2014_Wakefield_Metropolitan_District_Council_election

2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

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The 2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council elections were held on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.

2014 local election results in Wakefield

Ward results

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Party	Seats			Current Council (2014)
Party	2011^[1]	2012^[2]	2014^[3]	Current Council (2014)
Labour	40	52	54
Conservative	20	11	6
UKIP	0	0	2
Independent	3	0	1

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	17	3	1	+2	81	47.6	35,781	-8.6
UKIP	2	2	0	+2	10	22.3	16,797	+14.4
Conservative	1	0	5	-5	5	21.9	16,484	-1.7
Independent	1	1	0	+1	5	2.4	1802	-4.1
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	2055	-0.6
TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	1257	+1.7
Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	1093	+0.4

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathryn Scott	1564	54.4	-18.9
	UKIP	William Proctor	1049	36.5	+16.1
	Conservative	Mellisa Omer	262	9.1	+2.8
Majority			515	17.9	-35.0
Turnout			2875	25.0	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacquie Speight	1735	49.4	-12.2
	UKIP	Tracie Corbett	1285	36.6	+12.6
	Conservative	Anthony Hill	494	14.1	-0.3
Majority			450	12.8	-24.8
Turnout			3514	27.7	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

2014_Wakefield_Metropolitan_District_Council_election

2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Council Make-up

Summary

Ward results

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward

Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward

Altofts and Whitwood ward

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward

Featherstone ward

Hemsworth ward

Horbury and South Ossett ward

Knottingley ward

Normanton ward

Ossett ward

Pontefract North ward

Pontefract South

South Elmsall and South Kirkby ward

Stanley and Outwood East ward

Wakefield East ward

Wakefield North ward

Wakefield Rural ward

Wakefield South ward

Wakefield West ward

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward

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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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Manifield	1628	39.4	-27.9
	UKIP	Steve Ashton	1462	35.4	N/A
	Conservative	Allan Couch	817	19.8	-12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Pile	221	5.4	N/A
Majority			166	4	-30.6
Turnout			4128	34.1	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dick Taylor	2681	80.6	-3.1
	Conservative	Rodney Williams	647	19.4	+3.1
Majority			2034	61.2	-6.2
Turnout			3328	26.0	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Pickin	1651	53.9	-3.6
	UKIP	Penny Ashton	1121	36.6	+1.8
	Conservative	Phillip Maxwell	291	9.5	+1.8
Majority			530	17.3	-5.4
Turnout			3063	26.1	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Holmes	1622	41.3	+0.8
	UKIP	Graham Jesty	1190	30.5	+20.0
	Conservative	Margaret Holwell	828	21.2	-1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Goodair	214	5.4	-2.9
	TUSC	John Vasey	67	1.5	N/A
Majority			426	10.8	-6.9
Turnout			3927	32.7	-1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Ellis	1951	77.9	+8.2
	Conservative	Rebecca Norris	555	22.1	+11.1
Majority			1395	55.8	+5.4
Turnout			2506	24.2	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine Blezard	2192	74.6	+11.7
	Conservative	Richard Wakefield	747	25.4	+13.5
Majority			1445	49.2	+11.5
Turnout			2939	23.6	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Nick Farmer	1429	33.5	N/A
	Labour	Gwen Page	1306	30.7	-18.5
	Conservative	Ian Bunney	1175	27.6	-8.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Smith	294	6.9	-8.1
	TUSC	Simon Barraclough	56	1.3	N/A
Majority			123	2.8	-10.5
Turnout			4260	33.7	+1.8
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing	+26.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Tennant	1645	48.6	+0.7
	UKIP	Nathan Garbutt	1205	35.6	+24.9
	Conservative	Amy Swift	463	13.7	-0.3
	TUSC	Daniel Dearden	71	2.1	-0.1
Majority			440	13.0	-12.6
Turnout			3384	28.3	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Ayre	1766	41.8	-8.6
	Conservative	Geoff Walsh	1434	33.9	-2.8
	UKIP	Terence Edward Uttley	957	22.6	+12.5
	TUSC	John Gill	69	33.9	N/A
Majority			332	7.9	-5.8
Turnout			4226	35.5	-1.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stanley and Outwood East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqui Williams	2064	52.3	-9.1
	Conservative	Diane Wilson	1208	31.5	+3.6
	TUSC	Dave Byrom	323	8.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Dodd	297	7.8	-2.8
Majority			796	20.8	-12.7
Turnout			3832	31.0	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olivia Maria	1851	52.2	+1.3
	UKIP	Steve Gilks	1009	28.5	N/A
	Conservative	Haroon Khan	558	15.7	-1.7
	TUSC	Michael Griffiths	127	3.6	-6.3
Majority			842	23.7	-7.9
Turnout			3545	30.4	1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tracey Jane Austin	1462	44.0	-17.0
	UKIP	Keith Frank Wells	995	30.0	+10.9
	Conservative	Sophie Bracewell	551	16.6	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Sargeant	179	5.4	-0.1
	TUSC	Adrian O'Malley	135	4.1	N/A
Majority			467	14.0	-27.9
Turnout			3322	30.5	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Edward	1707	39.1	-4.4
	Conservative	Madalena Mestre	1632	37.4	-1.2
	Green	Miriam Hawkins	589	13.5	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Finbarr Cronin	279	6.4	-1.3
	TUSC	Samuel Lynch	161	3.7	N/A
Majority			75	1.7	-3.2
Turnout			4368	32.5	-1.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wilf Benson	1802	51.0	+12.4
	Labour	Laurie Harrison	1471	41.6	-14.5
	Conservative	Christian I'Anson	263	7.4	+2.1
Majority			331	9.4	-8.1
Turnout			3536	26.8	-0.6
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nadeem Ahmed	1651	39.7	-8.1
	Labour	Javed Iqbal	1243	29.9	-20.4
	UKIP	Alan Hazelhurst	1000	24.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Currie	202	4.9	-7.0
	TUSC	John Sibbald	59	1.4	N/A
Majority			408	9.8	+2.3
Turnout			4155	39.2	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Swift	1506	46.3	+3.2
	Conservative	Kully Sanghera	885	27.2	-5.4
	Green	Brian Else	504	15.5	+8.8
	TUSC	Neil Taylor	189	5.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Morgan	172	5.3	N/A
Majority			621	19.1	+8.6
Turnout			3256	29.1	-0.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	David Dews	1572	38.6	+13.3
	Labour	Dayna O'Brien	1325	33.1	-13.8
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Glover	933	23.3	-4.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Arthur	197	4.9	N/A
Majority			217	5.5	-13.5
Turnout			3997	34.1	+2.3
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing