1999 UK local government 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 30.09% (44,215 voters of an electorate of 146,944). The winning candidate in each ward is highlighted in bold.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Brighouse ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Dorothy Helen Anderson
1,156
55.57
Conservative
Thiruvenkatar Krishnapillai
924
44.42
Majority
232
Turnout
2,080
27.85
Calder Valley ward [ edit ]
Calder Valley ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Michael Francis Taylor
1,440
45.77
Labour
Matthew James Talbot
1,001
31.81
Conservative
James Albert Fuke
372
11.82
Green
Graham Wilfred Yelland
333
10.58
Majority
439
Turnout
3,146
34.63
Greetland and Stainland ward [ edit ]
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward [ edit ]
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Graham Thomas Hall
1,680
66.69
Labour
Keith John Butterick
839
33.30
Majority
841
Turnout
2,519
31.73
Illingworth ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Patricia Mary Abrahams
664
42.13
Conservative
Geoffrey James Wallace
607
38.51
Liberal Democrats
Janet Mary Sherrard-Smith
202
12.81
BNP
Richard Mulhall
103
6.53
Majority
57
Turnout
1,576
22.36
Luddendenfoot ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Christine Irene Bampton-Smith
1,184
48.13
Labour
Freda Mary Davis
643
26.13
Conservative
Charmain Vivienne Smith
464
18.86
Green
Mark Richard Hill
169
6.86
Majority
541
Turnout
2,460
28.7
Mixenden ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Robert George Metcalfe
813
54.67
Conservative
Sally Victoria McCartney
491
33.01
Green
Paul Martin Coe
63
4.23
Independent
Sean Vincent Loftus
61
4.10
BNP
Stuart Hall
59
3.96
Majority
322
Turnout
1,487
20.32
Northowram and Shelf ward [ edit ]
Northowram and Shelf ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
William Charles Albert Carpenter
1,720
66.58
Labour
Keith Lucas
573
22.18
Liberal Democrats
Patricia Hirst
290
11.22
Majority
1,147
Turnout
2,583
29.93
Ovenden ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Linda June Riordan
898
64.93
Conservative
Maria Constantino
399
28.85
BNP
Rachel Clarke
86
6.21
Majority
499
Turnout
1,383
19.02
Rastrick ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
John Clarence Williamson
1,268
56.83
Labour
George Edward Richardson
963
43.16
Majority
305
Turnout
2,231
27.8
Sowerby Bridge ward [ edit ]
St John's ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Mohammed Najib
1,493
43.91
Conservative
Zafar Iqbal-Din
1093
32.14
Liberal Democrats
William Mark Harrison
601
17.67
BNP
Adrian Paul Marsden
213
6.26
Majority
400
Turnout
3,400
41.83
Todmorden ward
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Jason Paul Jeffrey
1,187
43.65
Labour
Peter Oskar George Ehrhardt
1,043
38.35
Conservative
Philip Norman Brown
352
12.94
Green
Charles Gate
137
5.03
BNP
Christian Michael Jackson
78
2.86
Majority
144
Turnout
2,719
35.45
By-elections between 1999 and 2000 [ edit ]