2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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One third (21) of 63 seats on the Wakefield Metropolitan District Council and one by-election for Airedale and Ferry Fryston division. 32 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council election took take place during 2021 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in England. The election was held on the same day as other local elections. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Results[edit]
2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 13 | 6 | 59.1 | 30 | 43 | 68.3 | 37,139 | 45.1 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | 8 | 6 | 36.4 | 9 | 17 | 27.0 | 30,849 | 37.5 | +12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 3.2 | 2,484 | 3.0 | -6.0 | |
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.6 | 1,745 | 2.1 | -4.1 | |
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,307 | 6.4 | +3.5 | ||
Yorkshire | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,643 | 4.4 | -2.5 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 309 | 0.4 | New | ||
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 246 | 0.3 | New | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 220 | 0.3 | -7.1 | ||
Workers Party | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 123 | 0.1 | New | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118 | 0.1 | New | ||
For Britain | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 101 | 0.1 | New |
Party | Seats | ||||
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2016[2] | 2018[3] | 2019[4] | 2021 | ||
Labour | 53 | 52 | 49 | 43 | |
Conservative | 7 | 11 | 11 | 17 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Lib Dems | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton[edit]
The incumbent Labour councillor Martyn Ward stood down, with the Conservative's Raymond Massey winning the seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Raymond Massey | 1,483 | 36.6 | +18.3 | |
Labour | Stan Bates | 1427 | 35.2 | +0.4 | |
Yorkshire | Chris Dawson | 447 | 11.0 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Howden | 281 | 6.9 | -1.6 | |
Green | Jody Gabriel | 271 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
Independent | Gwen Marshall | 144 | 3.6 | -4.2 | |
Majority | 56 | 1.4 | -15.9 | ||
Turnout | 4053 | 30.3 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | {{{swing}}} |
Airedale and Ferry Fryston[edit]
Incumbent Les Shaw won re-election and Jackie Ferguson won her seat from independent Alex Kear who was expelled from the council after a sexual offense conviction.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jackie Ferguson | 1,190 | 51.1 | +8.8 | |
Labour | Les Shaw | 1,116 | |||
Conservative | Richard Evans | 567 | 23.1 | +10.6 | |
Independent | Neil Kennedy | 522 | 11.5 | +11.5 | |
Conservative | Eamonn Mullins | 480 | |||
Independent | Ian Kennedy | 367 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
Green | John Ingham | 144 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Green | Daniel Russell | 120 | |||
Majority | 628 | 28 | +25.1 | ||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Altofts and Whitwood[edit]
Former Mayor of Normanton Josie Farrah won the ward, holding it after former council leader Peter Box CBE's resignation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Josie Farrar | 1,896 | 47.5 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Anthony David Hill | 1,522 | 38.1 | +21.3 | |
Green | Brenden Beckett | 283 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Reform UK | John Thomas | 209 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Workers Party | Zane Carpenter | 80 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 374 | 9.4 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,990 | 28.1 | +3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.6 |
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton[edit]
Incumbent Richard Forster won re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Forster | 2,092 | 62.4 | +19.7 | |
Conservative | Joanne Smart | 731 | 21.8 | +13.7 | |
Yorkshire | Paul Phelps | 389 | 11.6 | -9.8 | |
Green | Alan Horne | 140 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 1361 | 40.6 | +20.7 | ||
Turnout | 3352 | 26.4 | +1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Crofton, Ryhill and Walton[edit]
Paul Stockhill beat incumbent councillor Faith Heptinstall by 79 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Stockhill | 1,985 | 45.5 | +13.2 | |
Labour | Faith Heptinstall | 1906 | 43.7 | -5.4 | |
Green | Cynthia Dickinson | 474 | 10.9 | +10.9 | |
Majority | 79 | 1.8 | -18.0 | ||
Turnout | 4365 | 34.9 | +7.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Featherstone[edit]
Incumbent Maureen Tennant-King won re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maureen Tennant-King | 2,104 | 60.7 | -10.3 | |
Conservative | Ayrton Pointon | 802 | 23.1 | -5.9 | |
Yorkshire | James Craven | 292 | 8.4 | +8.4 | |
Green | Ruth Love | 169 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Ebbs | 101 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 1,302 | 37.6 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,468 | 26.3 | +6.9 | ||
Labour hold |
Hemsworth[edit]
Incumbent Pauline Kitching won re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Pauline Kitching | 1,314 | 44.0 | +6.5 | |
Independent | Jim Kenyon | 647 | 21.6 | +21.6 | |
Conservative | David Pointon | 586 | 19.6 | +13.0 | |
Green | Lyn Morton | 342 | 11.4 | +5.1 | |
Reform UK | Waj Ali | 100 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 667 | 22.4 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,989 | 24.7 | +0.0 | ||
Labour hold |
Horbury and South Ossett[edit]
Incumbent Darren Byford won re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Darren Byford | 2,231 | 48.1 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Allum | 2,070 | 44.7 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 174 | 3.8 | -3.4 | |
Green | Richard Norris | 159 | 3.4 | -6.7 | |
Majority | 161 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,634 | 38.6 | |||
Labour hold |
Knottingley[edit]
Adele Hayes won the seat from incumbent Graham Stokes who stood down.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Adele Hayes | 1,624 | 54.2 | -8.9 | |
Labour Co-op | Kerron Cross | 867 | 28.9 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Hilary Plumbley | 415 | 13.8 | +6.0 | |
Green | Garry Newby | 91 | 3.0 | -4.8 | |
Majority | 757 | 25.3 | -16.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,997 | 28.6 | -0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
Normanton[edit]
Labour's Julie Medford held the seat after the death of the former councillor Alan Wassell.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Julie Medford | 1,785 | 51.8 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Keith Hudson | 1,069 | 31.0 | -9.5 | |
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom (UK) | Cliff Parsons | 246 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Green | Gillian Dewey-Nager | 214 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Hayes | 92 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Workers Party | Marcus Whalley-Reid | 43 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 716 | 20.8 | +15.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,449 | 27.1 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold |
Ossett[edit]
Incumbent councillor Lynn Masterman (Labour) lost her seat to Conservative Tony Homewood, election agent to Imran Ahmad Khan in the 2019 general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony Homewood | 2,395 | 53.8 | +11.2 | |
Labour | Lynn Masterman | 1,729 | 38.8 | -0.4 | |
Green | Stephen Scott | 220 | 4.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Pollack | 111 | 2.5 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 666 | 15.0 | +11.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,455 | 35.0 | +5.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Pontefract North[edit]
Incumbent councillor Lorna Malkin (Labour) won re-election for her second term, first being elected in a 2015 by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lorna Malkin | 1,653 | 46.1 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Chris Hyomes | 1,120 | 31.2 | +11.8 | |
Yorkshire | Ryan Kett | 628 | 17.5 | -21.7 | |
Green | Emma Tingle | 183 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 533 | 14.9 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,584 | 25.4 | +3.3 | ||
Labour hold |
Pontefract South[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony Hames | 1,842 | 44.7 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Melanie Jones | 1,712 | 41.5 | -4.9 | |
Yorkshire | Trevor Peasant | 390 | 9.5 | +9.5 | |
Green | Katherine Dodd | 178 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 130 | 3.2 | -3.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,122 | 34.3 | +6.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour |
South Elmsall and South Kirkby[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michelle Collins | 2,002 | 60.8 | -14.8 | |
Conservative | Chad Thomas | 822 | 25.0 | +14.2 | |
Yorkshire | Sarah Mansfield | 312 | 9.5 | +9.5 | |
Green | Stefan Ludewig | 155 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 1180 | 35.8 | -26.2 | ||
Turnout | 3291 | 23.8 | +3.3 | ||
Labour hold |
Stanley and Outwood East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Matthew Morley | 2,232 | 50.1 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Stephanie Fishwick | 1,599 | 35.9 | +11.4 | |
Yorkshire | Brent Hawksley | 316 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Green | Richard Copeland | 204 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Dodd | 101 | 2.3 | -6.4 | |
Majority | 633 | 14.2 | -6.2 | ||
Turnout | 4452 | 34.3 | +6.5 | ||
Labour hold |
Wakefield East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Akef Akbar | 1,741 | 45.8 | +33.6 | |
Labour | Helen Antcliff | 1693 | 44.5 | -12.4 | |
Green | Janet MacKintosh | 252 | 6.6 | -2.3 | |
TUSC | Mick Griffiths | 118 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 48 | 1.3 | -42.9 | ||
Turnout | 3804 | 32.6 | +5.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Wakefield North[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Betty Rhodes | 1,707 | 46.9 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Naeem Formuli | 1,203 | 33.0 | +13.5 | |
Green | Lewis Elliott | 320 | 8.8 | +8.8 | |
Yorkshire | Andy Mack | 263 | 7.2 | -2.9 | |
UKIP | Keith Wells | 85 | 2.3 | -15.0 | |
Independent | Rebecca Murphy | 65 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 504 | 13.9 | -12.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,643 | 29.9 | +4.4 | ||
Labour hold |
Wakefield Rural[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cynthia Binns | 2,939 | 58.8 | +14.4 | |
Labour | Paul Wood | 1,499 | 30.0 | -3.0 | |
Green | Charlotte Myles | 560 | 11.2 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 1440 | 28.8 | +17.4 | ||
Turnout | 4998 | 35.9 | +6.3 | ||
Conservative hold |
Wakefield South[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Hunt | 2,129 | 50.2 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Paul Belbin | 1,557 | 36.7 | +8.5 | |
Green | Krys Tal Holmes | 289 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Yorkshire | Dan Cochran | 267 | 6.3 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 572 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,242 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Wakefield West[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hilary Mitchell | 1,682 | 49.2 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Laura Weldon | 1,382 | 40.4 | +18.3 | |
Green | Karen Sadler | 257 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
For Britain | Josie Thornton | 101 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 300 | 8.8 | -16.6 | ||
Turnout | 3422 | 30.6 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold |
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Annemarie Glover | 1,925 | 43.5 | +10.4 | |
Labour | Martyn Johnson | 1745 | 39.4 | +5.2 | |
Yorkshire | Richard Bentley | 339 | 7.7 | +0.1 | |
Green | Oliver Thompson | 282 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
UKIP | David Dews | 135 | 3.1 | -11.2 | |
Majority | 180 | 4.1 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,426 | 33.6 | +4.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour |
References[edit]
- ^ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "2016 Local Election Results". Wakefield Council. 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Local Election results 2018". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Local elections 2019 - Results". www.wakefield.gov.uk Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019.