2026 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
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The 2026 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election will take place on Thursday 7 May 2026, alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 54 members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire will be elected following boundary changes.
Calderdale was created in 1974 as a metropolitan borough. The Conservatives held control until 1976, when the council fell into no overall control.[2] Labour formed their first majority in 1990 and remained the largest party until 1999.[3] The Conservatives last held a majority from 2000 to 2002; following over a decade of no overall control, Labour won a majority of seats in 2019 and have held control since.[4]
This election will be held on a new set of ward boundaries – as such, all seats will be up for election.[5] The number of thee-member wards has increased by one.
Council composition
| After 2024 election | Before 2026 election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Labour | 29 | Labour | 27 | ||
| Conservative | 11 | Conservative | 8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 6 | ||
| Green | 3 | Green | 3 | ||
| Reform | 0 | Reform | 3 | ||
| Workers Party | 1 | Workers Party | 1 | ||
| Independent | 1 | Independent | 1 | ||
| Vacant | N/A | Vacant | 2 | ||
Changes 2024–2026:
- September 2024: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour) resigns – by-election held October 2024[6]
- October 2024: Jonathan Timbers (Labour) wins by-election[7]
- February 2025: Dan Sutherland (Labour) joins Reform[8]
- March 2025: Mike Barnes (Labour) resigns – by-election held May 2025[9]
- May 2025: Paul Hawkaluk (Reform) gains by-election from Labour[10]
- January 2026:
Ward results
Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk.
Brighouse
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Kim Atkinson | ||||
| Labour | Samuel Bacon | ||||
| Conservative | Tina Benton | ||||
| Conservative | Howard Blagbrough* | ||||
| Reform | Darren Commons | ||||
| Labour | Brown Giwa | ||||
| Reform | Mark Kimberlin | ||||
| Conservative | Brenda Monteith* | ||||
| Reform | Stephen Mycroft | ||||
| Green | Megan Nichols | ||||
| Green | Tea Owens | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jennie Rigg | ||||
| Labour | Derrie Thickett | ||||
Elland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Karl Baines | ||||
| Reform | James Cook | ||||
| Green | Barry Crossland | ||||
| Green | Joy Harrison | ||||
| Reform | Nigel Hatfield | ||||
| Conservative | Steven Holroyd | ||||
| Reform | Peter Hunt* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sammie Hurles-Green | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Samuel Jackson | ||||
| Conservative | Simon Kay | ||||
| Green | Mark Mullany | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Donal O'Hanlon | ||||
| Labour | David Veitch* | ||||
Greetland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | JD Anderson-Martin | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Bellenger* | ||||
| Conservative | Glen Cockroft | ||||
| Conservative | Sam Franks | ||||
| Reform | Thomas Garnett | ||||
| Labour | Sharron Hardman | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Holdsworth* | ||||
| Green | Jessica Martin | ||||
| Green | Lauren Mead | ||||
| Conservative | Jackie Morris | ||||
| Labour | Stuart Murray | ||||
| Labour | Mark Pitkethly | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Prashad* | ||||
| Reform | Philip Pringle | ||||
| Reform | Ruth Walker | ||||
Halifax Town
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anne Baines | ||||
| Reform | Joseph Gibbons | ||||
| Workers Party | Wajid Hussain | ||||
| Reform | Keith Ingle | ||||
| Green | Alex Mckevitt | ||||
| Labour | Rhys Owens | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Rachel Proctor | ||||
| Workers Party | Aber Saghir | ||||
| Reform | Jay Shaban | ||||
| Green | Katherine Spivey | ||||
| Green | Roseanne Sweeney | ||||
| Labour | Joe Thompson* | ||||
| Labour | Kelly Thornham* | ||||
Hebden Bridge & Todmorden East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Rebecca Boden | ||||
| Independent | Scott Borrows | ||||
| Reform | James Connolly | ||||
| Labour | Sarah Courtney* | ||||
| Conservative | Paul Davies | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Hewson | ||||
| Conservative | Mark Hill | ||||
| Labour | Ben Jancovich | ||||
| Reform | Richard Knockton | ||||
| Green | Hannah Mickleburgh-Benn | ||||
| Independent | Mikaela Mills-Brand | ||||
| Green | Margot Puddepha | ||||
| Reform | Christine Shaw | ||||
| Conservative | David Sugden | ||||
| Labour | Jonathan Timbers* | ||||
| Green | Kieran Turner | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | David Wainwright | ||||
| Independent | Chris Wood | ||||
Hipperholme & Lightcliffe
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Aisling Blythe | ||||
| Reform | Connor Dent | ||||
| Green | Isabella Greenwood | ||||
