party (UK) H. Tootell 2,014 31.9 - Conservative Party (UK) E. Dennett 1,925 - Labour Party (UK) A. Marshall 1,749 - Labour Party (UK) C. Parkinson 1,574 - Conservative Party (UK) F. Mills 1,525 - Liberal Party (UK) M. Holmstedt 1,415 22.4 - Liberal Party (UK) M. Taylor 1,413 - Liberal Party (UK) K. Bunn 1,144 - Independent (politician) R. Wild 817 12.9 - 56.6 Town ward Town ward Labour Party (UK) A. Berry 2,104 60.1 - Labour Party (UK) W. Tate 1,926 - Labour Party (UK) L. Warn 1,917 - Conservative Party (UK) G. Webb 1,398 39.9 - Conservative Party (UK) R. Farrar 1,330 - Conservative Party (UK) R. Slocombe 1,280 - 35.9 Warley ward Warley ward Conservative Party (UK) G. Smith 1,519 41.1 - Liberal Party (UK) A. Clegg 1,348 36.5 - Conservative Party (UK) B. Wildsmith 1,313 - Liberal Party (UK) J. Driver 1,160 - Conservative Party (UK) J. Ford 1,066 - Liberal Party (UK) E. Helliwell 846 - Labour Party (UK) P. Jagger 825 22.3 - Labour Party (UK) J. Thorley 783 - Labour Party (UK) M. Panko 656 - 43.7 By-elections between 1973 and 1975 Brighouse ward, 1974 Brighouse By-Election 22 May 1974Calderdale Votes: 40 years of local democracy http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/misc/hullenedge-calderdale.pdf Election results Local Elections Archive Project 20 August 2017 Labour Party (UK) M. Cunningham 1,428 41.6 -5.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Lockwood 1,322 38.5 +7.9 Liberal Party (UK) S. Williams 684 19.9 +19.9 106 3.1 3,434 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References Category:1973 English local elections 1973 Category:1970s in West Yorkshire