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    Wakefield: 2008 local elections

    21 wards with results. Council page

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

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

    After (end of 2008) (63 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 32 · Conservative 23 · Other 6 · Liberal Democrats 2

    Ward results

    Ackworth North Elmsall & Upton1 seat
    Rob MolloyConservative1,653 ✓
    Allan GarbuttLabour1,466
    David ArthurLiberal Democrats709
    Airedale & Ferry Fryston1 seat · turnout 26.2%
    Graham PhelpsLabour1,401 ✓
    Stephen RogersonBNP628
    Mellisa wan OmerConservative540
    Paul KirbyLiberal Democrats430
    Altofts & Whitwood1 seat · turnout 29.7%
    Peter BoxLabour1,316 ✓
    Michael BurchLiberal Democrats827
    Gordon TennantConservative793
    Dawn ByromBNP585
    Castleford Central& Glasshoughton0
    Crofton, Ryhill and Walton1 seat · turnout 36.4%
    Steve LodgeConservative1,783 ✓
    Albert ManifieldLabour1,730
    Dean CrosslandBNP902
    Featherstone1 seat · turnout 34.0%
    Kay BinnersleyIndependent1,974 ✓
    David William John TaylorLabour1,872
    Michael LedgardConservative464
    Hemsworth2 seats
    I. WomersleyIndependent1,695 ✓
    G. LloydLabour1,288 ✓
    Sandra PickinLabour1,203
    J. EvansIndependent663
    M. KentIndependent503
    Jeanette WomackBNP400
    C I’AnsonConservative371
    Rebecca MullinsConservative329
    Horbury and South Ossett1 seat · turnout 38.5%
    Graham JestyConservative1,845 ✓
    Janet HolmesLabour1,657
    Susan ArmitageIndependent576
    David RowlandLiberal Democrats522
    Knottingley1 seat · turnout 23.7%
    Graham StokesLabour1,417 ✓
    Tom DixonConservative1,081
    Normanton1 seat · turnout 26.4%
    Barry SmithLabour1,037 ✓
    Richard Martin WakefieldConservative784
    Graeme MilnerIndependent699
    Adam FrazerBNP520
    Jack SmithLiberal Democrats221
    Ossett1 seat · turnout 35.9%
    Terence BrownConservative1,709 ✓
    Mark Andrew GoodairLiberal Democrats1,694
    David WattsLabour1,105
    Pontefract North1 seat · turnout 28.1%
    Philip ThomasConservative1,352 ✓
    Jack KershawLabour1,323
    Bob EvisonIndependent398
    Rennie SmithGreen240
    Pontefract South1 seat · turnout 39.9%
    Mark CrowtherConservative2,340 ✓
    Trevor IzonLabour1,801
    Chris RushLiberal Democrats650
    South Elmsall and South Kirkby1 seat · turnout 32.6%
    Wilf BensonIndependent2,248 ✓
    Mollie WrightLabour1,342
    Allan CouchConservative389
    Stanley and Outwood East1 seat · turnout 32.3%
    Susan Mary WilsonConservative1,392 ✓
    Charles KeithLabour1,112
    David Robert Cynlais EvansLiberal Democrats661
    Loraine FrazerBNP608
    vote share1 seat
    M. Burns-WilliamsonLabour1,775 ✓
    Rita RobinsonBNP854
    Mullins E.Conservative649
    Wakefield East1 seat · turnout 28.7%
    Ros LundLabour1,478 ✓
    Mark PickardConservative1,022
    Robert ArnoldBNP447
    Michael Griffiths—352
    Wakefield North1 seat · turnout 31.2%
    Elizabeth RhodesLabour1,177 ✓
    Graham RidlerConservative1,140
    Andrew TennantLiberal Democrats468
    Graham Thewlis-HardyBNP458
    Keith Frank WellsUK Independence Party (UKIP)145
    Wakefield Rural1 seat · turnout 35.2%
    John ColleyConservative2,837 ✓
    Tony RichardsonLabour1,108
    Miriam HawkinsGreen628
    Wakefield South1 seat · turnout 40.6%
    David HopkinsConservative1,725 ✓
    Norman Joseph HazellIndependent1,222
    Simon YoungLabour672
    Stephen NuthallLiberal Democrats369
    John AveyardBNP321
    Wakefield West1 seat · turnout 36.0%
    Mike WalkerConservative2,479 ✓
    Matthew MorleyLabour738
    Neville PoyntonBNP348
    Susan MorganLiberal Democrats252
    Brian ElseGreen156
    Norman Tate—142
    Wrenthorpe & Outwood West1 seat · turnout 34.8%
    Annemarie GloverConservative1,829 ✓
    Martyn JohnsonLabour1,150
    Margaret DoddLiberal Democrats516
    Grant RoweBNP496