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Altofts and Whitwood

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

Altofts and Whitwood
Altofts and Whitwood is located in West Yorkshire
Altofts and Whitwood
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53°41′49″N 1°24′58″W / 53.697°N 1.416°W / 53.697; -1.416

Overview

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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 96.1% identify as "White British" and 67.5% of who identify as Christian.[2][3]

The ward comprises Altofts, Whitwood and Whitwood Mere, and a number of industrial parks that occupy much of the land between Normanton and Castleford. The ward also includes the Cutsyke, Roundhill and Half Acres areas of Castleford. To the north the ward is bounded by the River Calder. The ward is bisected by the M62 and has the Trans Pennine Trail running through it.[2]

Representation

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Like all wards in the Wakefield district, Altofts and Whitwood 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.[4]

The current councillors are Jo Hepworth and Jacquie Speight both of whom are Labour.[5] There are only currently two councillors due to the resignation of Peter Box CBE who served as Leader of Wakefield Council for 21 years.[6]

Councillors

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Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
2004 Peter Box CBE (Lab) Heather Hudson (Lab) Darran Travis (Lab)
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014 Jacquie Speight (Lab)
2015 Jo Hepworth (Lab)
2016
2018
2019
2021 Josie Farrar (Lab)
2022
2023

Election results

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2023 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jo Hepworth* 1,748 52.8 +13.4
Wakefield District Independents John Thomas 804 24.3 +17.8
Conservative Amy Louise Swift 518 15.7 −1.1
Green Katherine Clare Dodd 238 7.2 New
Majority 944 28.5 +21.6
Turnout 3,308 23.0 −1.8
Rejected ballots 11
Labour hold Swing
2022 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacquie Speight* 2,053 56.49 +9.0
Conservative Barbara Wright 809 22.26 −15.8
Independent John Thomas 613 16.87 +11.7
Liberal Democrats Leanne Hall 159 4.38 N/A
Majority 1,244 34.23
Turnout 3,634
Labour hold Swing
2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Josie Farrar 1,896 47.5 +8.1
Conservative Anthony David Hill 1,522 38.1 +21.3
Green Brenden Beckett 283 7.1 +7.1
Reform UK John Thomas 209 5.2 +5.2
Workers Party Zane Carpenter 80 2.0 +2.0
Majority 374 9.4 +2.5
Turnout 3,990 28.1 +3.3
Labour hold Swing -6.6
2019 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jo Hepworth 1318 39.4 −18.1
Yorkshire Laura Walker[a] 1089 32.5 +22.4
Conservative Anthony Hill 562 16.8 −11.2
Democrats and Veterans John Thomas 219 6.5 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Pollack 159 4.8 +4.8
Majority 229 6.9 −22.6
Turnout 3347 24.8 +0.9
Rejected ballots 35
Labour hold Swing
2018 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacquie Speight 1823 57.5 −1
Conservative Anthony Hill 888 28 +8.4
Yorkshire Steven Crookes 320 10.1 −0.5
Democrats and Veterans John Thomas 140 4.4 N/A
Majority 935 29.5 −9.4
Turnout 3171 23.9 −3.5
Rejected ballots 9
Labour hold Swing
2016 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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
2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jo Hepworth 4168 55.3 +5.9
UKIP Geoffrey Johnston 1715 22.8 −13.8
Conservative Anthony Hill 1655 22.0 +7.9
Majority 2453 32.5 +19.7
Turnout 7538 57.4 +29.7
Labour hold Swing
2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacquie Speight 1735 49.4 −12.2
UKIP Tracie Corbett 1285 36.6 +12.6
Conservative Anthony Hill 494 14.1 −0.3
Majority 450 12.8 −24.8
Turnout 3514 27.7 +1.9
Labour hold Swing
2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Box 2,009 61.6 −2.5
UKIP David Armitage 783 24 +24
Conservative Steven Beeton 470 14.4 −10.7
Majority 1,226 37.6 −1.5
Turnout 3,262 25.8 −6.4
Labour hold Swing
2011 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Heather Hudson 2,582 64.1 +17.9
Conservative Steven Beeton 1,009 25.1 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Burch 404 10.0 −10.9
Majority 1,573 39.1 +14.2
Turnout 4,027 32.2 −27.5
Labour hold Swing
2010 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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
Labour hold Swing
2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Box 1,316 37.4 −10.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Burch 827 23.5 +4.4
Conservative Gordon Tennant 793 22.5 +6.7
BNP Dawn Byrom 585 16.6 −0.2
Majority 489 13.9 −15.2
Turnout 3,521
Labour hold Swing
2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Heather Hudson 1,563 48.2 1.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Burch 619 19.1 +2.6
BNP Dawn Byrom 546 16.8 −2.9
Conservative Tom Dixon 513 15.8 +1.6
Majority 944 29.1 −0.8
Turnout 3,241
Labour hold Swing
2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Darran Travis 1,717 49.6
BNP Loraine Frazer 682 19.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Burch 572 16.5
Conservative Tom Dixon 490 14.2
Majority 1,035 29.9
Turnout 3,461
Labour hold Swing
2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Box 1,993
Labour Heather Hudson 1,939
Labour Darran Travis 1,855
Liberal Democrats Michael Burch 876
BNP William Draper 701
Liberal Democrats Simon Curtis 700
Conservative Allen Glendinning 625
Conservative Tom Dixon 584
Liberal Democrats Carey Chambers 566
Conservative Jean Molloy 559
Turnout 10,398 38.0

Notes

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  1. ^ Walker stood as the Yorkshire Party candidate in the 2019 general election for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford.

References

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  1. ^ "Ward 3 Altofts and Whitwood" (PDF). Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b Wakefield Observatory (2015). "Wakefield Ward Profile - Selection: Altofts and Whitwood Ward" (PDF). Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Seat Details". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Overview". Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Your Councillors". WMDC. 10 January 2020. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  6. ^ Box, Peter (25 November 2019). "Leader resigns as ward councillor". Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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