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Local Election Results 2015

Wakefield

One-third of council up for election.

Yorks1st = Yorkshire First

Other results for Wakefield: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 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 2015

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 71701 49.0% 17
Conservative 38875 26.6% 4
UK Independence Party 26218 17.9% 0
Green Party 3744 2.6% 0
Liberal Democrat 2973 2.0% 0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1627 1.1% 0
Yorkshire First 654 0.4% 0
Independent 580 0.4% 0

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

Jessica Carrington Lab 3437 45.7%
Don Marshall C 2081 27.7%
Mick Tetlow UKIP 1507 20.0%
Martin Roberts Yorks1st 493 6.6%

Airedale and Ferry Fryston

Yvonne Crewe Lab 4103 70.1%
Amy Swift C 1047 17.9%
Simon Addy Grn 706 12.1%

Altofts and Whitwood

Jo Hepworth Lab 4168 55.3%
Geoffrey Johnston UKIP 1715 22.8%
Anthony Hill C 1655 22.0%

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

Tony Wallis Lab 4015 62.7%
Dawn Lumb UKIP 1590 24.8%
Eamonn Mullins C 798 12.5%

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Maureen Cummings Lab 3625 47.6%
Steve Ashton UKIP 2109 27.7%
Madalena Mestre C 1886 24.8%

Featherstone

Graham Isherwood Lab 4111 59.2%
David Sea-Borne UKIP 1512 21.8%
Rodney Williams C 934 13.5%
Karen Palmer Ind 382 5.5%

Hemsworth

Glyn Lloyd Lab 3856 61.5%
Penny Ashton UKIP 1568 25.0%
Philip Davies C 842 13.4%

Horbury and South Ossett [C gain from Lab]

Margaret Holwell C 2557 33.4%
Rory Bickerton Lab 2512 32.8%
Bob Dixon UKIP 1570 20.5%
Mark Goodair LD 660 8.6%
Richard Norris Grn 299 3.9%
John Vasey TUSC 65 0.8%

Knottingley

Glenn Burton Lab 4070 76.5%
Rebecca Norris C 1253 23.5%

Normanton

David Dagger Lab 3585 54.4%
Colin Wroe UKIP 1752 26.6%
Jean Molloy C 1251 19.0%

Ossett

Angela Taylor C 2977 36.6%
Don Hitchen Lab 2302 28.3%
Jonathan Cook UKIP 2058 25.3%
Tony Sargeant LD 457 5.6%
Lesley Kimber Grn 342 4.2%

Pontefract North

Pat Garbutt Lab 3398 51.7%
Nathan Garbutt UKIP 1422 21.6%
Chris Speight C 1375 20.9%
Rennie Smith Grn 286 4.3%
Daniel Dearden TUSC 97 1.5%

Pontefract South

David Jones Lab 3577 49.1%
Geoff Walsh C 3196 43.8%
John Gill TUSC 518 7.1%

South Elmsall and South Kirkby

Steve Tulley Lab 4889 68.3%
Jim Kenyon UKIP 1672 23.3%
Charles Scholes C 601 8.4%

Stanley and Outwood East

Clive Hudson Lab 3351 42.3%
Rachel Malyk C 2358 29.8%
James Johnston UKIP 1651 20.9%
Margaret Dodd LD 427 5.4%
Dave Byrom TUSC 129 1.6%

Wakefield East

Stuart Heptinstall Lab 3714 60.5%
Richard Wakefield C 1396 22.7%
Jody Gabriel Grn 518 8.4%
Mick Griffiths TUSC 313 5.1%
Steve Gilks Ind 198 3.2%

Wakefield North

Margaret Isherwood Lab 2666 42.6%
Annemarie Glover C 1495 23.9%
Keith Wells UKIP 1319 21.1%
Stuart Boothman Grn 395 6.3%
Adrian O'Malley TUSC 216 3.5%
Lucy Brown Yorks1st 161 2.6%

Wakefield Rural

Ian Sanders C 3381 38.3%
Jayne Wilby Lab 2614 29.6%
Ruth Sheard UKIP 1743 19.8%
Finbarr Cronin LD 590 6.7%
Miriam Hawkins Grn 405 4.6%
Sam Lynch TUSC 91 1.0%

Wakefield South

Monica Graham C 3577 53.3%
Darren Byford Lab 2121 31.6%
Mark Pedlar Grn 495 7.4%
David Currie LD 395 5.9%
John Sibbald TUSC 129 1.9%

Wakefield West [Lab gain from C]

Ryan Case Lab 2521 42.5%
Richard Hunt C 1714 28.9%
Ian Johnston UKIP 1324 22.3%
Brian Else Grn 298 5.0%
Neil Taylor TUSC 69 1.2%

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West

Charlie Keith Lab 3066 39.7%
Dean Ryan C 2501 32.4%
Brian Moorhouse UKIP 1706 22.1%
David Arthur LD 444 5.8%

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