Knottingley (electoral ward)

Knottingley
Knottingley
	Knottingley Location within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough	City of Wakefield;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Dialling code	01977
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°42′18″N 1°14′56″W / 53.705°N 1.249°W

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

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.^[2]^[3]

Notable parts of the ward include Knottingley and Ferrybridge with notable landmarks including Ferrybridge Power Stations, Kellingley Colliery and Willow Garth Nature Reserve.^[2]^[4]

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.^[5]

The current councillors are the Liberal Democrats' Adele Hayes, Peter Girt and Rachel Speak.^[6] 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.^[7]

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	Rachel Speak (LD)

Election results since 1996

2024 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2023 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2022 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2019 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2018 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2016 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2011 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2010 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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.^[8]

2003 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2002 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

2000 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

1999 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Clarke	1,607	81.7
	Conservative	Allen Powell	361	18.3
Turnout			1,968
	Labour hold		Swing

1998 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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

1996 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Glenn Burton	2,430	87.6
	Conservative	Allen Powell	345	12.4
Turnout			2,775
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes

References

^ Wakefield Observatory (2015). "Wakefield Ward Profile - Selection: Pontefract North Ward" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b 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.

[:0-1] Wakefield Observatory (2015). "Wakefield Ward Profile - Selection: Pontefract North Ward" (PDF).

[:02-2] Wakefield Observatory (2015). "Wakefield Ward Profile - Selection: Knottingley Ward" (PDF). Wakefield Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.

[3] "Seat Details". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

[4] "Knottingley - MapIt". mapit.mysociety.org. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

[5] "Types of Election". Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

[6] "Your Councillors". WMDC. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

[7] Spereall, David (3 May 2019). "'Disappointing' night for Labour in Wakefield at local elections". Wakefield Express. JPIMedia. OCLC 1058618806.

[8] "Wakefield Council - Vote 2004". BBC News. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

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