Result: Wakefield
| TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Labour |  | 43.3% |
| Conservative |  | 31.5% |
| Liberal Democrat |  | 16.3% |
| Swing: 3.7% from LAB to CON | ||
| IN DETAIL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Votes | % | +/- % |
| Mary Creagh | Labour | 18,802 | 43.3 | -6.6 |
| Alec Shelbrooke | Conservative | 13,648 | 31.5 | +0.9 |
| David Ridgway | Liberal Democrat | 7,063 | 16.3 | +3.9 |
| Grant Rowe | British National Party | 1,328 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| Derek Hardcastle | Green | 1,297 | 3.0 | +0.4 |
| John Upex | UK Independence Party | 467 | 1.1 | -0.5 |
| Paul McEnhill | English Democrats | 356 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| Mick Griffiths | Socialist Alternative | 319 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| Linda Sheridan | Socialist Labour Party | 101 | 0.2 | -1.3 |
| Majority | 5,154 | 11.9 | ||
| Turnout | 43,381 | 59.3 | +4.8 | |
| POLITICAL MAKE UP OF YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| 2001 RESULT FOR WAKEFIELD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Labour |  | 49.9% |
| Conservative |  | 30.6% |
| Liberal Democrat |  | 12.4% |
| Others |  | 7.1% |
