2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

The 2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Council Make-up

The make up of the Council after the election was:

**Party political make-up of Wakefield Council**
Party	Seats			Current Council (2012)
Party	2010^[1]	2011^[2]	2012^[3]	Current Council (2012)
Labour	33	40	52
Conservative	24	20	11
Independent	5	3	0
Lib Dems	1	0	0

Election result

Wakefield Local Election Result 2012
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	20	12	0	+12	95	56.2	41,147	+0.4
Conservative	1	0	9	-9	5	23.6	17,251	-6.3
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	7.9	5,804	+4.8
Independent	0	0	3	-3	0	6.5	4,746	+3
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	2,424	-1.7
Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	801	+0.2
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	594	+0.8
TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	76	-0.2

+/- compared with Wakefield Council election 2011.

Ward results

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Ward	2,128	62.4	+10.2
	Conservative	Don Marshall	1,282	37.6	+3
Majority			846	24.8	+7.1
Turnout			3,410	26.9	−10.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward

Airedale and Ferry Fryston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Shaw	1,977	73.3	−6.8
	UKIP	Arnie Craven	556	20.4	+20.4
	Conservative	Mellisa Wan Omer	171	6.3	−12.9
Majority			1,441	52.9	−8
Turnout			2,724	23.5	−4.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Altofts and Whitwood ward

Altofts and Whitwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Box	2,009	61.6	−2.5
	UKIP	David Armitage	783	24	+24
	Conservative	Steven Beeton	470	14.4	−10.7
Majority			1,226	37.6	−1.5
Turnout			3,262	25.8	−6.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
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

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Faith Hepptinstall	2,582	67.3	+6.1
	Conservative	Allan Couch	1,253	32.7	+2.7
Majority			1,329	34.7	+3.5
Turnout			3,835	31.6	−8.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Featherstone ward

Featherstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Cliffe	2,649	83.7	+21.4
	Conservative	Charles Scholes	516	16.3	+4.4
Majority			2,133	67.4	+30.3
Turnout			3,165	34.8	−9.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Hemsworth ward

Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaun Hodson	1,779	57.5	−2
	Independent	Jim Kenyon	1,075	34.8	+7.2
	Conservative	Philip Davies	238	7.7	−4.3
Majority			704	22.8	−9.1
Turnout			3,092	25.7	−7.2
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Horbury and South Ossett ward

Horbury and South Ossett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Hemingway	1,660	40.5	−8.2
	Conservative	Richard Wakefield	934	22.8	−18.2
	Independent	Graham Jesty	732	17.9	+17.9
	UKIP	Anthony Lumb	429	10.5	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Goodair	340	8.3	−1.2
Majority			726	17.7	+10
Turnout			4,095	33.9	−7.5
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Knottingley ward

Knottingley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Stokes	1,788	69.7	+12.2
	UKIP	Clinton Rhodes	494	19.3	+8.6
	Conservative	Jon Wadey	282	11	−4.7
Majority			1,294	50.5	+8.7
Turnout			2,564	23.8	−5.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Normanton ward

Normanton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Wassell	1,775	62.9	−1
	UKIP	Bryan Barkley	712	25.2	+7.9
	Conservative	Emma-Jane Lisle	337	11.9	−6.4
Majority			1,063	37.6	−8
Turnout			2,824	22.3	−6.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Ossett ward

Ossett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Richardson	1,991	49.2	+8.9
	Conservative	Terry Brown	1,453	35.9	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Smith	606	15	−0.8
Majority			538	13.3
Turnout			4,050	31.9	−7.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pontefract North ward

Pontefract North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paula Sherriff	1,649	47.9	−11.9
	Independent	Jack Kershaw	769	22.3	+22.3
	Conservative	Hannah Crowther	481	14	−9.6
	UKIP	Nathan Garbutt	368	10.7	0
	Green	Rennie Smith	103	3.0	−2.4
	TUSC	Daniel Dearden	76	2.2	+2.2
Majority			880	25.5	−10.6
Turnout			3,446	28.1	−3.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pontefract South

Pontefract South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Celia Loughran	2,222	50.4	−3.1
	Conservative	Mark Crowther	1,617	36.7	−9.1
	UKIP	Terence Edward Uttley	446	10.1	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Dale	122	2.8	−10.1
Majority			605	13.7	−6
Turnout			4,407	36.6	−5.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

South Elmsall and South Kirkby ward

South Elmsall and South Kirkby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Collins	2,071	56.1	−21.5
	Independent	Wilf Benson	1,425	38.6	+38.6
	Conservative	Christian IAnson	197	5.3	−6.8
Majority			646	17.5	−48
Turnout			3,693	27.4
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Stanley and Outwood East ward

Stanley and Outwood East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Morley	2,135	61.4	+6.1
	Conservative	James Kildea	971	27.9	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Dodd	370	10.6	+2.6
Majority			1,164	33.5	+14.2
Turnout			3,476	28.4	−8.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wakefield East ward

Wakefield East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ros Lund	1,741	50.9	+13.5
	Independent	Choudry Ikram	659	19.3	+19.3
	Conservative	Anthony Bracewell	596	17.4	−2.4
	TUSC	Michael Griffiths	327	9.9	+0.9
	Independent	Safia Ilyas	86	2.5	+2.5
Majority			1,082	31.6 43.2	−11.6
Turnout			3,419	28.6 33.6	−5
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield North ward

Wakefield North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Rhodes	1,901	61.0	+10.1
	UKIP	Keith Wells	594	19.1	+8.8
	Conservative	Dianne Presha	451	14.5	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Bell	170	5.5	−1.6
Majority			1,307	41.9	−9.7
Turnout			3,116	27.6	−5.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield Rural ward

Wakefield Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence Kirkpatrick	2,003	43.5	+0.9
	Conservative	Tom Fletcher	1,778	38.6	−5.4
	Green	Miriam Hawkins	472	10.2	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Cronin	354	7.7	+2.7
Majority			225	4.9	+6.3
Turnout			4,607	34	−6.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wakefield South ward

Wakefield South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hopkins	1,851	47.8	−6.9
	Labour	Javed Iqbal	1,562	40.3	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Nuthall	462	11.9	+1.8
Majority			289	7.5	−12.6
Turnout			3,875	36.1	−7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wakefield West ward

Wakefield West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Mitchell	1,456	43.1	+4.2
	Conservative	Philip Booth	1,101	32.6	−7.5
	English Democrat	Norman Tate	594	17.6	+17.6
	Green	Brian Else	226	6.7	+1.4
Majority			355	10.5
Turnout			3,377	29.5	−5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Johnson	1,743	46.9	+2.3
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Glover	1,037	27.9	−7.9
	UKIP	David Dews	940	25.3	+11.9
Majority			706	19	+10.4
Turnout			3,720	31.8	−7.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ "Local election results 2010". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
^ "District Council Election Results 2011". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
^ "Local election results 2012". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

[1] "Local election results 2010". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2012.

[2] "District Council Election Results 2011". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.

[3] "Local election results 2012". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

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