2002 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

Metropolitan Council District election in West Yorkshire, England April 2025 December 2013 The 2002 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/153.stm Wakefield 5 December 2009 BBC News After the election, the composition of the council was Labour 53 Conservative 5 Independent 3 Liberal Democrat 2 http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/LABOUR-LOSES-TWO-SEATS-AS.317792.jp https://archive.today/20130505134803/http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/LABOUR-LOSES-TWO-SEATS-AS.317792.jp dead 5 May 2013 Labour loses two seats as Norman survives 3 May 2002 0961-2459 Wakefield Express Campaign Before the election the council had 55 Labour, 4 Conservative, 3 Independent and 1 Liberal Democrat members. http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/39TURN-OUT-AND-VOTE39-URGE.316976.jp https://archive.today/20130505141904/http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/39TURN-OUT-AND-VOTE39-URGE.316976.jp dead 5 May 2013 'Turn out and vote' urge rivals 0961-2459 12 April 2002 Wakefield Express Each of the Labour and Conservative parties stood candidates in all 21 wards, along with 11 Liberal Democrats and 15 other candidates from various parties. Labour were defending 20 seats in the election, with two seats being contested in Pontefract South due to the resignation of a councillor, http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/frame7.htm Summary of Wakefield District Council Elections Results 2002 5 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20021208182723/http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/frame7.htm 8 December 2002 City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council live while the other 2 seats were held by independents. One of the 2 independents who was defending his seat in Wakefield South was Norman Hazell, a former leader of the Conservatives in Wakefield, who had defected from the party in 2001. During the campaign an investigation was started by West Yorkshire Police after allegations of fraud in South Kirkby ward. http://www.lgcplus.com/news/local-elections-arrests-amid-claims-that-postal-voting-threatens-ballot-secrecy/1300931.article Local elections: Arrests amid claims that postal voting threatens ballot secrecy 5 December 2012 29 April 2002 Local Government Chronicle Here over a quarter of the 900 postal vote applications had been found to be invalid. Election result The Labour party remained firmly in control of the council and were pleased with only losing 2 seats in the election. The Conservatives gained Wakefield Rural, while the Liberal Democrats took Ossett. Meanwhile, both independents held their seats, with Norman Hazell's defence of Wakefield South as an independent being seen as a surprise result. Overall turnout in the election was 23.5%. Wakefield local election result 2002 Labour Party (UK) 18 0 2 -2 81.8 53.5 34,330 +2.3% Independent (politician) 2 0 0 0 9.1 6.0 3,852 +1.8% Conservative Party (UK) 1 1 0 +1 4.5 24.7 15,817 -7.3% Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 1 0 +1 4.5 11.4 7,337 +0.5% Socialist Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 1,831 +1.3% Socialist Party (England and Wales) 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 386 +0.6% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 313 +0.5% Socialist Alliance (England) 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 285 +0.4% Ward results Castleford Ferry Fryston Labour Party (UK) Stephen Groves 1,404 75.6 +17.2 Conservative Party (UK) Madge Richards 267 14.4 +6.3 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Trevor Holderson 186 10.0 +10.0 1,137 61.2 +36.4 1,857 19.4 -0.2 Labour Party (UK) Castleford Glasshoughton Labour Party (UK) Mark Burns-Williamson 1,864 82.1 +5.6 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Scholes 255 11.2 -4.2 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Angela Herbert 152 6.7 -1.5 1,609 70.9 +9.8 2,271 21.2 +3.8 Labour Party (UK) Castleford Whitwood Labour Party (UK) Colin Churm 1,812 82.9 +5.6 Conservative Party (UK) Jean Molloy 237 10.8 -4.7 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Mary Appleyard 137 6.3 -0.9 1,575 72.1 +10.3 2,186 22.1 +2.0 Labour Party (UK) Crofton & Ackworth Labour Party (UK) Paul Beckett 1,564 51.2 +2.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) James McDougall 669 21.9 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Campbell-Reitzik 554 18.1 -10.3 United Kingdom Independence Party Howard Burden 194 6.3 +6.3 Socialist Labour Party (UK) David Bruce 76 2.5 +2.5 895 29.3 +9.1 3,057 25.4 +4.4 Labour Party (UK) Featherstone Labour Party (UK) Robin Tuffs 1,867 83.0 +28.6 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Hick 383 17.0 +4.0 1,484 66.0 +44.2 2,250 20.4 -2.4 Labour Party (UK) Hemsworth Labour Party (UK) Wayne Jenkins 1,629 72.5 -2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Eamonn Mullins 372 16.5 -8.7 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Maurice Kent 247 11.0 +11.0 1,257 56.0 +6.4 2,248 20.8 +2.7 Labour Party (UK) Horbury Labour Party (UK) Brian Holmes 1,408 43.2 +10.8 Conservative Party (UK) Caroline Sheen 1,225 37.6 -7.