Candidates in Calder Valley — Local Elections 2026
These are the people standing in the upcoming local elections on 7 May 2026. Click a candidate to learn more about them.
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Brighouse
13 candidates
Brenda Monteith
Brown Giwa
Darren Nigel Commons
Derrie Callum Thickett
Howard Granville Blagbrough
Jennie Dawn Rigg
Kim Atkinson
Mark Wayne Kimberlin
Megan Nichols
Samuel James Bacon
Stephen Michael Mycroft
Tea Owens
Tina Benton
Elland
13 candidates
Barry Edward Crossland
David William Veitch
Donal Antony O'Hanlon
James Andrew Cook
Joy Harrison
Karl Stephen Baines
Mark Richard Mullany
Nigel Hatfield
Peter John Hunt
Sammie Hurles-Green
Samuel Jackson
Simon James Kay
Steven Holroyd
Greetland and Stainland
15 candidates
Christine June Prashad
Glen Nicholas Cockroft
Jackie Morris
JD Anderson-Martin
Jessica Christel Sophia Martin
Lauren Katy Mead
Mark Andrew Pitkethly
Paul Alexander Bellenger
Philip Geoffrey John Pringle
Ruth Walker
Sam Franks
Sharron Hardman
Stuart Murray
Sue Holdsworth
Thomas Ian Garnett
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe
14 candidates
Aisling Catherine Grace Blythe
Connor Dent
Frederick George Philp
Isabella Greenwood
James Ross Souper
James Turner
Mark Stuart Pullen
Mick Shannon
Nicola Jane Lovelady
Steven George Sewell
Steven Leigh
Timothy James Holden
Valerie Joan Mycroft
Vishal Gupta
Luddendenfoot
13 candidates
Christopher Thomas Wade
Emma Clare Sweaney
Jerrad Lee Dann
Joseph Paul Stephen Matthews
Jules Cian Devlin-Dickenson
Kate MacDonald
Katie Jane Kimber
Mark Thomas Stanley
Matthew Geraghty
Matthew Joel Isaac Murray
Paul James Worth
Rosemary Tatchell
Scott Anthony Patient
Rastrick
14 candidates
Andrew Bramley
Andrew Campbell Menzies
Chris Pillai
David Small
Jackie Wilson
Katy Shannon
Margareta Holmstedt
Mark Richard Holmes
Peter Judge
Regan Gerhard Dickenson
Simon Briggs
Teddy Morgan
Tony Rimmer
Vic Tordoff
Ryburn
16 candidates
Alex Greenwood
Anne Benton
Christopher John Green
Cordelia Prescott
David Mitchell
Julia Fidelia Cockroft
Keith John Butterick
Leah Elizabeth Webster
Linda Noreen Levick
Marie Elizabeth Wright
Michael Holdsworth
Peter Ehrhardt
Robert Ernest Thornber
Sian Nicola Fisher
Steven Jowett
Tabitha Peacock
Todmorden
13 candidates
Alan Philip Benton
Deborah Michelle Garnett
Diana Helen Tremayne
Jamie Furlong
John Pendlebury
Julie Elizabeth Wood
Nikki Stocks
Oscar Seville-Leach
Peter John Chapman
Sarah Louise Goodfellow
Silvia Clare Dacre
Stephen Ross
Tyler George Hanley