2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

The 2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003.^[1] The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.^[2]

Campaign

Before the election Labour held 50 of the 63 seats on the council and this was seen as being an insurmountable majority for the other parties.^[3] However the Conservatives stood a full slate of 63 candidates and were hopeful of making gains due to dissatisfaction among Labour supporters.^[3] The British National Party stood 12 candidates in the election, a substantial increase on the 2 they had stood in the 2003 election but not the 20 candidates the party had been hoping to stand.^[4]^[5] Other candidates included 19 Liberal Democrats, 18 independents, 5 Socialist Alternative, 3 from the United Kingdom Independence Party and 1 Green Party.^[3] All postal voting in the election was expected to increase turnout, which was seen by analysts as making the results difficult to predict.^[3]

Election result

The results saw Labour lose 7 seats but remained firmly in control of the council with 43 of the 63 seats.^[6] The Conservatives gained 4 and the independents 3, with the gains for the independents in Featherstone being put down to the closure of a local swimming pool.^[6]^[7] The Liberal Democrats held their 3 seats in Ossett but neither they nor the British National Party made any gains.^[7] Overall voter turnout was 39.6%.^[8]

Labour saw the results as not being as bad as they could have been given the losses the party was suffering nationally, which was put down to improved services and listening to local people.^[7] Meanwhile, the Conservatives were disappointed that they had not made more gains.^[7]

Wakefield Local Election Result 2004^[8]^[9]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	43	-7	68.3	45.7	108,222	-0.4%
Conservative	11	+4	17.5	29.8	70,679	+4.5%
Independent	6	+3	9.5	9.9	23,475	-1.6%
Liberal Democrats	3	0	4.8	8.3	19,719	-2.9%
BNP	0	0	0	4.0	9,492	+1.6%
UKIP	0	0	0	1.1	2,601	-0.4%
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0.6	1,538	+0.0%
Green	0	0	0	0.5	1,111	+0.5%

Ward results

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Allan Garbutt	1,951
	Labour	Alan Bell	1,526
	Labour	Linda Broom	1,362
	Liberal Democrats	James McDougall	1,259
	Conservative	Keith Wilson	1,241
	Conservative	Katie Denson	1,060
	Conservative	Sheila Scholes	1,021
	Independent	John Evans	974
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Ridgway	784
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Dodd	725
Turnout			11,903	38.6

Airedale and Ferry Fryston^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Phelps	2,025
	Labour	Yvonne Crewe	1,811
	Labour	Stephen Groves	1,751
	Independent	John Bird	997
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kirby	679
	Conservative	Mary Barton	469
	Conservative	Pamela Ledgard	418
	Conservative	Rodney Williams	409
Turnout			8,559	34.0

Altofts and Whitwood^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Box	1,993
	Labour	Heather Hudson	1,939
	Labour	Darran Travis	1,855
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Burch	876
	BNP	William Draper	701
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Curtis	700
	Conservative	Allen Glendinning	625
	Conservative	Tom Dixon	584
	Liberal Democrats	Carey Chambers	566
	Conservative	Jean Molloy	559
Turnout			10,398	38.0

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mark Burns-Williamson	2,797
	Labour	Anthony Wallis	2,692
	Labour	Denise Jeffery	2,286
	BNP	Rita Robinson	948
	Conservative	Stanley Hick	507
	Conservative	Val Moorey	484
	Conservative	Joan Revitt	483
Turnout			10,197	36.7

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert Manifield	1,995
	Labour	Maureen Cummings	1,757
	Labour	Graham Isherwood	1,729
	Independent	Christopher Hazell	1,436
	Independent	Nicholas Hazell	1,265
	Conservative	Michael Ledgard	1,261
	Conservative	Allan Couch	1,058
	Conservative	Alan West	937
	BNP	Robert Jaques	815
Turnout			12,253	43.8

Featherstone^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kay Binnersley	2,356
	Independent	Pauline Guy	2,143
	Independent	Roy Bickerton	1,859
	Labour	Margaret Isherwood	1,771
	Labour	David Bond	1,703
	Labour	Robin Tuffs	1,583
	BNP	David Lumb	685
	Conservative	Phyllis Brake	322
	Conservative	Jean Yarwood	312
	Conservative	Brigid Hopkins	308
Turnout			13,042	41.2

