2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

2012 local election results in Wakefield

The 2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Council Make-up

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The make up of the Council after the election was:

Party political make-up of Wakefield Council
   Party Seats Current Council (2012)
2010[1] 2011[2] 2012[3]
  Labour 33 40 52                                                                                                                              
  Conservative 24 20 11                                                                                                                              
  Independent 5 3 0                                                                                                                              
  Lib Dems 1 0 0                                                                                                                              

Election result

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Wakefield Local Election Result 2012
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 20 12 0 +12 95 56.2 41,147 +0.4
  Conservative 1 0 9 -9 5 23.6 17,251 -6.3
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 7.9 5,804 +4.8
  Independent 0 0 3 -3 0 6.5 4,746 +3
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 2,424 -1.7
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 801 +0.2
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 594 +0.8
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 76 -0.2
  • +/- compared with Wakefield Council election 2011.

Ward results

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Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward

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Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martyn Ward 2,128 62.4 +10.2
Conservative Don Marshall 1,282 37.6 +3
Majority 846 24.8 +7.1
Turnout 3,410 26.9 −10.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward

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Airedale and Ferry Fryston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Les Shaw 1,977 73.3 −6.8
UKIP Arnie Craven 556 20.4 +20.4
Conservative Mellisa Wan Omer 171 6.3 −12.9
Majority 1,441 52.9 −8
Turnout 2,724 23.5 −4.7
Labour hold Swing

Altofts and Whitwood ward

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Altofts and Whitwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Box 2,009 61.6 −2.5
UKIP David Armitage 783 24 +24
Conservative Steven Beeton 470 14.4 −10.7
Majority 1,226 37.6 −1.5
Turnout 3,262 25.8 −6.4
Labour hold Swing

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward

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Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Burns-Williamson 2,306 76.3 +2.1
UKIP Alison Bullivant 482 15.9 +2.5
Conservative Eamonn Mullins 235 7.8 −4.2
Majority 1,824 60.3 −0.5
Turnout 3,023 24.8
Labour hold Swing

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward

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Crofton, Ryhill and Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Faith Hepptinstall 2,582 67.3 +6.1
Conservative Allan Couch 1,253 32.7 +2.7
Majority 1,329 34.7 +3.5
Turnout 3,835 31.6 −8.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Featherstone ward

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Featherstone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June Cliffe 2,649 83.7 +21.4
Conservative Charles Scholes 516 16.3 +4.4
Majority 2,133 67.4 +30.3
Turnout 3,165 34.8 −9.6
Labour hold Swing

Hemsworth ward

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Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shaun Hodson 1,779 57.5 −2
Independent Jim Kenyon 1,075 34.8 +7.2
Conservative Philip Davies 238 7.7 −4.3
Majority 704 22.8 −9.1
Turnout 3,092 25.7 −7.2
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Horbury and South Ossett ward

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Horbury and South Ossett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Hemingway 1,660 40.5 −8.2
Conservative Richard Wakefield 934 22.8 −18.2
Independent Graham Jesty 732 17.9 +17.9
UKIP Anthony Lumb 429 10.5 +10.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair 340 8.3 −1.2
Majority 726 17.7 +10
Turnout 4,095 33.9 −7.5
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Knottingley ward

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Knottingley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Stokes 1,788 69.7 +12.2
UKIP Clinton Rhodes 494 19.3 +8.6
Conservative Jon Wadey 282 11 −4.7
Majority 1,294 50.5 +8.7
Turnout 2,564 23.8 −5.7
Labour hold Swing

Normanton ward

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Normanton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Wassell 1,775 62.9 −1
UKIP Bryan Barkley 712 25.2 +7.9
Conservative Emma-Jane Lisle 337 11.9 −6.4
Majority 1,063 37.6 −8
Turnout 2,824 22.3 −6.2
Labour hold Swing

Ossett ward

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Ossett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Richardson 1,991 49.2 +8.9
Conservative Terry Brown 1,453 35.9 −7.2
Liberal Democrats David Smith 606 15 −0.8
Majority 538 13.3
Turnout 4,050 31.9 −7.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Pontefract North ward

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Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paula Sherriff 1,649 47.9 −11.9
Independent Jack Kershaw 769 22.3 +22.3
Conservative Hannah Crowther 481 14 −9.6
UKIP Nathan Garbutt 368 10.7 0
Green Rennie Smith 103 3.0 −2.4
TUSC Daniel Dearden 76 2.2 +2.2
Majority 880 25.5 −10.6
Turnout 3,446 28.1 −3.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Pontefract South

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Pontefract South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Celia Loughran 2,222 50.4 −3.1
Conservative Mark Crowther 1,617 36.7 −9.1
UKIP Terence Edward Uttley 446 10.1 +10.1
Liberal Democrats Doug Dale 122 2.8 −10.1
Majority 605 13.7 −6
Turnout 4,407 36.6 −5.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

South Elmsall and South Kirkby ward

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South Elmsall and South Kirkby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michelle Collins 2,071 56.1 −21.5
Independent Wilf Benson 1,425 38.6 +38.6
Conservative Christian IAnson 197 5.3 −6.8
Majority 646 17.5 −48
Turnout 3,693 27.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Stanley and Outwood East ward

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Stanley and Outwood East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matthew Morley 2,135 61.4 +6.1
Conservative James Kildea 971 27.9 −8.1
Liberal Democrats Margaret Dodd 370 10.6 +2.6
Majority 1,164 33.5 +14.2
Turnout 3,476 28.4 −8.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wakefield East ward

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Wakefield East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ros Lund 1,741 50.9 +13.5
Independent Choudry Ikram 659 19.3 +19.3
Conservative Anthony Bracewell 596 17.4 −2.4
TUSC Michael Griffiths 327 9.9 +0.9
Independent Safia Ilyas 86 2.5 +2.5
Majority 1,082 31.6 43.2 −11.6
Turnout 3,419 28.6 33.6 −5
Labour hold Swing

Wakefield North ward

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Wakefield North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Rhodes 1,901 61.0 +10.1
UKIP Keith Wells 594 19.1 +8.8
Conservative Dianne Presha 451 14.5 −10.5
Liberal Democrats Rob Bell 170 5.5 −1.6
Majority 1,307 41.9 −9.7
Turnout 3,116 27.6 −5.2
Labour hold Swing

Wakefield Rural ward

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Wakefield Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lawrence Kirkpatrick 2,003 43.5 +0.9
Conservative Tom Fletcher 1,778 38.6 −5.4
Green Miriam Hawkins 472 10.2 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Dennis Cronin 354 7.7 +2.7
Majority 225 4.9 +6.3
Turnout 4,607 34 −6.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wakefield South ward

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Wakefield South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hopkins 1,851 47.8 −6.9
Labour Javed Iqbal 1,562 40.3 +5.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Nuthall 462 11.9 +1.8
Majority 289 7.5 −12.6
Turnout 3,875 36.1 −7.3
Conservative hold Swing

Wakefield West ward

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Wakefield West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hilary Mitchell 1,456 43.1 +4.2
Conservative Philip Booth 1,101 32.6 −7.5
English Democrat Norman Tate 594 17.6 +17.6
Green Brian Else 226 6.7 +1.4
Majority 355 10.5
Turnout 3,377 29.5 −5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward

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Wrenthorpe and Outwood West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martyn Johnson 1,743 46.9 +2.3
Conservative Anne-Marie Glover 1,037 27.9 −7.9
UKIP David Dews 940 25.3 +11.9
Majority 706 19 +10.4
Turnout 3,720 31.8 −7.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Local election results 2010". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. ^ "District Council Election Results 2011". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Local election results 2012". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2021.