Normanton is an electoral ward of the

City of Wakefield The City of Wakefield is a local government district with the status of a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield, the largest settlement, is the administrative centre of the district. The population of the City of ...

district used for elections to

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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. The predecessor ward was Normanton and Sharlston. As of 2019, the electorate stands at 12,315 of which 92.7% identify as "

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" and 67.9% of who identify as

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. The ward comprises Normanton,

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, Woodhouse,

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and Ashfield with the key landmarks being

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and Kirkthorpe Hydro.

Representation

Like all wards in the Wakefield district, Normanton 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. The current councillors are Elaine Blezzard and David Dagger, both of whom are

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. There are only currently two councillors due to the death of Alan Wassell who had been the councillor since

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Overview

Representation

Councillors

Ward results

References