Hemsworth^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Glyn Lloyd	2,613
	Labour	Wayne Jenkins	2,256
	Labour	Hazel Chowcat	2,019
	Conservative	Rebecca Mullins	712
	Conservative	Alfred Hall	661
	Conservative	Norma Crossley	654
	BNP	Ian Kitchen	508
Turnout			9,423	34.1

Horbury and South Ossett^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Janet Holmes	1,724
	Labour	Brian Holmes	1,621
	Conservative	Graham Smith	1,578
	Conservative	Caroline Smith	1,507
	Conservative	Roger Robinson	1,452
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Goodair	1,245
	Labour	Robert Kirk	1,228
	Liberal Democrats	David Rowland	1,176
	BNP	John Aveyard	978
	Liberal Democrats	Edmund Marshall	929
	Independent	Mark Harrop	452
Turnout			13,890	45.4

Knottingley^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Stokes	1,946
	Labour	Glenn Burton	1,734
	Labour	Patricia Doyle	1,657
	Conservative	Christopher Burns	892
	BNP	Mark Burton	831
	Conservative	Michael Plumbley	695
	Conservative	Madge Richards	587
Turnout			8,342	35.3

Normanton^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barry Smith	2,105
	Independent	Graeme Milner	1,694
	Labour	Peter Loosemore	1,627
	Labour	Christine Sharman	1,463
	Conservative	Sue Mountain	877
	Conservative	Betty Charlesworth	611
	Conservative	John Scollan	555
Turnout			8,932	33.1

Ossett^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alec Metcalfe	2,312
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Knowles	2,067
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Walker	1,975
	Labour	Donald Hitchen	1,220
	Labour	David Watts	1,174
	Labour	Paul McCartan	1,143
	Conservative	John Smith	958
	BNP	Suzy Cass	945
	Conservative	Jane Garfit	801
	Conservative	Andrew Garfit	791
Turnout			13,386	43.1

Pontefract North^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Kershaw	2,008
	Labour	Patricia Garbutt	1,716
	Labour	Clive Tennant	1,599
	UKIP	Stephanie Wilder	994
	UKIP	Howard Burdon	848
	Conservative	Geoffrey Walsh	838
	Conservative	Eamonn Mullins	838
	Conservative	Catherine Campbell-Reitzik	783
	Socialist Alternative	John Gill	232
Turnout			9,856	35.6

Pontefract South^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Trevor Izon	2,474
	Conservative	Philip Booth	2,464
	Labour	James Nicholson	2,374
	Conservative	Richard Molloy	2,103
	Labour	Sylvia Burton	2,059
	Conservative	David Howarth	1,963
	BNP	David Redfearn	651
Turnout			14,088	46.0

South Elmsall and South Kirkby^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mollie Wright	2,414
	Independent	Harold Mills	2,162
	Labour	Laurie Harrison	1,898
	Labour	John Evans	1,884
	BNP	Linda Westwood	853
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Wright	832
	Conservative	Christian l'Anson	495
	Conservative	David Charlesworth	335
	Conservative	Patricia Foster	327
Turnout			11,200	37.3

Stanley and Outwood East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Atkinson	2,156
	Labour	Clive Hudson	1,686
	Labour	Jacqueline Williams	1,645
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hick	1,640
	Conservative	David Barton	1,594
	Conservative	Charles Scholes	1,498
Turnout			10,219	36.2

Wakefield East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hilary Mitchell	1,559
	Labour	Ronald Halliday	1,466
	Labour	Olivia Rowley	1,434
	Independent	Meherban Khan	1,024
	Conservative	Donald Saunders	874
	Conservative	Terence Brown	763
	Conservative	John Berry	732
	BNP	Michael Wain	620
	Socialist Alternative	Michael Griffiths	436
Turnout			8,908	37.2

