Knottingley (electoral Ward)
Knottingley is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council.
Overview
The ward is one of 21 in the Wakefield district and has had the same boundaries since the 2004 Council election. As of 2015, the electorate stands at 12,495 of which 96.2% identify as "White British" and 69.4% of who identify as Christian.
Notable parts of the ward include Knottingley and Ferrybridge with notable landmarks including Ferrybridge Power Stations, Kellingley Colliery and Willow Garth Nature Reserve.
Representation
Like all wards in the Wakefield district, Knottingley has 3 councillors, whom are elected on a 4-year-rota. This means elections for new councillors are held for three years running, with one year every four years having no elections.
The current councillors are the Liberal Democrats' Adele Hayes, Peter Girt and Rachel Speak. Knottingley is the only ward with a Liberal Democrat councillor in Wakefield Council since 2011, winning the seat after not standing a candidate in the ward since 2003.
Councillors
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Glenn Burton (Lab) | Graham Stokes (Lab) | Graham Clarke (Lab) |
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2000 | |||
| 2002 | |||
| 2003 | |||
| 2004 | Patricia Doyle (Lab) | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 2010 | Harry Ellis (Lab) | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2014 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| 2019 | Thomas Gordon (LD) | ||
| 2021 | Adele Hayes (LD) | ||
| 2022 | Peter Girt (LD) | ||
| 2023 | Rachel Speak (LD) | ||
| 2024 |
Election results since 1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Adele Hayes* | 1,363 | 59.5 | +0.9 | |
| Labour Co-op | Theo Biddle | 695 | 30.3 | –0.5 | |
| Conservative | Amy Swift | 155 | 6.8 | –0.8 | |
| Green | Ruth Love | 79 | 3.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 668 | 29.2 | +1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,292 | 21.6 | –1.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |  0.7
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Rachel Nadine Speak | 1,398 | 58.6 | −4.5 | |
| Labour | Theo Biddle | 734 | 30.8 | +9.5 | |
| Conservative | Eamonn Malachy Mullins | 182 | 7.6 | −0.2 | |
| Green | Ruth Alexandra Love | 72 | 3.0 | −4.8 | |
| Majority | 664 | 27.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,386 | 22.8 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Girt | 1,504 | 50.6 | −3.6 | |
| Labour | Paul Green | 1,216 | 40.9 | +12.0 | |
| Conservative | Roger Kirby | 254 | 8.5 | −5.3 | |
| Majority | 288 | 9.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,974 | 28.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |  7.8
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Adele Hayes | 1,624 | 54.2 | +54.2 | |
| Labour Co-op | Kerron Cross | 867 | 28.9 | −32.6 | |
| Conservative | Hilary Plumbley | 415 | 13.8 | +3.1 | |
| Green | Garry Newby | 91 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 757 | 25.3 | −16.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,997 | 28.6 | −0.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Gordon | 1906 | 63.1 | +63.1 | |
| Labour | Glenn Burton | 642 | 21.3 | −45.3 | |
| Green | Willow Tolley | 237 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
| Conservative | Joshua Spencer | 235 | 7.8 | −25.6 | |
| Majority | 1264 | 41.8 | −5.1 | ||
| Turnout | 3020 | 29.4 | +8.7 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 52 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Ellis | 1419 | 66.6 | +5.1 | |
| Conservative | Joshua Spencer | 713 | 33.4 | +22.7 | |
| Majority | 999 | 46.9 | +13.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2132 | 20.7 | −5.7 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 29 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glen Burton | 4070 | 76.5 | −1.4 | |
| Conservative | Rebecca Norris | 1253 | 23.5 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 2817 | 53.0 | −2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 5323 | 50.7 | +26.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Ellis | 1951 | 77.9 | +8.2 | |
| Conservative | Rebecca Norris | 555 | 22.1 | +11.1 | |
| Majority | 1395 | 55.8 | +5.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2506 | 24.2 | +0.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Stokes | 1,788 | 69.7 | +12.2 | |
| UKIP | Clinton Rhodes | 494 | 19.3 | +8.6 | |
| Conservative | Jon Wadey | 282 | 11 | −4.7 | |
| Majority | 1,294 | 50.5 | +8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,564 | 23.8 | −5.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glenn Burton | 1,803 | 57.5 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | Jon Wadey | 493 | 15.7 | −9.2 | |
| Independent | Jack Wright | 486 | 15.5 | +15.5 | |
| UKIP | Nathan Garbutt | 336 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
| Majority | 1,319 | 41.8 | +10.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,135 | 29.5 | −22.7 | ||
| Labour hold | 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 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Stokes | 1,417 | 56.7 | −4.8 | |
| Conservative | Tom Dixon | 1,081 | 43.3 | +23.5 | |
| Majority | 336 | 13.4 | −28.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,498 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glenn Burton | 1,545 | 61.5 | −2.6 | |
| Conservative | Mellisa Wan Omer | 498 | 19.8 | −16.1 | |
| Independent | Nathan Garbutt | 470 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
| Majority | 1,047 | 41.7 | +13.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,513 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Patricia Doyle | 1,673 | 64.1 | ||
| Conservative | Nathan Garbutt | 937 | 35.9 | ||
| Majority | 736 | 28.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,610 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Stokes | 1,946 | |||
| Labour | Glenn Burton | 1,734 | |||
| Labour | Patricia Doyle | 1,657 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher Burns | 892 | |||
| BNP | Mark Burton | 831 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Plumbley | 695 | |||
| Conservative | Madge Richards | 587 | |||
| Turnout | 8,342 | 35.3 | |||
The boundaries were changed in the 2004 election resulting in all three positions becoming vacant.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Clarke | 1,297 | 60.4 | −15.5 | |
| Conservative | David Howarth | 403 | 18.8 | −5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Carey Chambers | 261 | 12.2 | +12.2 | |
| UKIP | Colin Batty | 185 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
| Majority | 894 | 41.6 | −10.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,146 | 21.2 | +0.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Stokes | 1,667 | 75.9 | +4.4 | |
| Conservative | David Howarth | 530 | 24.1 | −4.4 | |
| Majority | 1,137 | 51.8 | +8.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,197 | 20.7 | +2.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Clarke | 1,607 | 81.7 | ||
| Conservative | Allen Powell | 361 | 18.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,968 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Stokes | 1,823 | 83.35 | ||
| Conservative | Allen Powell | 357 | 16.32 | ||
| Majority | 1,446 | 20.37 | |||
| Turnout | 2,187 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glenn Burton | 2,430 | 87.6 | ||
| Conservative | Allen Powell | 345 | 12.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,775 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Wakefield Observatory (2015). "Wakefield Ward Profile - Selection: Pontefract North Ward" (PDF).
- ^ Wakefield Observatory (2015). "Wakefield Ward Profile - Selection: Knottingley Ward" (PDF). Wakefield Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.
- ^ "Seat Details". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Knottingley - MapIt". mapit.mysociety.org. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Types of Election". Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ "Your Councillors". WMDC. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ Spereall, David (3 May 2019). "'Disappointing' night for Labour in Wakefield at local elections". Wakefield Express. JPIMedia. OCLC 1058618806.
- ^ "Wakefield Council - Vote 2004". BBC News. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2020.