2023 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
The 2023 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Wakefield Council in West Yorkshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. There were 21 of the 63 seats up for election, being the usual third of the council.[2]
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2023 Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overview
editLabour increased its majority by taking four seats from the Conservatives. After the election Labour had 49 councillors. The Conservatives lost all four seats they were defending, leaving them with seven seats. The Liberal Democrats held the one seat they were defending in Knottingley, leaving them with three councillors overall after the election. Both the independent councillors who were standing re-election were defeated, leaving four independent councillors after the election.[5]
Results
edit2023 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 20 | 6 | 95.2 | 29 | 49 | 77.8 | 34,304 | 52.7 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 7 | 7 | 11.1 | 14,153 | 21.7 | -5.8 | |
Independent | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 6.3 | 5,415 | 8.3 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 3 | 4.8 | 3,300 | 5.1 | -0.2 | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,663 | 7.2 | +2.3 | ||
Yorkshire | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,563 | 3.9 | -0.4 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 446 | 0.7 | +0.5 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 165 | 0.3 | +0.2 | ||
SDP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 84 | 0.1 | +0 |
Results by ward
editAn asterisk (*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election. Changes with 2019.
Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jessica Carrington* | 1,516 | 47.5 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Chad Jordan Thomas | 579 | 18.1 | −0.2 | |
Independent | Gwen Marshall | 550 | 17.2 | +9.3 | |
Reform UK | Arthur Jerome Miles | 293 | 8.8 | New | |
Green | Jody Paul Gabriel | 267 | 8.4 | New | |
Majority | 937 | 29.4 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,221 | 23.9 | −3.4 | ||
Rejected ballots | 28 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Airedale and Ferry Fryston
editComparison for the Wakefield District Independents for this ward are comparing to the Independent candidate in 2019 due to them being of the same grouping, but now formalising this arrangement. However, as a by-election was held in 2021, this seat remains a Labour hold rather than a Labour gain.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Les Shaw | 1,061 | 48.6 | +6.3 | |
Wakefield District Independents | Neil Kennedy | 711 | 32.5 | −12.7 | |
Conservative | Keith Hudson | 258 | 11.8 | −0.7 | |
Green | John Paul Ingham | 88 | 4.0 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Heaps | 67 | 3.1 | ||
Majority | 350 | 16.1 | +13.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,192 | 19 | −3.4 | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Altofts and Whitwood
editComparison for the Wakefield District Independents for this ward are comparing to the Democrats and Veterans candidate in 2019.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jo Hepworth* | 1,748 | 52.8 | +13.4 | |
Wakefield District Independents | John Thomas | 804 | 24.3 | +17.8 | |
Conservative | Amy Louise Swift | 518 | 15.7 | −1.1 | |
Green | Katherine Clare Dodd | 238 | 7.2 | New | |
Majority | 944 | 28.5 | +21.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,308 | 23.0 | −1.8 | ||
Rejected ballots | 11 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Wallis* | 1,657 | 62.1 | +19.4 | |
Yorkshire | Paul Phelps | 435 | 16.3 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Joanne Grace Smart | 368 | 13.8 | −5.7 | |
Green | Stephen James Brennan | 114 | 4.3 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Walton | 95 | 3.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,222 | 45.8 | +30.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,669 | 21.3 | −4.0 | ||
Rejected ballots | 16 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Crofton, Ryhill and Walton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maureen Anne Cummings* | 2,032 | 58.6 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Connor James Clayton | 904 | 26.1 | −6.2 | |
Yorkshire | Daniel Cochran | 280 | 8.1 | New | |
Green | Garry Newby | 250 | 7.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,128 | 32.5 | +15.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,466 | 28.1 | +0.5 | ||
Rejected ballots | 16 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Featherstone
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Leslie Isherwood* | 2,057 | 73.1 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | James Robert Hardwick | 475 | 16.9 | −12.1 | |
Green | Ashton Victor Howick | 281 | 10.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,582 | 56.2 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,813 | 21.5 | +2.1 | ||
Rejected ballots | 18 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hemsworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jakob Matthew Williamson | 1,310 | 56.3 | +18.8 | |
Green | Lyn Morton | 704 | 30.3 | +24.0 | |
Conservative | Liz Cowton | 313 | 13.5 | +6.9 | |
Majority | 606 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,327 | 19.3 | |||
Rejected ballots | 11 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Horbury and South Ossett
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gwen Page | 1,796 | 50.3 | +17.5 | |
Conservative | Simon John Fishwick* | 1,303 | 36.5 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Andrew Goodair | 283 | 7.9 | −3.0 | |
Green | Richard Hargreaves Norris | 192 | 5.4 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 493 | 13.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,574 | 30.7 | |||
Rejected ballots | 18 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Knottingley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Rachel Nadine Speak | 1,398 | 58.6 | −4.5 | |
Labour | Theo Biddle | 734 | 30.8 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Eamonn Malachy Mullins | 182 | 7.6 | −0.2 | |
Green | Ruth Alexandra Love | 72 | 3.0 | −4.8 | |
Majority | 664 | 27.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,386 | 22.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 11 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Normanton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Armaan Khan | 1,258 | 47.1 | +1.5 | |
Wakefield District Independents | Cliff Parsons | 520 | 19.5 | −21.0 | |
Conservative | Laura Weldon | 494 | 18.5 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel James Ebbs | 225 | 8.4 | New | |
