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    1975 handbook

    Wakefield: 1975 local elections

    22 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1974) (66 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 58 · Conservative 6 · Other 2 · The Liberal Party 0

    After (end of 1975) (66 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 48 · Conservative 11 · Other 7 · The Liberal Party 0

    Ward results

    Featherstone1 seat
    E. LongleyLabour0 ✓
    No. 1 (Wakefield: Alverthorpeand St. Johns)1 seat · turnout 29.4%
    P. HolwellConservative2,101
    HallLabour1,239
    No. 10 (Pontefract: Castle Etc.)1 seat · turnout 29.0%
    LofthouseLabour1,554
    L. FirthConservative1,175
    QuinnTRUE LAB658
    No. 12 (Hemsworth)1 seat · turnout 35.8%
    C. MoxonRES1,509 ✓
    ThompsonLabour1,277
    MatthewsTRUE LAB613
    TordoffLIB262
    T. DickensConservative153
    No. 13 (Horbury)1 seat · turnout 48.2%
    SmithRES1,857 ✓
    WardLabour708
    AustinConservative618
    BaulchLIB142
    No. 14 (Knottingley)1 seat · turnout 30.1%
    G. PentyConservative1,709
    PriceLabour1,635
    No. 15 (Normanton)1 seat · turnout 29.7%
    J. MakinConservative1,920
    ShawLabour1,835
    No. 16 (Stanley & Wrenthorpe)1 seat · turnout 32.8%
    JenningsRES2,098
    NoonLabour580
    No. 17 (Lake Lock & Outwood)1 seat · turnout 30.5%
    V. SteeleRES1,463
    CroxallLabour836
    No. 18 (Ackworth & Ryhill Etc.)1 seat · turnout 32.8%
    W. ChambersLabour1,608
    LeemanConservative1,485
    No. 19 (Elmsall & Upton)1 seat · turnout 28.7%
    J. GreenwoodLabour1,286 ✓
    HarrisonInd Lab768
    W. StonesConservative548
    KiddLIB166
    No. 2 (Wakefield: Eastmoor-Kirkgate- Northgate)1 seat · turnout 27.9%
    N. HazellConservative1,366 ✓
    CairnsLabour1,205
    No. 20 (South Kirkby)1 seat · turnout 32.2%
    G. BuckleyLabour1,392
    MoodyRES807
    HoyleConservative252
    No. 21 (Crigglestone & Sitlington)1 seat · turnout 41.9%
    B. EastwoodConservative1,971
    NewRES1,348
    WoodLabour857
    No. 22 (Crofton & Sharlston)1 seat · turnout 41.4%
    H. StevensRES2,579
    ReynoldsLabour975
    No. 3 (Wakefield: Belle Vue Andsandal)1 seat · turnout 38.4%
    I. SeniorConservative2,391
    PickardLabour926
    FusseyLIB586
    No. 4 (Wakefield: Calder-Lupset-Westgate)1 seat · turnout 29.2%
    G. ArmitageConservative1,645
    D. RichardsonLabour1,329
    AblettLIB344
    No. 5 (Castleford: Fryston & Wheldale)1 seat
    AstburyLabour0 ✓
    No. 6 (Castleford: Airedale Etc.)1 seat · turnout 25.4%
    D. ThompsonLabour1,367
    BattyConservative890
    No. 7 (Castleford: Half Acresetc.)1 seat · turnout 25.1%
    RylattLabour1,717
    GregoryConservative768
    No. 8 (Ossett)1 seat · turnout 39.0%
    HendersonRES3,138
    TateLabour1,300
    A. MetcalfeLIB812
    No. 9 (Pontefract: Baghill & Carleton)1 seat · turnout 35.4%
    BloomerConservative2,344
    LewisLabour1,617