Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council.^[1]

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton 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	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53.716264°N 1.346271°W / 53.716264; -1.346271

Overview

The ward is one of 21 in the Wakefield district, and has been held by Labour since the current boundaries were formed for the 2004 Council election. As of 2019, the electorate stands at 12,093 of which, according to the 2011 Census, 95.7% identify as "White British" and 66.5% of who identify as Christian.^[1][2]

The ward is situated in the north of the District and incorporates central Castleford, Wheldon Road and Lock Lane, Glasshoughton, Redhill (part), Smawthorne Estate, The Maltkilns, the Potteries and the Healdfield area. The south of the ward is bounded by the M62 motorway, and the boundary to the north of the ward is defined by the River Aire and River Calder.^[1]

Representation

Like all wards in the Wakefield district, Castleford Central and Glashoughton has 3 councillors, whom are elected on a 4-year-rota. This means elections for new councillors are held for three years running, with one year every four years having no elections.^[3]

The current councillors are Richard Forster, Tony Wallis and Denise Jeffery, all of whom are Labour.^[4]

Jeffery is currently the Leader of Wakefield Council, after her predecessor Peter Box CBE stood down after 21 years in the position.^[5]

Notable former councillors for this ward include former West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson.^[6]

Councillors

Election	Councillor	Councillor	Councillor
2004	Mark Burns-Williamson (Lab)	Tony Wallis (Lab)	Denise Jeffery (Lab)
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2013 By-Election	Richard Forster (Lab)
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021

Ward results

2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Forster	2,092	62.4	+19.7
	Conservative	Joanne Smart	731	21.8	+13.7
	Yorkshire	Paul Phelps	389	11.6	−9.8
	Green	Alan Horne	140	4.2	+4.2
Majority			1361	40.6	+20.7
Turnout			3352	26.4	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

2019 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Wallis	1316	42.7	−18.2
	UKIP	Lawrence Burrows	828	26.9	+26.9
	Yorkshire	Paul Phelps	689	22.4	−2.8
	Conservative	Joanne Smart	249	8.1	−5.8
Majority			488	15.8	−19.9
Turnout			3082	25.3	+2.9
Rejected ballots			13
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Jeffrey	1652	60.9	−8.1
	Yorkshire	Paul Phelps	684	25.2	N/A
	Conservative	Joanne Smart	377	13.9	+6.1
Majority			968	35.7	−10.1
Turnout			2713	22.4	−4.3
Rejected ballots			8
	Labour hold		Swing

2016 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Forster	2133	69.0	+6.3
	UKIP	Dawn Lumb	718	23.2	−1.6
	Conservative	Joanne Smart	241	7.8	−4.7
Majority			1415	45.8	+7.9
Turnout			3092	27.0	−25.4
	Labour hold		Swing

2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Wallis	4015	62.7	+7.8
	UKIP	Dawn Lumb	1590	24.8	−12.6
	Conservative	Eamonn Mullins	798	12.5	+4.8
Majority			2425	37.9	+20.4
Turnout			6403	52.4	+25.6
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

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

By-Election: 21 February 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Forster	1,567	76.7
	UKIP	Nathan Garbutt	349	17.1
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Glover	95	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Goodair	33	1.6
Majority			1218	60.0
Turnout			2,044	16.9
	Labour hold		Swing

This by-election was caused by the resignation of Mark Burns-Williamson as he successfully ran to be West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner.

2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

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

2011 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Wallis	2,641	74.2	+11.1
	UKIP	Alison Bullivant	477	13.4	+13.4
	Conservative	Eamonn Mullins	426	12	−6.4
Majority			2,164	60.8	+16.1
Turnout			3,558	54.5	−24.9
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Jeffery	4,146	63.1
	Conservative	Eamonn Mullins	1,209	18.4
	BNP	Rita Robinson	1,147	17.5
Majority			2,937	44.7
Turnout			6,573	54.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Burns-Williamson	1,775	54.1	−9.3
	BNP	Rita Robinson	854	26.1	+3.4
	Conservative	Eamonn Mullins	649	19.8	+6.0
Majority			921	28.0	−12.7
Turnout			3,278
	Labour hold		Swing

2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Wallis	2,077	63.4	+10.6
	BNP	Rita Robinson	745	22.7	−1.9
	Conservative	Tony Ayoade	453	13.8	+4.5
Majority			1,332	40.7	+12.5
Turnout			3,275
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Jeffery	1,884	52.8
	BNP	Rita Robinson	876	24.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Mann	475	13.3
	Conservative	Rebecca Mullins	333	9.3
Majority			1,008	28.2
Turnout			3,568
	Labour hold		Swing

2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Burns-Williamson	2,797
	Labour	Anthony Wallis	2,692
	Labour	Denise Jeffery	2,286
	BNP	Rita Robinson	948
	Conservative	Stanley Hick	507
	Conservative	Val Moorey	484
	Conservative	Joan Revitt	483
Turnout			10,197	36.7