Wakefield Metropolitan District Council elections

One third of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England is elected each year for 3 years, followed by one year without an election. 63 councillors are elected with 3 from each of the 21 wards.[1]

Political control

From 1889 until 1974 Wakefield was a county borough, independent from any county council. Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a metropolitan borough, with West Yorkshire County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. West Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986 and Wakefield became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:[2][3]

Party in controlYears
Labour1973–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1998 have been:[4]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Peter Box Labour199830 Nov 2019
Denise Jeffery Labour1 Dec 2019

Council elections

Borough result maps
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  • 2007 results map
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  • 2008 results map
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  • 2010 results map
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  • 2011 results map
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  • 2012 results map
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  • 2014 results map
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  • 2015 results map
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  • 2016 results map
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  • 2018 results map
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  • 2019 results map
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  • 2021 results map
    2021 results map

By-election results

1993-2001
Wakefield Central By-Election 18 June 1998 [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Richardson 988 49.3 -22.8
Conservative Kenneth Blackburn 661 33.0 +15.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair 356 17.8 +7.4
Majority 327 16.3
Turnout 2,005 17.9
Labour hold Swing
Pontefract South By-Election 7 October 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 833 55.0 +2.7
Conservative 511 37.7 -1.7
Liberal Democrats Douglas Dale 171 11.3 -1.0
Majority 322 17.3
Turnout 1,515 14.1
Labour hold Swing

2001-2009
Pontefract South By-Election 7 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 3,013 51.8 +3.2
Conservative 2,004 34.5 -5.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair 797 13.7 +2.1
Majority 1,009 17.3
Turnout 5,814 54.6
Labour hold Swing
Horbury By-Election 4 October 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 848 42.7 +10.3
Conservative 605 30.4 -14.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair 405 20.4 -2.2
Independent 69 3.5 +3.5
Independent 60 3.0 +3.0
Majority 243 12.3
Turnout 1,987 16.5
Labour hold Swing
Horbury and South Ossett By-Election 21 April 2005[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Watts 1,156 38.2 +9.4
Conservative Glenn Armitage 1,110 36.6 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair 764 25.2 +4.4
Majority 46 1.6
Turnout 3,030 26.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2009-2017
Airedale and Ferry Fryston By-Election 21 January 2010[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Les Shaw 1,330 49.9 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Kirby 603 22.6 +8.3
BNP Stephen Rogerson 353 13.3 -7.7
Conservative Carl Milner 275 10.3 -7.7
Independent Jason Smart 102 3.8 +3.8
Majority 727 27.3
Turnout 2,663 23.4
Labour hold Swing
Horbury and South Ossett By-Election 7 July 2011[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Holmes 1,776 51.4 +2.2%
Conservative Richard Wakefield 1061 30.7 -10.5%
UKIP David Dews 232 6.7 +6.7%
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair 200 5.8 -3.7%
Independent Norman Tate 93 2.7 +2.7
Independent Mark Harrop 88 2.5 +2.5
Majority 715 20.7
Turnout 3, 454 28.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Castleford and Glasshoughton By-Election 21 February 2013[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Forster 1,567 76.7
UKIP Nathan Garbutt 349 17.1
Conservative Anne-Marie Glover 95 4.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair 33 1.6
Majority 1218 60.0
Turnout 2,044 16.9
Labour hold Swing
Horbury and South Ossett By-Election 28 November 2013[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rory Bickerton 1,061 40.3 -0.2%
UKIP Graham Jesty 856 32.5 +22.5
Conservative Angela Howell 504 19.1 -3.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair 212 8.1 -0.2
Majority 205 7.8
Turnout 2, 633 20.77
Labour hold Swing
Pontefract North By-Election 24 September 2015[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lorna Malkin 909
UKIP Nathan Garbutt 453
Conservative Anthony Hill 299
Yorkshire First Lucy Brown 124
Liberal Democrats Daniel Woodlock 86
TUSC Daniel Dearden 24
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Stanley and Outwood East By-Election 12 October 2017[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Spencer Hemmingway 1,353 51.0 +2.4
Conservative Nathan Garbutt Moore 847 31.9 +7.3
Liberal Democrats Nicola Kate Sinclair 165 6.2 +2.3
Yorkshire Lucy Victoria Brown 153 5.8 +5.8
UKIP James Lee Johnston 136 5.1 -16.4
Majority 506 19.1
Turnout 2,655 21.5
Labour hold Swing
Wakefield West By-Election 23 November 2017[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Paul Graham 1,118 49.6
Conservative Dawn Lesley Hunt 933 41.4
Yorkshire Paul Phelps 152 6.7
Liberal Democrats Peter John Williams 46 2.0
Majority 185 8.2
Turnout 2253 20.6
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. "How the Council Works". www.wakefield.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  2. "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. "Wakefield". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  4. "Council minutes". Wakefield Council. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  5. "Wakefield council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  6. Mason, Christine (1998). Declaration of Result of Poll: Wakefield Central ward by-election (PDF). Wakefield Council. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020.
  7. "Horbury and South Ossett No 8 ward by-election 21 April 2005 - result" (PDF). www.wakefield.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  8. "Labour victory in key Wakefield by-election". BBC News Online. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
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