2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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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 edit
The make up of the Council following the election was:
Party | Seats | Current Council (2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2011[1] | 2012[2] | 2014[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labour | 40 | 52 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | 20 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Independent | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Summary edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 17 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 81 | 47.6 | 35,781 | -8.6 | |
UKIP | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 10 | 22.3 | 16,797 | +14.4 | |
Conservative | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 5 | 21.9 | 16,484 | -1.7 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 2.4 | 1802 | -4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 2055 | -0.6 | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 1257 | +1.7 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1093 | +0.4 |
- +/- compared with Wakefield Council election 2012.
Ward results edit
Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Allan Garbutt | 1636 | 43.2 | -18.8 | |
UKIP | Anne Arundel | 1312 | 34.6 | N/A | |
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 edit
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 |
Altofts and Whitwood ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jacquie Speight | 1735 | 49.4 | -12.2 | |
UKIP | Tracie Corbett | 1285 | 36.6 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | Anthony Hill | 494 | 14.1 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 450 | 12.8 | -24.8 | ||
Turnout | 3514 | 27.7 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Manifield | 1628 | 39.4 | -27.9 | |
UKIP | Steve Ashton | 1462 | 35.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Allan Couch | 817 | 19.8 | -12.9 | |
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 edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sandra Pickin | 1651 | 53.9 | -3.6 | |
UKIP | Penny Ashton | 1121 | 36.6 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Phillip Maxwell | 291 | 9.5 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 530 | 17.3 | -5.4 | ||
Turnout | 3063 | 26.1 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Horbury and South Ossett ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janet Holmes | 1622 | 41.3 | +0.8 | |
UKIP | Graham Jesty | 1190 | 30.5 | +20.0 | |
Conservative | Margaret Holwell | 828 | 21.2 | -1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 214 | 5.4 | -2.9 | |
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Nick Farmer | 1429 | 33.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Gwen Page | 1306 | 30.7 | -18.5 | |
Conservative | Ian Bunney | 1175 | 27.6 | -8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Smith | 294 | 6.9 | -8.1 | |
TUSC | Simon Barraclough | 56 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 123 | 2.8 | -10.5 | ||
Turnout | 4260 | 33.7 | +1.8 | ||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | +26.0 |
Pontefract North ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Tennant | 1645 | 48.6 | +0.7 | |
UKIP | Nathan Garbutt | 1205 | 35.6 | +24.9 | |
Conservative | Amy Swift | 463 | 13.7 | -0.3 | |
TUSC | Daniel Dearden | 71 | 2.1 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 440 | 13.0 | -12.6 | ||
Turnout | 3384 | 28.3 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontefract South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Ayre | 1766 | 41.8 | -8.6 | |
Conservative | Geoff Walsh | 1434 | 33.9 | -2.8 | |
UKIP | Terence Edward Uttley | 957 | 22.6 | +12.5 | |
TUSC | John Gill | 69 | 33.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 332 | 7.9 | -5.8 | ||
Turnout | 4226 | 35.5 | -1.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
South Elmsall and South Kirkby ward edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jacqui Williams | 2064 | 52.3 | -9.1 | |
Conservative | Diane Wilson | 1208 | 31.5 | +3.6 | |
TUSC | Dave Byrom | 323 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Dodd | 297 | 7.8 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 796 | 20.8 | -12.7 | ||
Turnout | 3832 | 31.0 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wakefield East ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Olivia Maria | 1851 | 52.2 | +1.3 | |
UKIP | Steve Gilks | 1009 | 28.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Haroon Khan | 558 | 15.7 | -1.7 | |
TUSC | Michael Griffiths | 127 | 3.6 | -6.3 | |
Majority | 842 | 23.7 | -7.9 | ||
Turnout | 3545 | 30.4 | 1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wakefield North ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tracey Jane Austin | 1462 | 44.0 | -17.0 | |
UKIP | Keith Frank Wells | 995 | 30.0 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | Sophie Bracewell | 551 | 16.6 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Sargeant | 179 | 5.4 | -0.1 | |
TUSC | Adrian O'Malley | 135 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 467 | 14.0 | -27.9 | ||
Turnout | 3322 | 30.5 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wakefield Rural ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Edward | 1707 | 39.1 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | Madalena Mestre | 1632 | 37.4 | -1.2 | |
Green | Miriam Hawkins | 589 | 13.5 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Finbarr Cronin | 279 | 6.4 | -1.3 | |
TUSC | Samuel Lynch | 161 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 75 | 1.7 | -3.2 | ||
Turnout | 4368 | 32.5 | -1.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Wakefield South ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nadeem Ahmed | 1651 | 39.7 | -8.1 | |
Labour | Javed Iqbal | 1243 | 29.9 | -20.4 | |
UKIP | Alan Hazelhurst | 1000 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | David Currie | 202 | 4.9 | -7.0 | |
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Swift | 1506 | 46.3 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Kully Sanghera | 885 | 27.2 | -5.4 | |
Green | Brian Else | 504 | 15.5 | +8.8 | |
TUSC | Neil Taylor | 189 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Morgan | 172 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 621 | 19.1 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 3256 | 29.1 | -0.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | David Dews | 1572 | 38.6 | +13.3 | |
Labour | Dayna O'Brien | 1325 | 33.1 | -13.8 | |
Conservative | Anne-Marie Glover | 933 | 23.3 | -4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Arthur | 197 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 217 | 5.5 | -13.5 | ||
Turnout | 3997 | 34.1 | +2.3 | ||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing |
References edit
- ^ "www.wakefield.gov.uk: District Council Election Results 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "Local election results 2012". Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "Local Election Results 2014 - Wakefield Council". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Local Election Results 2014 - Wakefield Council". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.