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    1998 handbook

    Wakefield: 1998 local elections

    21 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1997) (63 seats, Elections Centre)

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

    After (end of 1998) (63 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 60 · Conservative 2 · Other 1 · Liberal Democrats 0

    Ward results

    Castleford Ferry Fryston1 seat · turnout 16.4%
    C. FranceLabour1,404 ✓
    J BerryConservative157
    Castleford Glasshoughton1 seat · turnout 18.9%
    M. Burns-WilliamsonLabour1,719 ✓
    S. CurtisLiberal Democrats156
    E. HickConservative115
    Castleford Whitwood1 seat · turnout 20.0%
    C. ChurmLabour1,689 ✓
    M MitchellConservative224
    Crofton and Ackworth1 seat · turnout 21.0%
    P BeckettLabour1,709 ✓
    M LedgardConservative762
    Featherstone1 seat · turnout 20.7%
    P. WroeLabour2,029 ✓
    T SteeleConservative192
    Hemsworth1 seat · turnout 17.7%
    W. JenkinsLabour1,567 ✓
    Mullins E.Conservative376
    Horbury1 seat · turnout 25.9%
    B. HolmesLabour1,357 ✓
    A RobinsonConservative929
    M. GoodairLiberal Democrats765
    Knottingley1 seat · turnout 20.3%
    G. StokesLabour1,823 ✓
    Anthony PowellConservative357
    Normanton and Sharlston1 seat · turnout 20.2%
    P LoosemoreLabour1,438 ✓
    T AppleyardSOC625
    Jane BrownConservative338
    Ossett1 seat · turnout 25.1%
    C. OldroydLabour1,560 ✓
    A MetcalfeLiberal Democrats890
    N WebsterConservative618
    Pontefract North1 seat · turnout 19.2%
    J KershawLabour1,870 ✓
    J. DrysdaleConservative372
    Pontefract South1 seat · turnout 23.2%
    T. BrennanLabour1,637 ✓
    R. MolloyConservative868
    South Elmsall1 seat · turnout 16.6%
    J DevineLabour1,434 ✓
    I HallConservative421
    South Kirkby1 seat · turnout 25.0%
    H. MillsInd Lab1,613 ✓
    H. ClarkLabour942
    J AlexanderConservative135
    Stanley and Altofts1 seat · turnout 20.7%
    D. AtkinsonLabour1,633 ✓
    A PaulConservative622
    M. BurchLiberal Democrats585
    Stanley and Wrenthorpe1 seat · turnout 20.5%
    J. BridgwaterLabour1,565 ✓
    R HawkinConservative799
    Margaret DoddLiberal Democrats578
    Wakefield Central1 seat · turnout 17.8%
    A RichardsonLabour988 ✓
    K BlackburnConservative661
    M. GoodairLiberal Democrats356
    Wakefield East1 seat · turnout 22.8%
    Olivia RowleyLabour1,584 ✓
    P HarveyConservative662
    A DaleLiberal Democrats314
    M GriffithsSOC201
    Wakefield North1 seat · turnout 24.3%
    K. RhodesLabour1,519 ✓
    D. SaundersConservative664
    D. DaleLiberal Democrats297
    A O'MalleySOC215
    Wakefield Rural1 seat · turnout 22.2%
    J. NewsomeLabour1,492 ✓
    D HiltonConservative1,243
    Wakefield South1 seat · turnout 33.9%
    N. HazellConservative2,561 ✓
    P PhelpsLabour1,183
    D. ArthurLiberal Democrats330