| Conservative | Vishal Gupta | ||||
| Reform | Timothy Holden | ||||
| Conservative | Steven Leigh* | ||||
| Labour | Nicola Lovelady | ||||
| Reform | Valerie Mycroft | ||||
| Conservative | Frederick Philp | ||||
| Independent | Mark Pullen | ||||
| Labour | Steven Sewell | ||||
| Labour | Mick Shannon | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | James Souper | ||||
| Green | James Turner | ||||
Illingworth & Mixenden
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Hillman | ||||
| Labour | Rachel Hollingworth | ||||
| Reform | Nikki Kelly | ||||
| Independent | Seán Loftus | ||||
| Green | Robert Orange | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Proctor | ||||
| Green | Joseph Scanlon | ||||
| Green | Jane Smith | ||||
| Reform | Dan Sutherland* | ||||
| Labour | Danny Sweeney | ||||
| Reform | Andrew Tagg | ||||
| Labour | Shane Taylor* | ||||
Luddendenfoot
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jerrad Dann | ||||
| Conservative | Jules Devlin-Dickenson | ||||
| Green | Matthew Geraghty | ||||
| Labour | Katie Kimber* | ||||
| Labour | Kate Macdonald | ||||
| Reform | Joseph Matthews | ||||
| Reform | Matthew Murray | ||||
| Labour | Scott Patient* | ||||
| Green | Mark Stanley | ||||
| Green | Emma Sweaney | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Tatchell | ||||
| Reform | Christopher Wade | ||||
| Conservative | Paul Worth | ||||
Northowram & Shelf
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | David Banks | ||||
| Reform | James Brezinski | ||||
| Labour | Alison Dunn | ||||
| Labour | James Hepplestone | ||||
| Green | Martin Hey* | ||||
| Green | Chris Ionna | ||||
| Conservative | Naveed Khan | ||||
| Labour | Richard Pierson | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Robinson | ||||
| Reform | Diana Thorpe | ||||
| Green | Dan Wood* | ||||
Ovenden
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mike Barnes | ||||
| Conservative | Peter Caffrey | ||||
| Labour | Stuart Cairney* | ||||
| Reform | Paul Dale | ||||
| Labour | Danielle Durrans* | ||||
| Green | Catherine Graham | ||||
| Reform | Stephen Hodgson | ||||
| Green | Finn Jensen | ||||
| Green | Luna Moon | ||||
| Reform | Gordon Thorpe | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Whitaker | ||||
Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers Party | Sohail Ashfaq | ||||
| Green | Fintan Daly | ||||
| Labour | Michael Darby | ||||
| Labour | Mohammed Shazad Fazal* | ||||
| Green | Charles Gate | ||||
| Reform | Sandeep Goyal | ||||
| Independent | Nagheena Haroon | ||||
| Reform | Ruth Heslop | ||||
| Independent | Osman Khalil | ||||
| Green | Diccon Lowe | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Pittaway | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Abdul Rehman | ||||
| Reform | Toby Rogan | ||||
| Workers Party | Shakir Saghir* | ||||
| Labour | Megan Taylor | ||||
| Conservative | Stephen Townend | ||||
Rastrick
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Andrew Bramley | ||||
| Reform | Simon Briggs | ||||
| Conservative | Regan Dickenson* | ||||
| Conservative | Mark Holmes | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Margareta Holmstedt | ||||
| Labour | Peter Judge* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Menzies | ||||
| Green | Teddy Morgan | ||||
| Conservative | Chris Pillai* | ||||
| Labour | Tony Rimmer | ||||
| Labour | Katy Shannon | ||||
| Reform | David Small | ||||
| Green | Vic Tordoff | ||||
| Reform | Jackie Wilson | ||||
Ryburn
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anne Benton | ||||
| Labour | Keith Butterick | ||||
| Conservative | Julia Cockroft | ||||
| Labour | Peter Ehrhardt | ||||
| Green | Sian Fisher | ||||
| Reform | Christopher Green | ||||
| Reform | Alex Greenwood | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Holdsworth | ||||
| Reform | Steven Jowett | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Levick | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | David Mitchell | ||||
| Green | Tabitha Peacock | ||||
| Green | Cordelia Prescott | ||||
| Conservative | Robert Thornber | ||||
| Independent | Leah Webster | ||||
| Labour | Marie Wright | ||||
Salterhebble, Southowram & Skircoat Green
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Don Bishop | ||||
| Green | Tommy Fielden | ||||
| Green | Catherine Frost | ||||
| Reform | Paul Hawkaluk* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Joanne O'Hanlon | ||||
| Reform | Stephen Padgett | ||||
| Reform | Mederic Payne | ||||
| Green | Gary Scott | ||||
| Labour | Phil Shire | ||||
| Labour | Yolande Shire | ||||
| Conservative | Judith Sugden | ||||
Sowerby Bridge
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Simon Ashton* | ||||
| Green | David Booth | ||||
| Green | Brigid Featherstone | ||||
| Labour | Dot Foster* | ||||
| Monster Raving Loony | Captain Loogie | ||||
| Reform | Nigel Marklew | ||||
| Green | Daniel Murgatroyd | ||||
| Reform | Mike Payne | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Michelle Turner | ||||
