Today's Election

[Featherstonian]

For everybody involved in today's election good luck and have a good clean fight. Play within the rules and have a good day.

[Kim685]

Is anyone staying up to watch?

[Featherstonian]

i'm not are you Kim?

[Kim685]

No way, I'd never stay awake! lol

[rapper67]

Im staying up
just come off the front lines
 Its the biggist turn out in fev and sharlston and streethouse for over a dacade looking at a possible 52%
over a 1000 votes cast at Girnhill alone 650 in person 350 postal
well done all that voted
Good luck Roy and Ian

[Featherstonian]

Thats it folks it's sit and wait time.

[san!]

Well done to Ian, you did us proud!

[Featherstonian]

Name                     Party                          Votes                   %                     +/-
Jon Trickett           Labour                         20,506                 46.8                 -11.9
Ann Myatt           Conservative                  10,662                  24.3                 +2.2
Alan Belmore       Liberal Democrat               5,667                   12.9                  -2.8
Ian Womersley       Independent                  3,946                   9.0                    +9.0
Ian Kitchen          British National Party        3,059                    7.0                    +6.8     

Majority 9,844 22.5 

Turnout                                                   43,840                  60.4                   +6.1
2005
Labour  58.7%
Conservative  22.2%
Liberal Democrat  15.7%
Others  3.4%

[Kim685]

No official results yet for featherstone, but Richard Taylor won the seat

[Featherstonian]

TAYLOR, Dick                      The Labour Party Candidate           3,970             56.0 %
BICKERTON, Roy                             Independent                     1,466             20.7
LEDGARD, Michael Roy          The Conservative Party Candidate       923            13.0
GOODFELLOW, James                                                             668                9.4
 
Majority 2,504 35.3
 Spoiled Votes 63
 % turnout 56.2
 Total Votes 7,090

[Featherstonian]

Pontefract North
 
Name                                           Party                         Votes                              %
TENNANT, Clive Malcolm    The Labour Party Candidate          3,051                            45.6
MILNER, Carl              The Conservative Party Candidate       1,594                            23.8
DALE, Doug                     Liberal Democrats                       1,008                            15.1
FARMER, Neil                  British National Party                       585                              8.7
EVISON, Bob                        Independent                            279                               4.2
SMITH, Rennie                       Green Party                           150                                2.2
 
Majority 1,457 21.8
 Spoiled Votes 25
 % turnout 55.6
 Total Votes 6,692

[rapper67]

Im gutted 
Thanks for all you've done for this town Roy
you will be missed

[Ruthie]

I agree rapper!
I think its going to make next year a lot more interesting...
Only time will tell what'll happen now though I suppose.

[rapper67]

Does anybody know the new make up of Wakefield MDC ?

[Victor]

Labour 33
Cons    24
Ind      5
Lib D    1

[primax]

I take it from the responses so far that no one is going to congratulate Richard Taylor? Even the most hardened of MP's on the political front congratulate their opposition on their victory, it is the very English way of doing things.
Congratulations Dick on your victory.

[Victor]

I sent a message to Dick this morning on his mobile saying Well Done and he replied Thanks.

[Kim685]

I congratulated Dick this morning on his facebook wall 

[Forkhandles]

I too congratulated dick on fb, and by e-mail

[yetion1]

Back to the dark ages then