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Goodair 567 17.4 -5.2 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Karen Bruce 60 1.8 +1.8 183 5.6 3,260 27.0 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) Knottingley Labour Party (UK) Graham Stokes 1,667 75.9 +4.4 Conservative Party (UK) David Howarth 530 24.1 -4.4 1,137 51.8 +8.8 2,197 20.7 +2.9 Labour Party (UK) Normanton & Sharlston Labour Party (UK) Peter Loosemore 1,306 49.8 -11.5 Independent (politician) Graeme Milner 665 25.3 +25.3 Conservative Party (UK) Allan Couch 346 13.2 -6.5 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Mick Appleyard 308 11.7 -7.3 641 24.5 -17.1 2,625 20.6 +1.5 Labour Party (UK) Ossett Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Walker 2,138 54.9 +18.6 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Cummings 1,235 31.7 -3.5 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Brown 518 13.3 -15.2 903 23.2 +22.1 3,891 31.1 +6.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Pontefract North Labour Party (UK) Jack Kershaw 1,875 68.2 -2.9 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Molloy 638 23.2 -5.7 Socialist Party (England and Wales) John Gill 134 4.9 +4.9 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Zane Carpenter 103 3.7 +3.7 1,237 45.0 +2.8 2,750 21.0 +4.2 Labour Party (UK) Pontefract South (2) Labour Party (UK) Trevor Izon 1,581 Labour Party (UK) Martyn Ward 1,317 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Bloomer 1,250 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Booth 1,243 Socialist Alliance (England) Carol Ives 285 5,676 28.4 +4.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) South Elmsall Labour Party (UK) John Devine 1,655 68.1 -2.6 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Hall 438 18.0 -11.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Neale 339 13.9 +13.9 1,217 50.1 +8.7 2,432 21.2 +4.9 Labour Party (UK) South Kirkby Independent (politician) Harold Mills 1,288 49.9 +49.9 Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Evans 1,167 45.2 -17.9 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Ledgard 128 5.0 -5.9 121 4.7 2,583 24.1 +4.9 Independent (politician) Stanley & Altofts Labour Party (UK) David Atkinson 1,670 51.9 +3.3 Conservative Party (UK) Norma Crossley 750 23.3 -4.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Burch 715 22.2 -1.2 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Kathryn Summerscales 83 2.6 +2.6 920 28.6 +8.1 3,218 23.1 +3.0 Labour Party (UK) Stanley & Wrenthorpe Labour Party (UK) Rosaline Lund 1,655 46.0 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) James Dick 1,131 31.4 -5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Dodd 813 22.6 +4.8 524 14.6 +6.6 3,599 24.0 +2.6 Labour Party (UK) Wakefield Central Labour Party (UK) Antony Richardson 1,758 48.9 +6.7 Conservative Party (UK) Jane Brown 1,396 38.9 -3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Morgan 376 10.5 -0.4 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Paul Turek 62 1.7 -2.8 362 10.0 3,592 38.5 +14.3 Labour Party (UK) Wakefield East Labour Party (UK) Olivia Rowley 1,533 45.4 -8.9 Conservative Party (UK) John Berry 552 16.4 -9.5 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Abdul Aziz 417 12.4 +12.4 Independent (politician) Georgina Fenton 324 9.6 +9.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Dale 298 8.8 -3.1 Socialist Party (England and Wales) Michael Griffiths 252 7.5 +7.5 981 29.0 +0.6 3,376 26.6 +3.9 Labour Party (UK) Wakefield North Labour Party (UK) Keith Rhodes 1,562 55.8 +3.4 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Mitchell 674 24.1 -8.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Douglas Dale 442 15.8 +1.1 United Kingdom Independence Party Keith Wells 119 4.3 +4.3 888 31.7 +12.2 2,797 24.8 +3.4 Labour Party (UK) Wakefield Rural Conservative Party (UK) Paul Harvey 1,566 43.6 -8.1 Labour Party (UK) John Newsome 1,536 42.8 +6.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Neale 486 13.5 +1.7 30 0.8 -14.4 3,588 27.9 +3.3 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Wakefield South Independent (politician) Norman Hazell 1,575 33.5 +32.3 Conservative Party (UK) Christian L'Anson 1,364 29.0 -36.2 Labour Party (UK) Hazel Chowcat 1,265 26.9 +3.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Nuthall 494 10.5 +0.1 211 4.5 4,698 38.0 +5.6 Independent (politician) References Category:2002 English local elections 2002 Category:2000s in West Yorkshire