# 2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

The 2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.

## Council Make-up

The make up of the Council after the election was:
Party political make-up of Wakefield Council :
| Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) |
| Party | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) | Current Council (2012) |
| Labour | 33 | 40 | 52 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Conservative | 24 | 20 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | 5 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lib Dems | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Election result

Wakefield Local Election Result 2012 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 20 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 95 | 56.2 | 41,147 | +0.4 |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 5 | 23.6 | 17,251 | -6.3 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 5,804 | +4.8 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 6.5 | 4,746 | +3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2,424 | -1.7 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 801 | +0.2 |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 594 | +0.8 |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 76 | -0.2 |
* +/- compared with Wakefield Council election 2011.

## Ward results
### Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martyn Ward | 2,128 | 62.4 | +10.2 |
| | Conservative | Don Marshall | 1,282 | 37.6 | +3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 846 | 24.8 | +7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,410 | 26.9 | −10.6 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward

Airedale and Ferry Fryston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Les Shaw | 1,977 | 73.3 | −6.8 |
| | UKIP | Arnie Craven | 556 | 20.4 | +20.4 |
| | Conservative | Mellisa Wan Omer | 171 | 6.3 | −12.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,441 | 52.9 | −8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,724 | 23.5 | −4.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Altofts and Whitwood ward

Altofts and Whitwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Box | 2,009 | 61.6 | −2.5 |
| | UKIP | David Armitage | 783 | 24 | +24 |
| | Conservative | Steven Beeton | 470 | 14.4 | −10.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,226 | 37.6 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,262 | 25.8 | −6.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mark Burns-Williamson | 2,306 | 76.3 | +2.1 |
| | UKIP | Alison Bullivant | 482 | 15.9 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | Eamonn Mullins | 235 | 7.8 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,824 | 60.3 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,023 | 24.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Faith Hepptinstall | 2,582 | 67.3 | +6.1 |
| | Conservative | Allan Couch | 1,253 | 32.7 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,329 | 34.7 | +3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,835 | 31.6 | −8.1 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Featherstone ward

Featherstone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | June Cliffe | 2,649 | 83.7 | +21.4 |
| | Conservative | Charles Scholes | 516 | 16.3 | +4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,133 | 67.4 | +30.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,165 | 34.8 | −9.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Hemsworth ward

Hemsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Shaun Hodson | 1,779 | 57.5 | −2 |
| | Independent | Jim Kenyon | 1,075 | 34.8 | +7.2 |
| | Conservative | Philip Davies | 238 | 7.7 | −4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 704 | 22.8 | −9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,092 | 25.7 | −7.2 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Horbury and South Ossett ward

Horbury and South Ossett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jack Hemingway | 1,660 | 40.5 | −8.2 |
| | Conservative | Richard Wakefield | 934 | 22.8 | −18.2 |
| | Independent | Graham Jesty | 732 | 17.9 | +17.9 |
| | UKIP | Anthony Lumb | 429 | 10.5 | +10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 340 | 8.3 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 726 | 17.7 | +10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,095 | 33.9 | −7.5 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Knottingley ward

Knottingley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Graham Stokes | 1,788 | 69.7 | +12.2 |
| | UKIP | Clinton Rhodes | 494 | 19.3 | +8.6 |
| | Conservative | Jon Wadey | 282 | 11 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,294 | 50.5 | +8.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,564 | 23.8 | −5.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Normanton ward

Normanton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Wassell | 1,775 | 62.9 | −1 |
| | UKIP | Bryan Barkley | 712 | 25.2 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative | Emma-Jane Lisle | 337 | 11.9 | −6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,063 | 37.6 | −8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,824 | 22.3 | −6.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ossett ward

Ossett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tony Richardson | 1,991 | 49.2 | +8.9 |
| | Conservative | Terry Brown | 1,453 | 35.9 | −7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Smith | 606 | 15 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 538 | 13.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,050 | 31.9 | −7.8 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Pontefract North ward

Pontefract North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paula Sherriff | 1,649 | 47.9 | −11.9 |
| | Independent | Jack Kershaw | 769 | 22.3 | +22.3 |
| | Conservative | Hannah Crowther | 481 | 14 | −9.6 |
| | UKIP | Nathan Garbutt | 368 | 10.7 | 0 |
| | Green | Rennie Smith | 103 | 3.0 | −2.4 |
| | TUSC | Daniel Dearden | 76 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 880 | 25.5 | −10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,446 | 28.1 | −3.1 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Pontefract South

Pontefract South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Celia Loughran | 2,222 | 50.4 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative | Mark Crowther | 1,617 | 36.7 | −9.1 |
| | UKIP | Terence Edward Uttley | 446 | 10.1 | +10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doug Dale | 122 | 2.8 | −10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 605 | 13.7 | −6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,407 | 36.6 | −5.9 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### South Elmsall and South Kirkby ward

South Elmsall and South Kirkby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michelle Collins | 2,071 | 56.1 | −21.5 |
| | Independent | Wilf Benson | 1,425 | 38.6 | +38.6 |
| | Conservative | Christian IAnson | 197 | 5.3 | −6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 646 | 17.5 | −48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,693 | 27.4 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Stanley and Outwood East ward

Stanley and Outwood East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Matthew Morley | 2,135 | 61.4 | +6.1 |
| | Conservative | James Kildea | 971 | 27.9 | −8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Dodd | 370 | 10.6 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,164 | 33.5 | +14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,476 | 28.4 | −8.7 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Wakefield East ward

Wakefield East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ros Lund | 1,741 | 50.9 | +13.5 |
| | Independent | Choudry Ikram | 659 | 19.3 | +19.3 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Bracewell | 596 | 17.4 | −2.4 |
| | TUSC | Michael Griffiths | 327 | 9.9 | +0.9 |
| | Independent | Safia Ilyas | 86 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,082 | 31.6 43.2 | −11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,419 | 28.6 33.6 | −5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Wakefield North ward

Wakefield North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Rhodes | 1,901 | 61.0 | +10.1 |
| | UKIP | Keith Wells | 594 | 19.1 | +8.8 |
| | Conservative | Dianne Presha | 451 | 14.5 | −10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rob Bell | 170 | 5.5 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,307 | 41.9 | −9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,116 | 27.6 | −5.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Wakefield Rural ward

Wakefield Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lawrence Kirkpatrick | 2,003 | 43.5 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Tom Fletcher | 1,778 | 38.6 | −5.4 |
| | Green | Miriam Hawkins | 472 | 10.2 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dennis Cronin | 354 | 7.7 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 225 | 4.9 | +6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,607 | 34 | −6.3 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Wakefield South ward

Wakefield South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Hopkins | 1,851 | 47.8 | −6.9 |
| | Labour | Javed Iqbal | 1,562 | 40.3 | +5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Nuthall | 462 | 11.9 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 289 | 7.5 | −12.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,875 | 36.1 | −7.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Wakefield West ward

Wakefield West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hilary Mitchell | 1,456 | 43.1 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | Philip Booth | 1,101 | 32.6 | −7.5 |
| | English Democrat | Norman Tate | 594 | 17.6 | +17.6 |
| | Green | Brian Else | 226 | 6.7 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 355 | 10.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,377 | 29.5 | −5 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martyn Johnson | 1,743 | 46.9 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Anne-Marie Glover | 1,037 | 27.9 | −7.9 |
| | UKIP | David Dews | 940 | 25.3 | +11.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 706 | 19 | +10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,720 | 31.8 | −7.6 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |