2021_Wakefield_Metropolitan_District_Council_election

2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
One third (21) of 63 seats on the Wakefield Metropolitan District Council and one by-election for Airedale and Ferry Fryston division.; 32 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

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The 2021 Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council election took take place during 2021 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in England. The election was held on the same day as other local elections. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

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2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	13	6	59.1	30	43	68.3	37,139	45.1	+2.6
	Conservative	8	6	36.4	9	17	27.0	30,849	37.5	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	4.5	1	2	3.2	2,484	3.0	-6.0
	Independent	0	1	0.0	1	1	1.6	1,745	2.1	-4.1
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	5,307	6.4	+3.5
	Yorkshire	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,643	4.4	-2.5
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	309	0.4	New
	Alliance for Democracy and Freedom	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	246	0.3	New
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	220	0.3	-7.1
	Workers Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	123	0.1	New
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	118	0.1	New
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	101	0.1	New

Party		Seats
Party		2016^[2]	2018^[3]	2019^[4]	2021
	Labour	53	52	49	43
	Conservative	7	11	11	17
	Independent	1	0	2	1
	Lib Dems	0	0	1	2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Massey	1,483	36.6	+18.3
	Labour	Stan Bates	1427	35.2	+0.4
	Yorkshire	Chris Dawson	447	11.0	-8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Howden	281	6.9	-1.6
	Green	Jody Gabriel	271	6.7	+6.7
	Independent	Gwen Marshall	144	3.6	-4.2
Majority			56	1.4	-15.9
Turnout			4053	30.3	+3.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Ferguson	1,190	51.1	+8.8
	Labour	Les Shaw	1,116
	Conservative	Richard Evans	567	23.1	+10.6
	Independent	Neil Kennedy	522	11.5	+11.5
	Conservative	Eamonn Mullins	480
	Independent	Ian Kennedy	367	8.1	+8.1
	Green	John Ingham	144	5.7	+5.7
	Green	Daniel Russell	120
Majority			628	28	+25.1
Turnout			N/A
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josie Farrar	1,896	47.5	+8.1
	Conservative	Anthony David Hill	1,522	38.1	+21.3
	Green	Brenden Beckett	283	7.1	+7.1
	Reform UK	John Thomas	209	5.2	+5.2
	Workers Party	Zane Carpenter	80	2.0	+2.0
Majority			374	9.4	+2.5
Turnout			3,990	28.1	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.6

2021_Wakefield_Metropolitan_District_Council_election

2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Results

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

Airedale and Ferry Fryston

Altofts and Whitwood

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Featherstone

Hemsworth

Horbury and South Ossett

Knottingley

Normanton

Ossett

Pontefract North

Pontefract South

South Elmsall and South Kirkby

Stanley and Outwood East

Wakefield East

Wakefield North

Wakefield Rural

Wakefield South

Wakefield West

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West

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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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Stockhill	1,985	45.5	+13.2
	Labour	Faith Heptinstall	1906	43.7	-5.4
	Green	Cynthia Dickinson	474	10.9	+10.9
Majority			79	1.8	-18.0
Turnout			4365	34.9	+7.3
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Tennant-King	2,104	60.7	-10.3
	Conservative	Ayrton Pointon	802	23.1	-5.9
	Yorkshire	James Craven	292	8.4	+8.4
	Green	Ruth Love	169	4.9	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Ebbs	101	2.9	+2.9
Majority			1,302	37.6	-4.4
Turnout			3,468	26.3	+6.9
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Kitching	1,314	44.0	+6.5
	Independent	Jim Kenyon	647	21.6	+21.6
	Conservative	David Pointon	586	19.6	+13.0
	Green	Lyn Morton	342	11.4	+5.1
	Reform UK	Waj Ali	100	3.3	+3.3
Majority			667	22.4	+10.3
Turnout			2,989	24.7	+0.0
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Darren Byford	2,231	48.1	+8.9
	Conservative	Jonathan Allum	2,070	44.7	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Goodair	174	3.8	-3.4
	Green	Richard Norris	159	3.4	-6.7
Majority			161	3.4
Turnout			4,634	38.6
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adele Hayes	1,624	54.2	-8.9
	Labour Co-op	Kerron Cross	867	28.9	+7.6
	Conservative	Hilary Plumbley	415	13.8	+6.0
	Green	Garry Newby	91	3.0	-4.8
Majority			757	25.3	-16.5
Turnout			2,997	28.6	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Medford	1,785	51.8	+6.2
	Conservative	Keith Hudson	1,069	31.0	-9.5
	Alliance for Democracy and Freedom (UK)	Cliff Parsons	246	7.1	+7.1
	Green	Gillian Dewey-Nager	214	6.2	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Hayes	92	2.7	+2.7
	Workers Party	Marcus Whalley-Reid	43	1.2	+1.2
Majority			716	20.8	+15.7
Turnout			3,449	27.1	+3.7
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Homewood	2,395	53.8	+11.2
	Labour	Lynn Masterman	1,729	38.8	-0.4
	Green	Stephen Scott	220	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Pollack	111	2.5	-4.7
Majority			666	15.0	+11.6
Turnout			4,455	35.0	+5.6
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lorna Malkin	1,653	46.1	+4.7
	Conservative	Chris Hyomes	1,120	31.2	+11.8
	Yorkshire	Ryan Kett	628	17.5	-21.7
	Green	Emma Tingle	183	5.1	+5.1
Majority			533	14.9	+12.7
Turnout			3,584	25.4	+3.3
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Hames	1,842	44.7	+4.5
	Labour	Melanie Jones	1,712	41.5	-4.9
	Yorkshire	Trevor Peasant	390	9.5	+9.5
	Green	Katherine Dodd	178	4.3	+4.3
Majority			130	3.2	-3.0
Turnout			4,122	34.3	+6.0
	Conservative gain from Labour

