Airedale and Ferry Fryston

Airedale and Ferry Fryston
Airedale and Ferry Fryston
	Airedale and Ferry Fryston 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	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°44′05″N 1°19′03″W / 53.734857°N 1.317456°W

Airedale and Ferry Fryston 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. As of 2015, the electorate stands at 12,495 of which 97.2% identify as "White British" and 64.9% of who identify as Christian.^[1]^[2]

The ward is situated in the north east of the District and forms the eastern part of the settlement of Castleford. The ward is relatively small in area terms, being fairly densely populated. The ward includes a number of different neighbourhoods, including Airedale, Ferry Fryston, Townville and Fryston Village. The northern edge of the ward is defined by the course of the River Aire, while to the east and south the ward is bounded by the A1(M) and M62 motorways.^[1]

Representation

Like all wards in the Wakefield district, Pontefract North 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]

In 2020, Alex Kear (Independent) was removed from the council after he pleaded guilty to child sexual exploitation charges.^[4]

The current councillors are Les Shaw (Labour), Kathryn Scott (Labour) and Jackie Ferguson (Labour).^[5]

Councillors

Election	Councillor	Councillor	Councillor
2004	Graham Phelps (Lab)	Yvonne Crewe (Lab)	Stephen Groves (Lab)
2006			Linda Broom (Lab)
2007
2008
2010 By-election	Les Shaw (Lab)
2010
2011
2012
2014			Kathryn Scott (Lab)
2015
2016
2018
2019		Alex Kear (Ind)
2020		Vacant
2021		Jackie Ferguson (Lab)
2022		Jackie Ferguson (Lab)

Ward results

2022 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathryn Scott*	1,524	61.43	+10.33
	Conservative	Richard Evans	541	21.81	−1.29
	Independent	Neil Kennedy	311	12.54	+1.04
	Liberal Democrats	Leah Birdsall	105	4.23	New
Majority			983	39.62	+11.62
Turnout			2,481	21.4
	Labour hold		Swing

2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Ferguson	1,190	51.1	+8.8
	Labour	Les Shaw	1,116
	Conservative	Richard Evans	567	23.1	+10.6
	Independent	Neil Kennedy	522	11.5	+11.5
	Conservative	Eamonn Mullins	480
	Independent	Ian Kennedy	367	8.1	+8.1
	Green	John Ingham	144	5.7	+5.7
	Green	Daniel Russell	120
Majority			628	28	+25.1
Turnout			N/A
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

2019 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alex Kear ^{[nb 1]}	1166	45.2	+45.2
	Labour	Yvonne Crewe	1091	42.3	−31.0
	Conservative	Eamonn Mullins	321	12.5	−11.3
Majority			75	2.9	−49.5
Turnout			2578	22.4	+3.5
Rejected ballots			31
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

2018 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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
Rejected ballots			10
	Labour hold		Swing

2016 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Shaw	2142	82.1	+12
	Conservative	Amy Swift	467	17.9	+0.0
Majority			1675	52.2	+12
Turnout			2609	23.5	−26.6
	Labour hold		Swing

2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Crewe	4103	70.1	+15.7
	Conservative	Amy Swift	1047	17.9	+8.8
	Green	Simon Addy	706	12.1	N/A
Majority			3056	52.2	+34.3
Turnout			5856	50.1	+25.1
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathryn Scott	1564	54.4	−18.9
	UKIP	William Proctor	1049	36.5	+16.1
	Conservative	Mellisa Omer	262	9.1	+2.8
Majority			515	17.9	−35.0
Turnout			2875	25.0	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2011 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Crewe	2,611	80.1	+24.4
	Conservative	Mellisa Wan Omer	627	19.2	+7.1
Majority			1,984	60.9	+22.2
Turnout			3,258	28.2	−23.4
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Broom	3,305	55.7	+9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kirby	1,009	17.0	+2.7
	Conservative	Mellisa Wan Omer	715	12.1	−5.9
	BNP	Stephen Rogerson	668	11.3	−9.6
	Independent	Jason Smart	220	3.7	+3.7
Majority			2,296	38.7	+12.9
Turnout			5,930	51.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2%

Airedale and Ferry Fryston By-Election 21 January 2010^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Shaw	1,330	49.9	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kirby	603	22.6	+8.3
	BNP	Stephen Rogerson	353	13.3	−7.7
	Conservative	Carl Milner	275	10.3	−7.7
	Independent	Jason Smart	102	3.8	+3.8
Majority			727	27.3
Turnout			2,663	23.4
	Labour hold		Swing

This by-election was held due to the death of Graham Phelps in November 2009.^[7]

2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Phelps	1,401	46.7	−10.5
	BNP	Stephen Rogerson	628	20.9	+2.2
	Conservative	Mellisa Wan Omer	540	18.0	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kirby	430	14.3	+2.9
Majority			773	25.8	−12.7
Turnout			2,999
	Labour hold		Swing

2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Crewe	1,689	57.2	−0.8
	BNP	Stephen Rogerson	553	18.7	−6.2
	Conservative	Eamonn Mullins	374	12.7	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kirby	337	11.4	+11.4
Majority			1,136	38.5	+5.4
Turnout			2,953
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda Broom	1,655	58.0
	BNP	Stephen Rogerson	709	24.9
	Conservative	Eamonn Mullins	489	17.1
Majority			946	33.1
Turnout			2,853
	Labour hold		Swing

2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Phelps	2,025
	Labour	Yvonne Crewe	1,811
	Labour	Stephen Groves	1,751
	Independent	John Bird	997
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kirby	679
	Conservative	Mary Barton	469
	Conservative	Pamela Ledgard	418
	Conservative	Rodney Williams	409
Turnout			8,559	34.0

Notes

^ Kear was later convicted of sexual offences against children under 13, leading to him being disqualified from sitting as a councillor.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ward 2 Airedale and Ferry Fryston" (PDF). Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "Seat Details". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
^ "Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Overview". Open Council Data UK. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
^ Frame, Nick (27 April 2020). "Wakefield district councillor to face child sex charges". www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "Your Councillors". WMDC. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
^ "Labour victory in key Wakefield by-election". BBC News Online. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
^ "Labour victory in key by-election". 22 January 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[6] Kear was later convicted of sexual offences against children under 13, leading to him being disqualified from sitting as a councillor.

[:0-1] "Ward 2 Airedale and Ferry Fryston" (PDF). Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

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

[3] "Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Overview". Open Council Data UK. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

[4] Frame, Nick (27 April 2020). "Wakefield district councillor to face child sex charges". www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[5] "Your Councillors". WMDC. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

[key-7] "Labour victory in key Wakefield by-election". BBC News Online. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.

[8] "Labour victory in key by-election". 22 January 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

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