| Pontefract North | |
|---|---|
  Pontefract North Location within West Yorkshire | |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Pontefract North 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 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 94.4% identify as "White British" and 69.3% of who identify as Christian. [1] [2]
Notable landmarks in the ward include Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract Castle and Valeo Confectionery, with the main areas being Monkhill and Pontefract Town centre. [3]
Like all wards in the Wakefield district, Pontefract North 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.
The current councillors are Clive Tennant, Patricia Garbutt and Lorna Malkin, all of whom are Labour. [4]
The last time a Conservative councillor represented the ward was Philip Thomas who elected in the 2008 Council election however, he ran for re-election as an independent as was subsequently defeated in the 2011 election by Paula Sherriff who would later serve as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewsbury between 2015 and 2019. [5]
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Fredrick Hodgson (Lab) | Jack Kershaw (Lab) | Frank Ward (Lab) |
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2000 | David Grason (Lab) | ||
| 2002 | |||
| 2003 | Clive Tennant (Lab) | ||
| 2004 (new boundaries) | Patricia Garbutt (Lab) | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2008 | Philip Thomas (Cons) | ||
| 2010 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2012 | Paula Sherriff (Lab) | ||
| 2014 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2015 by-election | Lorna Malkin (Lab) | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2022 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lorna Malkin | 1,653 | 46.1 | +4.7 | |
| Conservative | Chris Hyomes | 1,120 | 31.2 | +11.8 | |
| Yorkshire | Ryan Kett | 628 | 17.5 | -21.7 | |
| Green | Emma Tingle | 183 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
| Majority | 533 | 14.9 | +12.7 | ||
| Turnout | 3,584 | 25.4 | +3.3 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Patricia Garbutt | 1214 | 41.4 | -18.8 | |
| Yorkshire | Steven Crookes | 1148 | 39.2 | +29.9 | |
| Conservative | Chris Hyomes | 570 | 24.9 | -5.5 | |
| Majority | 66 | 2.2 | -20.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2932 | 22.1 | -0.4 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 54 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Clive Tennant | 1724 | 60.2 | +6.9 | |
| Conservative | Chris Hyomes | 714 | 24.9 | +9.2 | |
| Yorkshire | Arnie Craven | 266 | 9.3 | +3.7 | |
| Green | Rennie Smith | 162 | 5.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1010 | 35.3 | +7.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2866 | 22.5 | -3.6 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lorna Malkin | 1601 | 53.3 | ||
| UKIP | Joshua Spencer | 762 | 25.4 | ||
| Conservative | Chris Hyomes | 470 | 15.7 | ||
| Yorkshire First | Arnie Craven | 168 | 5.6 | ||
| Majority | 839 | 27.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3001 | 26.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lorna Malkin | 909 | 48.0 | -3.7 | |
| UKIP | Nathan Garbutt | 453 | 23.9 | +2.3 | |
| Conservative | Anthony David Hill | 299 | 15.8 | -5.1 | |
| Yorkshire First | Lucy Brown | 124 | 6.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Woodlock | 86 | 4.5 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Daniel Dearden | 24 | 1.3 | -0.2 | |
| Turnout | 1895 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
*The by-election follows the resignation of Paula Sheriff who was elected the MP for Dewsbury. [6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pat Garbutt | 3398 | 51.7 | +3.1 | |
| UKIP | Nathan Garbutt | 1422 | 21.6 | -14.0 | |
| Conservative | Chris Speight | 1375 | 20.9 | +7.2 | |
| Green | Rennie Smith | 286 | 4.3 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Daniel Dearden | 97 | 1.5 | -0.6 | |
| Majority | 1976 | 30.1 | +17.1 | ||
| Turnout | 6578 | 54.0 | +25.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Clive Tennant | 1645 | 48.6 | +0.7 | |
| UKIP | Nathan Garbutt | 1205 | 35.6 | +24.9 | |
| Conservative | Amy Swift | 463 | 13.7 | -0.3 | |
