Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, 2000

The 2000 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 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.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Wakefield Local Election Result 2000^[3]^[4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	16	1	4	-3	76.2	51.2	26,687
	Conservative	4	3	0	+3	19.0	32.0	16,673
	Liberal Democrat	1	1	0	+1	4.8	10.9	5,695
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	4.2	2,209
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	851

Ward results

Castleford Ferry Fryston^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Phelps	1,068	58.4
	Independent	John Bird	614	33.6
	Conservative	Madge Richards	148	8.1
Majority			454	24.8
Turnout			1,830	19.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Castleford Glasshoughton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Wallis	1,383	76.5
	Conservative	Charles Scholes	278	15.4
	Socialist Labour	Angela Herbert	148	8.2
Majority			1,105	61.1
Turnout			1,809	17.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Castleford Whitwood^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Darran Travis	1,498	77.3
	Conservative	Norma Crossely	300	15.5
	Socialist Labour	Zane Carpenter	140	7.2
Majority			1,198	61.8
Turnout			1,938	20.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Crofton & Ackworth^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Heinitz	1,212	48.6
	Conservative	Michael Ledgard	707	28.4
	Liberal Democrat	James McDougall	573	23.0
Majority			505	20.2
Turnout			2,492	21.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Featherstone^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Bond	1,329	54.4
	Featherstone Labour 1st	Stephen Vickers	798	32.6
	Conservative	Brigid Hopkins	318	13.0
Majority			531	21.8
Turnout			2,445	22.8
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Hemsworth^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert Manifield	1,280	74.8
	Conservative	Eamonn Mullins	432	25.2
Majority			848	49.6
Turnout			1,712	16.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Horbury^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graham Smith	1,416	45.0
	Labour	Philip McNeil	1,020	32.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Goodair	710	22.6
Majority			396	12.6
Turnout			3,146	26.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Knottingley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Glenn Burton	1,338	71.5
	Conservative	Timothy Allerton	533	28.5
Majority			805	43.0
Turnout			1,871	17.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Normanton & Sharlston^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John McGowan	1,405	61.3
	Conservative	Neil Webster	452	19.7
	Socialist Labour	Thomas Appleyard	436	19.0
Majority			953	41.6
Turnout			2,293	19.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Ossett^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Alec Metcalfe	1,135	36.3
	Labour	Aynur Rigby	1,103	35.2
	Conservative	Jane Brown	893	28.5
Majority			32	1.1
Turnout			3,131	25.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Pontefract North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Grason	1,453	71.1
	Conservative	June Drysdale	590	28.9
Majority			863	42.2
Turnout			2,043	16.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontefract South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Dean	1,250	48.6
	Conservative	Richard Molloy	1,023	39.8
	Liberal Democrat	David Arthur	297	11.6
Majority			227	8.8
Turnout			2,570	24.2
	Labour hold		Swing

South Elmsall^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dean Taylor	1,290	70.7
	Conservative	Ian Hall	534	29.3
Majority			756	41.4
Turnout			1,824	16.3
	Labour hold		Swing

South Kirkby^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Laurie Harrison	1,286	63.1
	Independent Labour	Eric Tunstall	530	26.0
	Conservative	John Alexander	223	10.9
Majority			756	37.1
Turnout			2,039	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanley & Altofts^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Clive Hudson	1,354	48.6
	Conservative	Caroline Sheen	783	28.1
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Burch	651	23.4
Majority			571	20.5
Turnout			2,788	20.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanley & Wrenthorpe^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Philip Dobson	1,435	45.1
	Conservative	Christian Hazell	1,181	37.1
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Dodd	566	17.8
Majority			254	8.0
Turnout			3,182	21.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield Central^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Walker	1,183	42.4
	Labour	Janet Deighton	1,179	42.2
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Morgan	303	10.9
	Socialist Labour	Paul Turek	127	4.5
Majority			4	0.2
Turnout			2,792	24.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Wakefield East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Mitchell	1,503	54.3
	Conservative	Paul Harvey	716	25.9
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Dale	329	11.9
	Save our Services	Michael Griffiths	220	7.9
Majority			787	28.4
Turnout			2,768	22.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield North^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Melvyn Taylor	1,253	52.4
	Conservative	Michael Mitchell	786	32.9
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas Dale	351	14.7
Majority			467	19.5
Turnout			2,390	21.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield Rural^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bryan Denson	1,606	51.7
	Labour	Maureen Cummings	1,134	36.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Neale	368	11.8
Majority			472	15.2
Turnout			3,108	24.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Wakefield South^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Hazell	2,571	65.2
	Labour	John Garrod	914	23.2
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Nuthall	412	10.4
	Independent	Stephen Selby	47	1.2
Majority			1,657	42.0
Turnout			3,944	32.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Wakefield". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
↑ "Election results: local councils". The Times. 2000-05-05. p. 4. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Local council results". Financial Times. 2000-05-06. p. 6. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Summary of Wakefield District Council Elections Results 2000". City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Archived from the original on 18 August 2001. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Results for Wards 10 to 21". City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2000. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Results for Wards 1 to 9". City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2000. Retrieved 2009-12-04.

Council elections in West Yorkshire

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Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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