Local Election Results 2012
Wakefield
One-third of council up for election.
Other results for Wakefield:
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By-elections for Wakefield (may be incomplete): 21st April 2005 (Horbury & South Ossett)
— 21st January 2010 (Airedale & Ferry Fryston)
— 7th July 2011 (Horbury & South Ossett)
— 21st February 2013 (Castleford C. & Glasshoughton)
— 28th November 2013 (Horbury & South Ossett)
— 24th September 2015 (Pontefract N.)
— 12th October 2017 (Stanley & Outwood E.)
— 23rd November 2017 (Wakefield W.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
41147 |
56.2% |
20 |
| Conservative |
17251 |
23.6% |
1 |
| UK Independence Party |
5804 |
7.9% |
0 |
| Independent |
4746 |
6.5% |
0 |
| Liberal Democrat |
2424 |
3.3% |
0 |
| Green Party |
801 |
1.1% |
0 |
| English Democrats Party |
594 |
0.8% |
0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
413 |
0.6% |
0 |
| Martyn Ward |
Lab |
2128 |
62.4% |
| Don Marshall |
C |
1282 |
37.6% |
| Les Shaw |
Lab |
1997 |
73.3% |
| Arnie Craven |
UKIP |
556 |
20.4% |
| Mellisa Wan Omer |
C |
171 |
6.3% |
| Peter Box |
Lab |
2009 |
61.6% |
| David Armitage |
UKIP |
783 |
24.0% |
| Steven Beeton |
C |
470 |
14.4% |
| Mark Burns-Williamson |
Lab |
2306 |
76.3% |
| Ali Bullivant |
UKIP |
482 |
15.9% |
| Eamonn Mullins |
C |
235 |
7.8% |
| Faith Heptinstall |
Lab |
2582 |
67.3% |
| Allan Couch |
C |
1253 |
32.7% |
| June Cliffe |
Lab |
2649 |
83.7% |
| Charles Scholes |
C |
516 |
16.3% |
| Shaun Hodson |
Lab |
1779 |
57.5% |
| Jim Kenyon |
Ind |
1075 |
34.8% |
| Philip Davies |
C |
238 |
7.7% |
| Jack Hemingway |
Lab |
1660 |
40.5% |
| Richard Wakefield |
C |
934 |
22.8% |
| Graham Jesty |
Ind |
732 |
17.9% |
| Anthony Lumb |
UKIP |
429 |
10.5% |
| Mark Goodfair |
LD |
340 |
8.3% |
| Graham Stokes |
Lab |
1788 |
69.7% |
| Clinton Rhodes |
UKIP |
494 |
19.3% |
| Johnathan Wadey |
C |
282 |
11.0% |
| Alan Wassell |
Lab |
1775 |
62.9% |
| Bryan Barkley |
UKIP |
712 |
25.2% |
| Emma-Jane Lisle |
C |
337 |
11.9% |
| Tony Richardson |
Lab |
1991 |
49.2% |
| Terry Brown |
C |
1453 |
35.9% |
| David Smith |
LD |
606 |
15.0% |
| Paula Sherriff |
Lab |
1649 |
47.9% |
| Jack Kershaw |
Ind |
769 |
22.3% |
| Hannah Crowther |
C |
481 |
14.0% |
| Nathan Garbutt |
UKIP |
368 |
10.7% |
| Rennie Smith |
Grn |
103 |
3.0% |
| Daniel Dearden |
TUSC |
76 |
2.2% |
| Celia Loughran |
Lab |
2222 |
50.4% |
| Andrew Crowther |
C |
1617 |
36.7% |
| Tez Uttley |
UKIP |
446 |
10.1% |
| Douglas Dale |
LD |
122 |
2.8% |
| Michelle Collins |
Lab |
2071 |
56.1% |
| Wilf Benson |
Ind |
1425 |
38.6% |
| Christian I'Anson |
C |
197 |
5.3% |
| Matthew Morley |
Lab |
2135 |
61.4% |
| James Kildea |
C |
971 |
27.9% |
| Margaret Dodd |
LD |
370 |
10.6% |
| Ros Lund |
Lab |
1741 |
50.9% |
| Choudry Ikram |
Ind |
659 |
19.3% |
| Anthony Bracewell |
C |
596 |
17.4% |
| Michael Griffiths |
TUSC |
337 |
9.9% |
| Safia Ilyas |
Ind |
86 |
2.5% |
| Elizabeth Rhodes |
Lab |
1901 |
61.0% |
| Keith Wells |
UKIP |
594 |
19.1% |
| Dianne Presha |
C |
451 |
14.5% |
| Rob Bell |
LD |
170 |
5.5% |
| Lawrence Kirkpatrick |
Lab |
2003 |
43.5% |
| Tom Fletcher |
C |
1778 |
38.6% |
| Miriam Hawkins |
Grn |
472 |
10.2% |
| Denis Cronin |
LD |
354 |
7.7% |
| David Hopkins |
C |
1851 |
47.8% |
| Javed Iqbal |
Lab |
1562 |
40.3% |
| Stephen Nuthall |
LD |
462 |
11.9% |
| Hilary Mitchell |
Lab |
1456 |
43.1% |
| Philip Booth |
C |
1101 |
32.6% |
| Norman Tate |
EDP |
594 |
17.6% |
| Brian Else |
Grn |
226 |
6.7% |
| Martyn Johnson |
Lab |
1743 |
46.9% |
| Annemarie Glover |
C |
1037 |
27.9% |
| David Dews |
UKIP |
940 |
25.3% |
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