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Altofts and Whitwood is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. [1]

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Overview

The ward is one of 21 in the Wakefield district, and has been held by Labour since the current boundaries were formed for the 2004 Council election. As of 2015, the electorate stands at 12,495 of which 96.1% identify as "White British" and 67.5% of who identify as Christian. [2] [3]

The ward comprises Altofts, Whitwood and Whitwood Mere, and a number of industrial parks that occupy much of the land between Normanton and Castleford. The ward also includes the Cutsyke, Roundhill and Half Acres areas of Castleford. To the north the ward is bounded by the River Calder. The ward is bisected by the M62 and has the Trans Pennine Trail running through it. [2]

Representation

Like all wards in the Wakefield district, Altofts and Whitwood has 3 councillors, whom are elected on a 4-year-rota. This means elections for new councillors are held for three years running, with one year every four years having no elections. [4]

The current councillors are Jo Hepworth and Jacquie Speight both of whom are Labour. [5] There are only currently two councillors due to the resignation of Peter Box CBE who served as Leader of Wakefield Council for 21 years. [6]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004 Peter Box CBE (Lab)Heather Hudson (Lab)Darran Travis (Lab)
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014 Jacquie Speight (Lab)
2015 Jo Hepworth (Lab)
2016
2018
2019
2021Josie Farrar (Lab)
2022
2023

Election results

2023 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jo Hepworth* 1,748 52.8 +13.4
Wakefield District IndependentsJohn Thomas80424.3+17.8
Conservative Amy Louise Swift51815.7−1.1
Green Katherine Clare Dodd2387.2New
Majority94428.5+21.6
Turnout 3,30823.0−1.8
Rejected ballots11
Labour hold Swing
2022 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacquie Speight* 2,053 56.49 +9.0
Conservative Barbara Wright80922.26−15.8
Independent John Thomas61316.87+11.7
Liberal Democrats Leanne Hall1594.38N/A
Majority1,24434.23
Turnout 3,634
Labour hold Swing
2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Josie Farrar 1,896 47.5 +8.1
Conservative Anthony David Hill1,52238.1+21.3
Green Brenden Beckett2837.1+7.1
Reform UK John Thomas2095.2+5.2
Workers Party Zane Carpenter802.0+2.0
Majority3749.4+2.5
Turnout 3,99028.1+3.3
Labour hold Swing -6.6
2019 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jo Hepworth131839.4−18.1
Yorkshire Laura Walker [lower-alpha 1] 108932.5+22.4
Conservative Anthony Hill56216.8−11.2
Democrats and Veterans John Thomas2196.5+2.1
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Pollack1594.8+4.8
Majority2296.9−22.6
Turnout 334724.8+0.9
Rejected ballots35
Labour hold Swing
2018 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacquie Speight182357.5−1
Conservative Anthony Hill88828+8.4
Yorkshire Steven Crookes32010.1−0.5
Democrats and Veterans John Thomas1404.4N/A
Majority93529.5−9.4
Turnout 317123.9−3.5
Rejected ballots9
Labour hold Swing
2016 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Box199458.5+3.5
Conservative Anthony Hill66819.6−2.4
Independent Matthew Jeans38411.3N/A
Yorkshire First Steve Crookes36310.6N/A
Majority132638.9+6.4
Turnout 340927.4−30.0
Labour hold Swing
2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jo Hepworth416855.3+5.9
UKIP Geoffrey Johnston171522.8−13.8
Conservative Anthony Hill165522.0+7.9
Majority245332.5+19.7
Turnout 753857.4+29.7
Labour hold Swing
2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacquie Speight173549.4−12.2
UKIP Tracie Corbett128536.6+12.6
Conservative Anthony Hill49414.1−0.3
Majority45012.8−24.8
Turnout 351427.7+1.9
Labour hold Swing
2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Box2,00961.6−2.5
UKIP David Armitage78324+24
Conservative Steven Beeton47014.4−10.7
Majority1,22637.6−1.5
Turnout 3,26225.8−6.4
Labour hold Swing
2011 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Heather Hudson2,58264.1+17.9
Conservative Steven Beeton1,00925.1+3.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Burch40410.0−10.9
Majority1,57339.1+14.2
Turnout 4,02732.2−27.5
Labour hold Swing
2010 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Darran Travis3,38546.2+8.8
Conservative David Rudge1,56121.3−1.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Burch153320.9−2.6
BNP Adam Frazer81811.2−5.4
Majority1,82424.9+11
Turnout 7,32759.7
Labour hold Swing
2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Box1,31637.4−10.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Burch82723.5+4.4
Conservative Gordon Tennant79322.5+6.7
BNP Dawn Byrom58516.6−0.2
Majority48913.9−15.2
Turnout 3,521
Labour hold Swing
2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Heather Hudson1,56348.21.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Burch61919.1+2.6
BNP Dawn Byrom54616.8−2.9
Conservative Tom Dixon51315.8+1.6
Majority94429.1−0.8
Turnout 3,241
Labour hold Swing
2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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
2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Box1,993
Labour Heather Hudson1,939
Labour Darran Travis1,855
Liberal Democrats Michael Burch876
BNP William Draper701
Liberal Democrats Simon Curtis700
Conservative Allen Glendinning625
Conservative Tom Dixon584
Liberal Democrats Carey Chambers566
Conservative Jean Molloy559
Turnout 10,39838.0

Notes

  1. Walker stood as the Yorkshire Party candidate in the 2019 general election for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford.

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References

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  2. 1 2 Wakefield Observatory (2015). "Wakefield Ward Profile - Selection: Altofts and Whitwood Ward" (PDF). Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. "Seat Details". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  4. "Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Overview". Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  5. "Your Councillors". WMDC. 10 January 2020. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  6. Box, Peter (25 November 2019). "Leader resigns as ward councillor". Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.