Local Election Results 2016
Wakefield
One-third of council up for election.
Yorks1st = Yorkshire First
Other results for Wakefield:
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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.)
— 12th December 2024 (Featherstone)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| 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 |
| 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% |
| Les Shaw |
Lab |
2142 |
82.1% |
| Amy Swift |
C |
467 |
17.9% |
| Peter Box |
Lab |
1994 |
58.5% |
| Anthony Hill |
C |
668 |
19.6% |
| Matthew Jeans |
Ind |
384 |
11.3% |
| Steve Crookes |
Yorks1st |
363 |
10.6% |
| Richard Forster |
Lab |
2133 |
69.0% |
| Dawn Lumb |
UKIP |
718 |
23.2% |
| Joanne Smart |
C |
241 |
7.8% |
| Faith Heptinstall |
Lab |
1968 |
48.8% |
| Steve Ashton |
UKIP |
1003 |
24.9% |
| Tony Ayoade |
C |
812 |
20.1% |
| Adam Belcher |
LD |
252 |
6.2% |
| Maureen Tennant-King |
Lab |
2778 |
82.0% |
| Rodney Williams |
C |
611 |
18.0% |
| Pauline Kitching |
Lab |
1391 |
44.9% |
| Ian Womersley |
Ind |
1104 |
35.6% |
| Penny Ashton |
UKIP |
413 |
13.3% |
| John Martin |
C |
190 |
6.1% |
| 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% |
| Graham Stokes |
Lab |
1597 |
61.5% |
| Lewis Thompson |
UKIP |
724 |
27.9% |
| Eamonn Mullins |
C |
277 |
10.7% |
| Alan Wassell |
Lab |
2147 |
75.3% |
| Mathew Gilligan |
C |
706 |
24.7% |
| 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% |
| Lorna Malkin |
Lab |
1601 |
53.3% |
| Josh Spencer |
UKIP |
762 |
25.4% |
| Chris Hyomes |
C |
470 |
15.7% |
| Arnie Craven |
Yorks1st |
168 |
5.6% |
| Celia Loughran |
Lab |
1917 |
47.2% |
| Geoff Walsh |
C |
1669 |
41.1% |
| John Gill |
TUSC |
271 |
6.7% |
| Dan Woodlock |
LD |
203 |
5.0% |
| Michelle Collins |
Lab |
2802 |
83.9% |
| Chris I'Anson |
C |
536 |
16.1% |
| 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% |
| Rosaline Lund |
Lab |
2225 |
66.8% |
| Richard Wakefield |
C |
550 |
16.5% |
| Jody Gabriel |
Grn |
315 |
9.5% |
| Mick Griffiths |
TUSC |
243 |
7.3% |
| Elizabeth Rhodes |
Lab |
1781 |
55.2% |
| Keith Wells |
UKIP |
636 |
19.7% |
| Allan Couch |
C |
564 |
17.5% |
| Lucy Brown |
Yorks1st |
246 |
7.6% |
| Cynthia Binns |
C |
1978 |
43.8% |
| Jayne Wilby |
Lab |
1744 |
38.6% |
| Denis Cronin |
LD |
546 |
12.1% |
| Samuel Lynch |
TUSC |
246 |
5.4% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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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