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(Top) 1 Council elections 2 Borough result maps 3 By-election results 3.1 1993-2001 3.2 2001-2009 3.3 2009-2017 4 References 5 External links

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council elections

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One third of Wakefield Metropolitan District CouncilinWest 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]

Council elections[edit]

Borough result maps[edit]

2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2012 results map
2014 results map
2015 results map
2016 results map
2018 results map
2019 results map
2021 results map
2022 results map
2023 results map

By-election results[edit]

1993-2001[edit]

Wakefield Central By-Election 18 June 1998 ^[3]
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[edit]

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^[4]
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[edit]

Airedale and Ferry Fryston By-Election 21 January 2010^[5]
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^[6]
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^[5]
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^[7]
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^[8]
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^[9]
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^[10]
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[edit]

^ "How the Council Works". www.wakefield.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2009.

^ "Wakefield council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 12 August 2009.

^ 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.

^ "Horbury and South Ossett No 8 ward by-election 21 April 2005 - result" (PDF). www.wakefield.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2009.

^ ^a ^b "Labour victory in key Wakefield by-election". BBC News Online. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.

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By-election results

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