Airedale and Ferry Fryston
{{short description|Electoral ward of Wakefield Council}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.734857|-1.317456|display=inline,title}}
| label_position = top
| official_name = Airedale and Ferry Fryston
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| metropolitan_borough = City of Wakefield
| metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire
| constituency_westminster = Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
}}
Airedale and Ferry Fryston is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Ward 2 Airedale and Ferry Fryston|url=http://www.wakefieldjsna.co.uk/site/wp-content/uploads/Ward-2-Airedale-Ferry-Fryston-v090117.pdf|archive-url=|archivedate=|accessdate=29 May 2020|website=Wakefield Metropolitan District Council}}
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 97.2% identify as "White British" and 64.9% of who identify as Christian.{{Cite web|title=Seat Details|url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Normanton,+Pontefract+and+Castleford|accessdate=10 January 2020|website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}
The ward is situated in the north east of the District and forms the eastern part of the settlement of Castleford. The ward is relatively small in area terms, being fairly densely populated. The ward includes a number of different neighbourhoods, including Airedale, Ferry Fryston, Townville and Fryston Village. The northern edge of the ward is defined by the course of the River Aire, while to the east and south the ward is bounded by the A1(M) and M62 motorways.
Representation
Like all wards in the Wakefield district, Pontefract North 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.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Overview|url=http://opencouncildata.co.uk/council.php?c=290&y=0|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-28|website=Open Council Data UK}}
In 2020, Alex Kear (Independent) was removed from the council after he pleaded guilty to child sexual exploitation charges.{{Cite web |last=Frame |first=Nick |date=27 April 2020 |title=Wakefield district councillor to face child sex charges |url=https://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/crime/wakefield-district-councillor-face-child-sex-charges-2547848 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2020-06-03 |website=www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk |language=en}}
The current councillors are Les Shaw (Labour), Kathryn Scott (Labour) and Jackie Ferguson (Labour).{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-01-10|title=Your Councillors|url=http://mg.wakefield.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-10|website=WMDC|language=en}}
Councillors
| class="wikitable"
!Election !Councillor !Councillor !Councillor |
| 2004
| rowspan="4" |Graham Phelps (Lab) | rowspan="12" |Yvonne Crewe (Lab) |Stephen Groves (Lab) |
| 2006
| rowspan="7" |Linda Broom (Lab) |
| 2007 |
| 2008 |
| 2010 By-election
| rowspan="12" |Les Shaw (Lab) |
| 2010 |
| 2011 |
| 2012 |
| 2014
| rowspan="8" |Kathryn Scott (Lab) |
| 2015 |
| 2016 |
| 2018 |
| 2019
|Alex Kear (Ind) |
| 2020
|Vacant |
| 2021
| rowspan="2" |Jackie Ferguson (Lab) |
| 2022 |
Ward results
{{Election box begin|title=2022 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Kathryn Scott*|votes=1,524|percentage=61.43|change=+10.33}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Evans|votes=541|percentage=21.81|change=-1.29|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Neil Kennedy|votes=311|percentage=12.54|change=+1.04|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Leah Birdsall|votes=105|percentage=4.23|change= New |}}
{{Election box majority||votes=983|percentage=39.62|change=+11.62}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,481|percentage=21.4|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Jackie Ferguson|votes=1,190|percentage=51.1|change=+8.8}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Les Shaw|votes=1,116|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Evans|votes=567|percentage=23.1|change=+10.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Neil Kennedy|votes=522|percentage=11.5|change=+11.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Eamonn Mullins|votes=480|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ian Kennedy|votes=367|percentage=8.1|change=+8.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=John Ingham|votes=144|percentage=5.7|change=+5.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Daniel Russell|votes=120|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=628|percentage=28|change=+25.1}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=N/A|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|loser=Independent politician|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin|title=2019 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Alex Kear {{refn|group=nb|Kear was later convicted of sexual offences against children under 13, leading to him being disqualified from sitting as a councillor.}}|votes=1166|percentage=45.2|change=+45.2|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Yvonne Crewe|votes=1091|percentage=42.3|change=-31.0|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Eamonn Mullins|votes=321|percentage=12.5|change=-11.3|}}
