2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

2004 UK local government election June 2021 November 2013 thumb|Results of the 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. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3780.stm Wakefield council 6 December 2009 BBC News Online The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. Elections 2004: Local authorities in England and Wales The Independent 9 12 June 2004 0951-9467 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. Election preview: Education remains key issue as parties poised to undergo test The Yorkshire Post 1 14 May 2004 0963-1496 However the Conservatives stood a full slate of 63 candidates and were hopeful of making gains due to dissatisfaction among Labour supporters. 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. Andrew Norfolk BNP targets local seats in Yorkshire The Times 12 12 May 2004 0140-0460 BNP's ballot target Yorkshire Evening Post 12 May 2004 0963-2255 Other candidates included 19 Liberal Democrats, 18 independents, 5 Socialist Alternative, 3 from the United Kingdom Independence Party and 1 Green Party. All postal voting in the election was expected to increase turnout, which was seen by analysts as making the results difficult to predict. Election results The results saw Labour lose 7 seats but remained firmly in control of the council with 43 of the 63 seats. Poll axe Yorkshire Evening Post 12 June 2004 0963-2255 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. Independents in local baths row triumph The Yorkshire Post 1 12 June 2004 0963-1496 The Liberal Democrats held their 3 seats in Ossett but neither they nor the British National Party made any gains. Overall voter turnout was 39.6%. http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/Elections/Results/LocalElectionJune2004/default.htm?pA=-1&pS=black&pW=-1 Local Election Results 11th June 2004 6 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20040624185725/http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/Elections/Results/LocalElectionJune2004/default.htm?pA=-1&pS=black&pW=-1 24 June 2004 City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council live 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. Meanwhile, the Conservatives were disappointed that they had not made more gains. Wakefield local election result 2004 Elections 2004: Results at a glance The Guardian 10 12 June 2004 0261-3077 Labour Party (UK) 43 -7 68.3 45.7 108,222 -0.4 Conservative Party (UK) 11 +4 17.5 29.8 70,679 +4.5 Independent (politician) 6 +3 9.5 9.9 23,475 -1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 0 4.8 8.3 19,719 -2.9 British National Party 0 0 0.0 4.0 9,492 +1.6 United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0.0 1.1 2,601 -0.4 Socialist Party (England and Wales) 0 0 0.0 0.6 1,538 +0.0 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0.0 0.5 1,111 +0.5 Ward results Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton Labour Party (UK) Allan Garbutt 1,951 Labour Party (UK) Alan Bell 1,526 Labour Party (UK) Linda Broom 1,362 Liberal Democrats (UK) James McDougall 1,259 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Wilson 1,241 Conservative Party (UK) Katie Denson 1,060 Conservative Party (UK) Sheila Scholes 1,021 Independent (politician) John Evans 974 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Ridgway 784 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Dodd 725 11,903 38.6 Airedale and Ferry Fryston Labour Party (UK) Graham Phelps 2,025 Labour Party (UK) Yvonne Crewe 1,811 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Groves 1,751 Independent (politician) John Bird 997 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Kirby 679 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Barton 469 Conservative Party (UK) Pamela Ledgard 418 Conservative Party (UK) Rodney Williams 409 8,559 34.0 Altofts and Whitwood Labour Party (UK) Peter Box 1,993 Labour Party (UK) Heather Hudson 1,939 Labour Party (UK) Darran Travis 1,855 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Burch 876 British National Party William Draper 701 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Curtis 700 Conservative Party (UK) Allen Glendinning 625 Conservative Party (UK) Tom Dixon 584 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carey Chambers 566 Conservative Party (UK) Jean Molloy 559 10,398 38.0 Castleford Central and Glasshoughton Labour Party (UK) Mark Burns-Williamson 2,797 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Wallis 2,692 Labour Party (UK) Denise Jeffery 2,286 British National Party Rita Robinson 948 Conservative Party (UK) Stanley Hick 507 Conservative Party (UK) Val Moorey 484 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Revitt 483 10,197 36.7 Crofton, Ryhill and Walton Labour Party (UK) Albert Manifield 1,995 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Cummings 1,757 Labour Party (UK) Graham Isherwood 1,729 Independent (politician) Christopher Hazell 1,436 Independent (politician) Nicholas Hazell 1,265 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Ledgard 1,261 Conservative Party (UK) Allan Couch 1,058 Conservative Party (UK) Alan West 937 British National Party Robert Jaques 815 12,253 43.8 Featherstone Independent (politician) Kay Binnersley 2,356 Independent (politician) Pauline Guy 2,143 Independent (politician) Roy Bickerton 1,859 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Isherwood 1,771 Labour Party (UK) David Bond 1,703 Labour Party (UK) Robin Tuffs 1,583 British National Party David Lumb 685 Conservative Party (UK) Phyllis Brake 322 Conservative Party (UK) Jean Yarwood 312 Conservative Party (UK) Brigid Hopkins 308 13,042 41.2 Hemsworth Labour Party (UK) Glyn Lloyd 2,613 Labour Party (UK) Wayne Jenkins 2,256 Labour Party (UK) Hazel Chowcat 2,019 Conservative Party (UK) Rebecca Mullins 712 Conservative Party (UK) Alfred Hall 661 Conservative Party (UK) Norma Crossley 654 British National Party Ian Kitchen 508 9,423 34.1 Horbury and South Ossett Labour Party (UK) Janet Holmes 1,724 Labour Party (UK) Brian