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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 until its abolition in 1986, when Calderdale became a unitary authority.
Council tax could rise by almost 5% and some services could be reduced if Calderdale Council's budget for the coming year gets the go-ahead. Senior councillors have proposed reducing the cost of ...
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council is elected each year, except for every fourth year when there is no election.
The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election for three consecutive years and no election in the fourth year. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The election used first-past-the-post voting , with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.
The list of persons nominated were announced by the council once they closed on 7 April 2016. [10] The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the last time this third was up for election, in the 2012 elections , [ 11 ] not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.
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 Conservative administration.
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 vote.
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 election was 32.16% (47,091 voters of an electorate of 146,407).