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Local Election Results 2010

Wakefield

One-third of council up for election.

SocAlt = Socialist Alternative

Other results for Wakefield: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
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 2010

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 64138 42.9% 14
Conservative 42527 28.4% 7
Liberal Democrat 18325 12.2% 0
British National Party 13832 9.2% 0
Independent 9846 6.6% 0
Green Party 579 0.4% 0
UK Independence Party 235 0.2% 0
Socialist Alternative 159 0.1% 0

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

Allan Garbutt Lab 3001 37.8%
Don Marshall C 2434 30.7%
Brendan Power LD 1034 13.0%
John Evans Ind 745 9.4%
Ian Kitchen BNP 722 9.1%

Airedale and Ferry Fryston

Linda Broom Lab 3305 55.9%
Paul Kirby LD 1009 17.1%
Mellisa Wan Omer C 715 12.1%
Stephen Rogerson BNP 668 11.3%
Jason Smart Ind 220 3.7%

Altofts and Whitwood

Darran Travis Lab 3385 46.4%
David Rudge C 1561 21.4%
Michael Burch LD 1533 21.0%
Adam Frazer BNP 818 11.2%

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

Denise Jeffery Lab 4146 63.8%
Eamonn Mullins C 1209 18.6%
Rita Robinson BNP 1147 17.6%

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Albert Manifield Lab 3166 40.0%
Ian Sanders C 2305 29.1%
Wendy Thompson LD 1262 15.9%
Dean Crossland BNP 846 10.7%
Barry Murphy Ind 345 4.4%

Featherstone [Lab gain from Ind]

Dick Taylor Lab 3970 56.5%
Roy Bickerton Ind 1466 20.9%
Michael Ledgard C 923 13.1%
James Goodfellow Ind 668 9.5%

Hemsworth

Sandra Pickin Lab 3630 55.3%
Raymond Warren Ind 1341 20.4%
Philip Davies C 942 14.4%
Ian Kitchen BNP 646 9.8%

Horbury and South Ossett

Elizabeth Dick C 3034 37.7%
Brian Holmes Lab 2932 36.5%
David Smith LD 1517 18.9%
Michael Bailey BNP 558 6.9%

Knottingley

Harry Ellis Lab 3092 56.4%
Jon Wadey C 1379 25.2%
Norman Tate BNP 1012 18.5%

Normanton

Elaine Blezard Lab 3139 47.4%
Jean Molloy C 1370 20.7%
Graeme Milner Ind 1231 18.6%
Philip Downton BNP 885 13.4%

Ossett [C gain from LD]

Ian Bunney C 2933 35.1%
Tony Richardson Lab 2401 28.8%
Peter Hunter LD 2327 27.9%
Ian Senior BNP 685 8.2%

Pontefract North

Clive Tennant Lab 3051 45.8%
Carl Milner C 1594 23.9%
Doug Dale LD 1008 15.1%
Neil Farmer BNP 585 8.8%
Bob Evison Ind 279 4.2%
Rennie Smith Grn 150 2.2%

Pontefract South

Geoff Walsh C 2978 39.3%
Jack Kershaw Lab 2773 36.6%
Chris Rush LD 1333 17.6%
Matt Haddleton Ind 275 3.6%
Neil Frankland Grn 221 2.9%

South Elmsall and South Kirkby

Laurie Harrison Lab 3433 47.1%
Fred Hilton Ind 2129 29.2%
Linda Westwood BNP 1000 13.7%
Christian I'Anson C 734 10.1%

Stanley and Outwood East

Jacqui Williams Lab 2936 37.6%
Richard Wakefield C 2578 33.0%
David Evans LD 1539 19.7%
Keith Sharp BNP 761 9.7%

Wakefield East

Olivia Rowley Lab 3109 49.6%
Anthony Bracewell C 1287 20.6%
Margaret Dodd LD 1140 18.2%
Robert Arnold BNP 567 9.1%
Michael Griffiths SocAlt 159 2.5%

Wakefield North

Tracey Hardwick Lab 2703 42.3%
Gareth Hunt C 1904 29.8%
Simon Moxon LD 1101 17.2%
Grant Rowe BNP 449 7.0%
Keith Wells UKIP 235 3.7%

Wakefield Rural

June Drysdale C 4107 44.8%
John Newsome Lab 2859 31.2%
Mark Goodair LD 1507 16.4%
Ian Light BNP 700 7.6%

Wakefield South

Nadeem Ahmed C 2710 38.3%
Charles Keith Lab 1703 24.0%
Norman Hazell Ind 1147 16.2%
Stephen Nuthall LD 1106 15.6%
Elizabeth Downton BNP 416 5.9%

Wakefield West

John Stone C 2432 38.2%
Hilary Mitchell Lab 2252 35.4%
Susan Morgan LD 909 14.3%
Neville Poynton BNP 559 8.8%
Brian Else Grn 208 3.3%

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West

Betty Liles C 3398 46.2%
Martyn Johnson Lab 3152 42.8%
Graham Thewlis-Hardy BNP 808 11.0%

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