Pontefract North

Pontefract North is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council.[1]

Pontefract North
Pontefract North
Location within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

Overview

The ward is one of 21 in the Wakefield district, and has been held by Labour since the current boundaries were formed for the 2004 Council election. As of 2015, the electorate stands at 12,495 of which 94.4% identify as "White British" and 69.3% of who identify as Christian.[1][2]

Notable landmarks in the ward include Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract Castle and Tangerine Confectionery HQ with the main areas being Monkhill and Pontefract Town centre. [3]

Representation

Like all wards in the Wakefield district, Pontefract North 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 Clive Tennant, Patricia Garbutt and Lorna Malkin, all of whom are Labour.[4]

The last time a Conservative councillor represented the ward was Philip Thomas who elected in the 2008 Council election however, he ran for re-election as an independent as was subsequently defeated in the 2011 election by Paula Sherriff who would later serve as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewsbury between 2015 and 2019.[5]

Councillors
Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
1996 Fredrick Hodgson (Lab) Jack Kershaw (Lab) Frank Ward (Lab)
1998
1999
2000 David Grason (Lab)
2002
2003 Clive Tennant (Lab)
2004 Patricia Garbutt (Lab)
2006
2007
2008 Philip Thomas (Cons)
2010
2011
2012 Paula Sherriff (Lab)
2014
2015
2015 by-election Lorna Malkin (Lab)
2016
2018
2019

Election Results
2019: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Garbutt 1214 41.4 -18.8
Yorkshire Steven Crookes 1148 39.2 +29.9
Conservative Chris Hyomes 570 24.9 -5.5
Majority 66 2.2 -20.3
Turnout 2932 22.1 -0.4
Rejected ballots 54
Labour hold Swing
2018: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clive Tennant 1724 60.2 +6.9
Conservative Chris Hyomes 714 24.9 +9.2
Yorkshire Arnie Craven 266 9.3 +3.7
Green Rennie Smith 162 5.7 N/A
Majority 1010 35.3 +7.2
Turnout 2866 22.5 -3.6
Rejected ballots 3
Labour hold Swing
2016: 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
2015 By-election: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lorna Malkin 909 48.0 -3.7
UKIP Nathan Garbutt 453 23.9 +2.3
Conservative Anthony David Hill 299 15.8 -5.1
Yorkshire First Lucy Brown 124 6.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Daniel Woodlock 86 4.5 N/A
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts Daniel Dearden 24 1.3 -0.2
Turnout 1895
Labour hold Swing

*The by-election follows the resignation of Paula Sheriff who was elected the MP for Dewsbury.[6]

2015: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pat Garbutt 3398 51.7 +3.1
UKIP Nathan Garbutt 1422 21.6 -14.0
Conservative Chris Speight 1375 20.9 +7.2
Green Rennie Smith 286 4.3 N/A
TUSC Daniel Dearden 97 1.5 -0.6
Majority 1976 30.1 +17.1
Turnout 6578 54.0 +25.7
Labour hold Swing
2014: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clive Tennant 1645 48.6 +0.7
UKIP Nathan Garbutt 1205 35.6 +24.9
Conservative Amy Swift 463 13.7 -0.3
TUSC Daniel Dearden 71 2.1 -0.1
Majority 440 13.0 -12.6
Turnout 3384 28.3 +0.2
Labour hold Swing
2012: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paula Sherriff 1,649 47.9 -11.9
Independent Jack Kershaw 769 22.3 +22.3
Conservative Hannah Crowther 481 14 -9.6
UKIP Nathan Garbutt 368 10.7 0
Green Rennie Smith 103 3.0 -2.4
TUSC Daniel Dearden 76 2.2 +2.2
Majority 880 25.5 -10.6
Turnout 3,446 28.1 -3.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
2011: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pat Garbutt 2,261 59.8 +14.2
Conservative Chris Speight 894 23.6 -0.2
UKIP Justin Hudson 403 10.7 +10.7
Green Rennie Smith 205 5.4 +3.2
Majority 1,367 36.1 +14.3
Turnout 3,784 31.2 -24.4
Labour hold Swing
2010: Pontefract North
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
Labour hold Swing
2008: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Thomas 1,352 40.8 -6.4
Labour Jack Kershaw 1,323 39.9 -12.9
Independent Bob Evison 398 12.0 +12.0
Green Rennie Smith 240 7.2 +7.2
Majority 29 0.9
Turnout 3,313
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
2007: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Garbutt 1,695 52.8 -9.2
Conservative Philip Thomas 1,517 47.2 +9.2
Majority 178 5.6 -18.4
Turnout 3,212
Labour hold Swing
2006: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clive Tennant 1,757 62.0
Conservative Mellisa Wan Omer 1,077 38.0
Majority 680 24.0
Turnout 2,834
Labour hold Swing
2004: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Kershaw 2,008
Labour Patricia Garbutt 1,716
Labour Clive Tennant 1,599
UKIP Stephanie Wilder 994
UKIP Howard Burdon 848
Conservative Geoffrey Walsh 838
Conservative Eamonn Mullins 838
Conservative Catherine Campbell-Reitzik 783
Socialist Alternative John Gill 232
Turnout 9,856 35.6

*The 2004 election was the first one with the new boundaries. As such, all three seats were up for election.[7]

2003: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clive Tennant 1,443 58.2 -10.0
Conservative Richard Molloy 536 21.6 -1.6
UKIP Howard Burdon 352 14.2 +14.2
Socialist Alternative John Gill 149 6.0 +1.1
Majority 907 36.6 -8.4
Turnout 2,480 19.7 -1.3
Labour hold Swing
2002: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Kershaw 1,875 68.2 -2.9
Conservative Richard Molloy 638 23.2 -5.7
Socialist Alternative John Gill 134 4.9 +4.9
Socialist Labour Zane Carpenter 103 3.7 +3.7
Majority 1,237 45.0 +2.8
Turnout 2,750 21.0 +4.2
Labour hold Swing
2000: Pontefract North
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
1999: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Ward 1,757 81.9
Conservative June Drysdale 385 17.9
Majority 1,327
Turnout 2,149
Labour hold Swing
1998: Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Kershaw 1,870 83.1
Conservative June Drysdale 372 14.5
Majority 1,498
Turnout 1,498 19.24
Labour hold Swing


References
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  2. "Seat Details". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
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  4. "Your Councillors". WMDC. 2020-01-10. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  5. "Dewsbury parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
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