Altofts and Whitwood

Altofts and Whitwood
Altofts and Whitwood
	Altofts and Whitwood Location within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough	City of Wakefield;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°41′49″N 1°24′58″W / 53.697°N 1.416°W

Altofts and Whitwood 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 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

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

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

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

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

References

^ "Ward 3 Altofts and Whitwood" (PDF). Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b Wakefield Observatory (2015). "Wakefield Ward Profile - Selection: Altofts and Whitwood Ward" (PDF). Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "Seat Details". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
^ "Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Overview". Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
^ "Your Councillors". WMDC. 10 January 2020. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
^ 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.

[7] Walker stood as the Yorkshire Party candidate in the 2019 general election for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford.

[1] "Ward 3 Altofts and Whitwood" (PDF). Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

[:0-2] 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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