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The2010Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members ofWakefield Metropolitan District Council in theWest Yorkshire,England. One third of the council was up for election and theLabour party stayed in overall control of the council with an increased majority.
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows.
| Party | Seats | Current Council (2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007 | 2008 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour | 40 | 32 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative | 16 | 23 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent | 4 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lib Dems | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 14 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 67 | 43.4 | 64,138 | +8% | |
| Conservative | 7 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 33 | 28.8 | 42,587 | -5% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 11.6 | 17,185 | +3% | |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13,247 | +1% | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 6.7 | 9,846 | -7% | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 508 | -1% | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 235 | ±0% | |
| Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 159 | ±0% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Allan Garbutt | 3,001 | 37.6 | −0.7 | |
| Conservative | Don Marshall | 2,434 | 30.5 | −12.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brendan Power | 1,034 | 13.0 | −5.5 | |
| Independent | John Evans | 745 | 9.3 | +9.3 | |
| BNP | Ian Kitchen | 722 | 9.1 | +9.1 | |
| Majority | 567 | 7.1 | +12 | ||
| Turnout | 7,973 | 63 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +6% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Linda Broom | 3,305 | 55.7 | +9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Kirby | 1,009 | 17.0 | +2.7 | |
| Conservative | Mellisa Wan Omer | 715 | 12.1 | −5.9 | |
| BNP | Stephen Rogerson | 668 | 11.3 | −9.6 | |
| Independent | Jason Smart | 220 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
| Majority | 2,296 | 38.7 | +12.9 | ||
| Turnout | 5,930 | 51.6 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +3.2% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Darran Travis | 3,385 | 46.2 | +8.8 | |
| Conservative | David Rudge | 1,561 | 21.3 | −1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Burch | 1533 | 20.9 | −2.6 | |
| BNP | Adam Frazer | 818 | 11.2 | −5.4 | |
| Majority | 1,824 | 24.9 | +11 | ||
| Turnout | 7,327 | 59.7 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Denise Jeffery | 4,146 | 63.1 | ||
| Conservative | Eamonn Mullins | 1,209 | 18.4 | ||
| BNP | Rita Robinson | 1,147 | 17.5 | ||
| Majority | 2,937 | 44.7 | |||
| Turnout | 6,573 | 54.5 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Albert Manifield | 3,166 | 39.9 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Sanders | 2,305 | 29.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy Thompson | 1,262 | 15.9 | ||
| BNP | Dean Crossland | 846 | 10.6 | ||
| Independent | Barry Murphy | 345 | 4.3 | ||
| Majority | 861 | 10.8 | |||
| Turnout | 7,944 | 65.4 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dick Taylor | 3,970 | 56.0 | ||
| Independent | Roy Bickerton | 1,466 | 20.7 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Ledgard | 923 | 13.0 | ||
| Independent | James Goodfellow | 668 | 9.4 | ||
| Majority | 2,504 | 35.3 | |||
| Turnout | 7,090 | 56.2 | |||
| Labourgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sandra Pickin | 3,630 | 54.7 | ||
| Independent | Raymond Warren | 1,341 | 20.2 | ||
| Conservative | Philip Davies | 942 | 14.2 | ||
| BNP | Ian Kitchen | 646 | 10.6 | ||
| Majority | 2,289 | 34.5 | |||
| Turnout | 6,633 | 56.6 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Elizabeth Hick | 3,034 | 37.6 | ||
| Labour | Brian Holmes | 2,932 | 36.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Smith | 1,517 | 18.8 | ||
| BNP | Michael Bailey | 558 | 6.9 | ||
