Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, 2018
The 2018 Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council election will take place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in England.[1] This will be on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party and the Conservative Party are fielding a full slate of 21 candidates, as well as 12 Liberal Democrats, 6 Yorkshire Party candidates, 4 Green Party candidates, 3 UK Independence Party candidates, 1 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidate and 1 Democrats and Veteran's Party candidate.[2]
Council Make-up
The make up of the Council preceding the election was:
Party | Seats | Current Council (2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014[3] | 2015[4] | 2016[5] | 2018[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labour | 54 | 53 | 53 | 52 | | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UKIP | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Independent | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ward Results[6]
Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Allan Garbutt | 1383 | 42.3 | -3.4 | |
Conservative | Philip Davies | 817 | 25 | +4.5 | |
Independent | Gwen Marshall | 461 | 14.1 | N/A | |
Yorkshire Party | Martin Roberts | 286 | 8.8 | +2.6 | |
Green | George Scogings | 202 | 6.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Mary MacQueen | 119 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 566 | 17.3 | -5.3 | ||
Turnout | 3268 | 25.3 | -5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kathryn Scott | 1662 | 76.2 | -5.9 | |
Conservative | Eamonn Mullins | 520 | 23.8 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 1142 | 52.4 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 2182 | 18.9 | -4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Altofts and Whitwood ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jacquie Speight | 1823 | 57.5 | -1 | |
Conservative | Anthony Hill | 888 | 28 | +8.4 | |
Yorkshire Party | Steven Crookes | 320 | 10.1 | -0.5 | |
Democrats and Veterans | John Thomas | 140 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 935 | 29.5 | -9.4 | ||
Turnout | 3171 | 23.9 | -3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denise Jeffrey | 1652 | 60.9 | -8.1 | |
Yorkshire Party | Paul Phelps | 684 | 25.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Joanne Smart | 377 | 13.9 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 968 | 35.7 | -10.1 | ||
Turnout | 2713 | 22.4 | -4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Manifield | 1958 | 54.1 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Susan Jane Lodge | 1268 | 35 | +14.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Adam Belcher | 396 | 10.9 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 690 | 19.1 | -4.8 | ||
Turnout | 3622 | 29.7 | -4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Featherstone ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Taylor | 2238 | 75.8 | -6.2 | |
Conservative | Diane Dolby | 716 | 24.2 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 1522 | 51.6 | -12.4 | ||
Turnout | 2954 | 22.7 | -4.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hemsworth ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sandra Pickin | 1512 | 54.7 | +9.8 | |
Independent | Ian Womersley | 1012 | 36.6 | +1 | |
Conservative | Terry Brown | 241 | 8.7 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 500 | 18.1 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 2765 | 23.3 | -3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Horbury and South Ossett ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gillian Cruise | 1790 | 44.7 | +23.3 | |
Labour | Melanie Jones | 1583 | 39.5 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mark Goodair | 432 | 10.8 | -2.1 | |
Green | Richard Norris | 202 | 5 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 207 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4007 | 33.6 | -2.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Knottingley ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Ellis | 1419 | 66.6 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Joshua Daniel Adrian Spencer | 277 | 13.7 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 999 | 46.9 | +13.3 | ||
Turnout | 2132 | 20.7 | -5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Normanton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Blezard | 1777 | 70.8 | -4.5 | |
Conservative | Hilary Plumber | 733 | 29.2 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 1044 | 41.6 | -9 | ||
Turnout | 2510 | 20.3 | -3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ossett ward
*Nick Farmer, previously won the seat of Ossett in the local elections of 2014. He resigned from the UK Independence Party in 2017 and took up his seat as an Independent. He later joined the Conservative Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nick Farmer | 2124 | 51 | +30.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Kerron Cross | 1543 | 37 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tony Sargeant | 499 | 12 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 581 | 14 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4166 | 33.2 | -1.7 | ||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
