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    1996 handbook

    Wakefield: 1996 local elections

    21 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1995) (63 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 58 · Conservative 4 · Other 1 · Liberal Democrats 0

    After (end of 1996) (63 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 58 · Conservative 4 · Other 1 · Liberal Democrats 0

    Ward results

    Castleford Ferry Fryston1 seat · turnout 21.6%
    G. PhelpsLabour2,105 ✓
    J AlexanderConservative130
    Castleford Glasshoughton1 seat · turnout 21.2%
    W. McLoughlinLabour2,154 ✓
    M. RichardsConservative129
    Castleford Whitwood1 seat · turnout 23.6%
    R. CookLabour2,209 ✓
    V RichardsConservative158
    Crofton and Ackworth1 seat · turnout 22.2%
    C. HeinitzLabour2,161 ✓
    R. MolloyConservative441
    Featherstone1 seat · turnout 21.8%
    S. VickersLabour2,415 ✓
    T SteeleConservative155
    Hemsworth1 seat · turnout 22.7%
    A. ManifieldLabour2,365 ✓
    Mullins E.Conservative238
    Horbury1 seat · turnout 27.9%
    P. McNeillLabour2,044 ✓
    A. HolwellConservative666
    M. GoodairLiberal Democrats485
    Knottingley1 seat · turnout 24.5%
    G. BurtonLabour2,430 ✓
    Anthony PowellConservative345
    Normanton and Sharlston1 seat · turnout 24.1%
    J. McGowanLabour2,668 ✓
    A PaulConservative259
    Ossett1 seat · turnout 27.7%
    R. EggettLabour1,900 ✓
    A MetcalfeLiberal Democrats1,045
    A. CarrConservative382
    Pontefract North1 seat · turnout 23.5%
    F. HodgsonLabour2,463 ✓
    J. DrysdaleConservative294
    Pontefract South1 seat · turnout 27.0%
    A. DeanLabour2,195 ✓
    I BloomerConservative855
    South Elmsall1 seat · turnout 21.9%
    D BondLabour1,909 ✓
    D HodgsonLiberal Democrats361
    I HallConservative199
    South Kirkby1 seat · turnout 27.3%
    L. HarrisonLabour1,606 ✓
    H. MillsInd Lab1,136
    M. JohnsonLiberal Democrats152
    M LedgardConservative63
    Stanley and Altofts1 seat · turnout 24.8%
    J. WalkdenLabour2,528 ✓
    D PerrotConservative653
    Stanley and Wrenthorpe1 seat · turnout 23.9%
    P. DobsonLabour2,291 ✓
    E. GothorpConservative524
    Margaret DoddLiberal Democrats373
    Wakefield Central1 seat · turnout 25.4%
    R. KirkLabour2,114 ✓
    K BlackburnConservative515
    L MorganLiberal Democrats304
    Wakefield East1 seat · turnout 27.7%
    R. MitchellLabour2,343 ✓
    P HarveyConservative471
    M GriffithsMILT Lab240
    M ColdwellLiberal Democrats231
    Wakefield North1 seat · turnout 27.2%
    M. TaylorLabour2,338 ✓
    Allan CouchConservative451
    D. DaleLiberal Democrats248
    Wakefield Rural1 seat · turnout 23.9%
    Maureen CummingsLabour2,045 ✓
    D HiltonConservative1,027
    Wakefield South1 seat · turnout 39.6%
    B. HazellConservative2,390 ✓
    P LoosemoreLabour2,009
    M. WoodLiberal Democrats307