The 2011 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 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 stayed in overall control of the council with an increased majority. [1] After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | Current Council (2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2008 | 2010 | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labour | 32 | 34 | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | 23 | 23 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Independent | 6 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lib Dems | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 17 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 81 | 55.8 | 49,995 | +12.8 | |
Conservative | 4 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 19 | 29.9 | 26,752 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5.0 | 4,439 | -7 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 3.5 | 3,105 | -3.5 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2,821 | +3 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 831 | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 759 | -8 | |
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 305 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean Askew | 2,484 | 52.2 | +14.6 | |
Conservative | Don Marshall | 1,643 | 34.6 | +4.7 | |
BNP | Ian Kitchen | 318 | 6.7 | −2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Arthur | 285 | 6.0 | −7 | |
Majority | 841 | 17.7 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,755 | 37.5 | −25.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Yvonne Crewe | 2,611 | 80.1 | +24.4 | |
Conservative | Mellisa Wan Omer | 627 | 19.2 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 1,984 | 60.9 | +22.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,258 | 28.2 | −23.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Heather Hudson | 2,582 | 64.1 | +17.9 | |
Conservative | Steven Beeton | 1,009 | 25.1 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Burch | 404 | 10.0 | −10.9 | |
Majority | 1,573 | 39.1 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,027 | 32.2 | −27.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Wallis | 2,641 | 74.2 | +11.1 | |
UKIP | Alison Bullivant | 477 | 13.4 | +13.4 | |
Conservative | Eamonn Mullins | 426 | 12 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 2,164 | 60.8 | +16.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,558 | 54.5 | −24.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Cummings | 2,954 | 61.2 | +21.3 | |
Conservative | Jane Brown | 1,446 | 30.0 | +1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Pilkington | 403 | 8.3 | −7.6 | |
Majority | 1,508 | 31.2 | +20.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,827 | 39.7 | −25.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Isherwood | 2,707 | 62.3 | +6.3 | |
Independent | Steve Vickers | 1,093 | 25.1 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | June Harrison | 516 | 11.9 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 1,614 | 37.1 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,347 | 34.4 | −21.8 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glyn Lloyd | 2,322 | 59.5 | +4.8 | |
Independent | Raymond Warren | 1,078 | 27.6 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Philip Davies | 471 | 12.1 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 1,244 | 31.9 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,902 | 32.9 | −23.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Holmes | 2,433 | 48.7 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | Alyson Ripley | 2,048 | 41.0 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 473 | 9.5 | −9.3 | |
Majority | 385 | 7.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,998 | 41.4 | −25.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glenn Burton | 1,803 | 57.5 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Jon Wadey | 493 | 15.7 | −9.2 | |
Independent | Jack Wright | 486 | 15.5 | +15.5 | |
UKIP | Nathan Garbutt | 336 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
Majority | 1,319 | 41.8 | +10.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,135 | 29.5 | −22.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Dagger | 2,266 | 63.9 | +16.9 | |
Conservative | Jean Molloy | 649 | 18.3 | −2.2 | |
UKIP | Bryan Barkley | 613 | 17.3 | +17.3 | |
Majority | 1,617 | 45.6 | +19.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,546 | 28.5 | −25.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Taylor | 2,178 | 43.1 | +8 | |
Labour | Tony Richardson | 2,039 | 40.3 | +11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Smith | 801 | 15.8 | −12 | |
Majority | 139 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,055 | 39.7 | −26.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Garbutt | 2,261 | 59.8 | +14.2 | |
Conservative | Chris Speight | 894 | 23.6 | −0.2 | |
UKIP | Justin Hudson | 403 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
Green | Rennie Smith | 205 | 5.4 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 1,367 | 36.1 | +14.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,784 | 31.2 | −24.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Dean | 2,734 | 53.5 | +17.1 | |
Conservative | Philip Booth | 2,341 | 45.8 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 393 | 7.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,114 | 42.5 | −20.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steven Tulley | 3,613 | 77.6 | +30.8 | |
Conservative | Christian IAnson | 563 | 12.1 | +2.1 | |
BNP | Darren Lumb | 441 | 9.5 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 3,050 | 65.5 | +47.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,656 | 34.7 | −19.7 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Hudson | 2,478 | 55.3 | +17.8 | |
Conservative | Richard Wakefield | 1,611 | 36.0 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Dodd | 360 | 8.0 | −11.6 | |
Majority | 867 | 19.3 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,481 | 37.1 | −28.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ron Halliday | 2,497 | 63.0 | +13.5 | |
Conservative | Anthony Bracewell | 786 | 19.8 | −0.7 | |
Socialist Alternative | Michael Griffiths | 355 | 9.0 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rob Bell | 294 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 1,711 | 43.2 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,964 | 33.6 | −19.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Isherwood | 2,096 | 57.2 | +15 | |
Conservative | Gareth Hunt | 915 | 25 | −4.7 | |
UKIP | Keith Wells | 379 | 10.3 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dale Doug | 259 | 7.1 | −10.1 | |
Majority | 1,181 | 32.2 | +19.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,667 | 32.8 | −24.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Sanders | 2,384 | 44.0 | −0.6 | |
Labour | John Newsome | 2,310 | 42.6 | +11.5 | |
Green | Miriam Hawkins | 418 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dennis Cronin | 271 | 5.0 | −11.4 | |
Majority | 74 | 1.4 | −12.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,421 | 40.3 | −28.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Monica Graham | 2,545 | 54.7 | +16.5 | |
Labour | Nick Brown | 1,610 | 34.6 | +10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Nuthall | 469 | 10.1 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 935 | 20.1 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,655 | 43.4 | −23.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Sanders | 1,569 | 40.1 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Hilary Mitchell | 1,521 | 38.9 | +3.6 | |
Independent | Norman Tate | 448 | 11.5 | +11.5 | |
Green | Brian Else | 208 | 5.3 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Morgan | 140 | 3.6 | −10.7 | |
Majority | 48 | 1.2 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,908 | 34.5 | −21.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charlie Keith | 2,033 | 44.4 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Hunt | 1,638 | 35.8 | −10.1 | |
UKIP | David Dews | 613 | 13.4 | +13.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sean McHale | 280 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 395 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,574 | 39.4 | −25.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |