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    Wakefield: 2012 local elections

    21 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 2011) (63 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 39 · Conservative 21 · Other 3 · Liberal Democrats 0

    After (end of 2012) (63 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 52 · Conservative 11 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0

    Ward results

    Ackworth North Elmsall & Upton1 seat
    Martyn WardLabour2,128 ✓
    Donald MarshallConservative1,282
    Airedale & Ferry Fryston1 seat
    Les ShawLabour1,997 ✓
    Arnie CravenUK Independence Party (UKIP)556
    Mellisa wan OmerConservative171
    Altofts & Whitwood1 seat
    Peter BoxLabour2,009 ✓
    David ArmitageUK Independence Party (UKIP)783
    Steven BeetonConservative470
    Castleford Central & Glasshoughton1 seat
    Mark Burns-WilliamsonLabour2,306 ✓
    Alison BullivantUK Independence Party (UKIP)482
    Eamonn Malachy MullinsConservative235
    Crofton, Ryhill and Walton1 seat · turnout 31.4%
    Faith HeptinstallLabour2,582 ✓
    Allan CouchConservative1,253
    Featherstone1 seat · turnout 24.8%
    June CliffeLabour2,649 ✓
    Charles ScholesConservative516
    Hemsworth1 seat
    Shaun HodsonLabour1,779 ✓
    Jim KenyonIndependent1,075
    Phil DaviesConservative238
    Horbury and South Ossett1 seat · turnout 33.8%
    Jack Spencer HemingwayLabour1,660 ✓
    Richard Martin WakefieldConservative934
    Graham JestyIndependent732
    Anthony LumbUK Independence Party (UKIP)429
    Mark GoodfairLiberal Democrats340
    Knottingley1 seat · turnout 23.7%
    Graham StokesLabour1,788 ✓
    Clinton RhodesUK Independence Party (UKIP)494
    Johnathan WadeyConservative282
    Normanton1 seat · turnout 22.3%
    Alan WassellLabour1,775 ✓
    Bryan BarkleyUK Independence Party (UKIP)712
    Emma-Jane LisleConservative337
    Ossett1 seat · turnout 31.8%
    Tony RichardsonLabour1,991 ✓
    Terence BrownConservative1,453
    Donald SmithLiberal Democrats606
    Pontefract North1 seat · turnout 28.0%
    Paula SherriffLabour1,649 ✓
    Jack KershawIndependent769
    Hannah CrowtherConservative481
    Nathan Garbutt-MooreUK Independence Party (UKIP)368
    Rennie SmithGreen103
    Daniel DeardenTUSC76
    Pontefract South1 seat · turnout 36.5%
    Celia LoughranLabour2,222 ✓
    Andrew CrowtherConservative1,617
    Tez UttleyUK Independence Party (UKIP)446
    Dawn DaleLiberal Democrats122
    South Elmsall and South Kirkby1 seat · turnout 27.3%
    Michelle CollinsLabour2,071 ✓
    Wilf BensonIndependent1,425
    Christian I'AnsonConservative197
    Stanley and Outwood East1 seat · turnout 28.3%
    Matthew MorleyLabour2,135 ✓
    James KildeaConservative971
    Margaret DoddLiberal Democrats370
    Wakefield East1 seat · turnout 28.5%
    Ros LundLabour1,741 ✓
    Choudry IkramIndependent659
    Anthony BracewellConservative596
    Mick GriffithsTUSC337
    Safia IlyasIndependent86
    Wakefield North1 seat · turnout 27.6%
    Elizabeth RhodesLabour1,901 ✓
    Keith Frank WellsUK Independence Party (UKIP)594
    Dianne Elizabeth PreshaConservative451
    Robert BellLiberal Democrats170
    Wakefield Rural1 seat · turnout 34.0%
    Lawrence KirkpatrickLabour2,003 ✓
    Tom FletcherConservative1,778
    Miriam HawkinsGreen472
    Denis CroninLiberal Democrats354
    Wakefield South1 seat · turnout 36.1%
    David HopkinsConservative1,851 ✓
    Javed IqbalLabour1,562
    Stephen NuthallLiberal Democrats462
    Wakefield West1 seat · turnout 29.4%
    Hilary Gail MitchellLabour1,456 ✓
    Philip BoothConservative1,101
    Norman TateEnglish Democrats Party - Putting England First594
    Brian ElseGreen226
    Wrenthorpe & Outwood West1 seat
    Martyn JohnsonLabour1,743 ✓
    Annemarie GloverConservative1,037
    David DewsUK Independence Party (UKIP)940