2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Appearance
The 2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council elections were held on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.
Council Make-up
The make up of the Council following the election was:
Party | Seats | Current Council (2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011[1] | 2012[2] | 2014[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labour | 40 | 52 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
style="background: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 20 | 11 | 6 | style="background: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | style="background: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | style="background: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | style="background: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | style="background: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | style="background: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Independent | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Ward results[4]
Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Anne Arundel | 1312 | 34.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Allan Garbutt | 1636 | 43.2 | −18.8 | |
Conservative | Don Marshall | 841 | 22.2 | −15.4 | |
Majority | 324 | 8.6 | −16.2 | ||
Turnout | 3789 | 30.2 | +3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mellisa Omer | 262 | 9.1 | +2.8 | |
UKIP | William Proctor | 1049 | 36.5 | +16.1 | |
Labour | Kathryn Scott | 1564 | 54.4 | −18.9 | |
Majority | 515 | 17.9 | −35.0 | ||
Turnout | 2875 | 25.0 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Altofts and Whitwood ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Tracie Corbett | 1285 | 36.6 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | Anthony Hill | 494 | 14.1 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Jacquie Speight | 1735 | 49.4 | −12.2 | |
Majority | 450 | 12.8 | −24.8 | ||
Turnout | 3514 | 27.7 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denise Jeffrey | 1775 | 54.9 | −21.4 | |
UKIP | Dawn Lumb | 1211 | 37.4 | +21.5 | |
Conservative | Eamonn Mullins | 249 | 7.7 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 564 | 17.5 | −42.9 | ||
Turnout | 3235 | 26.8 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Steve Ashton | 1462 | 35.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Allan Couch | 817 | 19.8 | −12.9 | |
Labour | Albert Manifield | 1628 | 39.4 | −27.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Pile | 221 | 5.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 166 | 4 | −30.6 | ||
Turnout | 4128 | 34.1 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Featherstone ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dick Taylor | 2681 | 80.6 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Rodney Williams | 647 | 19.4 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 2034 | 61.2 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 3328 | 26.0 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.1 |
Hemsworth ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Penny Ashton | 1121 | 36.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Philip Maxwell | 291 | 9.5 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Sandra Pickin | 1651 | 53.9 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 530 | 17.3 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 3063 | 26.1 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Horbury and South Ossett ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 214 | 5.4 | −2.9 | |
Labour | Janet Holmes | 1622 | 41.3 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Margaret Holwell | 828 | 21.2 | −1.7 | |
UKIP | Graham Jesty | 1196 | 30.5 | +20.0 | |
TUSC | John Vasey | 67 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 426 | 10.8 | −6.9 | ||
Turnout | 3927 | 32.7 | −1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Knottingley ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Ellis | 1951 | 77.9 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Rebecca Norris | 555 | 22.1 | +11.1 | |
Majority | 1395 | 55.8 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 2506 | 24.2 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Normanton ward
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 |
Ossett ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TUSC | Simon Barraclough | 56 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ian Bunney | 1175 | 27.6 | −8.3 | |
UKIP | Nick Farmer | 1429 | 33.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Gwen Page | 1306 | 30.7 | −18.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Smith | 294 | 6.9 | −8.1 | |
Majority | 123 | 2.8 | −10.5 | ||
Turnout | 4260 | 33.7 | +1.8 | ||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | +26.0 |
Pontefract North ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TUSC | Daniel Dearden | 71 | 2.1 | −0.1 | |
UKIP | Nathan Garbutt | 1205 | 35.6 | +24.9 | |
Conservative | Amy Swift | 463 | 13.7 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Clive Tennant | 1645 | 48.6 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 440 | 13.0 | −12.6 | ||
Turnout | 3384 | 28.3 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Ayre | 1766 | 41.8 | −8.6 | |
TUSC | John Gill | 69 | 1.6 | N/A | |
UKIP | Terence Edward Uttley | 957 | 22.6 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Geoff Walsh | 1434 | 33.9 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 332 | 7.9 | −5.8 | ||
Turnout | 4226 | 35.5 | −1.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
South Elmsall and South Kirkby ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Wilf Benson | 1802 | 51.0 | +12.4 | |
Labour | Laurie Harrison | 1471 | 41.6 | −14.5 | |
Conservative | Christian I'Anson | 263 | 7.4 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 331 | 9.4 | −8.1 | ||
Turnout | 3536 | 26.8 | −0.6 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Stanley and Outwood East ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TUSC | Dave Byrom | 323 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Dodd | 297 | 7.8 | −2.8 | |
Labour | Jacqui Williams | 2004 | 52.3 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | Diane Wilson | 1208 | 31.5 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 796 | 20.8 | −12.7 | ||
Turnout | 3832 | 31.0 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wakefield East ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Steve Gilks | 1009 | 28.5 | N/A | |
TUSC | Michael Griffiths | 127 | 3.6 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Haroon Khan | 558 | 15.7 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Olivia Maria | 1851 | 52.2 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 842 | 23.7 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 3545 | 30.4 | 1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wakefield North ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tracey Jane Austin | 1462 | 44.0 | −17.0 | |
Conservative | Sophie Bracewell | 551 | 16.6 | +2.1 | |
TUSC | Adrian O'Malley | 135 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Sargeant | 179 | 5.4 | −0.1 | |
UKIP | Keith Frank Wells | 995 | 30.0 | +10.9 | |
Majority | 467 | 14.0 | −27.9 | ||
Turnout | 3322 | 30.5 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wakefield Rural ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Edward | 1707 | 39.1 | −4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Finbarr Cronin | 279 | 6.4 | −1.3 | |
Green | Miriam Hawkins | 589 | 13.5 | +3.2 | |
TUSC | Samuel Lynch | 161 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Madalena Mestre | 1632 | 37.4 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 75 | 1.7 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 4368 | 32.5 | −1.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Wakefield South ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nadeem Ahmed | 1651 | 39.7 | −8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Currie | 202 | 4.9 | −7.0 | |
UKIP | Alan Hazelhurst | 1000 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Javed Iqbal | 1243 | 19.9 | −20.4 | |
TUSC | John Sibbald | 59 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 408 | 9.8 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 4155 | 39.2 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wakefield West ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Brian Else | 504 | 15.5 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Morgan | 172 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kully Sanghera | 885 | 27.2 | −5.4 | |
Labour | Kevin Swift | 1506 | 46.3 | +3.2 | |
TUSC | Neil Taylor | 189 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 621 | 19.1 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 3256 | 29.1 | −0.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Arthur | 197 | 4.9 | N/A | |
UKIP | David Dews | 1542 | 38.6 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Anne-Marie Glover | 933 | 23.3 | −4.6 | |
Labour | Dayna O'Brien | 1325 | 33.1 | −13.8 | |
Majority | 217 | 5.5 | −13.5 | ||
Turnout | 3997 | 34.1 | +2.3 | ||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing |
References
- ^ http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/ElectoralServices/Elections/localelection2011.htm
- ^ http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/ElectoralServices/Elections/localelection2012.htm
- ^ http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/about-the-council/elections/current-elections/local-election-results-2014
- ^ http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/about-the-council/elections/current-elections/local-election-results-2014#.U38_wflkSSo