2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

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2015 local election results in Wakefield

The 2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party and Conservatives fielded a full slate of 21 candidates, with UKIP putting forward 17 candidates. There were 9 Green candidates, 9 TUSC candidates and 6 Liberal Democrat candidates. Also standing were 2 Yorkshire First representatives, and one Independent.

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Council Make-up

The make up of the Council following the election was:

Party political make-up of Wakefield Council
  PartySeatsCurrent Council (2014)
2012 [2] 20142015 [3]
  Labour 525453                                                               
  Conservative 1166                                                               
  UKIP 022                                                               
  Independent 012                                                               

Summary

Wakefield Local Election Result 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1711081.049.071,701+1.4
  Conservative 411019.026.538,812+4.6
  UKIP 00000.017.926,218-4.4
  Green 00000.02.63,744+1.1
  Liberal Democrats 00000.02.02,973-0.7
  TUSC 00000.01.11,627-0.7
  Yorkshire 00000.00.4653+0.4
  Independent 00000.00.4580-2.0

Ward results

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Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jessica Carrington343745.7+2.5
Conservative Don Marshall208127.7+5.5
UKIP Mick Tetlow150720.0−14.6
Yorkshire First Martin Roberts4936.6N/A
Majority 135618.0+9.4
Turnout 751858.5+28.3
Labour hold Swing

Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward

Airedale and Ferry Fryston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yvonne Crewe410370.1+15.7
Conservative Amy Swift104717.9+8.8
Green Simon Addy70612.1N/A
Majority 305652.2+34.3
Turnout 585650.1+25.1
Labour hold Swing

Altofts and Whitwood ward

Altofts and Whitwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jo Hepworth416855.3+5.9
UKIP Geoffrey Johnston171522.8−13.8
Conservative Anthony Hill165522.0+7.9
Majority 245332.5+19.7
Turnout 753857.4+29.7
Labour hold Swing

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Wallis401562.7+7.8
UKIP Dawn Lumb159024.8−12.6
Conservative Eamonn Mullins79812.5+4.8
Majority 242537.9+20.4
Turnout 640352.4+25.6
Labour hold Swing

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Cummings362547.6+8.2
UKIP Steve Ashton210927.7−7.7%
Conservative Madalena Mestre188624.8+5.0
Majority 151619.9+15.9
Turnout 762062.6+28.5
Labour hold Swing

Featherstone ward

Featherstone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Isherwood411159.2−21.4
UKIP David Sea-Borne151221.8N/A
Conservative Rodney Williams93413.5−5.9
Independent Karen Palmer3825.5N/A
Majority 259937.4−23.8
Turnout 693953.7+27.7
Labour hold Swing

Hemsworth ward

Hemsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glyn Lloyd385661.5+7.6
UKIP Penny Ashton156825.0−11.6
Conservative Philip Davies84213.4+3.9
Majority 228836.5+19.2
Turnout 626652.3+26.2
Labour hold Swing

Horbury and South Ossett ward

Horbury and South Ossett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Holwell255733.4+12.2
Labour Rory Bickerton251232.8−8.5
UKIP Bob Dixon157020.5−10.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair6608.6+3.2
Green Richard Norris2993.9N/A
TUSC John Vasey650.8−0.7
Majority 450.6−10.2
Turnout 766363.3+30.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Knottingley ward

Knottingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glen Burton407076.5−1.4
Conservative Rebecca Norris125323.5+1.4
Majority 281753.0−2.8
Turnout 532350.7+26.5
Labour hold Swing

Normanton ward

Normanton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Dagger358554.4−20.2
UKIP Colin Wroe175226.6N/A
Conservative Jean Molloy125119.0−6.4
Majority 183327.8−21.4
Turnout 658852.1+28.5
Labour hold Swing

Ossett ward

Ossett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Taylor297736.6+9.0
Labour Don Hitchen230228.3−2.4
UKIP Jonathan Cook205825.3−8.2
Liberal Democrats Tony Sargeant4575.6−1.3
Green Lesley Kimber3424.2N/A
Majority 6758.3+5.5
Turnout 813663.2+29.5
Conservative hold Swing

Pontefract North ward

Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pat Garbutt339851.7+3.1
UKIP Nathan Garbutt142221.6−14.0
Conservative Chris Speight137520.9+7.2
Green Rennie Smith2864.3N/A
TUSC Daniel Dearden971.5−0.6
Majority 197630.1+17.1
Turnout 657854.0+25.7
Labour hold Swing

Pontefract South

Pontefract South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Jones357749.1+7.3
Conservative Geoff Walsh319643.8+9.9
TUSC John Gill5187.1+5.5
Majority 3815.3−2.6
Turnout 729161.1+25.6
Labour hold Swing

South Elmsall and South Kirkby ward

South Elmsall and South Kirkby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Tulley488968.3+26.7
UKIP Jim Kenyon167223.3N/A
Conservative Charles Scholes6018.4+1.0
Majority 321745.0+35.6
Turnout 716253.2+26.4
Labour hold Swing

Stanley and Outwood East ward

Stanley and Outwood East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clive Hudson335142.3−10.0
Conservative Rachel Malyk235829.8−1.7
UKIP James Johnston165120.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Margaret Dodd4275.4−2.4
TUSC Dave Byrom1291.6−6.8
Majority 99312.5−8.3
Turnout 791662.7+31.7
Labour hold Swing

Wakefield East ward

Wakefield East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stuart Heptinstall371460.5+8.3
Conservative Richard Wakefield139622.7+7.0
Green Jody Gabriel5188.4N/A
TUSC Mick Griffiths3135.1+1.5
Independent Steve Gilks1983.2N/A
Majority 231837.8+14.1
Turnout 613951.7+21.3
Labour hold Swing

Wakefield North ward

Wakefield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Isherwood266642.6−1.4
Conservative Annemarie Glover149523.9+7.3
UKIP Keith Wells131921.1−8.9
Green Stuart Boothman3956.3N/A
TUSC Adrian O'Malley2163.5−0.6
Yorkshire First Lucy Brown1612.6N/A
Majority 117118.7+4.7
Turnout 625255.4+24.9
Labour hold Swing

Wakefield Rural ward

Wakefield Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Sanders331838.3+0.9
Labour Jayne Wilby261429.6−9.5
UKIP Ruth Sheard174319.8N/A
Liberal Democrats Finbarr Cronin5906.7+0.3
Green Miriam Hawkins4054.6−8.9
TUSC Sam Lynch911.0−2.7
Majority 7678.7+7.0
Turnout 882464.3+31.8
Conservative hold Swing

Wakefield South ward

Wakefield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Monica Graham357753.3+13.6
Labour Darren Byford212131.6+11.7
Green Mark Pedlar4957.4N/A
Liberal Democrats David Currie3955.9+1.0
TUSC John Sibbald1291.9+0.5
Majority 145621.7+11.9
Turnout 671762.8+23.6
Conservative hold Swing

Wakefield West ward

Wakefield West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ryan Case252142.5−3.8
Conservative Richard Hunt171428.9+1.7
UKIP Ian Johnston132422.3N/A
Green Brian Else2985.0−10.5
TUSC Neil Taylor691.2−4.6
Majority 80713.6−5.5
Turnout 592652.5+23.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charlie Keith306639.7+6.6
Conservative Dean Ryan250132.4+9.1
UKIP Brian Moorhouse170622.1−16.5
Liberal Democrats David Arthur4445.8+0.9
Majority 5657.3+1.8
Turnout 771764.4+30.3
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "District Council Election Results 2011". wakefield.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Local Election Results 2014". wakefield.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "District (Local) election - Wakefield Council". wakefield.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015.
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