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Local Election Results 2016

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 2015 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 2016

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 39305 53.4% 19
Conservative 17171 23.3% 2
UK Independence Party 8478 11.5% 0
Independent 2901 3.9% 0
Liberal Democrat 2577 3.5% 0
Yorkshire First 1270 1.7% 0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1044 1.4% 0
Green Party 855 1.2% 0

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

Martyn Ward Lab 1631 43.1%
Don Marshall C 776 20.5%
Nathan Garbutt UKIP 639 16.9%
Steven Pallett Ind 500 13.2%
Martin Roberts Yorks1st 234 6.2%

Airedale and Ferry Fryston

Les Shaw Lab 2142 82.1%
Amy Swift C 467 17.9%

Altofts and Whitwood

Peter Box Lab 1994 58.5%
Anthony Hill C 668 19.6%
Matthew Jeans Ind 384 11.3%
Steve Crookes Yorks1st 363 10.6%

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

Richard Forster Lab 2133 69.0%
Dawn Lumb UKIP 718 23.2%
Joanne Smart C 241 7.8%

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Faith Heptinstall Lab 1968 48.8%
Steve Ashton UKIP 1003 24.9%
Tony Ayoade C 812 20.1%
Adam Belcher LD 252 6.2%

Featherstone

Maureen Tennant-King Lab 2778 82.0%
Rodney Williams C 611 18.0%

Hemsworth

Pauline Kitching Lab 1391 44.9%
Ian Womersley Ind 1104 35.6%
Penny Ashton UKIP 413 13.3%
John Martin C 190 6.1%

Horbury and South Ossett

Darren Byford Lab 1611 39.0%
Neil Coleman UKIP 890 21.5%
Madalena Coutinho Mestre C 883 21.4%
Mark Goodair LD 531 12.9%
Richard Norris Grn 216 5.2%

Knottingley

Graham Stokes Lab 1597 61.5%
Lewis Thompson UKIP 724 27.9%
Eamonn Mullins C 277 10.7%

Normanton

Alan Wassell Lab 2147 75.3%
Mathew Gilligan C 706 24.7%

Ossett

Lynn Masterman Lab 1168 27.4%
Jonathan Cook UKIP 1017 23.8%
Tony Richardson Ind 913 21.4%
Terry Brown C 880 20.6%
Tony Sargeant LD 290 6.8%

Pontefract North

Lorna Malkin Lab 1601 53.3%
Josh Spencer UKIP 762 25.4%
Chris Hyomes C 470 15.7%
Arnie Craven Yorks1st 168 5.6%

Pontefract South

Celia Loughran Lab 1917 47.2%
Geoff Walsh C 1669 41.1%
John Gill TUSC 271 6.7%
Dan Woodlock LD 203 5.0%

South Elmsall and South Kirkby

Michelle Collins Lab 2802 83.9%
Chris I'Anson C 536 16.1%

Stanley and Outwood East

Matthew Morley Lab 1873 48.6%
Gill Laidler C 950 24.6%
James Johnston UKIP 831 21.5%
Margaret Dodd LD 151 3.9%
Dave Byrom TUSC 52 1.3%

Wakefield East

Rosaline Lund Lab 2225 66.8%
Richard Wakefield C 550 16.5%
Jody Gabriel Grn 315 9.5%
Mick Griffiths TUSC 243 7.3%

Wakefield North

Elizabeth Rhodes Lab 1781 55.2%
Keith Wells UKIP 636 19.7%
Allan Couch C 564 17.5%
Lucy Brown Yorks1st 246 7.6%

Wakefield Rural [C gain from Lab]

Cynthia Binns C 1978 43.8%
Jayne Wilby Lab 1744 38.6%
Denis Cronin LD 546 12.1%
Samuel Lynch TUSC 246 5.4%

Wakefield South

Richard Hunt C 1643 45.1%
Ian Bain Lab 1408 38.6%
Daniel Cochran Yorks1st 259 7.1%
David Currie LD 248 6.8%
John Sibbald TUSC 89 2.4%

Wakefield West

Hilary Mitchell Lab 1563 49.0%
Dianne Presha C 962 30.2%
Brian Else Grn 324 10.2%
Peter Williams LD 196 6.1%
Louise Kasatkin TUSC 143 4.5%

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West

Martyn Johnson Lab 1831 43.9%
Sam Harvey C 1338 32.1%
Ian Sheldrake UKIP 845 20.2%
Natasha de Vere LD 160 3.8%

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