South Elmsall and South Kirkby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Collins	2,002	60.8	-14.8
	Conservative	Chad Thomas	822	25.0	+14.2
	Yorkshire	Sarah Mansfield	312	9.5	+9.5
	Green	Stefan Ludewig	155	4.7	+4.7
Majority			1180	35.8	-26.2
Turnout			3291	23.8	+3.3
	Labour hold

Stanley and Outwood East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Morley	2,232	50.1	+5.3
	Conservative	Stephanie Fishwick	1,599	35.9	+11.4
	Yorkshire	Brent Hawksley	316	7.1	+7.1
	Green	Richard Copeland	204	4.6	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Dodd	101	2.3	-6.4
Majority			633	14.2	-6.2
Turnout			4452	34.3	+6.5
	Labour hold

Wakefield East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Akef Akbar	1,741	45.8	+33.6
	Labour	Helen Antcliff	1693	44.5	-12.4
	Green	Janet MacKintosh	252	6.6	-2.3
	TUSC	Mick Griffiths	118	3.1	+3.1
Majority			48	1.3	-42.9
Turnout			3804	32.6	+5.9
	Conservative gain from Labour

Wakefield North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Betty Rhodes	1,707	46.9	+0.9
	Conservative	Naeem Formuli	1,203	33.0	+13.5
	Green	Lewis Elliott	320	8.8	+8.8
	Yorkshire	Andy Mack	263	7.2	-2.9
	UKIP	Keith Wells	85	2.3	-15.0
	Independent	Rebecca Murphy	65	1.8	+1.8
Majority			504	13.9	-12.6
Turnout			3,643	29.9	+4.4
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cynthia Binns	2,939	58.8	+14.4
	Labour	Paul Wood	1,499	30.0	-3.0
	Green	Charlotte Myles	560	11.2	-3.0
Majority			1440	28.8	+17.4
Turnout			4998	35.9	+6.3
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hunt	2,129	50.2	+9.4
	Labour	Paul Belbin	1,557	36.7	+8.5
	Green	Krys Tal Holmes	289	6.8	N/A
	Yorkshire	Dan Cochran	267	6.3	-2.2
Majority			572	13.5
Turnout			4,242
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Mitchell	1,682	49.2	+0.9
	Conservative	Laura Weldon	1,382	40.4	+18.3
	Green	Karen Sadler	257	7.5	+7.5
	For Britain	Josie Thornton	101	3.0	+3.0
Majority			300	8.8	-16.6
Turnout			3422	30.6	+3.7
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Annemarie Glover	1,925	43.5	+10.4
	Labour	Martyn Johnson	1745	39.4	+5.2
	Yorkshire	Richard Bentley	339	7.7	+0.1
	Green	Oliver Thompson	282	6.4	+6.4
	UKIP	David Dews	135	3.1	-11.2
Majority			180	4.1	+3.0
Turnout			4,426	33.6	+4.7
	Conservative gain from Labour