Local Election Results 2002
Wakefield
One-third of council up for election.
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By-elections for Wakefield (may be incomplete): 21st April 2005 (Horbury & South Ossett)
— 21st January 2010 (Airedale & Ferry Fryston)
— 7th July 2011 (Horbury & South Ossett)
— 21st February 2013 (Castleford C. & Glasshoughton)
— 28th November 2013 (Horbury & South Ossett)
— 24th September 2015 (Pontefract N.)
— 12th October 2017 (Stanley & Outwood E.)
— 23rd November 2017 (Wakefield W.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
33013 |
53.6% |
18 |
| Conservative |
14574 |
23.7% |
1 |
| Liberal Democrat |
7337 |
11.9% |
1 |
| Independent |
3852 |
6.3% |
2 |
| Socialist Labour Party |
1831 |
3.0% |
0 |
| Socialist Alternative |
386 |
0.6% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
313 |
0.5% |
0 |
| Socialist Alliance |
285 |
0.5% |
0 |
| Mark Burns-Williamson |
Lab |
1864 |
82.1% |
| Charles Scholes |
C |
255 |
11.2% |
| Angela Herbert |
SocLab |
152 |
6.7% |
| Stephen Groves |
Lab |
1404 |
75.6% |
| Madge Richards |
C |
267 |
14.4% |
| Trevor Holderson |
SocLab |
186 |
10.0% |
| Colin Churm |
Lab |
1812 |
82.9% |
| Jean Molloy |
C |
237 |
10.8% |
| Mary Appleyard |
SocLab |
137 |
6.3% |
| Paul Beckett |
Lab |
1564 |
51.2% |
| James McDougall |
LD |
669 |
21.9% |
| Catherine Campbell-Reitzik |
C |
554 |
18.1% |
| Howard Burden |
UKIP |
194 |
6.3% |
| David Bruce |
SocLab |
76 |
2.5% |
| Robin Tuffs |
Lab |
1867 |
83.0% |
| Elizabeth Hick |
C |
383 |
17.0% |
| Wayne Jenkins |
Lab |
1629 |
72.5% |
| Eamonn Mullins |
C |
372 |
16.5% |
| Maurice Kent |
SocLab |
247 |
11.0% |
| Brian Holmes |
Lab |
1408 |
43.2% |
| Caroline Sheen |
C |
1225 |
37.6% |
| Mark Goodair |
LD |
567 |
17.4% |
| Karen Bruce |
SocLab |
60 |
1.8% |
| Graham Stokes |
Lab |
1667 |
75.9% |
| David Howarth |
C |
530 |
24.1% |
| Peter Loosemore |
Lab |
1306 |
49.8% |
| Graeme Milner |
Ind |
665 |
25.3% |
| Allan Couch |
C |
346 |
13.2% |
| Mick Appleyard |
SocLab |
308 |
11.7% |
| Peter Walker |
LD |
2138 |
54.9% |
| Maureen Cummings |
Lab |
1235 |
31.7% |
| Terence Brown |
C |
518 |
13.3% |
| Jack Kershaw |
Lab |
1875 |
68.2% |
| Richard Molloy |
C |
638 |
23.2% |
| John Gill |
SocAlt |
134 |
4.9% |
| Zane Carpenter |
SocLab |
103 |
3.7% |
| Trevor Izon |
Lab |
1581 |
50.7% |
| Martyn Ward |
Lab |
1317 |
|
| Ian Bloomer |
C |
1250 |
40.1% |
| Philip Booth |
C |
1243 |
|
| Carol Ives |
SocAll |
285 |
9.1% |
| John Devine |
Lab |
1655 |
68.1% |
| Ian Hall |
C |
438 |
18.0% |
| Mary Neale |
LD |
339 |
13.9% |
| Harold Mills |
Ind |
1288 |
49.9% |
| Malcolm Evans |
Lab |
1167 |
45.2% |
| Michael Ledgard |
C |
128 |
5.0% |
| David Atkinson |
Lab |
1670 |
51.9% |
| Norma Crossley |
C |
750 |
23.3% |
| Michael Burch |
LD |
715 |
22.2% |
| Kathryn Summerscales |
SocLab |
83 |
2.6% |
| Rosalie Lund |
Lab |
1655 |
46.0% |
| James Dick |
C |
1131 |
31.4% |
| Margaret Dodd |
LD |
813 |
22.6% |
| Antony Richardson |
Lab |
1758 |
48.9% |
| Jane Brown |
C |
1396 |
38.9% |
| Susan Morgan |
LD |
376 |
10.5% |
| Paul Tuerk |
SocLab |
62 |
1.7% |
| Olivia Rowley |
Lab |
1533 |
45.4% |
| John Berry |
C |
552 |
16.4% |
| Abdul Aziz |
SocLab |
417 |
12.4% |
| Georgina Fenton |
Ind |
324 |
9.6% |
| Alan Dale |
LD |
298 |
8.8% |
| Michael Griffiths |
SocAlt |
252 |
7.5% |
| Keith Rhodes |
Lab |
1562 |
55.8% |
| Michael Mitchell |
C |
674 |
24.1% |
| Douglas Dale |
LD |
442 |
15.8% |
| Keith Wells |
UKIP |
119 |
4.3% |
| Paul Harvey |
C |
1566 |
43.6% |
| John Newsome |
Lab |
1536 |
42.8% |
| David Neale |
LD |
486 |
13.5% |
| Norman Hazell |
Ind |
1575 |
33.5% |
| Christian I'Anson |
C |
1364 |
29.0% |
| Hazel Chowcat |
Lab |
1265 |
26.9% |
| Stephen Nuthall |
LD |
494 |
10.5% |
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