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    1980 handbook

    Wakefield: 1980 local elections

    22 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1979) (66 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 44 · Conservative 16 · Other 6 · The Liberal Party 0

    After (end of 1980) (66 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 49 · Conservative 9 · Other 7 · The Liberal Party 1

    Ward results

    Featherstone1 seat · turnout 35.6%
    R. WiddowsonLabour2,595
    A. GascoyneRES1,030
    No. 1 (Wakefield: Alverthorpeand St. Johns)1 seat · turnout 38.3%
    D. FatchettLabour2,547
    K. BlackburnConservative1,737
    No. 10 (Pontefract: Castle Etc.)1 seat · turnout 33.3%
    K. MillettLabour2,849
    G. HoltConservative1,190
    No. 12 (Hemsworth)1 seat · turnout 35.0%
    J. FreemanLabour2,098
    J. BancroftRES1,607
    No. 13 (Horbury)1 seat · turnout 40.7%
    A. SelveyRES1,639
    W. SykesLabour1,256
    No. 14 (Knottingley)1 seat
    A. ThorpeLabour0 ✓
    No. 15 (Normanton)1 seat · turnout 41.5%
    J. KennyLabour3,554
    J. MakinConservative1,454
    F. WilkinsonInd Lab300
    No. 16 (Stanley & Wrenthorpe)1 seat · turnout 34.7%
    J. BeechLabour1,877
    M. BeightonConservative1,092
    No. 17 (Lake Lock & Outwood)1 seat · turnout 35.0%
    J. BridgwaterLabour2,081
    V. SteeleConservative739
    No. 18 (Ackworth & Ryhill Etc.)1 seat · turnout 41.2%
    A. NobleLabour2,169
    J. WooffindinLIB1,117
    W. HepworthConservative982
    No. 19 (Elmsall & Upton)1 seat · turnout 37.0%
    G. HodsonLabour2,232
    H. TateRES1,389
    No. 2 (Wakefield: Eastmoor-Kirkgate- Northgate)1 seat · turnout 37.4%
    G. ParkinsonLabour1,791 ✓
    N. HazellConservative1,042
    A. BallThe Liberal Party837
    No. 20 (South Kirkby)1 seat · turnout 52.4%
    J. BrightmanIndependent2,377
    L. HarrisonLabour1,523
    J. HarrisonConservative214
    No. 21 (Crigglestone & Sitlington)1 seat · turnout 41.0%
    M. ChandlerLabour2,743
    M. ParkinsonConservative2,161
    No. 22 (Crofton & Sharlston)1 seat · turnout 37.4%
    G. GreenLabour2,383
    A. PaulConservative1,161
    No. 3 (Wakefield: Belle Vue Andsandal)1 seat · turnout 41.0%
    P. HowcroftConservative2,326
    R. MitchellLabour1,594
    K. FirthLIB516
    No. 4 (Wakefield: Calder-Lupset-Westgate)1 seat · turnout 33.4%
    O. RowleyLabour2,571
    D. LeithConservative1,398
    No. 5 (Castleford: Fryston & Wheldale)1 seat
    J. WalshLabour0 ✓
    No. 6 (Castleford: Airedale Etc.)1 seat · turnout 33.0%
    J. SmartLabour2,374
    E. GregoryConservative560
    No. 7 (Castleford: Half Acresetc.)1 seat · turnout 32.6%
    G. DaviesLabour2,748
    K. GentConservative441
    No. 8 (Ossett)1 seat · turnout 29.9%
    D. VickeryLIB2,501
    H. GreensmithLabour1,898
    No. 9 (Pontefract: Baghill & Carleton)1 seat · turnout 39.1%
    A. MillsLabour2,740
    R. BloomerConservative1,935