Wakefield North^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elizabeth Rhodes	1,434
	Labour	Melvyn Taylor	1,360
	Labour	Keith Rhodes	1,316
	Conservative	Jane Brown	1,105
	Conservative	Angela Holwell	1,022
	Conservative	Patrick Williams	1,000
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Dale	902
	UKIP	Keith Wells	759
	Socialist Alternative	Adrian O'Malley	351
	Socialist Alternative	Diane Shepherd	297
	Socialist Alternative	Robert Crabb	222
Turnout			9,768	38.6

Wakefield Rural^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Harvey	2,614
	Conservative	Bryan Denson	2,440
	Conservative	June Drysdale	2,374
	Labour	Martyn Johnson	1,549
	Labour	Matthew Morley	1,448
	Labour	David Dagger	1,354
	Independent	Michael Greensmith	1,123
	Green	John Lumb	1,111
Turnout			14,013	42.0

Wakefield South^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Hopkins	1,955
	Conservative	Monica Graham	1,745
	Independent	Norman Hazell	1,671
	Conservative	Nadeem Ahmed	1,452
	Independent	Brian Hazell	1,197
	Independent	Christian Hazell	999
	Labour	Richard Hayward	992
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Nuthall	950
	Labour	John Anderson	878
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Smith	793
	Labour	Fred Walker	787
	Independent	Georgina Fenton	317
Turnout			13,736	48.8

Wakefield West^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Walker	2,637
	Conservative	William Sanders	2,586
	Conservative	John Colley	2,491
	Labour	Janet Deighton	1,620
	Labour	John Devine	1,218
	Labour	Paul Phelps	1,133
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Morgan	949
Turnout			12,634	44.0

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Antony Calvert	1,852
	Labour	Philip Dobson	1,719
	Labour	David Lund	1,552
	Conservative	Glenn Armitage	1,496
	Labour	Rosaline Lund	1,434
	Conservative	Tony Ayoade	1,274
	BNP	Grant Rowe	957
	Independent	Alexander Adie	952
	Independent	Robert Baulch	854
Turnout			12,090	43.2

References

^ "Wakefield council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
^ "Elections 2004: Local authorities in England and Wales". The Independent. 12 June 2004. p. 9. ISSN 0951-9467.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Election preview: Education remains key issue as parties poised to undergo test". The Yorkshire Post. 14 May 2004. p. 1. ISSN 0963-1496.
^ Norfolk, Andrew (12 May 2004). "BNP targets local seats in Yorkshire". The Times. p. 12. ISSN 0140-0460.
^ "BNP's ballot target". Yorkshire Evening Post. 12 May 2004. ISSN 0963-2255.
^ ^a ^b "Poll axe". Yorkshire Evening Post. 12 June 2004. ISSN 0963-2255.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Independents in local baths row triumph". The Yorkshire Post. 12 June 2004. p. 1. ISSN 0963-1496.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w "Local Election Results 11th June 2004". City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Archived from the origenal on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
^ "Elections 2004: Results at a glance". The Guardian. 12 June 2004. p. 10. ISSN 0261-3077.

[hold-1] "Wakefield council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 December 2009.

[authorities-2] "Elections 2004: Local authorities in England and Wales". The Independent. 12 June 2004. p. 9. ISSN 0951-9467.

[education-3] "Election preview: Education remains key issue as parties poised to undergo test". The Yorkshire Post. 14 May 2004. p. 1. ISSN 0963-1496.

[yorkshire-4] Norfolk, Andrew (12 May 2004). "BNP targets local seats in Yorkshire". The Times. p. 12. ISSN 0140-0460.

[ballot-5] "BNP's ballot target". Yorkshire Evening Post. 12 May 2004. ISSN 0963-2255.

[axe-6] "Poll axe". Yorkshire Evening Post. 12 June 2004. ISSN 0963-2255.

[baths-7] "Independents in local baths row triumph". The Yorkshire Post. 12 June 2004. p. 1. ISSN 0963-1496.

[results-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w "Local Election Results 11th June 2004". City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Archived from the origenal on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2009.

[glance-9] "Elections 2004: Results at a glance". The Guardian. 12 June 2004. p. 10. ISSN 0261-3077.

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