Local Election Results 2008
Wakefield
One-third of council up for election.
Thanks to Andy Stidwell for help with this page.
BrVoice = British Voice
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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 |
| Conservative |
28177 |
35.0% |
11 |
| Labour |
27965 |
34.7% |
8 |
| Independent |
8812 |
10.9% |
3 |
| Liberal Democrat |
7319 |
9.1% |
0 |
| British National Party |
6567 |
8.2% |
0 |
| Green Party |
1024 |
1.3% |
0 |
| Socialist Alternative |
352 |
0.4% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
145 |
0.2% |
0 |
| British Voice |
142 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Richard Molloy |
C |
1653 |
43.2% |
| Allan Garbutt |
Lab |
1466 |
38.3% |
| David Arthur |
LD |
709 |
18.5% |
| Graham Phelps |
Lab |
1401 |
46.7% |
| Stephen Rogerson |
BNP |
628 |
20.9% |
| Mellisa wan Omer |
C |
540 |
18.0% |
| Paul Kirby |
LD |
430 |
14.3% |
| Peter Box |
Lab |
1316 |
37.4% |
| Michael Burch |
LD |
827 |
23.5% |
| Gordon Tennant |
C |
793 |
22.5% |
| Dawn Byrom |
BNP |
585 |
16.6% |
| Mark Burns-Williamson |
Lab |
1775 |
54.1% |
| Rita Robinson |
BNP |
854 |
26.1% |
| Eamonn Mullins |
C |
649 |
19.8% |
| Susan Lodge |
C |
1783 |
40.4% |
| Albert Manifield |
Lab |
1730 |
39.2% |
| Dean Crossland |
BNP |
902 |
20.4% |
| Kay Binnersley |
Ind |
1974 |
45.8% |
| Dick Taylor |
Lab |
1872 |
43.4% |
| Michael Ledgard |
C |
464 |
10.8% |
| Ian Womersley |
Ind |
1695 |
45.2% |
| Glyn Lloyd |
Lab |
1288 |
34.3% |
| Sandra Pickin |
Lab |
1203 |
|
| John Evans |
Ind |
663 |
|
| Maurice Kent |
Ind |
503 |
|
| Jeanette Womack |
BNP |
400 |
10.7% |
| Christian I'Anson |
C |
371 |
9.9% |
| Rebecca Mullins |
C |
329 |
|
| Graham Jesty |
C |
1845 |
40.1% |
| Janet Holmes |
Lab |
1657 |
36.0% |
| Susan Armitage |
Ind |
576 |
12.5% |
| David Rowland |
LD |
522 |
11.3% |
| Graham Stokes |
Lab |
1417 |
56.7% |
| Tom Dixon |
C |
1081 |
43.3% |
| Barry Smith |
Lab |
1037 |
31.8% |
| Richard Wakefield |
C |
784 |
24.0% |
| Graeme Milner |
Ind |
699 |
21.4% |
| Adam Frazer |
BNP |
520 |
15.9% |
| Jack Smith |
LD |
221 |
6.8% |
| Terry Brown |
C |
1709 |
37.9% |
| Mark Goodair |
LD |
1694 |
37.6% |
| David Watts |
Lab |
1105 |
24.5% |
| Philip Thomas |
C |
1352 |
40.8% |
| Jack Kershaw |
Lab |
1323 |
39.9% |
| Bob Evison |
Ind |
398 |
12.0% |
| Rennie Smith |
Grn |
240 |
7.2% |
| Mark Crowther |
C |
2340 |
48.8% |
| Trevor Izon |
Lab |
1801 |
37.6% |
| Chris Rush |
LD |
650 |
13.6% |
| Wilf Benson |
Ind |
2248 |
56.5% |
| Mollie Wright |
Lab |
1342 |
33.7% |
| Allan Crouch |
C |
389 |
9.8% |
| Simon Wilson |
C |
1392 |
36.9% |
| Charles Keith |
Lab |
1112 |
29.5% |
| David Evans |
LD |
661 |
17.5% |
| Loraine Frazer |
BNP |
608 |
16.1% |
| Ros Lund |
Lab |
1478 |
44.8% |
| Mark Pickard |
C |
1022 |
31.0% |
| Robert Arnold |
BNP |
447 |
13.5% |
| Michael Griffiths |
SocAlt |
352 |
10.7% |
| Elizabeth Rhodes |
Lab |
1177 |
34.7% |
| Graham Ridler |
C |
1140 |
33.6% |
| Andrew Tennant |
LD |
468 |
13.8% |
| Graham Thewlis-Hardy |
BNP |
458 |
13.5% |
| Keith Wells |
UKIP |
145 |
4.3% |
| John Colley |
C |
2837 |
62.0% |
| Tony Richardson |
Lab |
1108 |
24.2% |
| Miriam Hawkins |
Grn |
628 |
13.7% |
| David Hopkins |
C |
1725 |
40.0% |
| Norman Hazell |
Ind |
1222 |
28.4% |
| Simon Young |
Lab |
672 |
15.6% |
| Stephen Nuthall |
LD |
369 |
8.6% |
| John Aveyard |
BNP |
321 |
7.4% |
| Mike Walker |
C |
2479 |
60.2% |
| Matthew Morley |
Lab |
738 |
17.9% |
| Neville Poynton |
BNP |
348 |
8.5% |
| Susan Morgan |
LD |
252 |
6.1% |
| Brian Else |
Grn |
156 |
3.8% |
| Norman Tate |
BrVoice |
142 |
3.5% |
| Annemarie Glover |
C |
1829 |
45.8% |
| Martyn Johnson |
Lab |
1150 |
28.8% |
| Margaret Dodd |
LD |
516 |
12.9% |
| Grant Rowe |
BNP |
496 |
12.4% |
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