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Local Election Results 2021

Wakefield

One-third of council up for election.

AllDF = Alliance for Democracy and Freedom
Workers = Workers Party of Britain
Yorks = Yorkshire Party

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

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 36023 44.9% 13
Conservative 30327 37.8% 8
Green Party 5187 6.5% 0
Yorkshire Party 3643 4.5% 0
Liberal Democrat 2484 3.1% 1
Independent 1378 1.7% 0
Reform UK 309 0.4% 0
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom 246 0.3% 0
UK Independence Party 220 0.3% 0
Workers Party of Britain 123 0.2% 0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 118 0.1% 0
For Britain Movement 101 0.1% 0

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton [C gain from Lab]

Raymond Massey C 1483 36.6%
Stan Bates Lab 1427 35.2%
Christopher Dawson Yorks 447 11.0%
Christopher Howden LD 281 6.9%
Jody Gabriel Grn 271 6.7%
Gwen Marshall Ind 144 3.6%

Airedale and Ferry Fryston (2) [Disqualification (sentenced to four years' imprisonment, paedophile offences) of Alex Kear]

Jackie Ferguson Lab 1190 49.1%
Les Shaw Lab 1116
Richard Evans C 567 23.4%
Neil Kennedy Ind 522 21.5%
Eamonn Mullins C 480
Ian Kennedy Ind 367
John Ingham Grn 144 5.9%
Daniel Russell Grn 120

Altofts and Whitwood

Josie Farrar Lab 1896 47.5%
Anthony Hill C 1522 38.1%
Brenden Beckett Grn 283 7.1%
John Thomas RUK 209 5.2%
Zane Carpenter Workers 80 2.0%

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

Richard Forster Lab 2092 62.4%
Joanne Smart C 731 21.8%
Paul Phelps Yorks 389 11.6%
Alan Horne Grn 140 4.2%

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton [C gain from Lab]

Paul Stockhill C 1985 45.5%
Faith Heptinstall Lab 1906 43.7%
Cynthia Dickinson Grn 474 10.9%

Featherstone

Maureen Tennant-King Lab 2104 60.7%
Ayrton Pointon C 802 23.1%
James Craven Yorks 292 8.4%
Ruth Love Grn 169 4.9%
Nigel Ebbs LD 101 2.9%

Hemsworth

Pauline Kitching Lab 1314 44.0%
Jim Kenyon Ind 647 21.6%
David Pointon C 586 19.6%
Lyn Morton Grn 342 11.4%
Waj Ali RUK 100 3.3%

Horbury and South Ossett

Darren Byford Lab 2231 48.1%
Jonathan Allum C 2070 44.7%
Mark Goodair LD 174 3.8%
Richard Norris Grn 159 3.4%

Knottingley [LD gain from Lab]

Adele Hayes LD 1624 54.2%
Kerron Cross Lab 867 28.9%
Hilary Plumbley C 415 13.8%
Garry Newby Grn 91 3.0%

Normanton

Julie Medford Lab 1785 51.8%
Keith Hudson C 1069 31.0%
Cliff Parsons AllDF 246 7.1%
Gillian Dewey-Nager Grn 214 6.2%
Susan Hayes LD 92 2.7%
Marcus Whalley-Reid Workers 43 1.2%

Ossett [C gain from Lab]

Tony Homewood C 2395 53.8%
Lynn Masterman Lab 1729 38.8%
Stephen Scott Grn 220 4.9%
Malcolm Pollack LD 111 2.5%

Pontefract North

Lorna Malkin Lab 1653 46.1%
Christopher Hyomes C 1120 31.3%
Ryan Kett Yorks 628 17.5%
Emma Tingle Grn 183 5.1%

Pontefract South [C gain from Lab]

Tony Hames C 1842 44.7%
Melanie Jones Lab 1712 41.5%
Trevor Peasant Yorks 390 9.5%
Katherine Dodd Grn 178 4.3%

South Elmsall and South Kirkby

Michelle Collins Lab 2002 60.8%
Chad Thomas C 822 25.0%
Sarah Mansfield Yorks 312 9.5%
Stefan Ludewig Grn 155 4.7%

Stanley and Outwood East

Matthew Morley Lab 2232 50.1%
Stephanie Fishwick C 1599 35.9%
Brent Hawksley Yorks 316 7.1%
Richard Copeland Grn 204 4.6%
Margaret Dodd LD 101 2.3%

Wakefield East [C gain from Lab]

Akef Akbar C 1741 45.8%
Helen Antcliff Lab 1693 44.5%
Janet MacKintosh Grn 252 6.6%
Mick Griffiths TUSC 118 3.1%

Wakefield North

Elizabeth Rhodes Lab 1707 46.9%
Naeem Formuli C 1203 33.0%
Lewis Elliott Grn 320 8.8%
Andy Mack Yorks 263 7.2%
Keith Wells UKIP 85 2.3%
Rebecca Murphy Ind 65 1.8%

Wakefield Rural

Cynthia Binns C 2939 58.8%
Paul Wood Lab 1499 30.0%
Charlotte Myles Grn 560 11.2%

Wakefield South

Richard Hunt C 2129 50.2%
Paul Belbin Lab 1557 36.7%
Krys Holmes Grn 289 6.8%
Dan Cochran Yorks 267 6.3%

Wakefield West

Hilary Mitchell Lab 1682 49.2%
Laura Weldon C 1382 40.4%
Karen Sadler Grn 257 7.5%
Josie Thornton ForBritn 101 3.0%

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West [C gain from Lab]

Annemarie Glover C 1925 43.5%
Martyn Johnson Lab 1745 39.4%
Richard Bentley Yorks 339 7.7%
Oliver Thompson Grn 282 6.4%
David Dews UKIP 135 3.1%

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