| Reform | Andrew Varley | ||||
| Conservative | John Vaughan | ||||
| Labour | Adam Wilkinson* | ||||
| Independent | Simon Zonenblick | ||||
Todmorden West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alan Benton | ||||
| Conservative | Peter Chapman | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Silvia Dacre* | ||||
| Green | Jamie Furlong | ||||
| Reform | Deborah Garnett | ||||
| Green | Sarah Goodfellow | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Tyler Hanley | ||||
| Reform | John Pendlebury | ||||
| Conservative | Stephen Ross | ||||
| Green | Oscar Seville-Leach | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nikki Stocks | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Diana Tremayne* | ||||
| Reform | Julie Wood | ||||
Wainhouse
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ben Andrews | ||||
| Reform | Sireesha Betha | ||||
| Reform | Cathy Featherstone | ||||
| Reform | Jeff Featherstone | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Gow | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Katie Jackson | ||||
| Labour | Ann Kingstone* | ||||
| Green | Gillian Manojlovic | ||||
| Labour | Dave Mendes Da Costa | ||||
| Green | Ian Pepper | ||||
| Green | Rachele Pipe | ||||
| Labour | Gary Rae | ||||
Warley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stephen Baines | ||||
| Reform | Christian Corkish | ||||
| Reform | Irena Corkish | ||||
| Labour | Mark Durrans | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ashley Evans* | ||||
| Green | Asha Hinterland | ||||
| Green | Samuel Lionheart | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Myatt | ||||
| Labour | Anne Pitcher | ||||
| Labour | Jane Pugh | ||||
| Workers Party | Esain Saddique | ||||
| Reform | Gill Tolley | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Wadsworth | ||||
| Green | Katie Witham | ||||
References
- ↑ Includes the vacant seats in Brighouse and Hipperholme & Lightcliff last held by the Conservatives.
- ↑ "Calderdale Council Composition: Latest". opencouncildata.co.uk. Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 10 February 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ↑ "BBC News - Election 2011 - England council elections - Calderdale". BBC News. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ↑ "Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ↑ "Election results: Labour gains Calderdale Council". 3 May 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ↑ The Calderdale (Electoral Changes) Order 2024.
- ↑ Greenwood, John (14 September 2024). "Calderdale councillor prompts by-election by stepping down to become MP". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Calder Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ↑ Greaves, Andrew (26 February 2025). "Labour disappointment as councillor defects to Reform UK despite previous support for 'progressive issues'". The Calderdale Lead. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ↑ Fitton, Sarah (14 March 2025). "Election in store for Halifax residents as Calderdale councillor announces he is resigning". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Skircoat Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ↑ Fitton, Sarah (15 January 2026). "Shock and sadness as sitting Calderdale councillor who served for 25 years 'and always put his ward first' dies". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ↑ Fitton, Sarah (14 January 2026). "Calderdale Tory councillor defects to Reform UK". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ↑ Fitton, Sarah (29 January 2026). "'Calderdale is a better place for all she did for it': Sitting councillor who was 'one of Calderdale's most dedicated' has died". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Brighouse Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Elland Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Greetland Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Halifax Town Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Hebden Bridge & Todmorden East Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Hipperholme & Lightcliffe Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Illingworth & Mixenden Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Luddendenfoot Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Northowram & Shelf Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Ovenden Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Park Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Rastrick Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Ryburn Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Salterhebble, Southowram & Skircoat Green Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Sowerby Bridge Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Todmorden West Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Wainhouse Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated: Warley Ward" (PDF). Calderdale Council. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
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