2003 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

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The 2003 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

The results saw Labour lose 2 seats to the Conservatives in Pontefract South and Wakefield Rural, and 1 seat to the Liberal Democrats in Ossett. [3] Labour remained firmly in control, and while they were disappointed to lose 3 seats, the results were seen as being "not too bad" by the Labour council leader Peter Box. [3] [4] No other party won any seats, but the votes for the British National Party concerned the other political leaders. [3] [4] Voter turnout was lowest in South Elmsall ward at 18.6%. [5]

Wakefield local election result 2003 [2] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1703-381.046.127,678-7.4
  Conservative 320+214.325.315,168+0.6
  Liberal Democrats 110+14.811.26,700-0.2
  Independent 00000.011.56,896+5.5
  BNP 00000.02.41,413+2.4
  UKIP 00000.01.5913+1.0
  Socialist Labour 00000.01.2707-1.7
  Socialist Alternative 00000.00.6390+0.0
  Socialist Alliance 00000.00.2141-0.2

Ward results

Castleford Ferry Fryston [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Nicholson1,11758.7−16.9
Independent John Bird62132.6+32.6
Conservative Madge Richards1668.7−5.7
Majority 49626.1−35.1
Turnout 1,90420.7+1.3
Labour hold Swing
Castleford Glasshoughton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Phelps1,65580.6−1.5
Conservative Charles Scholes39919.4+8.2
Majority 1,25661.2−9.7
Turnout 2,05419.5−1.7
Labour hold Swing
Castleford Whitwood [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Box1,42475.3−7.6
Conservative Elizabeth Rhodes32016.9+6.1
Socialist Labour Kathryn Summerscales1487.8+1.5
Majority 1,10458.4−13.7
Turnout 1,89219.9−2.2
Labour hold Swing
Crofton & Ackworth [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Hirst1,31040.3−10.9
Liberal Democrats James McDougall76923.7+1.8
Independent Christopher Hazell64019.7+19.7
Conservative Michael Ledgard53016.3−1.8
Majority 54116.6−12.7
Turnout 3,24926.8+1.4
Labour hold Swing
Featherstone [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Isherwood1,55471.3−11.7
Conservative Terence Brown43319.9+2.9
Socialist Labour Zane Carpenter1928.8+8.8
Majority 1,12151.4−14.6
Turnout 2,17920.4+0.0
Labour hold Swing
Hemsworth [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glyn Lloyd1,38461.1−11.4
Independent Roy Bateman57925.6+25.6
Conservative Eamonn Mullins30113.3−3.2
Majority 80535.5−20.5
Turnout 2,26421.5+0.7
Labour hold Swing
Horbury [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Holmes1,51937.4−5.8
Conservative Caroline Smith1,05426.0−11.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair69517.1−0.3
BNP John Aveyard62915.5+15.5
Independent John Alexander1614.0+4.0
Majority 46511.4+5.8
Turnout 4,05834.1+7.1
Labour hold Swing
Knottingley [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Clarke1,29760.4−15.5
Conservative David Howarth40318.8−5.3
Liberal Democrats Carey Chambers26112.2+12.2
UKIP Colin Batty1858.6+8.6
Majority 89441.6−10.2
Turnout 2,14621.2+0.5
Labour hold Swing
Normanton & Sharlston [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Smith1,35449.1−0.7
Independent Graeme Milner79728.9+3.6
Conservative Allan Couch37013.4+0.2
Socialist Labour Norman Hartshorne2378.6−3.1
Majority 55720.2−4.3
Turnout 2,75821.9+1.3
Labour hold Swing
Ossett [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Knowles1,63938.8−16.1
Labour Donald Hitchen1,11226.3−5.4
BNP Suzy Cass78418.6+18.6
Conservative Glenn Armitage68916.3+3.0
Majority 52712.5−10.7
Turnout 4,22434.4+3.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Pontefract North [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clive Tennant1,44358.2−10.0
Conservative Richard Molloy53621.6−1.6
UKIP Howard Burdon35214.2+14.2
Socialist Alternative John Gill1496.0+1.1
Majority 90736.6−8.4
Turnout 2,48019.7−1.3
Labour hold Swing
Pontefract South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Booth1,29044.1
Labour Patricia Garbutt1,27043.4
UKIP James Marran2247.7
Socialist Alliance Alan Hyman1414.8
Majority 200.7
Turnout 2,92527.9−0.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
South Elmsall [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allan Garbutt1,39867.8−0.3
Conservative Ian Hall66432.2+14.2
Majority 73635.6−14.5
Turnout 2,06218.6−2.6
Labour hold Swing
South Kirkby [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mollie Wright1,71481.0+35.8
Conservative Christian l'Anson40319.0+14.0
Majority 1,31162.0
Turnout 2,11720.9−3.2
Labour hold Swing
Stanley & Altofts [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Swift1,12935.4−16.5
Conservative Pauline Mitchell84926.6+3.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Burch57818.1−4.1
Independent Steve Gilks50115.7+15.7
Socialist Labour Thomas Appleyard1304.1+1.5
Majority 2808.8−19.8
Turnout 3,18723.4+0.3
Labour hold Swing
Stanley & Wrenthorpe [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Lund1,26634.3−11.7
Conservative James Dick95425.9−5.5
Independent Alexander Adie80821.9+21.9
Liberal Democrats Margaret Dodd65817.9−4.7
Majority 3128.4−6.2
Turnout 3,68624.8+0.8
Labour hold Swing
Wakefield Central [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denise Jeffery1,43044.0−4.9
Conservative Jane Brown1,25138.5−0.4
Independent Catherine Holmes56717.5+17.5
Majority 1795.5−4.5
Turnout 3,24830.0−8.5
Labour hold Swing
Wakefield East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Hayward1,09137.1−8.3
Conservative John Berry63921.7+5.3
Liberal Democrats Alan Dale53218.1+9.3
Independent Georgina Fenton43614.8+5.2
Socialist Alternative Michael Griffiths2418.2+0.7
Majority 45215.4−13.6
Turnout 2,93926.1−0.5
Labour hold Swing
Wakefield North [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Rhodes1,10339.7−16.1
Conservative Michael Mitchell70825.5+1.4
Liberal Democrats Douglas Dale55820.1+4.3
Independent Jeffrey Warriner2549.2+9.2
UKIP Keith Wells1525.5+1.2
Majority 39514.2−17.5
Turnout 2,77525.9+1.1
Labour hold Swing
Wakefield Rural [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative June Drysdale1,51441.8−1.8
Labour Maureen Cummings1,13231.2−11.6
Independent Michael Greensmith52714.5+14.5
Liberal Democrats Susan Morgan45112.4−1.1
Majority 38210.6+9.8
Turnout 3,62328.5+0.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Wakefield South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Hopkins1,69540.0+11.0
Labour Hazel Chowcat97623.0−3.9
Independent Nicholas Hazell87320.6−12.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Nuthall55913.2+2.7
Independent Stephen Selby1323.1+3.1
Majority 71917.0
Turnout 4,23535.1−2.9
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Election results; English Councils; Local elections 2003". The Times . 2 May 2003. p. 16. ISSN   0140-0460.
  3. 1 2 3 "Wounded Labour still in charge". Yorkshire Evening Post . 2 May 2003. ISSN   0963-2255.
  4. 1 2 "Council leader warns against complacency". Wakefield Express . 2 May 2003. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  5. ↑ "Turned out bad again...". Yorkshire Evening Post . 3 May 2003. ISSN   0963-2255.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Local Election Results 1st May 2003". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
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