Pontefract South
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Pontefract South is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council.
Overview
The ward is one of 21 in the Wakefield district, and is one of its most marginal. Its marginal nature can be largely put down to the nature of its demographics. The ward takes in traditionally Labour-voting areas of Pontefract, in the form of Chequerfield, Baghill and the Carleton Park estate, along with more Conservative-leaning areas such as Carleton and the outlying villages of Darrington, Wentbridge and East Hardwick. Other areas of the ward, such as the Larks Hill estate, are probably the most locally marginal parts of the ward, their voters swinging between Labour and the Conservatives from one election to another. In December 2010 the ward's electorate stood at 12,090.[1]
Representation
Like all wards in the Wakefield district, Pontefract South has 3 councillors, whom are elected on a 4-year-rota. This means elections for new councillors are held for three years running, with one year every four years having no elections.
At present, the ward is represented by three Labour councillors George Ayre, David Jones and Celia Loughran.[2] For several years the ward was represented solely by Tory councillors, however at the local government elections held on 5 May 2011, Conservative councillor Philip Booth lost his seat to the late Tony Dean, meaning Labour gained representation in the ward once again.[3] At the local elections on 3 May 2012, Labour unseated the Tory group leader of Wakefield Council, Mark Crowther, with their candidate Celia Loughran winning by 605 votes. This means Labour hold the majority of seats in Pontefract South once again.[4] In 2015, David Jones (Labour) replaced Tony Dean who retired that year. In 2016 Celia Loughran stood for re-election and defeated Geoff Walsh, the then Leader of the Wakefield Conservative Group. In 2018 and 2019 respectively, George Ayre and David Jones were re-elected.
Election results
Note: The turnout figures below are inclusive of spoiled ballots, except for the 2012 and 2016 results.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Jones | 1560 | 46.4 | −5.8 | |
Conservative | Tony Hames | 1351 | 40.2 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Salli Martlew | 450 | 13.4 | +8.5 | |
Majority | 354 | 9.3 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 3361 | 28.3 | −3.6 | ||
Rejected ballots | 160 | 4.76 | +4.17 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Ayre | 2000 | 52.2 | +5 | |
Conservative | Amy Swift | 1646 | 42.9 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Woodlock | 188 | 4.9 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 354 | 9.3 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 3834 | 31.9 | |||
Rejected ballots | 23 | 0.59 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Celia Loughran | 1917 | 47.2 | −1.9 | |
Conservative | Geoff Walsh | 1669 | 41.1 | −2.7 | |
TUSC | John Gill | 271 | 6.7 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Woodlock | 203 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 248 | 6.1 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4060 | 35.3 | −25.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Jones | 3577 | 49.1 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | Geoff Walsh | 3196 | 43.8 | +9.9 | |
TUSC | John Gill | 518 | 7.1 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 381 | 5.3 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 7291 | 61.1 | +25.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Ayre | 1,766 | 41.8 | −8.6 | |
Conservative | Geoff Walsh | 1,434 | 33.9 | −2.8 | |
UKIP | Terence Edward Uttley | 957 | 22.6 | +12.5 | |
TUSC | John Gill | 69 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 332 | 7.9 | −5.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,226 | 35.5 | −1.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
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 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Douglas Dale | 122 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 605 | 13.7 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,407 | 36.6 | −5.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Dean | 2,734 | 53.5 | +17.1 | |
Conservative | Philip Booth | 2,341 | 45.8 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 393 | 7.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,114 | 42.5 | −20.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoff Walsh | 2,978 | 39.1 | −9.5 | |
Labour | Jack Kershaw | 2,773 | 36.4 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Rush | 1,333 | 17.5 | +4.0 | |
Independent | Matt Haddleton | 275 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Green | Neil Frankland | 221 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 205 | 2.7 | −8.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,612 | 63.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Crowther | 2,340 | 48.6 | −0.9 | |
Labour | Trevor Izon | 1,801 | 37.4 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Rush | 650 | 13.5 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 539 | 11.2 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,810 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Booth | 2,241 | 49.5 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Bill O'Brien | 1,685 | 37.2 | −3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Rush | 575 | 12.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 556 | 12.3 | +11.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,524 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoff Walsh | 1,852 | 41.9 | ||
Labour | James Nicholson | 1,810 | 41.0 | ||
Independent | Clive Wigham | 730 | 16.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 42 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,420 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford - Seat Analysis". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "My Councillors by Ward". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ^ "2011 Local Election". Wakefield MDC. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/ElectoralServices/PreviousElectionResults/LocalElections/localelection2012.htm. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
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