2000_Wakefield_Council_election
The 2000 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Labour 55
- Conservative 6
- Liberal Democrat 1
- Independent 1[2]
More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 16 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 76.2 | 51.2 | 26,687 | ||
Conservative | 4 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 19.0 | 32.0 | 16,673 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4.8 | 10.9 | 5,695 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4.2 | 2,209 | ||
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 851 | ||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Phelps | 1,068 | 58.4 | ||
Independent | John Bird | 614 | 33.6 | ||
Conservative | Madge Richards | 148 | 8.1 | ||
Majority | 454 | 24.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,830 | 19.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anthony Wallis | 1,383 | 76.5 | ||
Conservative | Charles Scholes | 278 | 15.4 | ||
Socialist Labour | Angela Herbert | 148 | 8.2 | ||
Majority | 1,105 | 61.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,809 | 17.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Darran Travis | 1,498 | 77.3 | ||
Conservative | Norma Crossely | 300 | 15.5 | ||
Socialist Labour | Zane Carpenter | 140 | 7.2 | ||
Majority | 1,198 | 61.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,938 | 20.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Heinitz | 1,212 | 48.6 | ||
Conservative | Michael Ledgard | 707 | 28.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James McDougall | 573 | 23.0 | ||
Majority | 505 | 20.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,492 | 21.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Bond | 1,329 | 54.4 | ||
Featherstone Labour 1st | Stephen Vickers | 798 | 32.6 | ||
Conservative | Brigid Hopkins | 318 | 13.0 | ||
Majority | 531 | 21.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,445 | 22.8 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Albert Manifield | 1,280 | 74.8 | ||
Conservative | Eamonn Mullins | 432 | 25.2 | ||
Majority | 848 | 49.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,712 | 16.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Graham Smith | 1,416 | 45.0 | ||
Labour | Philip McNeil | 1,020 | 32.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 710 | 22.6 | ||
Majority | 396 | 12.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,146 | 26.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Glenn Burton | 1,338 | 71.5 | ||
Conservative | Timothy Allerton | 533 | 28.5 | ||
Majority | 805 | 43.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,871 | 17.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John McGowan | 1,405 | 61.3 | ||
Conservative | Neil Webster | 452 | 19.7 | ||
Socialist Labour | Thomas Appleyard | 436 | 19.0 | ||
Majority | 953 | 41.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,293 | 19.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alec Metcalfe | 1,135 | 36.3 | ||
Labour | Aynur Rigby | 1,103 | 35.2 | ||
Conservative | Jane Brown | 893 | 28.5 | ||
Majority | 32 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,131 | 25.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Grason | 1,453 | 71.1 | ||
Conservative | June Drysdale | 590 | 28.9 | ||
Majority | 863 | 42.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,043 | 16.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anthony Dean | 1,250 | 48.6 | ||
Conservative | Richard Molloy | 1,023 | 39.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Arthur | 297 | 11.6 | ||
Majority | 227 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,570 | 24.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dean Taylor | 1,290 | 70.7 | ||
Conservative | Ian Hall | 534 | 29.3 | ||
Majority | 756 | 41.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,824 | 16.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Laurie Harrison | 1,286 | 63.1 | ||
Independent Labour | Eric Tunstall | 530 | 26.0 | ||
Conservative | John Alexander | 223 | 10.9 | ||
Majority | 756 | 37.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,039 | 19.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive Hudson | 1,354 | 48.6 | ||
Conservative | Caroline Sheen | 783 | 28.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Burch | 651 | 23.4 | ||
Majority | 571 | 20.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,788 | 20.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Philip Dobson | 1,435 | 45.1 | ||
Conservative | Christian Hazell | 1,181 | 37.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Dodd | 566 | 17.8 | ||
Majority | 254 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,182 | 21.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Walker | 1,183 | 42.4 | ||
Labour | Janet Deighton | 1,179 | 42.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Morgan | 303 | 10.9 | ||
Socialist Labour | Paul Turek | 127 | 4.5 | ||
Majority | 4 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,792 | 24.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Mitchell | 1,503 | 54.3 | ||
Conservative | Paul Harvey | 716 | 25.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Dale | 329 | 11.9 | ||
Save our Services | Michael Griffiths | 220 | 7.9 | ||
Majority | 787 | 28.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,768 | 22.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Melvyn Taylor | 1,253 | 52.4 | ||
Conservative | Michael Mitchell | 786 | 32.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Douglas Dale | 351 | 14.7 | ||
Majority | 467 | 19.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,390 | 21.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bryan Denson | 1,606 | 51.7 | ||
Labour | Maureen Cummings | 1,134 | 36.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Neale | 368 | 11.8 | ||
Majority | 472 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,108 | 24.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Hazell | 2,571 | 65.2 | ||
Labour | John Garrod | 914 | 23.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Nuthall | 412 | 10.4 | ||
Independent | Stephen Selby | 47 | 1.2 | ||
Majority | 1,657 | 42.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,944 | 32.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Wakefield". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- "Local council results". Financial Times. 6 May 2000. p. 6. ISSN 0307-1766.
- "Summary of Wakefield District Council Elections Results 2000". City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Archived from the original on 18 August 2001. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- "Results for Wards 10 to 21". City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2000. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- "Results for Wards 1 to 9". City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2000. Retrieved 4 December 2009.