| Knottingley | |
|---|---|
  Knottingley Location within West Yorkshire | |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Dialling code | 01977 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Knottingley is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. [1]
The ward is one of 21 in the Wakefield district and has had the same boundaries since the 2004 Council election. As of 2015, the electorate stands at 12,495 of which 96.2% identify as "White British" and 69.4% of who identify as Christian. [2] [3]
Notable parts of the ward include Knottingley and Ferrybridge with notable landmarks including Ferrybridge Power Stations, Kellingley Colliery and Willow Garth Nature Reserve. [2] [4]
Like all wards in the Wakefield district, Knottingley 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. [5]
The current councillors are the Liberal Democrats' Tom Gordon and Adele Hayes. [6] Knottingley is the only ward with a Liberal Democrat councillor in Wakefield Council since 2011, winning the seat after not standing a candidate in the ward since 2003. [7]
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Glenn Burton (Lab) | Graham Stokes (Lab) | Graham Clarke (Lab) |
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2000 | |||
| 2002 | |||
| 2003 | |||
| 2004 | Patricia Doyle (Lab) | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 2010 | Harry Ellis (Lab) | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2014 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| 2019 | Thomas Gordon (LD) | ||
| 2021 | Adele Hayes (LD) | ||
| 2022 | Peter Girt (LD) |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Girt | 1,504 | 50.6 | -3.6 | |
| Labour | Paul Green | 1,216 | 40.9 | +12.0 | |
| Conservative | Roger Kirby | 254 | 8.5 | -5.3 | |
| Majority | 288 | 9.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,974 | 28.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |  7.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Adele Hayes | 1,624 | 54.2 | +54.2 | |
| Labour Co-op | Kerron Cross | 867 | 28.9 | -32.6 | |
| Conservative | Hilary Plumbley | 415 | 13.8 | +3.1 | |
| Green | Garry Newby | 91 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 757 | 25.3 | -16.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,997 | 28.6 | -0.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Gordon | 1906 | 63.1 | +63.1 | |
| Labour | Glenn Burton | 642 | 21.3 | -45.3 | |
| Green | Willow Tolley | 237 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
| Conservative | Joshua Spencer | 235 | 7.8 | -25.6 | |
| Majority | 1264 | 41.8 | -5.1 | ||
| Turnout | 3020 | 29.4 | +8.7 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 52 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Ellis | 1419 | 66.6 | +5.1 | |
| Conservative | Joshua Spencer | 713 | 33.4 | +22.7 | |
| Majority | 999 | 46.9 | +13.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2132 | 20.7 | -5.7 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 29 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Stokes | 1597 | 61.5 | -15.0 | |
| UKIP | Lewis Thompson | 724 | 27.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Eamonn Mullins | 277 | 10.7 | -12.8 | |
| Majority | 873 | 33.6 | -19.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2598 | 26.4 | -24.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glen Burton | 4070 | 76.5 | -1.4 | |
| Conservative | Rebecca Norris | 1253 | 23.5 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 2817 | 53.0 | -2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 5323 | 50.7 | +26.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Ellis | 1951 | 77.9 | +8.2 | |
| Conservative | Rebecca Norris | 555 | 22.1 | +11.1 | |
| Majority | 1395 | 55.8 | +5.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2506 | 24.2 | +0.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Stokes | 1,788 | 69.7 | +12.2 | |
| UKIP | Clinton Rhodes | 494 | 19.3 | +8.6 | |
| Conservative | Jon Wadey | 282 | 11 | -4.7 | |
| Majority | 1,294 | 50.5 | +8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,564 | 23.8 | -5.7 | ||
| Labour hold | 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 | Harry Ellis | 3,092 | 55.9 | ||
| Conservative | Jon Wadey | 1,379 | 24.9 | ||
| BNP | Norman Tate | 1,012 | 18.3 | ||
| Majority | 1,713 | 31.0 | |||
| Turnout | 5,528 | 52.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Stokes | 1,417 | 56.7 | -4.8 | |
| Conservative | Tom Dixon | 1,081 | 43.3 | +23.5 | |
| Majority | 336 | 13.4 | -28.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,498 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glenn Burton | 1,545 | 61.5 | -2.6 | |
| Conservative | Mellisa Wan Omer | 498 | 19.8 | -16.1 | |
| Independent | Nathan Garbutt | 470 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
| Majority | 1,047 | 41.7 | +13.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,513 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Patricia Doyle | 1,673 | 64.1 | ||
| Conservative | Nathan Garbutt | 937 | 35.9 | ||
| Majority | 736 | 28.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,610 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Stokes | 1,946 | |||
| Labour | Glenn Burton | 1,734 | |||
| Labour | Patricia Doyle | 1,657 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher Burns | 892 | |||
| BNP | Mark Burton | 831 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Plumbley | 695 | |||
| Conservative | Madge Richards | 587 | |||
| Turnout | 8,342 | 35.3 | |||
The boundaries were changed in the 2004 election resulting in all three positions becoming vacant. [8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Clarke | 1,297 | 60.4 | -15.5 | |
| Conservative | David Howarth | 403 | 18.8 | -5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Carey Chambers | 261 | 12.2 | +12.2 | |
| UKIP | Colin Batty | 185 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
| Majority | 894 | 41.6 | -10.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,146 | 21.2 | +0.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Stokes | 1,667 | 75.9 | +4.4 | |
| Conservative | David Howarth | 530 | 24.1 | -4.4 | |
| Majority | 1,137 | 51.8 | +8.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,197 | 20.7 | +2.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glenn Burton | 1,338 | 71.5 | ||
| Conservative | Timothy Allerton | 533 | 28.5 | ||
| Majority | 805 | 43.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,871 | 17.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Clarke | 1,607 | 81.7 | ||
| Conservative | Allen Powell | 361 | 18.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,968 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Stokes | 1,823 | 83.35 | ||
| Conservative | Allen Powell | 357 | 16.32 | ||
| Majority | 1,446 | 20.37 | |||
| Turnout | 2,187 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glenn Burton | 2,430 | 87.6 | ||
| Conservative | Allen Powell | 345 | 12.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,775 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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