2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

The 2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.

2012 local election results in Wakefield

Council Make-up

The make up of the Council after the election was:

Party political make-up of Wakefield Council

	Party	Seats			Current Council (2012)
		2010[1]	2011[2]	2012[3]
	Labour	33	40	52
	Conservative	24	20	11
	Independent	5	3	0
	Lib Dems	1	0	0

Election result

Wakefield Local Election Result 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	20	12	0	+12	95	56.2	41,147	+0.4
	Conservative	1	0	9	-9	5	23.6	17,251	-6.3
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	7.9	5,804	+4.8
	Independent	0	0	3	-3	0	6.5	4,746	+3
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	2,424	-1.7
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	801	+0.2
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	594	+0.8
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	76	-0.2

• +/- compared with Wakefield Council election 2011.

Ward results

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

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

Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward

Airedale and Ferry Fryston

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

Altofts and Whitwood ward

Altofts and Whitwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Box	2,009	61.6	−2.5
	UKIP	David Armitage	783	24	+24
	Conservative	Steven Beeton	470	14.4	−10.7
Majority			1,226	37.6	−1.5
Turnout			3,262	25.8	−6.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Burns-Williamson	2,306	76.3	+2.1
	UKIP	Alison Bullivant	482	15.9	+2.5
	Conservative	Eamonn Mullins	235	7.8	−4.2
Majority			1,824	60.3	−0.5
Turnout			3,023	24.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Faith Hepptinstall	2,582	67.3	+6.1
	Conservative	Allan Couch	1,253	32.7	+2.7
Majority			1,329	34.7	+3.5
Turnout			3,835	31.6	−8.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Featherstone ward

Featherstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Cliffe	2,649	83.7	+21.4
	Conservative	Charles Scholes	516	16.3	+4.4
Majority			2,133	67.4	+30.3
Turnout			3,165	34.8	−9.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Hemsworth ward

Hemsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaun Hodson	1,779	57.5	−2
	Independent	Jim Kenyon	1,075	34.8	+7.2
	Conservative	Philip Davies	238	7.7	−4.3
Majority			704	22.8	−9.1
Turnout			3,092	25.7	−7.2
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Horbury and South Ossett ward

Horbury and South Ossett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Hemingway	1,660	40.5	−8.2
	Conservative	Richard Wakefield	934	22.8	−18.2
	Independent	Graham Jesty	732	17.9	+17.9
	UKIP	Anthony Lumb	429	10.5	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Goodair	340	8.3	−1.2
Majority			726	17.7	+10
Turnout			4,095	33.9	−7.5
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Knottingley ward

Knottingley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Stokes	1,788	69.7	+12.2
	UKIP	Clinton Rhodes	494	19.3	+8.6
	Conservative	Jon Wadey	282	11	−4.7
Majority			1,294	50.5	+8.7
Turnout			2,564	23.8	−5.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Normanton ward

Normanton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Wassell	1,775	62.9	−1
	UKIP	Bryan Barkley	712	25.2	+7.9
	Conservative	Emma-Jane Lisle	337	11.9	−6.4
Majority			1,063	37.6	−8
Turnout			2,824	22.3	−6.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Ossett ward

Ossett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Richardson	1,991	49.2	+8.9
	Conservative	Terry Brown	1,453	35.9	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Smith	606	15	−0.8
Majority			538	13.3
Turnout			4,050	31.9	−7.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pontefract North ward

Pontefract North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paula Sherriff	1,649	47.9	−11.9
	Independent	Jack Kershaw	769	22.3	+22.3
	Conservative	Hannah Crowther	481	14	−9.6
	UKIP	Nathan Garbutt	368	10.7	0
	Green	Rennie Smith	103	3.0	−2.4
	TUSC	Daniel Dearden	76	2.2	+2.2
Majority			880	25.5	−10.6
Turnout			3,446	28.1	−3.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pontefract South

Pontefract South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Celia Loughran	2,222	50.4	−3.1
	Conservative	Mark Crowther	1,617	36.7	−9.1
	UKIP	Terence Edward Uttley	446	10.1	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Dale	122	2.8	−10.1
Majority			605	13.7	−6
Turnout			4,407	36.6	−5.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

South Elmsall and South Kirkby ward

South Elmsall and South Kirkby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Collins	2,071	56.1	−21.5
	Independent	Wilf Benson	1,425	38.6	+38.6
	Conservative	Christian IAnson	197	5.3	−6.8
Majority			646	17.5	−48
Turnout			3,693	27.4
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Stanley and Outwood East ward

Stanley and Outwood East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Morley	2,135	61.4	+6.1
	Conservative	James Kildea	971	27.9	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Dodd	370	10.6	+2.6
Majority			1,164	33.5	+14.2
Turnout			3,476	28.4	−8.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wakefield East ward

Wakefield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ros Lund	1,741	50.9	+13.5
	Independent	Choudry Ikram	659	19.3	+19.3
	Conservative	Anthony Bracewell	596	17.4	−2.4
	TUSC	Michael Griffiths	327	9.9	+0.9
	Independent	Safia Ilyas	86	2.5	+2.5
Majority			1,082	31.6 43.2	−11.6
Turnout			3,419	28.6 33.6	−5
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield North ward

Wakefield North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Rhodes	1,901	61.0	+10.1
	UKIP	Keith Wells	594	19.1	+8.8
	Conservative	Dianne Presha	451	14.5	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Bell	170	5.5	−1.6
Majority			1,307	41.9	−9.7
Turnout			3,116	27.6	−5.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield Rural ward

Wakefield Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence Kirkpatrick	2,003	43.5	+0.9
	Conservative	Tom Fletcher	1,778	38.6	−5.4
	Green	Miriam Hawkins	472	10.2	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Cronin	354	7.7	+2.7
Majority			225	4.9	+6.3
Turnout			4,607	34	−6.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wakefield South ward

Wakefield South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hopkins	1,851	47.8	−6.9
	Labour	Javed Iqbal	1,562	40.3	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Nuthall	462	11.9	+1.8
Majority			289	7.5	−12.6
Turnout			3,875	36.1	−7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wakefield West ward

Wakefield West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Mitchell	1,456	43.1	+4.2
	Conservative	Philip Booth	1,101	32.6	−7.5
	English Democrat	Norman Tate	594	17.6	+17.6
	Green	Brian Else	226	6.7	+1.4
Majority			355	10.5
Turnout			3,377	29.5	−5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Johnson	1,743	46.9	+2.3
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Glover	1,037	27.9	−7.9
	UKIP	David Dews	940	25.3	+11.9
Majority			706	19	+10.4
Turnout			3,720	31.8	−7.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing