Hilary Myers

A great result

In the general election on 6 May, Lib Dem Hilary Myers received 13,037 votes, a massive increase on the 9,027 received by the Lib Dem candidate in the last general election in 2005.

This result was a 25.2% share of the vote, up from 18.9% in 2005, representing a swing of 6.3% to the Liberal Democrats.

As we had predicted, the Labour vote collapsed massively, dropping by 11.6 percentage points. This reflected a serious loss in confidence in Gordon Brown and in the Labour party locally.

Lib Dem candidate Hilary Myers says:

I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who voted for me and to everyone who worked tirelessly on our joint local and general election campaign in Calder Valley.

All the results were brilliant, and just go to show what you can do where there is passion and commitment, even without the resources that come with being a target seat.

Read Hilary’s full “Thank you” letter.

Excellent local election results

Elections for Calderdale MBC were held on the same day as the general election, and the Liberal Democrats performed extremely well in these elections too. Within the Calder Valley constituency, Lib Dems were re-elected in Todmorden, Calder, Luddendenfoot, Elland, and Greetland & Stainland wards. Within the Halifax constituency, Lib Dems were elected in Skircoat and Warley, both seats being gains from the Conservatives. The Lib Dems therefore remain the main opposition to the Conservatives in Calderdale, with two more councillors than we had before the election.

About Calder Valley

Calder Valley covers the areas of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough outside Halifax, including the communities of Brighouse, Elland, Greetland, Hebden Bridge, Hipperholme, Rastrick, Luddendenfoot, Mytholmroyd, Ripponden and Todmorden.

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