Normanton (electoral ward)

Not to be confused with Normanton (UK Parliament constituency); Normanton, West Yorkshire; or Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency).

Normanton
Normanton Location within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough	City of Wakefield
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°41′49″N1°24′58″W / 53.697°N 1.416°W / 53.697; -1.416

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

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. The predecessor ward was Normanton and Sharlston. As of 2019, the electorate stands at 12,315 of which 92.7% identify as "White British" and 67.9% of who identify as Christian. ^{[1] [2]}

The ward comprises Normanton, Kirkthorpe, Woodhouse, Warmfield cum Heath and Ashfield with the key landmarks being Normanton railway station, All Saints' Church and Kirkthorpe Hydro. ^[1]

Representation

Like all wards in the Wakefield district, Normanton 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. ^[3]

The current councillors are Julie Medford, Armaan Khan and Daniel Wilton all of whom are Labour. ^[4]

Councillors

Election	Councillor	Councillor	Councillor
2004	Barry Smith (Lab)	Graeme Milner (Ind)	Peter Loosemore (Lab)
2006			Elaine Blezzard (Lab)
2007		David Dagger (Lab)
2008
2010
2011
2012	Alan Wassall (Lab)
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021	Julie Medford (Lab)
2022			Isabel Owen (Lab)
2023		Armaan Khan (Lab)
2024			Daniel Wilton (Lab)

Ward results

2024 Wakefield election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Julie Medford*	1,709	71.1	+24.0
	Labour Co-op	Daniel Wilton	1,303	54.2	+7.1
	Wakefield Ind.	Cliff Parsons	584	24.3	+4.8
	Green	John Clayton	426	17.7	+11.2
	Conservative	Chad Thomas	406	16.9	–1.6
	Conservative	Tomas Mestre	379	15.8	–2.7
Turnout			?	37.0	+16.2
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold

2023 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Armaan Khan	1,258	47.1	+1.5
	Wakefield District Independents	Cliff Parsons	520	19.5	−21.0
	Conservative	Laura Weldon	494	18.5	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel James Ebbs	225	8.4	New
	Green	John Robert Clayton	175	6.5	New
Majority			738	27.6
Turnout			2,672	20.8
Rejected ballots			13
	Labour hold		Swing

2022 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Isabel Owen	1,735	56.8	+5.0
	Conservative	James Hardwick	697	22.8	−8.2
	Independent	Cliff Parsons	280	9.2	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Goodall	183	6.0	+3.3
	Green	John Clayton	161	5.3	−0.9
Majority			1,038	34.0
Turnout			3,056	23.8
	Labour hold		Swing	6.6

Isabel Owen was the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire under Mark Burns-Williamson.

2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Medford	1,785	51.8	+6.2
	Conservative	Keith Hudson	1,069	31.0	−9.5
	Alliance for Democracy and Freedom (UK)	Cliff Parsons	246	7.1	+7.1
	Green	Gillian Dewey-Nager	214	6.2	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Hayes	92	2.7	+2.7
	Workers Party	Marcus Whalley-Reid	43	1.2	+1.2
Majority			716	20.8	+15.7
Turnout			3,449	27.1	+3.7
	Labour hold

Labour's Julie Medford held the seat after the death of the former councillor Alan Wassell.

2019 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Dagger	1322	45.6	−25.2
	UKIP	Cliff Parsons	1174	40.5	+40.5
	Conservative	Luke Thomas	405	14.0	−15.2
Majority			148	5.1	−36.5
Turnout			2901	23.4	+3.1
Rejected ballots			37
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	(Susan) Elaine Blezard	1777	70.8	−4.5
	Conservative	Hilary Plumber	733	29.2	+4.5
Majority			1044	41.6	−9
Turnout			2510	20.3	−3.6
Rejected ballots			21
	Labour hold		Swing

2016 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Wassell	2147	54.4	+20.9
	Conservative	Matthew Gilligan	706	24.7	+5.7
Majority			1441	50.6	+22.8
Turnout			2853	23.9	−28.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Dagger	3585	54.4	−20.2
	UKIP	Colin Wroe	1752	26.6	N/A
	Conservative	Jean Molloy	1251	19.0	−6.4
Majority			1833	27.8	−21.4
Turnout			6588	52.1	+28.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine Blezard	2192	74.6	+11.7
	Conservative	Richard Wakefield	747	25.4	+13.5
Majority			1445	49.2	+11.5
Turnout			2939	23.6	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Wassell	1,775	62.9	−1
	UKIP	Bryan Barkley	712	25.2	+7.9
	Conservative	Emma-Jane Lisle	337	11.9	−6.4
Majority			1,063	37.6	−8
Turnout			2,824	22.3	−6.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2011 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

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

2010 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine Blezard	3,139	47.0
	Conservative	Jean Molloy	1,370	20.5
	Independent	Graeme Milner	1,231	18.4
	BNP	Philip Downton	885	13.3
Majority			1,769	26.5
Turnout			6,674	53.6
	Labour hold		Swing

2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Smith	1,037	31.8	−8.2
	Conservative	Richard Wakefield	784	24.0	+12.4
	Independent	Graeme Milner	699	21.4	−3.5
	BNP	Adam Frazer	520	15.9	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Smith	221	6.8	−0.7
Majority			253	7.8	−7.3
Turnout			3,261
	Labour hold		Swing

2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Dagger	1,218	40.0	−3.3
	Independent	Graeme Milner	758	24.9	+11.3
	BNP	Adam Frazer	488	16.0	−5.1
	Conservative	Michael Ledgard	353	11.6	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Smith	230	7.5	−1.1
Majority			460	15.1	−7.1
Turnout			3,047
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	(Susan) Elaine Blezard	1,370	43.3
	BNP	Adam Frazer	667	21.1
	Independent	William Wood	432	13.6
	Conservative	Tony Ayoade	426	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Smith	272	8.6
Majority			703	22.2
Turnout			3,167
	Labour hold		Swing

2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Smith	2,105
	Independent	Graeme Milner	1,694
	Labour	Peter Loosemore	1,627
	Labour	Christine Sharman	1,463
	Conservative	Sue Mountain	877
	Conservative	Betty Charlesworth	611
	Conservative	John Scollan	555
Turnout			8,932	33.1

References

1. Wakefield Observatory (2015). "Wakefield Ward Profile - Selection: Normanton Ward" (PDF).
2. "Seat Details". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
3. "Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Overview". Open Council Data UK. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
4. "Your Cllr Medford is the Deputy Chair of the Wakefield Scrutiny and Overview Management Board, Cllr Khan is the Deputy Portfolio Holder for Highways and Planning, and Cllr Wilton is the Deputy Portfolio Holder for Communities, Poverty and Health". WMDC. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.