2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

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2012 local election results in Wakefield

The 2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.

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Council Make-up

The make up of the Council after the election was:

Party political make-up of Wakefield Council
  PartySeatsCurrent Council (2012)
2010 [1] 2011 [2] 2012 [3]
  Labour 334052                                                               
  Conservative 242011                                                               
  Independent 530                                                               
  Lib Dems 100                                                               

Election result

Wakefield local election result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 20120+129556.241,147+0.4
  Conservative 109-9523.617,251-6.3
  UKIP 000007.95,804+4.8
  Independent 003-306.54,746+3
  Liberal Democrats 000003.32,424-1.7
  Green 000001.1801+0.2
  English Democrat 000000.8594+0.8
  TUSC 000000.176-0.2

Ward results

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martyn Ward2,12862.4+10.2
Conservative Don Marshall1,28237.6+3
Majority 84624.8+7.1
Turnout 3,41026.9−10.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward

Airedale and Ferry Fryston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Les Shaw1,97773.3−6.8
UKIP Arnie Craven55620.4+20.4
Conservative Mellisa Wan Omer1716.3−12.9
Majority 1,44152.9−8
Turnout 2,72423.5−4.7
Labour hold Swing

Altofts and Whitwood ward

Altofts and Whitwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Box2,00961.6−2.5
UKIP David Armitage78324+24
Conservative Steven Beeton47014.4−10.7
Majority 1,22637.6−1.5
Turnout 3,26225.8−6.4
Labour hold Swing

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Burns-Williamson 2,30676.3+2.1
UKIP Alison Bullivant48215.9+2.5
Conservative Eamonn Mullins2357.8−4.2
Majority 1,82460.3−0.5
Turnout 3,02324.8
Labour hold Swing

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Faith Hepptinstall2,58267.3+6.1
Conservative Allan Couch1,25332.7+2.7
Majority 1,32934.7+3.5
Turnout 3,83531.6−8.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Featherstone ward

Featherstone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour June Cliffe2,64983.7+21.4
Conservative Charles Scholes51616.3+4.4
Majority 2,13367.4+30.3
Turnout 3,16534.8−9.6
Labour hold Swing

Hemsworth ward

Hemsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shaun Hodson1,77957.5−2
Independent Jim Kenyon1,07534.8+7.2
Conservative Philip Davies2387.7−4.3
Majority 70422.8−9.1
Turnout 3,09225.7−7.2
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Horbury and South Ossett ward

Horbury and South Ossett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Hemingway1,66040.5−8.2
Conservative Richard Wakefield93422.8−18.2
Independent Graham Jesty73217.9+17.9
UKIP Anthony Lumb42910.5+10.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair3408.3−1.2
Majority 72617.7+10
Turnout 4,09533.9−7.5
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Knottingley ward

Knottingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Stokes1,78869.7+12.2
UKIP Clinton Rhodes49419.3+8.6
Conservative Jon Wadey28211−4.7
Majority 1,29450.5+8.7
Turnout 2,56423.8−5.7
Labour hold Swing

Normanton ward

Normanton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Wassell1,77562.9−1
UKIP Bryan Barkley71225.2+7.9
Conservative Emma-Jane Lisle33711.9−6.4
Majority 1,06337.6−8
Turnout 2,82422.3−6.2
Labour hold Swing

Ossett ward

Ossett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Richardson1,99149.2+8.9
Conservative Terry Brown1,45335.9−7.2
Liberal Democrats David Smith60615−0.8
Majority 53813.3
Turnout 4,05031.9−7.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Pontefract North ward

Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paula Sherriff 1,64947.9−11.9
Independent Jack Kershaw76922.3+22.3
Conservative Hannah Crowther48114−9.6
UKIP Nathan Garbutt36810.70
Green Rennie Smith1033.0−2.4
TUSC Daniel Dearden762.2+2.2
Majority 88025.5−10.6
Turnout 3,44628.1−3.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Pontefract South

Pontefract South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Celia Loughran2,22250.4−3.1
Conservative Mark Crowther1,61736.7−9.1
UKIP Terence Edward Uttley44610.1+10.1
Liberal Democrats Doug Dale1222.8−10.1
Majority 60513.7−6
Turnout 4,40736.6−5.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

South Elmsall and South Kirkby ward

South Elmsall and South Kirkby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michelle Collins2,07156.1−21.5
Independent Wilf Benson1,42538.6+38.6
Conservative Christian IAnson1975.3−6.8
Majority 64617.5−48
Turnout 3,69327.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Stanley and Outwood East ward

Stanley and Outwood East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Morley2,13561.4+6.1
Conservative James Kildea97127.9−8.1
Liberal Democrats Margaret Dodd37010.6+2.6
Majority 1,16433.5+14.2
Turnout 3,47628.4−8.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wakefield East ward

Wakefield East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ros Lund1,74150.9+13.5
Independent Choudry Ikram65919.3+19.3
Conservative Anthony Bracewell59617.4−2.4
TUSC Michael Griffiths3279.9+0.9
Independent Safia Ilyas862.5+2.5
Majority 1,08231.6 43.2−11.6
Turnout 3,41928.6 33.6−5
Labour hold Swing

Wakefield North ward

Wakefield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Rhodes1,90161.0+10.1
UKIP Keith Wells59419.1+8.8
Conservative Dianne Presha45114.5−10.5
Liberal Democrats Rob Bell1705.5−1.6
Majority 1,30741.9−9.7
Turnout 3,11627.6−5.2
Labour hold Swing

Wakefield Rural ward

Wakefield Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lawrence Kirkpatrick2,00343.5+0.9
Conservative Tom Fletcher1,77838.6−5.4
Green Miriam Hawkins47210.2+2.5
Liberal Democrats Dennis Cronin3547.7+2.7
Majority 2254.9+6.3
Turnout 4,60734−6.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wakefield South ward

Wakefield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Hopkins1,85147.8−6.9
Labour Javed Iqbal1,56240.3+5.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Nuthall46211.9+1.8
Majority 2897.5−12.6
Turnout 3,87536.1−7.3
Conservative hold Swing

Wakefield West ward

Wakefield West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hilary Mitchell1,45643.1+4.2
Conservative Philip Booth1,10132.6−7.5
English Democrat Norman Tate59417.6+17.6
Green Brian Else2266.7+1.4
Majority 35510.5
Turnout 3,37729.5−5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martyn Johnson1,74346.9+2.3
Conservative Anne-Marie Glover1,03727.9−7.9
UKIP David Dews94025.3+11.9
Majority 70619+10.4
Turnout 3,72031.8−7.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Local election results 2010". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "District Council Election Results 2011". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Local election results 2012". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
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