Local Election Results 2003
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.)
— 12th December 2024 (Featherstone)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
27678 |
46.1% |
17 |
| Conservative |
15168 |
25.3% |
3 |
| Independent |
6896 |
11.5% |
0 |
| Liberal Democrat |
6700 |
11.2% |
1 |
| British National Party |
1413 |
2.4% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
913 |
1.5% |
0 |
| Socialist Labour Party |
707 |
1.2% |
0 |
| Socialist Alternative |
390 |
0.6% |
0 |
| Socialist Alliance |
141 |
0.2% |
0 |
| James Nicholson |
Lab |
1117 |
58.7% |
| John Bird |
Ind |
621 |
32.6% |
| Madge Richards |
C |
166 |
8.7% |
| Paul Phelps |
Lab |
1655 |
80.6% |
| Charles Scholes |
C |
399 |
19.4% |
| Peter Box |
Lab |
1424 |
75.3% |
| Elizabeth Rhodes |
C |
320 |
16.9% |
| Kathryn Summerscales |
SocLab |
148 |
7.8% |
| Roy Hirst |
Lab |
1310 |
40.3% |
| James McDougall |
LD |
769 |
23.7% |
| Christopher Hazell |
Ind |
640 |
19.7% |
| Michael Ledgard |
C |
530 |
16.3% |
| Graham Isherwood |
Lab |
1554 |
71.3% |
| Terence Brown |
C |
433 |
19.9% |
| Zane Carpenter |
SocLab |
192 |
8.8% |
| Glyn Lloyd |
Lab |
1384 |
61.1% |
| Roy Bateman |
Ind |
579 |
25.6% |
| Eamonn Mullins |
C |
301 |
13.3% |
| Janet Holmes |
Lab |
1519 |
37.4% |
| Caroline Smith |
C |
1054 |
26.0% |
| Mark Goodair |
LD |
695 |
17.1% |
| John Aveyard |
BNP |
629 |
15.5% |
| John Alexander |
Ind |
161 |
4.0% |
| Graham Clarke |
Lab |
1297 |
60.4% |
| David Howarth |
C |
403 |
18.8% |
| Carey Chambers |
LD |
261 |
12.2% |
| Colin Batty |
UKIP |
185 |
8.6% |
| Barry Smith |
Lab |
1354 |
49.1% |
| Graeme Milner |
Ind |
797 |
28.9% |
| Allan Couch |
C |
370 |
13.4% |
| Norman Hartshorne |
SocLab |
237 |
8.6% |
| Elizabeth Knowles |
LD |
1639 |
38.8% |
| Donald Hitchen |
Lab |
1112 |
26.3% |
| Suzy Cass |
BNP |
784 |
18.6% |
| Glenn Armitage |
C |
689 |
16.3% |
| Clive Tennant |
Lab |
1443 |
58.2% |
| Richard Molloy |
C |
536 |
21.6% |
| Howard Burdon |
UKIP |
352 |
14.2% |
| John Gill |
SocAlt |
149 |
6.0% |
| Philip Booth |
C |
1290 |
44.1% |
| Patricia Garbutt |
Lab |
1270 |
43.4% |
| James Marran |
UKIP |
224 |
7.7% |
| Alan Hyman |
SocAll |
141 |
4.8% |
| Allan Garbutt |
Lab |
1398 |
67.8% |
| Ian Hall |
C |
664 |
32.2% |
| Mollie Wright |
Lab |
1714 |
81.0% |
| Christian I'Anson |
C |
403 |
19.0% |
| Kevin Swift |
Lab |
1129 |
35.4% |
| Pauline Mitchell |
C |
849 |
26.6% |
| Michael Burch |
LD |
578 |
18.1% |
| Steve Gilks |
Ind |
501 |
15.7% |
| Thomas Appleyard |
SocLab |
130 |
4.1% |
| David Lund |
Lab |
1266 |
34.3% |
| James Dick |
C |
954 |
25.9% |
| Alexander Adie |
Ind |
808 |
21.9% |
| Margaret Dodd |
LD |
658 |
17.9% |
| Denise Jeffery |
Lab |
1430 |
44.0% |
| Jane Brown |
C |
1251 |
38.5% |
| Catherine Holmes |
Ind |
567 |
17.5% |
| Richard Hayward |
Lab |
1091 |
37.1% |
| John Berry |
C |
639 |
21.7% |
| Alan Dale |
LD |
532 |
18.1% |
| Georgina Fenton |
Ind |
436 |
14.8% |
| Michael Griffiths |
SocAlt |
241 |
8.2% |
| Elizabeth Rhodes |
Lab |
1103 |
39.7% |
| Michael Mitchell |
C |
708 |
25.5% |
| Douglas Dale |
LD |
558 |
20.1% |
| Jeffrey Warrinder |
Ind |
254 |
9.2% |
| Keith Wells |
UKIP |
152 |
5.5% |
| June Drysdale |
C |
1514 |
41.8% |
| Maureen Cummings |
Lab |
1132 |
31.2% |
| Michael Greensmith |
Ind |
527 |
14.5% |
| Susan Morgan |
LD |
451 |
12.4% |
| David Hopkins |
C |
1695 |
40.0% |
| Hazel Chowcat |
Lab |
976 |
23.0% |
| Nicholas Hazell |
Ind |
873 |
20.6% |
| Stephen Nuthall |
LD |
559 |
13.2% |
| Stephen Selby |
Ind |
132 |
3.1% |
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