Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, 2012

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2012 local election results in Wakefield

The 2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.

West Yorkshire County of England

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. It is an inland and in relative terms upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in moors of the Pennines and has a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972.

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Council Make-up

The make up of the Council after the election was:

Party political make-up of Wakefield Council
   Party Seats Current Council (2012)
2010 [1] 2011 [2] 2012 [3]
  Labour 334052                                                               
  Conservative 242011                                                               
  Independent 530                                                               
  Lib Dems 100                                                               

Election result

Wakefield Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 20 12 0 +12 95 56.2 41,147 +0.4
  Conservative 1 0 9 -9 5 23.6 17,251 -6.3
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 7.9 5,804 +4.8
  Independent 0 0 3 -3 0 6.5 4,746 +3
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 2,424 -1.7
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 801 +0.2
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 594 +0.8
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 76 -0.2

Ward results

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Martyn Ward 2,128 62.4 +10.2
Conservative Don Marshall 1,282 37.6 +3
Majority 846 24.8 +7.1
Turnout 3,410 26.9 -10.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward

Airedale and Ferry Fryston
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Les Shaw 1,977 73.3 -6.8
UKIP Arnie Craven 556 20.4 +20.4
Conservative Mellisa Wan Omer 171 6.3 -12.9
Majority 1,441 52.9 -8
Turnout 2,724 23.5 -4.7
Labour hold Swing

Altofts and Whitwood ward

Altofts and Whitwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Peter Box 2,009 61.6 -2.5
UKIP David Armitage 783 24 +24
Conservative Steven Beeton 470 14.4 -10.7
Majority 1,226 37.6 -1.5
Turnout 3,262 25.8 -6.4
Labour hold Swing

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mark Burns-Williamson 2,306 76.3 +2.1
UKIP Alison Bullivant 482 15.9 +2.5
Conservative Eamonn Mullins 235 7.8 -4.2
Majority 1,824 60.3 -0.5
Turnout 3,023 24.8
Labour hold Swing

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Faith Hepptinstall 2,582 67.3 +6.1
Conservative Allan Couch 1,253 32.7 +2.7
Majority 1,329 34.7 +3.5
Turnout 3,835 31.6 -8.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Featherstone ward

Featherstone
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour June Cliffe 2,649 83.7 +21.4
Conservative Charles Scholes 516 16.3 +4.4
Majority 2,133 67.4 +30.3
Turnout 3,165 34.8 -9.6
Labour hold Swing

Hemsworth ward

Hemsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Shaun Hodson 1,779 57.5 -2
Independent Jim Kenyon 1,075 34.8 +7.2
Conservative Philip Davies 238 7.7 -4.3
Majority 704 22.8 -9.1
Turnout 3,092 25.7 -7.2
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Horbury and South Ossett ward

Horbury and South Ossett
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jack Hemingway 1,660 40.5 -8.2
Conservative Richard Wakefield 934 22.8 -18.2
Independent Graham Jesty 732 17.9 +17.9
UKIP Anthony Lumb 429 10.5 +10.5
Liberal Democrat Mark Goodair 340 8.3 -1.2
Majority 726 17.7 +10
Turnout 4,095 33.9 -7.5
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Knottingley ward

Knottingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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

Normanton ward

Normanton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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

Ossett ward

Ossett
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Tony Richardson 1,991 49.2 +8.9
Conservative Terry Brown 1,453 35.9 -7.2
Liberal Democrat David Smith 606 15 -0.8
Majority 538 13.3
Turnout 4,050 31.9 -7.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Pontefract North ward

Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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

Pontefract South

Pontefract South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Celia Loughran 2,222 50.4 -3.1
Conservative Mark Crowther 1,617 36.7 -9.1
UKIP Terence Edward Uttley 446 10.1 +10.1
Liberal Democrat Doug Dale 122 2.8 -10.1
Majority 605 13.7 -6
Turnout 4,407 36.6 -5.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

South Elmsall and South Kirkby ward

South Elmsall and South Kirkby
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Michelle Collins 2,071 56.1 -21.5
Independent Wilf Benson 1,425 38.6 +38.6
Conservative Christian IAnson 197 5.3 -6.8
Majority 646 17.5 -48
Turnout 3,693 27.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Stanley and Outwood East ward

Stanley and Outwood East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Matthew Morley 2,135 61.4 +6.1
Conservative James Kildea 971 27.9 -8.1
Liberal Democrat Margaret Dodd 370 10.6 +2.6
Majority 1,164 33.5 +14.2
Turnout 3,476 28.4 -8.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wakefield East ward

Wakefield East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ros Lund 1,741 50.9 +13.5
Independent Choudry Ikram 659 19.3 +19.3
Conservative Anthony Bracewell 596 17.4 -2.4
TUSC Michael Griffiths 327 9.9 +0.9
Independent Safia Ilyas 86 2.5 +2.5
Majority 1,082 31.6 43.2 -11.6
Turnout 3,419 28.6 33.6 -5
Labour hold Swing

Wakefield North ward

Wakefield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Elizabeth Rhodes 1,901 61.0 +10.1
UKIP Keith Wells 594 19.1 +8.8
Conservative Dianne Presha 451 14.5 -10.5
Liberal Democrat Rob Bell 170 5.5 -1.6
Majority 1,307 41.9 -9.7
Turnout 3,116 27.6 -5.2
Labour hold Swing

Wakefield Rural ward

Wakefield Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lawrence Kirkpatrick 2,003 43.5 +0.9
Conservative Tom Fletcher 1,778 38.6 -5.4
Green Miriam Hawkins 472 10.2 +2.5
Liberal Democrat Dennis Cronin 354 7.7 +2.7
Majority 225 4.9 +6.3
Turnout 4,607 34 -6.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wakefield South ward

Wakefield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Hopkins 1,851 47.8 -6.9
Labour Javed Iqbal 1,562 40.3 +5.7
Liberal Democrat Stephen Nuthall 462 11.9 +1.8
Majority 289 7.5 -12.6
Turnout 3,875 36.1 -7.3
Conservative hold Swing

Wakefield West ward

Wakefield West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Hilary Mitchell 1,456 43.1 +4.2
Conservative Philip Booth 1,101 32.6 -7.5
English Democrat Norman Tate 594 17.6 +17.6
Green Brian Else 226 6.7 +1.4
Majority 355 10.5
Turnout 3,377 29.5 -5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Martyn Johnson 1,743 46.9 +2.3
Conservative Anne-Marie Glover 1,037 27.9 -7.9
UKIP David Dews 940 25.3 +11.9
Majority 706 19 +10.4
Turnout 3,720 31.8 -7.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/ElectoralServices/PreviousElectionResults/Local+Elections/localelection2010.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/ElectoralServices/Elections/localelection2011.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/ElectoralServices/Elections/localelection2012.htm
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