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Local Election Results 2011

Wakefield

One-third of council up for election.

STPL = Save Thornes Park and Lightwaves

Other results for Wakefield: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 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 2011

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 49995 56.1% 17
Conservative 26752 30.0% 4
Liberal Democrat 4439 5.0% 0
UK Independence Party 2821 3.2% 0
Independent 2657 3.0% 0
Green Party 831 0.9% 0
British National Party 759 0.9% 0
Save Thornes Park and Lightwaves 448 0.5% 0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 355 0.4% 0

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

Jean Askew Lab 2484 52.5%
Donald Marshall C 1643 34.7%
Ian Kitchen BNP 318 6.7%
David Arthur LD 285 6.0%

Airedale and Ferry Fryston

Yvonne Crewe Lab 2611 80.6%
Mellisa Wan Omer C 627 19.4%

Altofts and Whitwood

Heather Hudson Lab 2582 64.6%
Steven Beeton C 1009 25.3%
Michael Burch LD 404 10.1%

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

Tony Wallis Lab 2641 74.5%
Alison Bullivant UKIP 477 13.5%
Eamonn Mullins C 426 12.0%

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Maureen Cummings Lab 2954 61.5%
Jane Brown C 1446 30.1%
Christopher Pilkington LD 403 8.4%

Featherstone [Lab gain from Ind]

Graham Isherwood Lab 2707 62.7%
Steve Vickers Ind 1093 25.3%
June Harrison C 516 12.0%

Hemsworth

Glyn Lloyd Lab 2322 60.0%
Raymond Warren Ind 1078 27.8%
Philip Davies C 471 12.2%

Horbury and South Ossett [Lab gain from C]

Brian Holmes Lab 2433 49.1%
Alyson Ripley C 2048 41.3%
Mark Goodair LD 473 9.5%

Knottingley

Glenn Burton Lab 1803 57.8%
Johnathan Wadey C 493 15.8%
Jack Wright Ind 486 15.6%
Nathan Garbutt UKIP 336 10.8%

Normanton

David Dagger Lab 2266 64.2%
Jean Molloy C 649 18.4%
Bryan Barkley UKIP 613 17.4%

Ossett [C gain from LD]

Angela Taylor C 2178 43.4%
Tony Richardson Lab 2039 40.6%
David Smith LD 801 16.0%

Pontefract North

Pat Garbutt Lab 2261 60.1%
Chris Speight C 894 23.8%
Justin Hudson UKIP 403 10.7%
Rennie Smith Grn 205 5.4%

Pontefract South [Lab gain from C]

Tony Dean Lab 2734 53.9%
Philip Booth C 2341 46.1%

South Elmsall and South Kirkby [Lab gain from Ind]

Steve Tulley Lab 3613 78.3%
Chris I'Anson C 563 12.2%
Darren Lumb BNP 441 9.6%

Stanley and Outwood East

Clive Hudson Lab 2478 55.7%
Richard Wakefield C 1611 36.2%
Margaret Dodd LD 360 8.1%

Wakefield East

Ronald Halliday Lab 2497 63.5%
Anthony Bracewell C 786 20.0%
Mick Griffiths TUSC 355 9.0%
Rob Bell LD 294 7.5%

Wakefield North

Margaret Isherwood Lab 2096 57.4%
Gareth Hunt C 915 25.1%
Keith Wells UKIP 379 10.4%
Doug Dale LD 259 7.1%

Wakefield Rural

Ian Sanders C 2384 44.3%
John Newsome Lab 2310 42.9%
Miriam Hawkins Grn 418 7.8%
Dennis Cronin LD 271 5.0%

Wakefield South

Monica Graham C 2545 55.0%
Nick Brown Lab 1610 34.8%
Stephen Nuthall LD 469 10.1%

Wakefield West

Bill Sanders C 1569 40.4%
Hilary Mitchell Lab 1521 39.1%
Norman Tate STPL 448 11.5%
Brian Else Grn 208 5.4%
Susan Morgan LD 140 3.6%

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West [Lab gain from C]

Charlie Keith Lab 2033 44.5%
Richard Hunt C 1638 35.9%
David Dews UKIP 613 13.4%
Sean McHale LD 280 6.1%

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