Normanton (electoral ward)

Normanton
Normanton
	Normanton Location within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough	City of Wakefield;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°41′49″N 1°24′58″W / 53.697°N 1.416°W

Normanton is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council.^[1]

Overview

The ward is one of 21 in the Wakefield district, and has been held by Labour since the current boundaries were formed for the 2004 Council election. The predecessor ward was Normanton and Sharlston. As of 2019, the electorate stands at 12,315 of which 92.7% identify as "White British" and 67.9% of who identify as Christian.^[1]^[2]

The ward comprises Normanton, Kirkthorpe, Woodhouse, Warmfield cum Heath and Ashfield with the key landmarks being Normanton railway station, All Saints' Church and Kirkthorpe Hydro.^[1]

Representation

Like all wards in the Wakefield district, Normanton 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.^[3]

The current councillors are Elaine Blezzard and David Dagger, both of whom are Labour.^[4] There are only currently two councillors due to the death of Alan Wassell who had been the councillor since 2012 and had served on Normanton Town Council for 33 years.^[5]

Councillors

Election	Councillor	Councillor	Councillor
2004	Barry Smith (Lab)	Graeme Milner (Ind)	Peter Loosemore (Lab)
2006		Graeme Milner (Ind)	Elaine Blezzard (Lab)
2007		David Dagger (Lab)
2008
2010
2011
2012	Alan Wassall (Lab)
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019

Ward results

2019 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Dagger	1322	45.6	−25.2
	UKIP	Cliff Parsons	1174	40.5	+40.5
	Conservative	Luke Thomas	405	14.0	−15.2
Majority			148	5.1	−36.5
Turnout			2901	23.4	+3.1
Rejected ballots			37
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	(Susan) Elaine 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
Rejected ballots			21
	Labour hold		Swing

2016 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Wassell	2147	54.4	+20.9
	Conservative	Matthew Gilligan	706	24.7	+5.7
Majority			1441	50.6	+22.8
Turnout			2853	23.9	−28.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Dagger	3585	54.4	−20.2
	UKIP	Colin Wroe	1752	26.6	N/A
	Conservative	Jean Molloy	1251	19.0	−6.4
Majority			1833	27.8	−21.4
Turnout			6588	52.1	+28.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine Blezard	2192	74.6	+11.7
	Conservative	Richard Wakefield	747	25.4	+13.5
Majority			1445	49.2	+11.5
Turnout			2939	23.6	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2011 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Dagger	2,266	63.9	+16.9
	Conservative	Jean Molloy	649	18.3	−2.2
	UKIP	Bryan Barkley	613	17.3	+17.3
Majority			1,617	45.6	+19.1
Turnout			3,546	28.5	−25.1
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elaine Blezard	3,139	47.0
	Conservative	Jean Molloy	1,370	20.5
	Independent	Graeme Milner	1,231	18.4
	BNP	Philip Downton	885	13.3
Majority			1,769	26.5
Turnout			6,674	53.6
	Labour hold		Swing

2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Smith	1,037	31.8	−8.2
	Conservative	Richard Wakefield	784	24.0	+12.4
	Independent	Graeme Milner	699	21.4	−3.5
	BNP	Adam Frazer	520	15.9	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Smith	221	6.8	−0.7
Majority			253	7.8	−7.3
Turnout			3,261
	Labour hold		Swing

2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Dagger	1,218	40.0	−3.3
	Independent	Graeme Milner	758	24.9	+11.3
	BNP	Adam Frazer	488	16.0	−5.1
	Conservative	Michael Ledgard	353	11.6	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Smith	230	7.5	−1.1
Majority			460	15.1	−7.1
Turnout			3,047
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	(Susan) Elaine Blezard	1,370	43.3
	BNP	Adam Frazer	667	21.1
	Independent	William Wood	432	13.6
	Conservative	Tony Ayoade	426	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Smith	272	8.6
Majority			703	22.2
Turnout			3,167
	Labour hold		Swing

2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barry Smith	2,105
	Independent	Graeme Milner	1,694
	Labour	Peter Loosemore	1,627
	Labour	Christine Sharman	1,463
	Conservative	Sue Mountain	877
	Conservative	Betty Charlesworth	611
	Conservative	John Scollan	555
Turnout			8,932	33.1

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Wakefield Observatory (2015). "Wakefield Ward Profile - Selection: Normanton Ward" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Seat Details". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
^ "Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Overview". Open Council Data UK. Retrieved 2020-05-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Your Councillors". WMDC. 2020-01-10. Retrieved 2020-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Spereall, David (19 April 2020). "'A great man who made a difference': Tributes paid to long-serving Normanton councillor Alan Wassell". Wakefield Express. Retrieved 2020-05-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:0-1] Wakefield Observatory (2015). "Wakefield Ward Profile - Selection: Normanton Ward" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "Seat Details". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[3] "Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Overview". Open Council Data UK. Retrieved 2020-05-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] "Your Councillors". WMDC. 2020-01-10. Retrieved 2020-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[5] Spereall, David (19 April 2020). "'A great man who made a difference': Tributes paid to long-serving Normanton councillor Alan Wassell". Wakefield Express. Retrieved 2020-05-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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