Local elections 2023 LIVE: Here are the results as they are announced for Calderdale Council
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Counting is underway in Halifax, with the results expected to come in throughout the morning into the mid-afternoon.
Voters in Calderdale went to the polls yesterday (Thursday) to choose which councillor they want representing their area.
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Last year, Labour retained overall control of Calderdale Council. Labour had 28 seats, the Conservatives had 15, the Liberal Democrats had six, there was one Green Party councillor and and one Independent.
We will be bringing you the results of all 17 areas across Calderdale, including Brighouse, Calder, Elland, Greenland and Stainland, Hipperholme and Lightcliffe, Illingworth and Mixenden, Luddenden Foot, Northowram and Shelf, Ovenden, Park, Rastrick, Ryburn, Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge, Todmorden, Town, and Warley.
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LIVE: Calderdale local elections 2023
That is the end of the results for the local elections in Calderdale 2023.
Labour have maintained 10 seats: Ovenden, Town, Luddenfoot, Illingworth and Mixenden, Sowerby Bridge, Skircoat, Todmorden, Elland, Park and Calder.
The Conservatives have maintained four seats: Ryburn, Rastrick, Brighouse, Hipperholme and Lightcliffe.
The Liberal Democrats have maintained two seats: Greetland & Stainland and Warley.
Green have gained one seat from an independent councillor in Northowram and Shelf.
Councillor Israr Ahmed has been elected for Calder, maintaining the Labour seat.
Dave Young did not return to contest his seat.
Turnout: 48%
Labour Councillor Rahat Ullah Khan has maintained the Labour seat in Park.
Faisal Shoukat did not return to contest his seat.
Turnout: 32.7%
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe
Conservative Councillor David Eric Kirton has maintained his seat in Hipperholme and Lightcliffe.
Turnout: 35.1%