Wakefield council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 21 wards · 21 seats contested

Most seats
16
Labour Party
Seats contested
21
across 21 wards
Turnout
26.7%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 16 -3 35,344 51.7% -1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party 5 +3 23,236 34.0% +10.7
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 3,297 4.8% +1.3
Independent 0 +0 2,633 3.9% -0.1
Yorkshire Party 0 +0 2,013 2.9% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 766 1.1% -10.4
Green Party 0 +0 749 1.1% -0.1
Independents for Direct Democracy 0 +0 140 0.2% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 135 0.2% -1.2

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 21
Conservative and Unionist Party 21
Labour Party 21
Liberal Democrats 12
Yorkshire Party 6
Independent 5
Green Party 4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 3
Independents for Direct Democracy 1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1

A party standing a full slate could field 21 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Allan Garbutt Elected 1,383 42.3% -0.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Phil Davies 817 25.0% +4.5
Independent Gwen Marshall 461 14.1% +0.9
Yorkshire Party Martin Roberts 286 8.8% —
Green Party George Richard Scogings 202 6.2% —
Liberal Democrats Mary Macqueen 119 3.6% —
Majority566
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,268

Labour Party hold

Airedale and Ferry Fryston

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kathryn Scott Elected 1,662 76.2% -5.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Eamonn Malachy Mullins 520 23.8% +5.9
Majority1,142
Turnout19.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,182

Labour Party hold

Altofts and Whitwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jacquie Speight Elected 1,823 57.5% -1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Anthony David Hill 888 28.0% +8.4
Yorkshire Party Steve Crookes 320 10.1% —
Independents for Direct Democracy John Robert Thomas 140 4.4% —
Majority935
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,171

Labour Party hold

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Denise Margaret Jeffery Elected 1,652 60.9% +7.5
Yorkshire Party Paul Phelps 684 25.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joanne Grace Smart 377 13.9% +7.9
Majority968
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,713

Labour Party hold

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Albert Manifield Elected 1,958 54.1% +5.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Jane Lodge 1,268 35.0% +14.9
Liberal Democrats Adam James Belcher 396 10.9% +4.7
Majority690
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,622

Labour Party hold

Featherstone

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dick Taylor Elected 2,238 75.8% -6.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Diane Dolby 716 24.2% +6.2
Majority1,522
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,954

Labour Party hold

Hemsworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sandra Pickin Elected 1,512 54.7% +9.8
Independent Ian Womersley 1,012 36.6% +1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Terry Brown 241 8.7% +2.6
Majority500
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,765

Labour Party hold

Horbury and South Ossett

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gill Cruise Elected 1,790 44.7% +23.3
Labour Party Melanie Jones 1,583 39.5% +0.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Andrew Goodair 432 10.8% -2.1
Green Party Richard Hargreaves Norris 202 5.0% -0.2
Majority207
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,007

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Knottingley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Harry Ellis Elected 1,419 66.6% +5.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Joshua Spencer 713 33.4% +22.8
Majority706
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,132

Labour Party hold

Normanton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Elaine Blezard Elected 1,777 70.8% -4.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Hilary Plumbley 733 29.2% +4.5
Majority1,044
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,510

Labour Party hold

Ossett

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick Farmer Elected 2,124 51.0% +30.4
Labour and Co-operative Party Kerron Cross 1,543 37.0% +9.7
Liberal Democrats Tony Sargeant 499 12.0% +5.2
Majority581
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,166

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Pontefract North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Clive Malcolm Tennant Elected 1,724 60.2% +6.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Hyomes 714 24.9% +9.3
Yorkshire Party Arnie Craven 266 9.3% —
Green Party Rennie Smith 162 5.7% —
Majority1,010
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,866

Labour Party hold

Pontefract South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party George Alexander Ayre Elected 2,000 52.2% +4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Amy Louise Swift 1,646 42.9% +1.8
Liberal Democrats Dan Woodlock 188 4.9% -0.1
Majority354
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,834

Labour Party hold

South Elmsall and South Kirkby

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Lynne Whitehouse Elected 1,755 55.1% -28.8
Independent Wilf Benson 844 26.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dianne Elizabeth Presha 269 8.4% -7.6
Independent Laurie Harrison 233 7.3% —
Independent Jim Kenyon 83 2.6% —
Majority911
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,184

Labour Party hold

Stanley and Outwood East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jacqui Williams Elected 1,700 48.7% -2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Nathaniel Harvey 1,230 35.2% +3.3
Liberal Democrats Nicola Kate Sinclair 352 10.1% +3.9
UK Independence Party (UKIP) James Johnston 209 6.0% +0.9
Majority470
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,491

Labour Party hold

Wakefield East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Olivia Maria Rowley Elected 1,918 64.9% -1.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Martin Wakefield 594 20.1% +3.6
Green Party Jody Paul Gabriel 183 6.2% -3.3
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Mick Griffiths 135 4.6% -2.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret Dodd 124 4.2% —
Majority1,324
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,954

Labour Party hold

Wakefield North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tracey Jane Austin Elected 1,660 54.2% -0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Antony Calvert 890 29.1% +11.6
Yorkshire Party Lucy Brown 223 7.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Keith Frank Wells 166 5.4% -14.3
Liberal Democrats Natasha Marie De Vere 121 4.0% —
Majority770
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,060

Labour Party hold

Wakefield Rural

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Samantha Harvey Elected 2,625 54.3% +10.4
Labour Party Kevin Barker 1,781 36.8% -1.8
Liberal Democrats Denis Cronin 431 8.9% -3.2
Majority844
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,837

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Wakefield South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nadeem Ahmed Elected 2,209 56.7% +11.6
Labour Party Gwen Page 1,250 32.1% -6.5
Yorkshire Party Dan Cochran 234 6.0% —
Liberal Democrats David Cameron Currie 205 5.3% -1.5
Majority959
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,898

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Wakefield West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kevin Swift Elected 1,478 51.6% +1.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Nathan Garbutt-Moore 1,183 41.3% -0.2
Liberal Democrats John Robert Clayton 203 7.1% +5.0
Majority295
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,864

Labour Party hold

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nic Stansby Elected 1,689 44.0% +12.0
Labour Party Christine Sharman 1,528 39.8% -4.0
UK Independence Party (UKIP) David Alan Dews 391 10.2% -10.0
Liberal Democrats Esther Amis-Hughes 227 5.9% +2.1
Majority161
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,835

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

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