Pontefract North (electoral ward)

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Pontefract North 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 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 Tangerine Confectionery HQ with the main areas being Monkhill and Pontefract Town centre. [3]

Representation

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]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
1996Fredrick Hodgson (Lab)Jack Kershaw (Lab)Frank Ward (Lab)
1998
1999
2000 David Grason (Lab)
2002
2003 Clive Tennant (Lab)
2004 Patricia Garbutt (Lab)
2006
2007
2008 Philip Thomas (Cons)
2010
2011
2012 Paula Sherriff (Lab)
2014
2015
2015 by-electionLorna Malkin (Lab)
2016
2018
2019

Election Results

2019: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Patricia Garbutt121441.4-18.8
Yorkshire Party Steven Crookes114839.2+29.9
Conservative Chris Hyomes57024.9-5.5
Majority662.2-20.3
Turnout 293222.1-0.4
Rejected ballots54
Labour hold Swing
2018: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Clive Tennant172460.2+6.9
Conservative Chris Hyomes71424.9+9.2
Yorkshire Party Arnie Craven2669.3+3.7
Green Rennie Smith1625.7N/A
Majority101035.3+7.2
Turnout 286622.5-3.6
Rejected ballots3
Labour hold Swing
2016: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lorna Malkin160153.3
UKIP Joshua Spencer76225.4
Conservative Chris Hyomes47015.7
Yorkshire First Arnie Craven1685.6
Majority83927.9
Turnout 300126.1
Labour hold Swing
2015 By-election: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lorna Malkin90948.0-3.7
UKIP Nathan Garbutt45323.9+2.3
Conservative Anthony David Hill29915.8-5.1
Yorkshire First Lucy Brown1246.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Daniel Woodlock864.5N/A
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts Daniel Dearden241.3-0.2
Turnout 1895
Labour hold Swing

*The by-election follows the resignation of Paula Sheriff who was elected the MP for Dewsbury. [6]

2015: 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
Majority197630.1+17.1
Turnout 657854.0+25.7
Labour hold Swing
2014: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Clive Tennant164548.6+0.7
UKIP Nathan Garbutt120535.6+24.9
Conservative Amy Swift46313.7-0.3
TUSC Daniel Dearden712.1-0.1
Majority44013.0-12.6
Turnout 338428.3+0.2
Labour hold Swing
2012: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paula Sherriff 1,64947.9-11.9
Independent Jack Kershaw76922.3+22.3
Conservative Hannah Crowther48114-9.6
UKIP Nathan Garbutt36810.70
Green Rennie Smith1033.0-2.4
TUSC Daniel Dearden762.2+2.2
Majority88025.5-10.6
Turnout 3,44628.1-3.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
2011: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Pat Garbutt2,26159.8+14.2
Conservative Chris Speight89423.6-0.2
UKIP Justin Hudson40310.7+10.7
Green Rennie Smith2055.4+3.2
Majority1,36736.1+14.3
Turnout 3,78431.2-24.4
Labour hold Swing
2010: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Clive Tennant3,05145.6
Conservative Carl Milner1,59423.8
Liberal Democrats Doug Dale1,00815.1
Independent Bob Evison2794.2
Green Rennie Smith1502.2
Majority1,45721.8
Turnout 6,69255.6
Labour hold Swing
2008: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Philip Thomas1,35240.8-6.4
Labour Jack Kershaw1,32339.9-12.9
Independent Bob Evison39812.0+12.0
Green Rennie Smith2407.2+7.2
Majority290.9
Turnout 3,313
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
2007: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Patricia Garbutt1,69552.8-9.2
Conservative Philip Thomas1,51747.2+9.2
Majority1785.6-18.4
Turnout 3,212
Labour hold Swing
2006: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Clive Tennant1,75762.0
Conservative Mellisa Wan Omer1,07738.0
Majority68024.0
Turnout 2,834
Labour hold Swing
2004: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jack Kershaw2,008
Labour Patricia Garbutt1,716
Labour Clive Tennant1,599
UKIP Stephanie Wilder994
UKIP Howard Burdon848
Conservative Geoffrey Walsh838
Conservative Eamonn Mullins838
Conservative Catherine Campbell-Reitzik783
Socialist Alternative John Gill232
Turnout 9,85635.6

*The 2004 election was the first one with the new boundaries. As such, all three seats were up for election. [7]

2003: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Clive Tennant1,44358.2-10.0
Conservative Richard Molloy53621.6-1.6
UKIP Howard Burdon35214.2+14.2
Socialist Alternative John Gill1496.0+1.1
Majority90736.6-8.4
Turnout 2,48019.7-1.3
Labour hold Swing
2002: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jack Kershaw1,87568.2-2.9
Conservative Richard Molloy63823.2-5.7
Socialist Alternative John Gill1344.9+4.9
Socialist Labour Zane Carpenter1033.7+3.7
Majority1,23745.0+2.8
Turnout 2,75021.0+4.2
Labour hold Swing
2000: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Grason1,45371.1
Conservative June Drysdale59028.9
Majority86342.2
Turnout 2,04316.8
Labour hold Swing
1999: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Frank Ward1,75781.9
Conservative June Drysdale38517.9
Majority1,327
Turnout 2,149
Labour hold Swing
1998: Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jack Kershaw1,87083.1
Conservative June Drysdale37214.5
Majority1,498
Turnout 1,49819.24
Labour hold Swing


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References

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  2. ↑ "Seat Details". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  3. ↑ "Pontefract North - MapIt". mapit.mysociety.org. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  4. ↑ "Your Councillors". WMDC. 2020-01-10. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  5. ↑ "Dewsbury parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
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