Elections to

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, also known as Calderdale Council, is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local gove ...

were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the

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Party gained overall control of the council from

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. The total turnout of the election was 28.97% (40,190 voters of an electorate of 138,748). The winning candidate in each

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is highlighted in bold. After the election, the composition of the council was *

28 * Liberal Democrats 15 * Labour 10 *

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Ward results

Brighouse ward

Calder Valley ward

Elland ward

Greetland and Stainland ward

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward

Illingworth ward

Luddendenfoot ward

Mixenden ward

Northowram and Shelf ward

Ovenden ward

Rastrick ward

Ryburn ward

Skircoat ward

Sowerby Bridge ward

St John's ward

Todmorden ward

Town ward

Warley ward

References

Election of Local Councillors 2000
''calderdale.gov.uk''.
Calderdale Election Results
''The Halifax Evening Courier''.
Tories storm into power
''The Halifax Evening Courier''. {{United Kingdom local elections, 2000

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