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    Wakefield: 2007 local elections

    21 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 2006) (63 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 41 · Conservative 14 · Other 5 · Liberal Democrats 3

    After (end of 2007) (63 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 40 · Conservative 16 · Other 4 · Liberal Democrats 3

    Ward results

    Ackworth North Elmsall & Upton1 seat
    Jean MartinLabour1,407 ✓
    Rob MolloyConservative1,124
    John EvansIndependent708
    Oliver WadsworthLiberal Democrats544
    Airedale & Ferry Fryston1 seat · turnout 25.6%
    Yvonne CreweLabour1,689 ✓
    Stephen RogersonBNP553
    Eamonn Malachy MullinsConservative374
    Paul KirbyLiberal Democrats337
    Altofts & Whitwood1 seat · turnout 27.7%
    Heather HudsonLabour1,563 ✓
    Michael BurchLiberal Democrats619
    Dawn ByromBNP546
    Tom DixonConservative513
    Castleford Central& Glasshoughton0
    Crofton, Ryhill and Walton1 seat · turnout 36.3%
    Maureen Anne CummingsLabour2,029 ✓
    Elizabeth HickConservative1,500
    Dean CrosslandBNP873
    Featherstone1 seat · turnout 34.6%
    Pauline GuyIndependent1,828 ✓
    Maureen Tennant-KingLabour1,698
    Michael WainBNP392
    Brendan PowerLiberal Democrats260
    Charles ScholesConservative232
    Hemsworth1 seat
    W. JenkinsLabour1,547 ✓
    J. HelliwellIndependent993
    C I’AnsonConservative446
    Horbury and South Ossett1 seat · turnout 35.7%
    Alyson RipleyConservative1,822 ✓
    Brian HolmesLabour1,623
    David RowlandLiberal Democrats825
    Knottingley1 seat · turnout 23.9%
    Glenn BurtonLabour1,545 ✓
    Mellisa wan OmerConservative498
    Nathan GarbuttIndependent470
    Normanton1 seat · turnout 24.9%
    David DaggerLabour1,218 ✓
    Graeme MilnerIndependent758
    Adam FrazerBNP488
    Michael LedgardConservative353
    Jack SmithLiberal Democrats230
    Ossett1 seat · turnout 36.1%
    Elizabeth KnowlesLiberal Democrats1,665 ✓
    Susan ArmitageConservative1,162
    David WattsLabour1,109
    Suzy CassBNP620
    Pontefract North1 seat · turnout 27.6%
    Pat GarbuttLabour1,695 ✓
    Philip ThomasConservative1,517
    Pontefract South1 seat · turnout 37.5%
    Philip BoothConservative2,241 ✓
    Bill O'BrienLabour1,685
    Chris RushLiberal Democrats575
    South Elmsall and South Kirkby1 seat · turnout 27.4%
    Harold MillsIndependent2,042 ✓
    Malcolm EvansLabour1,280
    Sheila ScholesConservative390
    Stanley and Outwood East1 seat · turnout 32.3%
    Clive HudsonLabour1,338 ✓
    Susan Mary WilsonConservative1,130
    David Robert Cynlais EvansLiberal Democrats679
    Glenn FothergillBNP581
    vote share1 seat
    A. WallisLabour2,077 ✓
    Rita RobinsonBNP745
    T. AyoadeConservative453
    Wakefield East1 seat · turnout 30.6%
    Ronald HallidayLabour1,603 ✓
    Margaret HolwellConservative773
    Ather MohammedLiberal Democrats426
    Robert ArnoldBNP399
    Michael Griffiths—240
    Wakefield North1 seat · turnout 31.6%
    Margaret IsherwoodLabour1,262 ✓
    Nick PicklesConservative957
    Mark Andrew GoodairLiberal Democrats612
    Graham Thewlis-HardyBNP405
    Keith Frank WellsUK Independence Party (UKIP)148
    Mark HarropIndependent61
    Wakefield Rural1 seat · turnout 35.0%
    Bryan DensonConservative2,373 ✓
    Martyn JohnsonLabour1,210
    John LumbGreen642
    Michael GreensmithIndependent300
    Wakefield South1 seat · turnout 44.5%
    Monica GrahamConservative1,817 ✓
    Norman Joseph HazellIndependent875
    Charlie KeithLabour756
    Neville PoyntonBNP402
    Stephen NuthallLiberal Democrats316
    Miriam HawkinsGreen197
    Wakefield West1 seat · turnout 35.2%
    Bill SandersConservative2,202 ✓
    Javed IqbalLabour845
    Susan MorganLiberal Democrats366
    Norman Tate—324
    Brian ElseGreen277
    Wrenthorpe & Outwood West1 seat · turnout 35.1%
    Rachael HuntConservative1,617 ✓
    Philip DobsonLabour1,444
    Margaret DoddLiberal Democrats502
    Grant RoweBNP494