Green | John Robert Clayton | 175 | 6.5 | New | |
Majority | 738 | 27.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,672 | 20.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 13 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ossett
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Olivia Maria Rowley | 1,531 | 45.5 | +6.3 | |
Independent | Deano Kitchen | 670 | 19.9 | New | |
Yorkshire | Simon David Watson Britcliffe | 484 | 14.4 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Sargeant | 473 | 14.0 | +6.8 | |
Green | Stephen Scott | 210 | 6.2 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 861 | 25.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,368 | 27.0 | |||
Rejected ballots | 29 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Pontefract North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hannah Ruth Appleyard | 1,832 | 62.7 | +21.3 | |
Conservative | Christopher Robert Hyomes | 464 | 15.9 | −3.5 | |
Yorkshire | Christopher Dawson | 375 | 12.8 | −26.4 | |
Green | Emma Kay Tingle | 151 | 5.2 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Leah Birdsall | 101 | 3.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,368 | 46.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,923 | 20.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontefract South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Arthur Mayhew | 1,658 | 50.0 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Arnie Craven | 1244 | 37.5 | −2.7 | |
Green | Oliver Luke Watkins | 164 | 5.0 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Hayes | 163 | 4.9 | −8.5 | |
SDP | Trevor Lake | 84 | 2.5 | New | |
Majority | 414 | 12.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,313 | 28 | |||
Rejected ballots | 20 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
South Elmsall and South Kirkby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steve Tulley* | 2,091 | 79.8 | +4.2 | |
Green | Stefan Arnold Ludewig | 265 | 10.1 | New | |
Conservative | Perpertua Ruzvidzo | 265 | 10.1 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 1826 | 69.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,621 | 19.2 | |||
Rejected ballots | 14 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Stanley and Outwood East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jack Spencer Hemingway* | 2,018 | 55.8 | +11.0 | |
Conservative | Kully Sanghera | 733 | 20.3 | −4.2 | |
Wakefield District Independents | Jenny Prest | 336 | 9.3 | New | |
Yorkshire | Brent Andrew Hawksley | 273 | 7.5 | New | |
Green | Richard David Copeland | 223 | 6.2 | New | |
TUSC | Darren Joseph Lumber | 36 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,285 | 35.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,619 | 27.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wakefield East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stuart Heptinstall* | 1,815 | 52.5 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Muhammad Ansar Hayat | 1,175 | 34.0 | +21.8 | |
Independent | Matt Wilson | 216 | 6.2 | New | |
Green | Janet Mackintosh | 183 | 5.3 | −3.6 | |
TUSC | Mick Griffiths | 70 | 2.0 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 640 | 18.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,459 | 29.6 | |||
Rejected ballots | 14 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wakefield North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret Isherwood* | 1,818 | 61.3 | +15.3 | |
Conservative | Angela Margaret Holwell | 643 | 21.7 | +2.2 | |
Green | Daniel Mark Russell | 224 | 7.6 | New | |
Yorkshire | Andy Mack | 222 | 7.5 | −2.6 | |
TUSC | Tom Griffiths | 59 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,175 | 39.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,966 | 24.3 | |||
Rejected ballots | 11 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wakefield Rural
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jordan Phillip Bryan | 1,530 | 37.5 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Ian John Sanders* | 1516 | 37.2 | −7.2 | |
Yorkshire | David John Rowntree Herdson | 494 | 12.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Simon Lord | 300 | 7.4 | −1.1 | |
Green | Karen Sadler | 240 | 5.9 | −8.3 | |
Majority | 14 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,080 | 29.9 | |||
Rejected ballots | 13 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Wakefield South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Katrina Pentland Frame Law | 1,493 | 42.6 | +14.4 | |
Conservative | Naeem Formuli | 1,424 | 40.6 | −0.2 | |
Wakefield District Independents | Karl Johnson* | 298 | 8.5 | −32.3 | |
Green | Krys Tal Holmes | 291 | 8.3 | New | |
Majority | 69 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,506 | 32.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 13 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Karl Jones had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party in February 2023 to join the Wakefield District Independents.[6]
Wakefield West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Paul Graham* | 1,829 | 64.0 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | Nick Hannam | 681 | 23.8 | +1.7 | |
Wakefield District Independents | Christine Mary Gill | 190 | 6.7 | New | |
Green | Lewis Elliott | 156 | 5.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,148 | 40.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,856 | 25.3 | |||
Rejected ballots | 10 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charlie Keith* | 1,520 | 40.2 | +6.0 | |
Wakefield District Independents | Nic Stansby | 1,120 | 29.7 | New | |
Conservative | Waj Ali | 614 | 16.3 | −16.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Natasha De Vere | 195 | 5.2 | −2.3 | |
Green | Oliver Thompson | 175 | 4.6 | New | |
Reform UK | David Alan Dews | 153 | 4.1 | −13.5 | |
Majority | 400 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,777 | 29.2 | |||
Rejected ballots | 5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ Of the five independent councillors prior to the election, two formed the "Wakefield Independent Group", and the other three were described as "Independent".
- ^ "Find councillor". Wakefield Council. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ Norden, Jasmine (5 May 2023). "Wakefield Council local election results 2023". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Local election results 2023: Labour continue to dominate in West Yorkshire". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Local Election Results 2023". Wakefield Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (3 February 2023). "Bristol fashion now wearing Green". Local Councils. Retrieved 21 May 2023.