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The 2016 Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party and the Conservative Party fielded a full slate of 21 candidates, with UK Independence Party putting forward 11 candidates, 9 Liberal Democrat candidates, 6 Trade Union and Socialist Coalition candidates, 5 Yorkshire First candidates, 3 Green Party candidates and 4 Independent candidates.^[2]

Council Make-up

The make up of the Council following the election was:

**Party political make-up of Wakefield Council**
Party	Seats			Current Council (2014)
Party	2014^[3]	2015^[4]	2016	Current Council (2014)
Labour	54	53	53
Conservative	6	6	7
UKIP	2	2	2
Independent	1	2	1

Summary

Wakefield Local Election Result 2016
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	19	1	1	0	90.0	53.4	39,305	+4.4
Conservative	2	1	0	+1	10.0	23.3	17,171	-3.2
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	11.5	8478	-6.4
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0.0	3.9	2901	+3.5
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.5	2577	+1.5
Yorkshire	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	1270	+1.3
TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	1044	+0.3
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	855	-1.5

+/- compared with Wakefield Council election 2015.

Ward results

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Ward	1631	45.7	0.0
	Conservative	Don Marshall	776	20.5	−7.7
	UKIP	Nathan Garbutt	639	16.9	−4.1
	Independent	Steven Pallett	500	13.2	N/A
	Yorkshire First	Martin Roberts	234	6.2	−0.4%
Majority			855	22.6	+4.6
Turnout			3780	30.6	−27.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward

Airedale and Ferry Fryston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Shaw	2142	82.1	+12
	Conservative	Amy Swift	467	17.9	+0.0
Majority			1675	52.2	+12
Turnout			2609	23.5	−26.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Altofts and Whitwood ward

Altofts and Whitwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Box	1994	58.5	+3.5
	Conservative	Anthony Hill	668	19.6	−2.4
	Independent	Matthew Jeans	384	11.3	N/A
	Yorkshire First	Steve Crookes	363	10.6	N/A
Majority			1326	38.9	+6.4
Turnout			3409	27.4	−30.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Forster	2133	69.0	+6.3
	UKIP	Dawn Lumb	718	23.2	−1.6
	Conservative	Joanne Smart	241	7.8	−4.7
Majority			1415	45.8	+7.9
Turnout			3092	27.0	−25.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Faith Heptinstall	1968	48.8	+1.2
	UKIP	Steve Ashton	1003	24.9	−2.8
	Conservative	Tony Ayoade	812	20.1	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Belcher	252	6.2	N/A
Majority			965	23.9	+4.0
Turnout			4035	34.4	−28.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Featherstone ward

Featherstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Tennant-King	2778	82.0	+22.8
	Conservative	Rodney Williams	611	18.0	+4.5
Majority			2167	64.0	+26.6
Turnout			3389	27.6	−26.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Hemsworth ward

Hemsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Kitching	1391	44.9	−25.6
	Independent	Ian Womersley	1104	35.6	N/A
	UKIP	Penny Ashton	413	13.3	−11.7
	Conservative	John Martin	190	6.1	−7.3
Majority			287	9.3	−27.2
Turnout			3098	27.2	−25.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Horbury and South Ossett ward

Horbury and South Ossett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Darren Byford	1611	39	+6.2
	UKIP	Neil Coleman	890	21.5	+1
	Conservative	Madalena Mestre	883	21.4	−12
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Goodair	531	12.9	+4.3
	Green	Richard Norris	216	5.2	+1.3
Majority			721	17.5	+16.9
Turnout			4131	35.9	−27.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Knottingley ward

Knottingley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Stokes	1597	61.5	−15.0
	UKIP	Lewis Thompson	724	27.9	N/A
	Conservative	Eamonn Mullins	277	10.7	−12.8
Majority			873	33.6	−19.4
Turnout			2598	26.4	−24.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Normanton ward

