2015_Wakefield_Metropolitan_District_Council_election

2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

2015 UK local government election

The 2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party and Conservatives fielded a full slate of 21 candidates, with UKIP putting forward 17 candidates. There were 9 Green candidates, 9 TUSC candidates and 6 Liberal Democrat candidates. Also standing were 2 Yorkshire First representatives, and one Independent.

2015 local election results in Wakefield

Ward results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	17	1	1	81	49.0	71,701	+1.4
Conservative	4	1	1	19	26.5	38,812	+4.6
UKIP	0	0	0	0	17.9	26,218	-4.4
Green	0	0	0	0	2.6	3744	+1.1
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	2.0	2973	-0.7
TUSC	0	0	0	0	1.1	1627	-0.7
Yorkshire	0	0	0	0	0.4	653	+0.4
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.4	580	-2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Carrington	3437	45.7	+2.5
	Conservative	Don Marshall	2081	27.7	+5.5
	UKIP	Mick Tetlow	1507	20.0	-14.6
	Yorkshire First	Martin Roberts	493	6.6	N/A
Majority			1356	18.0	+9.4
Turnout			7518	58.5	+28.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Crewe	4103	70.1	+15.7
	Conservative	Amy Swift	1047	17.9	+8.8
	Green	Simon Addy	706	12.1	N/A
Majority			3056	52.2	+34.3
Turnout			5856	50.1	+25.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jo Hepworth	4168	55.3	+5.9
	UKIP	Geoffrey Johnston	1715	22.8	-13.8
	Conservative	Anthony Hill	1655	22.0	+7.9
Majority			2453	32.5	+19.7
Turnout			7538	57.4	+29.7
	Labour hold		Swing

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

2015_Wakefield_Metropolitan_District_Council_election

2015 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	Seats			Current Council (2014)
Party	2012^[2]	2014	2015^[3]	Current Council (2014)
Labour	52	54	53
Conservative	11	6	6
UKIP	0	2	2
Independent	0	1	2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Cummings	3625	47.6	+8.2
	UKIP	Steve Ashton	2109	27.7	-7.7%
	Conservative	Madalena Mestre	1886	24.8	+5.0
Majority			1516	19.9	+15.9
Turnout			7620	62.6	+28.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Isherwood	4111	59.2	-21.4
	UKIP	David Sea-Borne	1512	21.8	N/A
	Conservative	Rodney Williams	934	13.5	-5.9
	Independent	Karen Palmer	382	5.5	N/A
Majority			2599	37.4	-23.8
Turnout			6939	53.7	+27.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glyn Lloyd	3856	61.5	+7.6
	UKIP	Penny Ashton	1568	25.0	-11.6
	Conservative	Philip Davies	842	13.4	+3.9
Majority			2288	36.5	+19.2
Turnout			6266	52.3	+26.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Holwell	2557	33.4	+12.2
	Labour	Rory Bickerton	2512	32.8	-8.5
	UKIP	Bob Dixon	1570	20.5	-10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Goodair	660	8.6	+3.2
	Green	Richard Norris	299	3.9	N/A
	TUSC	John Vasey	65	0.8	-0.7
Majority			45	0.6	-10.2
Turnout			7663	63.3	+30.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glen Burton	4070	76.5	-1.4
	Conservative	Rebecca Norris	1253	23.5	+1.4
Majority			2817	53.0	-2.8
Turnout			5323	50.7	+26.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Dagger	3585	54.4	-20.2
	UKIP	Colin Wroe	1752	26.6	N/A
	Conservative	Jean Molloy	1251	19.0	-6.4
Majority			1833	27.8	-21.4
Turnout			6588	52.1	+28.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Taylor	2977	36.6	+9.0
	Labour	Don Hitchen	2302	28.3	-2.4
	UKIP	Jonathan Cook	2058	25.3	-8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Sargeant	457	5.6	-1.3
	Green	Lesley Kimber	342	4.2	N/A
Majority			675	8.3	+5.5
Turnout			8136	63.2	+29.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Garbutt	3398	51.7	+3.1
	UKIP	Nathan Garbutt	1422	21.6	-14.0
	Conservative	Chris Speight	1375	20.9	+7.2
	Green	Rennie Smith	286	4.3	N/A
	TUSC	Daniel Dearden	97	1.5	-0.6
Majority			1976	30.1	+17.1
Turnout			6578	54.0	+25.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jones	3577	49.1	+7.3
	Conservative	Geoff Walsh	3196	43.8	+9.9
	TUSC	John Gill	518	7.1	+5.5
Majority			381	5.3	-2.6
Turnout			7291	61.1	+25.6
	Labour hold		Swing

South Elmsall and South Kirkby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Tulley	4889	68.3	+26.7
	UKIP	Jim Kenyon	1672	23.3	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Scholes	601	8.4	+1.0
Majority			3217	45.0	+35.6
Turnout			7162	53.2	+26.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanley and Outwood East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Hudson	3351	42.3	-10.0
	Conservative	Rachel Malyk	2358	29.8	-1.7
	UKIP	James Johnston	1651	20.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Dodd	427	5.4	-2.4
	TUSC	Dave Byrom	129	1.6	-6.8
Majority			993	12.5	-8.3
Turnout			7916	62.7	+31.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Heptinstall	3714	60.5	+8.3
	Conservative	Richard Wakefield	1396	22.7	+7.0
	Green	Jody Gabriel	518	8.4	N/A
	TUSC	Mick Griffiths	313	5.1	+1.5
	Independent	Steve Gilks	198	3.2	N/A
Majority			2318	37.8	+14.1
Turnout			6139	51.7	+21.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Isherwood	2666	42.6	-1.4
	Conservative	Annemarie Glover	1495	23.9	+7.3
	UKIP	Keith Wells	1319	21.1	-8.9
	Green	Stuart Boothman	395	6.3	N/A
	TUSC	Adrian O'Malley	216	3.5	-0.6
	Yorkshire First	Lucy Brown	161	2.6	N/A
Majority			1171	18.7	+4.7
Turnout			6252	55.4	+24.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Sanders	3318	38.3	+0.9
	Labour	Jayne Wilby	2614	29.6	-9.5
	UKIP	Ruth Sheard	1743	19.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Finbarr Cronin	590	6.7	+0.3
	Green	Miriam Hawkins	405	4.6	-8.9
	TUSC	Sam Lynch	91	1.0	-2.7
Majority			767	8.7	+7.0
Turnout			8824	64.3	+31.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Monica Graham	3577	53.3	+13.6
	Labour	Darren Byford	2121	31.6	+11.7
	Green	Mark Pedlar	495	7.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Currie	395	5.9	+1.0
	TUSC	John Sibbald	129	1.9	+0.5
Majority			1456	21.7	+11.9
Turnout			6717	62.8	+23.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ryan Case	2521	42.5	-3.8
	Conservative	Richard Hunt	1714	28.9	+1.7
	UKIP	Ian Johnston	1324	22.3	N/A
	Green	Brian Else	298	5.0	-10.5
	TUSC	Neil Taylor	69	1.2	-4.6
Majority			807	13.6	-5.5
Turnout			5926	52.5	+23.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Keith	3066	39.7	+6.6
	Conservative	Dean Ryan	2501	32.4	+9.1
	UKIP	Brian Moorhouse	1706	22.1	-16.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Arthur	444	5.8	+0.9
Majority			565	7.3	+1.8
Turnout			7717	64.4	+30.3
	Labour hold		Swing