| TUSC | Daniel Dearden | 71 | 2.1 | -0.1 | |
| Majority | 440 | 13.0 | -12.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3384 | 28.3 | +0.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paula Sherriff | 1,649 | 47.9 | -11.9 | |
| Independent | Jack Kershaw | 769 | 22.3 | +22.3 | |
| Conservative | Hannah Crowther | 481 | 14 | -9.6 | |
| UKIP | Nathan Garbutt | 368 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Green | Rennie Smith | 103 | 3.0 | -2.4 | |
| TUSC | Daniel Dearden | 76 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 880 | 25.5 | -10.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,446 | 28.1 | -3.1 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pat Garbutt | 2,261 | 59.8 | +14.2 | |
| Conservative | Chris Speight | 894 | 23.6 | -0.2 | |
| UKIP | Justin Hudson | 403 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
| Green | Rennie Smith | 205 | 5.4 | +3.2 | |
| Majority | 1,367 | 36.1 | +14.3 | ||
| Turnout | 3,784 | 31.2 | -24.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Clive Tennant | 3,051 | 45.6 | ||
| Conservative | Carl Milner | 1,594 | 23.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Doug Dale | 1,008 | 15.1 | ||
| Independent | Bob Evison | 279 | 4.2 | ||
| Green | Rennie Smith | 150 | 2.2 | ||
| Majority | 1,457 | 21.8 | |||
| Turnout | 6,692 | 55.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Thomas | 1,352 | 40.8 | -6.4 | |
| Labour | Jack Kershaw | 1,323 | 39.9 | -12.9 | |
| Independent | Bob Evison | 398 | 12.0 | +12.0 | |
| Green | Rennie Smith | 240 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
| Majority | 29 | 0.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,313 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Patricia Garbutt | 1,695 | 52.8 | -9.2 | |
| Conservative | Philip Thomas | 1,517 | 47.2 | +9.2 | |
| Majority | 178 | 5.6 | -18.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,212 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Clive Tennant | 1,757 | 62.0 | ||
| Conservative | Mellisa Wan Omer | 1,077 | 38.0 | ||
| Majority | 680 | 24.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,834 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jack Kershaw | 2,008 | |||
| Labour | Patricia Garbutt | 1,716 | |||
| Labour | Clive Tennant | 1,599 | |||
| UKIP | Stephanie Wilder | 994 | |||
| UKIP | Howard Burdon | 848 | |||
| Conservative | Geoffrey Walsh | 838 | |||
| Conservative | Eamonn Mullins | 838 | |||
| Conservative | Catherine Campbell-Reitzik | 783 | |||
| Socialist Alternative | John Gill | 232 | |||
| Turnout | 9,856 | 35.6 | |||
*The 2004 election was the first one with the new boundaries. As such, all three seats were up for election. [7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Clive Tennant | 1,443 | 58.2 | -10.0 | |
| Conservative | Richard Molloy | 536 | 21.6 | -1.6 | |
| UKIP | Howard Burdon | 352 | 14.2 | +14.2 | |
| Socialist Alternative | John Gill | 149 | 6.0 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 907 | 36.6 | -8.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,480 | 19.7 | -1.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jack Kershaw | 1,875 | 68.2 | -2.9 | |
| Conservative | Richard Molloy | 638 | 23.2 | -5.7 | |
| Socialist Alternative | John Gill | 134 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
| Socialist Labour | Zane Carpenter | 103 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
| Majority | 1,237 | 45.0 | +2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,750 | 21.0 | +4.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Grason | 1,453 | 71.1 | ||
| Conservative | June Drysdale | 590 | 28.9 | ||
| Majority | 863 | 42.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,043 | 16.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank Ward | 1,757 | 81.9 | ||
| Conservative | June Drysdale | 385 | 17.9 | ||
| Majority | 1,327 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,149 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jack Kershaw | 1,870 | 83.1 | ||
| Conservative | June Drysdale | 372 | 14.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,498 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,498 | 19.24 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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