| Majority | 102 | 1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 8,070 | 67.1 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Ellis | 3,092 | 55.9 | ||
| Conservative | Jon Wadey | 1,379 | 24.9 | ||
| BNP | Norman Tate | 1,012 | 18.3 | ||
| Majority | 1,713 | 31.0 | |||
| Turnout | 5,528 | 52.2 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Elaine Blezard | 3,139 | 47.0 | ||
| Conservative | Jean Molloy | 1,370 | 20.5 | ||
| Independent | Graeme Milner | 1,231 | 18.4 | ||
| BNP | Philip Downton | 885 | 13.3 | ||
| Majority | 1,769 | 26.5 | |||
| Turnout | 6,674 | 53.6 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ian Bunney | 2,933 | 35.1 | ||
| Labour | Tony Richardson | 2,401 | 28.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Hunter | 2,327 | 27.8 | ||
| BNP | Ian Senior | 685 | 8.2 | ||
| Majority | 532 | 6.4 | |||
| Turnout | 8,368 | 66.2 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Clive Tennant | 3,051 | 45.6 | ||
| Conservative | Carl Milner | 1,594 | 23.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Doug Dale | 1,008 | 15.1 | ||
| Independent | Bob Evison | 279 | 4.2 | ||
| Green | Rennie Smith | 150 | 2.2 | ||
| Majority | 1,457 | 21.8 | |||
| Turnout | 6,692 | 55.6 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Geoff Walsh | 2,978 | 39.1 | ||
| Labour | Jack Kershaw | 2,773 | 36.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Rush | 1,333 | 17.5 | ||
| Independent | Matt Haddleton | 275 | 3.6 | ||
| Green | Neil Frankland | 150 | 2.2 | ||
| Majority | 205 | 2.7 | |||
| Turnout | 7,612 | 63 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Laurie Harrison | 3,433 | 46.8 | ||
| Independent | Fred Hilton | 2,129 | 29.0 | ||
| BNP | Linda Westwood | 1,000 | 13.6 | ||
| Conservative | Christian IAnson | 734 | 10.0 | ||
| Majority | 1,304 | 17.8 | |||
| Turnout | 7,334 | 54.4 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jacqui Williams | 2,936 | 37.5 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Wakefield | 2,578 | 32.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Evans | 1,539 | 19.6 | ||
| BNP | Keith Sharp | 761 | 9.7 | ||
| Majority | 358 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 7,838 | 65.2 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Olivia Rowley | 3,109 | 49.5 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony Bracewell | 1,287 | 20.5 | ||
| BNP | Robert Arnold | 567 | 9.0 | ||
| Socialist | Michael Griffiths | 159 | 10.7 | ||
| Majority | 1,822 | 29.0 | |||
| Turnout | 6,284 | 53.5 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tracey Hardwick | 2,703 | 42.2 | ||
| Conservative | Gareth Hunt | 1,904 | 29.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Moxon | 1,101 | 17.2 | ||
| BNP | Grant Rowe | 449 | 7.0 | ||
| UKIP | Keith Wells | 235 | 3.7 | ||
| Majority | 799 | 12.5 | |||
| Turnout | 6,412 | 57.4 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | June Drysdale | 4,107 | 44.6 | ||
| Labour | John Newsome | 2,859 | 31.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 1,507 | 16.4 | ||
| BNP | Ian Light | 700 | 7.6 | ||
| Majority | 1,248 | 13.6 | |||
| Turnout | 9,203 | 69 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nadeem Ahmed | 2,710 | 38.2 | −1.6 | |
| Labour | Charlie Keith | 1,703 | 24.0 | ||
| Independent | Norman Hazell | 1,147 | 16.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Nuthall | 1,106 | 15.6 | ||
| BNP | Elizabeth Downton | 416 | 5.9 | ||
| Majority | 1,007 | 14.2 | |||
| Turnout | 7,097 | 66.6 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Stone | 2,432 | 38.1 | ||
| Labour | Hilary Mitchell | 2,252 | 35.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Morgan | 909 | 14.3 | ||
| BNP | Neville Poynton | 559 | 8.8 | +0.3 | |
| Green | Brian Else | 208 | 3.8 | −0.5 | |
| Majority | 180 | 2.8 | |||
| Turnout | 6,378 | 56 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Betty Liles | 3,398 | 45.9 | ||
| Labour | Martyn Johnson | 3,152 | 42.5 | ||
| BNP | Graham Thewlis-Hardy | 808 | 10.9 | ||
| Majority | 246 | 3.4 | |||
| Turnout | 7,411 | 64.5 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||