Holmes 1,621 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Smith 1,578 Conservative Party (UK) Caroline Smith 1,507 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Robinson 1,452 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Goodair 1,245 Labour Party (UK) Robert Kirk 1,228 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Rowland 1,176 British National Party John Aveyard 978 Liberal Democrats (UK) Edmund Marshall 929 Independent (politician) Mark Harrop 452 13,890 45.4 Knottingley Labour Party (UK) Graham Stokes 1,946 Labour Party (UK) Glenn Burton 1,734 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Doyle 1,657 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Burns 892 British National Party Mark Burton 831 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Plumbley 695 Conservative Party (UK) Madge Richards 587 8,342 35.3 Normanton Labour Party (UK) Barry Smith 2,105 Independent (politician) Graeme Milner 1,694 Labour Party (UK) Peter Loosemore 1,627 Labour Party (UK) Christine Sharman 1,463 Conservative Party (UK) Sue Mountain 877 Conservative Party (UK) Betty Charlesworth 611 Conservative Party (UK) John Scollan 555 8,932 33.1 Ossett Liberal Democrats (UK) Alec Metcalfe 2,312 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Knowles 2,067 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Walker 1,975 Labour Party (UK) Donald Hitchen 1,220 Labour Party (UK) David Watts 1,174 Labour Party (UK) Paul McCartan 1,143 Conservative Party (UK) John Smith 958 British National Party Suzy Cass 945 Conservative Party (UK) Jane Garfit 801 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Garfit 791 13,386 43.1 Pontefract North Labour Party (UK) Jack Kershaw 2,008 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Garbutt 1,716 Labour Party (UK) Clive Tennant 1,599 United Kingdom Independence Party Stephanie Wilder 994 United Kingdom Independence Party Howard Burdon 848 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Walsh 838 Conservative Party (UK) Eamonn Mullins 838 Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Campbell-Reitzik 783 Socialist Party (England and Wales) John Gill 232 9,856 35.6 Pontefract South Labour Party (UK) Trevor Izon 2,474 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Booth 2,464 Labour Party (UK) James Nicholson 2,374 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Molloy 2,103 Labour Party (UK) Sylvia Burton 2,059 Conservative Party (UK) David Howarth 1,963 British National Party David Redfearn 651 14,088 46.0 South Elmsall and South Kirkby Labour Party (UK) Mollie Wright 2,414 Independent (politician) Harold Mills 2,162 Labour Party (UK) Laurie Harrison 1,898 Labour Party (UK) John Evans 1,884 British National Party Linda Westwood 853 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Wright 832 Conservative Party (UK) Christian l'Anson 495 Conservative Party (UK) David Charlesworth 335 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Foster 327 11,200 37.3 Stanley and Outwood East Labour Party (UK) David Atkinson 2,156 Labour Party (UK) Clive Hudson 1,686 Labour Party (UK) Jacqueline Williams 1,645 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Hick 1,640 Conservative Party (UK) David Barton 1,594 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Scholes 1,498 10,219 36.2 Wakefield East Labour Party (UK) Hilary Mitchell 1,559 Labour Party (UK) Ronald Halliday 1,466 Labour Party (UK) Olivia Rowley 1,434 Independent (politician) Meherban Khan 1,024 Conservative Party (UK) Donald Saunders 874 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Brown 763 Conservative Party (UK) John Berry 732 British National Party Michael Wain 620 Socialist Party (England and Wales) Michael Griffiths 436 8,908 37.2 Wakefield North Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Rhodes 1,434 Labour Party (UK) Melvyn Taylor 1,360 Labour Party (UK) Keith Rhodes 1,316 Conservative Party (UK) Jane Brown 1,105 Conservative Party (UK) Angela Holwell 1,022 Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Williams 1,000 Liberal Democrats (UK) Douglas Dale 902 United Kingdom Independence Party Keith Wells 759 Socialist Party (England and Wales) Adrian O'Malley 351 Socialist Party (England and Wales) Diane Shepherd 297 Socialist Party (England and Wales) Robert Crabb 222 9,768 38.6 Wakefield Rural Conservative Party (UK) Paul Harvey 2,614 Conservative Party (UK) Bryan Denson 2,440 Conservative Party (UK) June Drysdale 2,374 Labour Party (UK) Martyn Johnson 1,549 Labour Party (UK) Matthew Morley 1,448 Labour Party (UK) David Dagger 1,354 Independent (politician) Michael Greensmith 1,123 Green Party of England and Wales John Lumb 1,111 14,013 42.0 Wakefield South Conservative Party (UK) David Hopkins 1,955 Conservative Party (UK) Monica Graham 1,745 Independent (politician) Norman Hazell 1,671 Conservative Party (UK) Nadeem Ahmed 1,452 Independent (politician) Brian Hazell 1,197 Independent (politician) Christian Hazell 999 Labour Party (UK) Richard Hayward 992 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Nuthall 950 Labour Party (UK) John Anderson 878 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jack Smith 793 Labour Party (UK) Fred Walker 787 Independent (politician) Georgina Fenton 317 13,736 48.8 Wakefield West Conservative Party (UK) John Walker 2,637 Conservative Party (UK) William Sanders 2,586 Conservative Party (UK) John Colley 2,491 Labour Party (UK) Janet Deighton 1,620 Labour Party (UK) John Devine 1,218 Labour Party (UK) Paul Phelps 1,133 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Morgan 949 12,634 44.0 Wrenthorpe and Outwood West Conservative Party (UK) Antony Calvert 1,852 Labour Party (UK) Philip Dobson 1,719 Labour Party (UK) David Lund 1,552 Conservative Party (UK) Glenn Armitage 1,496 Labour Party (UK) Rosaline Lund 1,434 Conservative Party (UK) Tony Ayoade 1,274 British National Party Grant Rowe 957 Independent (politician) Alexander Adie 952 Independent (politician) Robert Baulch 854 12,090 43.2 References Category:2004 English local elections 2004 Category:2000s in West Yorkshire