Wakefield Metropolitan District Council elections

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One third of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England is elected each year for 3 years, followed by one year without an election. 63 councillors are elected with 3 from each of the 21 wards. [1]

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Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1993-2001

Wakefield Central By-Election 18 June 1998 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Richardson98849.3-22.8
Conservative Kenneth Blackburn66133.0+15.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair35617.8+7.4
Majority32716.3
Turnout 2,00517.9
Labour hold Swing
Pontefract South By-Election 7 October 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 83355.0+2.7
Conservative 51137.7-1.7
Liberal Democrats Douglas Dale17111.3-1.0
Majority32217.3
Turnout 1,51514.1
Labour hold Swing

2001-2009

Pontefract South By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 3,01351.8+3.2
Conservative 2,00434.5-5.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair79713.7+2.1
Majority1,00917.3
Turnout 5,81454.6
Labour hold Swing
Horbury By-Election 4 October 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 84842.7+10.3
Conservative 60530.4-14.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair40520.4-2.2
Independent 693.5+3.5
Independent 603.0+3.0
Majority24312.3
Turnout 1,98716.5
Labour hold Swing
Horbury and South Ossett By-Election 21 April 2005 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Watts1,15638.2+9.4
Conservative Glenn Armitage1,11036.6+10.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair76425.2+4.4
Majority461.6
Turnout 3,03026.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2009-2017

Airedale and Ferry Fryston By-Election 21 January 2010 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Les Shaw1,33049.9+3.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Kirby60322.6+8.3
BNP Stephen Rogerson35313.3-7.7
Conservative Carl Milner27510.3-7.7
Independent Jason Smart1023.8+3.8
Majority72727.3
Turnout 2,66323.4
Labour hold Swing
Horbury and South Ossett By-Election 7 July 2011 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Holmes1,77651.4+2.2%
Conservative Richard Wakefield106130.7-10.5%
UKIP David Dews2326.7+6.7%
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair2005.8-3.7%
Independent Norman Tate932.7+2.7
Independent Mark Harrop882.5+2.5
Majority71520.7
Turnout 3, 45428.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Castleford and Glasshoughton By-Election 21 February 2013 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Forster1,56776.7
UKIP Nathan Garbutt34917.1
Conservative Anne-Marie Glover954.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair331.6
Majority121860.0
Turnout 2,04416.9
Labour hold Swing
Horbury and South Ossett By-Election 28 November 2013 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rory Bickerton1,06140.3-0.2%
UKIP Graham Jesty85632.5+22.5
Conservative Angela Howell50419.1-3.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair2128.1-0.2
Majority2057.8
Turnout 2, 63320.77
Labour hold Swing
Pontefract North By-Election 24 September 2015 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lorna Malkin909
UKIP Nathan Garbutt453
Conservative Anthony Hill299
Yorkshire First Lucy Brown124
Liberal Democrats Daniel Woodlock86
TUSC Daniel Dearden24
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Stanley and Outwood East By-Election 12 October 2017 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Spencer Hemmingway1,35351.0+2.4
Conservative Nathan Garbutt Moore84731.9+7.3
Liberal Democrats Nicola Kate Sinclair1656.2+2.3
Yorkshire Lucy Victoria Brown1535.8+5.8
UKIP James Lee Johnston1365.1-16.4
Majority50619.1
Turnout 2,65521.5
Labour hold Swing
Wakefield West By-Election 23 November 2017 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Paul Graham1,11849.6
Conservative Dawn Lesley Hunt93341.4
Yorkshire Paul Phelps1526.7
Liberal Democrats Peter John Williams462.0
Majority1858.2
Turnout 225320.6
Labour hold Swing

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wakefield Council</span>

Wakefield Council, formally the City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, is the local authority of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield is a metropolitan borough with city status. The council and provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, town planning, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. Wakefield is divided into 21 wards, electing 63 councillors. A third of the council is elected for three of every four years.

References

  1. ↑ "How the Council Works". www.wakefield.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Wakefield council". BBC News Online . Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  3. ↑ Mason, Christine (1998). Declaration of Result of Poll: Wakefield Central ward by-election (PDF). Wakefield Council. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Horbury and South Ossett No 8 ward by-election 21 April 2005 - result" (PDF). www.wakefield.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  5. 1 2 "Labour victory in key Wakefield by-election". BBC News Online . 22 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
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