2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

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2006 local election results in Wakefield

The 2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 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]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

Campaign

Before the election Labour had 44 seats, the Conservatives 10, independents 6 and the Liberal Democrats 3 seats. [3] 75 candidates stood in the election for the 21 seats that were being contested, [3] with Labour very unlikely to lose control of the council, which was the only council in West Yorkshire they still had a majority on. [4]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives gain 4 seats, 3 from Labour and 1 from an independent. [5] [6] Labour were defeated in Horbury and South Ossett, Pontefract South and Wrenthorpe and Outwood West wards, [5] with the losses blamed by the Labour leader on national issues. [7] The other Conservative gain came in Wakefield South where they defeated independent councillor Norman Hazell by 17 votes. [5] [8] Hazell was a former Conservative member who had left the party in 2001 to sit as an independent councillor. [5] However the other independent member managed to hold his seat in Featherstone despite a strong challenge from Labour. [5]

Wakefield Local Election Result 2006 [2] [9] [10]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1303-361.941.732,765-4.0%
  Conservative 640+428.629.122,832-0.7%
  Liberal Democrats 10004.89.47,375+1.1%
  Independent 101-14.87.65,962-2.3%
  BNP 0000010.78,426+6.7%
  Green 000001.1861+0.6%
  Socialist Alternative 000000.3231-0.3%
  UKIP 000000.2128-0.9%

Ward results

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Balfour1,70741.6
Conservative Andrew Crowther1,28531.3
Independent John Evans56613.8
Liberal Democrats Oliver Wadsworth54313.2
Majority42210.3
Turnout 4,101
Labour hold Swing
Airedale and Ferry Fryston [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Broom1,65558.0
BNP Stephen Rogerson70924.9
Conservative Eamonn Mullins48917.1
Majority94633.1
Turnout 2,853
Labour hold Swing
Altofts and Whitwood [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Darran Travis1,71749.6
BNP Loraine Frazer68219.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Burch57216.5
Conservative Tom Dixon49014.2
Majority1,03529.9
Turnout 3,461
Labour hold Swing
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denise Jeffery1,88452.8
BNP Rita Robinson87624.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Mann47513.3
Conservative Rebecca Mullins3339.3
Majority1,00828.2
Turnout 3,568
Labour hold Swing
Crofton, Ryhill and Walton [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Isherwood1,59435.9
Conservative Adam Parry1,24728.1
BNP Dean Crossland86819.6
Independent Janice Power72916.4
Majority3477.8
Turnout 4,438
Labour hold Swing
Featherstone [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Roy Bickerton2,20750.1
Labour Margaret Isherwood1,87142.5
Conservative Jean Molloy3267.4
Majority3367.6
Turnout 4,404
Independent hold Swing
Hemsworth [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tracey Hardwick1,77366.1
Conservative Christian l'Anson90833.9
Majority86532.2
Turnout 2,681
Labour hold Swing
Horbury and South Ossett [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Sharp1,41134.3
Labour David Watts1,24530.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair87321.2
BNP John Aveyard58214.2
Majority1664.0
Turnout 4,111
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Knottingley [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Doyle1,67364.1
Conservative Nathan Garbutt93735.9
Majority73628.2
Turnout 2,610
Labour hold Swing
Normanton [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Blezard1,37043.3
BNP Adam Frazer66721.1
Independent William Wood43213.6
Conservative Tony Ayoade42613.5
Liberal Democrats Jack Smith2728.6
Majority70322.2
Turnout 3,167
Labour hold Swing
Ossett [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Walker1,75238.7
Labour Gwendoline Page1,17926.0
BNP Suzy Cass80617.8
Conservative Tony Homewood79417.5
Majority57312.7
Turnout 4,531
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Pontefract North [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clive Tennant1,75762.0
Conservative Mellisa Wan Omer1,07738.0
Majority68024.0
Turnout 2,834
Labour hold Swing
Pontefract South [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Walsh1,85242.2
Labour James Nicholson1,81041.2
Independent Clive Wigham73016.6
Majority421.0
Turnout 4,392
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
South Elmsall and South Kirkby [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Laurie Harrison2,48273.3
Conservative Sheila Scholes90226.7
Majority1,58046.6
Turnout 3,384
Labour hold Swing
Stanley and Outwood [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacqueline Williams1,24633.5
Conservative Graham Ridler98626.5
BNP Glenn Fothergill77720.9
Liberal Democrats David Evans70619.0
Majority2607.0
Turnout 3,715
Labour hold Swing
Wakefield East [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Olivia Rowley1,54144.2
Conservative Andrew Pesterfield64818.6
Liberal Democrats Ather Mohammed54015.5
BNP Dawn Byrom52815.1
Socialist Alternative Michael Griffiths2316.6
Majority89325.6
Turnout 3,488
Labour hold Swing
Wakefield North [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Rhodes1,35638.9
Conservative Angela Holwell77422.2
Liberal Democrats Douglas Dale62117.8
BNP Graham Thewlis-Hardy60917.5
UKIP Keith Wells1283.7
Majority58216.7
Turnout 3,488
Labour hold Swing
Wakefield Rural [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative June Drysdale2,47151.1
Labour Hazel Chowcat1,50731.1
Green John Lumb86117.8
Majority96420.0
Turnout 4,839
Conservative hold Swing
Wakefield South [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nadeen Ahmed1,31529.4
Independent Norman Hazell1,29829.0
Labour Charles Keith74716.7
BNP Neville Poynton59413.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Huthall52111.6
Majority170.4
Turnout 4,475
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Wakefield West [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Stone2,31857.1
Labour Anthony Richardson1,24130.6
Liberal Democrats Susan Morgan50012.3
Majority1,07726.5
Turnout 4,059
Conservative hold Swing
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Betty Liles1,84346.3
Labour Rosaline Lund1,41035.4
BNP Grant Rowe72818.3
Majority43310.9
Turnout 3,981
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References

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