2006 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control with a minority Conservative administration. 17 of the 51 seats were up for re-election. Although these are the results after the election, the number of seats per party changed later that year. Councillor Paul Rogan was returned by the Rastrick ward in this election for four years as a Conservative councillor and is included in the twenty Conservative seats shown below. However, after the  2006 election, he left the party and joined the English Democrats Party. Also this year, Councillor Nicholas Yates, who had been returned by the Brighouse ward in the 2004 election for four years and is included in the twenty Conservative seats shown below, left the party to continue his tenure as an Independent. This left the Conservatives with 18 seats, 1 held by the English Democrats and 4 held by Independents. In December 2006, Illingworth and Mixenden ward Councillor Tom McElroy (Labour) died suddenly, leaving Labour with nine seats. The by-election to succeed him took place on 22 February  2007, with Labour holding the ward. Council results. Percentage change calculated compared to the previous election's results Council Composition. Prior to the election the composition of the council was: After the election the composition of the council was: Ward results. Percentage change calculated compared to the last time these candidates stood for election. Brighouse ward. The incumbent was Colin Stout as an Independent. Calder ward. The incumbent was Nader Fekri for the Liberal Democrats. Elland ward. The incumbent was Michael Clarke for the Conservative Party. Greetland and Stainland ward. The incumbent was Elizabeth Ingleton for the Liberal Democrats. Hipperholme  and Lightcliffe ward. The incumbent was John Foran for the Conservative Party. Illingworth and Mixenden ward. The incumbent was Geoffrey Wallace for the BNP. Luddendenfoot ward. The incumbent was Peter Coles for the Liberal Democrats. Northowram and Shelf ward. The incumbent was Stephen Baines for the Conservative Party. Ovenden ward. The incumbents were Helen Rivron and Linda Riordan for the Labour Party. Park ward. The incumbent was Zafar Iqbal Din for the Labour Party. Rastrick ward. The incumbent was Paul Rogan for the Conservative Party. Ryburn ward. The incumbent was Kay Barret for the Conservative Party. Skircoat ward. The incumbent  was Grenville Horsfall for the Conservative Party. Sowerby Bridge ward. The incumbent was Robert Reynolds for the Conservative Party. Todmorden ward. The incumbent was Ruth Goldthorpe for the Liberal Democrats. Town ward. The incumbent was Adrian Marsden for the BNP. Warley ward. The incumbent was Jennifer Carr as an Independent.