Normanton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Wassell	2147	54.4	+20.9
	Conservative	Matthew Gilligan	706	24.7	+5.7
Majority			1441	50.6	+22.8
Turnout			2853	23.9	−28.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Ossett ward

Ossett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynn Masterman	1168	27.4	−0.9
	UKIP	Jonathon Cook	1017	23.8	−1.3
	Independent	Tony Richardson	913	21.4	N/A
	Conservative	Terry Brown	880	20.6	−16
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Sargeant	290	6.8	+1.2
Majority			151	3.6	−4.7
Turnout			4268	34.9	−28.3
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Pontefract North ward

Pontefract North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lorna Malkin	1601	53.3
	UKIP	Joshua Spencer	762	25.4
	Conservative	Chris Hyomes	470	15.7
	Yorkshire First	Arnie Craven	168	5.6
Majority			839	27.9
Turnout			3001	26.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontefract South

Pontefract South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Celia Loughran	1917	47.2	−1.9
	Conservative	Geoff Walsh	1669	41.1	−2.7
	TUSC	John Gill	271	6.7	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Woodlock	203	5.0	N/A
Majority			248	6.1	+0.8
Turnout			4060	35.3	−25.8
	Labour hold		Swing

South Elmsall and South Kirkby ward

South Elmsall and South Kirkby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Collins	2802	83.9	+15.6
	Conservative	Chris I'Anson	536	16.1	+7.7
Majority			2266	67.8	+22.8
Turnout			3338	26.1	−27.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanley and Outwood East ward

Stanley and Outwood East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Morley	1873	48.6	+6.3
	Conservative	Gill Laidler	950	24.6	−5.2
	UKIP	James Johnston	831	21.5	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Dodd	151	3.9	−1.5
	TUSC	Dave Byrom	52	1.3	−0.3
Majority			923	24.0	+11.5
Turnout			3857	32.0	−30.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield East ward

Wakefield East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosaline Lund	2225	66.8	+6.3
	Conservative	Richard Wakefield	550	16.5	−6.2
	Green	Jody Gabriel	315	9.5	+1.1
	TUSC	Mick Griffiths	243	7.3	+2.2
Majority			1675	50.3	+12.5
Turnout			3333	30.8	−20.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield North ward

Wakefield North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Rhodes	1781	55.2	+12.6
	UKIP	Keith Wells	636	19.7	−1.4
	Conservative	Allan Couch	564	17.5	−6.4
	Yorkshire First	Lucy Brown	246	7.6	+5.0
Majority			1171	35.5	+16.8
Turnout			3227	30.5	−24.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Wakefield Rural ward

Wakefield Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cynthia Binns	1978	43.8	+5.5
	Labour	Jayne Wilby	1744	38.6	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Finbarr Cronin	546	12.1	+5.4
	TUSC	Sam Lynch	246	5.4	+4.4
Majority			234	5.2	−3.5
Turnout			4514	34.2	−30.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Wakefield South ward

Wakefield South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hunt	1643	45.1	−8.2
	Labour	Ian Bain	1408	38.6	+7.0
	Yorkshire First	Daniel Cochran	259	7.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Currie	248	6.8	+0.9
	TUSC	John Sibbald	89	2.4	+0.5
Majority			235	6.5	−15.2
Turnout			3647	36.2	−26.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wakefield West ward

Wakefield West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Mitchell	1563	49.0	+6.5
	Conservative	Dianne Presha	962	30.2	+1.3
	Green	Brian Else	324	10.2	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Williams	196	6.1	N/A
	TUSC	Neil Taylor	143	4.5	+3.3
Majority			601	18.8	+5.2
Turnout			3188	30.2	−22.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Johnson	1831	43.9	+4.2
	Conservative	Sam Harvey	1338	32.1	−0.3
	UKIP	Ian Sheldrake	845	20.2	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Natasha De Vere	160	3.8	−2.0
Majority			493	11.8	+4.5
Turnout			4174	36.4	−28.0
	Labour hold		Swing