Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton
Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton
	Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton 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	Hemsworth;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°37′59″N 1°18′38″W / 53.63315598818736°N 1.3106347892390762°W

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council.^[1]

Overview edit

The ward is situated in the south east of the Wakefield district and is made up of a number of villages and hamlets set amongst farmland. The villages in the ward include Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton, Badsworth, Thorpe Audlin, Low Ackworth and High Ackworth and part of Wentbridge.^[2] Landmarks include Nostell Priory.^[2]

2019 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Carrington	1224	34.8	-7.5
	Yorkshire	Martin Roberts	670	19.0	+10.2
	Conservative	Philip Davies	642	18.3	-6.7
	Independent	John Hardman	412	11.7	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Gray	293	8.3	+4.7
	Independent	Gwen Marshall	276	7.8	-6.3
Majority			554	17.3	-1.5
Turnout			3520	27.3	+2.0
Rejected ballots			118
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan Garbutt	1383	42.3	-3.4
	Conservative	Philip Davies	817	25	+4.5
	Independent	Gwen Marshall	461	14.1	N/A
	Yorkshire	Martin Roberts	286	8.8	+2.6
	Green	George Scogings	202	6.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mary MacQueen	119	3.6	N/A
Majority			566	17.3	-5.3
Turnout			3268	25.3	-5.3
Rejected ballots			5
	Labour hold		Swing

2016 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Ward	1631	45.7	0.0
	Conservative	Don Marshall	776	20.5	-7.7
	UKIP	Nathan Garbutt	639	16.9	-4.1
	Independent	Steven Pallett	500	13.2	N/A
	Yorkshire First	Martin Roberts	234	6.2	-0.4%
Majority			855	22.6	+4.6
Turnout			3780	30.6	-27.9
	Labour hold		Swing

2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Carrington	3437	45.7	+2.5
	Conservative	Don Marshall	2081	27.7	+5.5
	UKIP	Mick Tetlow	1507	20.0	-14.6
	Yorkshire First	Martin Roberts	493	6.6	N/A
Majority			1356	18.0	+9.4
Turnout			7518	58.5	+28.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Ward	2,128	62.4	+10.2
	Conservative	Don Marshall	1,282	37.6	+3
Majority			846	24.8	+7.1
Turnout			3,410	26.9	-10.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2011 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Askew	2,484	52.2	+14.6
	Conservative	Don Marshall	1,643	34.6	+4.7
	BNP	Ian Kitchen	318	6.7	-2.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Arthur	285	6.0	-7
Majority			841	17.7	+10.6
Turnout			4,755	37.5	-25.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan Garbutt	3,001	37.6	-0.7
	Conservative	Don Marshall	2,434	30.5	-12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan Power	1,034	13.0	-5.5
	Independent	John Evans	745	9.3	+9.3
	BNP	Ian Kitchen	722	9.1	+9.1
Majority			567	7.1	+12
Turnout			7,973	63
	Labour hold		Swing	+6%

2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election ^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Molloy	1,653	43.2	+13.5
	Labour	Allan Garbutt	1,466	38.3	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Arthur	709	18.5	+4.1
Majority			187	4.9
Turnout			3,828
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Martin	1,407	37.2	-4.4
	Conservative	Richard Molloy	1,124	29.7	-1.6
	Independent	John Evans	708	18.7	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Wadsworth	544	14.4	+1.2
Majority			283	7.5	-2.8
Turnout			3,783
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sarah Balfour	1,707	41.6
	Conservative	Andrew Crowther	1,285	31.3
	Independent	John Evans	566	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Wadsworth	543	13.2
Majority			422	10.3
Turnout			4,101
	Labour hold		Swing

2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Allan Garbutt	1,951
	Labour	Alan Bell	1,526
	Labour	Linda Broom	1,362
	Liberal Democrats	James McDougall	1,259
	Conservative	Keith Wilson	1,241
	Conservative	Katie Denson	1,060
	Conservative	Sheila Scholes	1,021
	Independent	John Evans	974
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Ridgway	784
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Dodd	725
Turnout			11,903	38.6

^ "Ward 3 Altofts and Whitwood" (PDF). Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b Wakefield JSNA. Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton Ward (PDF).
^ "Local Elections: Wakefield results". Yorkshire Evening Post. 2 May 2008. ISSN 0963-2255.
^ "Wakefield Council elections - final results". Wakefield Express. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
^ "Local Elections 2007: Wakefield". BBC Online. Retrieved 12 December 2009.

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton
Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton 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	Hemsworth
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°37′59″N 1°18′38″W / 53.63315598818736°N 1.3106347892390762°W