2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council 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

Council Make-up

The make up of the Council following the election was:

Party political make-up of Wakefield Council

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

Summary

Wakefield Local Election Result 2015

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

• +/- compared with Wakefield Council election 2014.

Ward results

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Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

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

Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward

Airedale and Ferry Fryston

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

Altofts and Whitwood ward

Altofts and Whitwood

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

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

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

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

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

Featherstone ward

Featherstone

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

Hemsworth ward

Hemsworth

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

Horbury and South Ossett ward

Horbury and South Ossett

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

Knottingley ward

Knottingley

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

Normanton ward

Normanton

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

Ossett ward

Ossett

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

Pontefract North ward

Pontefract North

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

Pontefract South

Pontefract South

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 ward

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 ward

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 ward

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 ward

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

Wakefield Rural ward

Wakefield Rural

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

Wakefield South ward

Wakefield South

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

Wakefield West ward

Wakefield West

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

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West

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

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
2. "District Council Election Results 2011". wakefield.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
3. "Local Election Results 2014". wakefield.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
4. "District (Local) election - Wakefield Council". wakefield.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015.