Pontefract North ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Tennant | 1724 | 60.2 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Chris Hyomes | 714 | 24.9 | +9.2 | |
Yorkshire Party | Arnie Craven | 266 | 9.3 | +3.7 | |
Green | Rennie Smith | 162 | 5.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1010 | 35.3 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 2866 | 22.5 | -3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontefract South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Ayre | 2000 | 52.2 | +5 | |
Conservative | Amy Swift | 1646 | 42.9 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Daniel Woodlock | 188 | 4.9 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 354 | 9.3 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 3834 | 31.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
South Elmsall and South Kirkby ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynne Whitehouse | 1755 | 55.1 | -28.1 | |
Independent | Wilf Benson | 844 | 26.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Dianne Presha | 269 | 8.4 | -7.7 | |
Independent | Laurie Harrison | 233 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Jim Kenyon | 83 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 911 | 28.6 | -39.2 | ||
Turnout | 3184 | 23.4 | -2.7 | ||
Labour gain from Independent Politician | Swing | ||||
Stanley and Outwood East ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jacqui Williams | 1700 | 48.7 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Nathaniel Harvey | 1230 | 35.2 | +10.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nicola Sinclair | 352 | 10.1 | +6.2 | |
UKIP | James Johnston | 209 | 6 | -15.5 | |
Majority | 470 | 13.5 | -10.5 | ||
Turnout | 3491 | 27.8 | -4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wakefield East ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Olivia Rowley | 1918 | 64.9 | -1.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Wakefield | 594 | 20.1 | +4.6 | |
Green | Jody Gabriel | 183 | 6.2 | -3.3 | |
TUSC | Michael Griffiths | 135 | 4.6 | -2.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Margaret Dodd | 124 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1324 | 44.8 | -5.9 | ||
Turnout | 2954 | 26 | -4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wakefield North ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tracey Austin | 1660 | 54.2 | -1 | |
Conservative | Antony Calvert | 890 | 29.1 | +11.6 | |
Yorkshire Party | Lucy Brown | 223 | 7.3 | -0.3 | |
UKIP | Keith Wells | 166 | 5.4 | -14.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Natasha De Vere | 121 | 4 | N/A | |
Majority | 770 | 25.1 | -5.4 | ||
Turnout | 3060 | 26.3 | -4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wakefield Rural ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samantha Harvey | 2625 | 54.3 | +10.5 | |
Labour | Kevin Barker | 1781 | 36.8 | -1.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Finbarr Cronin | 431 | 8.9 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 844 | 17.5 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 4837 | 35.1 | +0.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Wakefield South ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nadeem Ahmed | 2209 | 56.7 | +11.6 | |
Labour | Gwen Page | 1250 | 32.1 | -6.5 | |
Yorkshire Party | Daniel Cochran | 234 | 6 | -1.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Currie | 205 | 5.3 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 959 | 24.6 | +18.1 | ||
Turnout | 3898 | 37 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wakefield West ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Swift | 1478 | 51.6 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Nathan Garbutt Moore | 1183 | 41.3 | +11.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Clayton | 203 | 7.1 | +1 | |
Majority | 295 | 10.3 | -8.5 | ||
Turnout | 2864 | 26.1 | -4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nic Stansby | 1689 | 44 | +11.9 | |
Labour | Christine Sharman | 1528 | 39.8 | -4.1 | |
UKIP | David Dews | 391 | 10.2 | -10 | |
Liberal Democrat | Esther Amis-Hughes | 227 | 5.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 161 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3835 | 31.4 | -5 | ||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ Council, Wakefield Metropolitan District. "District (Local) election". www.wakefield.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ↑ http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/about-the-council/elections/previous-election-results-electorate-statistics/local-election-results/local-election-results-2014
- ↑ http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/about-the-council/elections/previous-election-results-electorate-statistics/local-election-results/local
- ↑ http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/about-the-council/elections/current-elections/local
- 1 2 Council, Wakefield Metropolitan District. "Local elections 2018 - results". www.wakefield.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
External links
- Candidates by ward Wakefield Metropolitan District Council