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Local Election Results 2006

Wakefield

One-third of council up for election.

Other results for Wakefield: 2002 2003 2004 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
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.)

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Consolidated results — Wakefield 2006

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 32765 41.7% 13
Conservative 22832 29.1% 6
British National Party 8426 10.7% 0
Liberal Democrat 7375 9.4% 1
Independent 5962 7.6% 1
Green Party 861 1.1% 0
Socialist Alternative 231 0.3% 0
UK Independence Party 128 0.2% 0

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

Sarah Balfour Lab 1707 41.6%
Andrew Crowther C 1285 31.3%
John Evans Ind 566 13.8%
Oliver Wadsworth LD 543 13.2%

Airedale and Ferry Fryston

Linda Broom Lab 1655 58.0%
Stephen Rogerson BNP 709 24.9%
Eamonn Mullins C 489 17.1%

Altofts and Whitwood

Darran Travis Lab 1717 49.6%
Loraine Frazer BNP 682 19.7%
Michael Burch LD 572 16.5%
Tom Dixon C 490 14.2%

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

Denise Jeffery Lab 1884 52.8%
Rita Robinson BNP 876 24.6%
Michael Mann LD 475 13.3%
Rebecca Mullins C 333 9.3%

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Graham Isherwood Lab 1594 35.9%
Adam Parry C 1247 28.1%
Dean Crossland BNP 868 19.6%
Janice Power Ind 729 16.4%

Featherstone

Roy Bickerton Ind 2207 50.1%
Margaret Isherwood Lab 1871 42.5%
Jean Molloy C 326 7.4%

Hemsworth

Tracey Hardwick Lab 1773 66.1%
Christian I'Anson C 908 33.9%

Horbury and South Ossett

John Sharp C 1411 34.3%
David Watts Lab 1245 30.3%
Mark Goodair LD 873 21.2%
John Aveyard BNP 582 14.2%

Knottingley

Patricia Doyle Lab 1673 64.1%
Nathan Garbutt C 937 35.9%

Normanton

Susan Blezard Lab 1370 43.3%
Adam Frazer BNP 667 21.1%
William Wood Ind 432 13.6%
Tony Ayoade C 426 13.5%
Jack Smith LD 272 8.6%

Ossett

Peter Walker LD 1752 38.7%
Gwendoline Page Lab 1179 26.0%
Suzy Cass BNP 806 17.8%
Tony Homewood C 794 17.5%

Pontefract North

Clive Tennant Lab 1757 62.0%
Mellisa Omer C 1077 38.0%

Pontefract South [C gain from Lab]

Geoffrey Walsh C 1852 42.2%
James Nicholson Lab 1810 41.2%
Clive Wigham Ind 730 16.6%

South Elmsall and South Kirkby

Laurie Harrison Lab 2482 73.3%
Sheila Scholes C 902 26.7%

Stanley and Outwood East

Jacqueline Williams Lab 1246 33.5%
Graham Ridler C 986 26.5%
Glenn Fothergill BNP 777 20.9%
David Evans LD 706 19.0%

Wakefield East

Olivia Rowley Lab 1541 44.2%
Andrew Pesterfield C 648 18.6%
Ather Mohammed LD 540 15.5%
Dawn Byrom BNP 528 15.1%
Michael Griffiths SocAlt 231 6.6%

Wakefield North

Keith Rhodes Lab 1356 38.9%
Angela Holwell C 774 22.2%
Douglas Dale LD 621 17.8%
Graham Thewlis-Hardy BNP 609 17.5%
Keith Wells UKIP 128 3.7%

Wakefield Rural

June Drysdale C 2471 51.1%
Hazel Chowcat Lab 1507 31.1%
John Lumb Grn 861 17.8%

Wakefield South [C gain from Ind]

Nadeem Ahmed C 1315 29.4%
Norman Hazell Ind 1298 29.0%
Charles Keith Lab 747 16.7%
Neville Poynton BNP 594 13.3%
Stephen Nuthall LD 521 11.6%

Wakefield West

David Stone C 2318 57.1%
Anthony Richardson Lab 1241 30.6%
Susan Morgan LD 500 12.3%

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West [C gain from Lab]

Betty Liles C 1843 46.3%
Rosaline Lund Lab 1410 35.4%
Grant Rowe BNP 728 18.3%

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