{{Election box majority|votes=75|percentage=2.9|change=-49.5}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2578|percentage=22.4|change=+3.5}}{{Election box rejected|votes=31|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Independent politician|loser=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2018 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Kathryn Scott|votes=1662|percentage=76.2|change=-5.9|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Eamonn Mullins|votes=520|percentage=23.8|change=+5.9|}}{{Election box majority|votes=1142|percentage=52.4|change=+0.2}}{{Election box turnout|votes=2182|percentage=18.9|change=-4.6}}{{Election box rejected|votes=10|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2016 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Les Shaw|votes=2142|percentage=82.1|change=+12|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Amy Swift|votes=467|percentage=17.9|change=+0.0|}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1675|percentage=52.2|change=+12}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2609|percentage=23.5|change=-26.6}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Yvonne Crewe|votes=4103|percentage=70.1|change=+15.7|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Amy Swift|votes=1047|percentage=17.9|change=+8.8|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Simon Addy|votes=706|percentage=12.1|change=N/A|}}
{{Election box majority||votes=3056|percentage=52.2|change=+34.3}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=5856|percentage=50.1|change=+25.1}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Kathryn Scott|votes=1564|percentage=54.4|change=-18.9|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=William Proctor|votes=1049|percentage=36.5|change=+16.1|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Mellisa Omer|votes=262|percentage=9.1|change=+2.8|}}
{{Election box majority||votes=515|percentage=17.9|change=-35.0}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2875|percentage=25.0|change=+1.5}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Les Shaw|votes=1,977|percentage=73.3|change=-6.8|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Arnie Craven|votes=556|percentage=20.4|change=+20.4|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Mellisa Wan Omer|votes=171|percentage=6.3|change=-12.9|}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,441|percentage=52.9|change=-8}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,724|percentage=23.5|change=-4.7}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2011 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Yvonne Crewe|votes=2,611|percentage=80.1|change=+24.4|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Mellisa Wan Omer|votes=627|percentage=19.2|change=+7.1|}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,984|percentage=60.9|change=+22.2}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,258|percentage=28.2|change=-23.4}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2010 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Linda Broom|votes=3,305|percentage=55.7|change=+9|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Paul Kirby|votes=1,009|percentage=17.0|change=+2.7|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Mellisa Wan Omer|votes=715|percentage=12.1|change=-5.9|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=British National Party|candidate=Stephen Rogerson|votes=668|percentage=11.3|change=-9.6|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Jason Smart|votes=220|percentage=3.7|change=+3.7|}}
{{Election box majority||votes=2,296|percentage=38.7|change=+12.9}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=5,930|percentage=51.6|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=+3.2%}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Airedale and Ferry Fryston By-Election 21 January 2010{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/8474198.stm | title = Labour victory in key Wakefield by-election | accessdate = 2010-01-22 | date = 2010-01-22 | work = BBC News Online}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Les Shaw|votes=1,330|percentage=49.9|change=+3.2|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Paul Kirby|votes=603|percentage=22.6|change=+8.3|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=British National Party|candidate=Stephen Rogerson|votes=353|percentage=13.3|change=-7.7|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Carl Milner|votes=275|percentage=10.3|change=-7.7|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Jason Smart|votes=102|percentage=3.8|change=+3.8|}}
{{Election box majority||votes=727|percentage=27.3|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,663|percentage=23.4|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}This by-election was held due to the death of Graham Phelps in November 2009.{{Cite news|date=2010-01-22|title=Labour victory in key by-election|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/8474198.stm|access-date=2020-06-04}}{{Election box begin|title=2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Graham Phelps|votes=1,401|percentage=46.7|change=-10.5|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=British National Party|candidate=Stephen Rogerson|votes=628|percentage=20.9|change=+2.2|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Mellisa Wan Omer|votes=540|percentage=18.0|change=+5.3|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Paul Kirby|votes=430|percentage=14.3|change=+2.9|}}
{{Election box majority||votes=773|percentage=25.8|change=-12.7}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,999|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Yvonne Crewe|votes=1,689|percentage=57.2|change=-0.8|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=British National Party|candidate=Stephen Rogerson|votes=553|percentage=18.7|change=-6.2|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Eamonn Mullins|votes=374|percentage=12.7|change=-4.4|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Paul Kirby|votes=337|percentage=11.4|change=+11.4|}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,136|percentage=38.5|change=+5.4}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,953|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Linda Broom|votes=1,655|percentage=58.0|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=British National Party|candidate=Stephen Rogerson|votes=709|percentage=24.9|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Eamonn Mullins|votes=489|percentage=17.1|change=|}}
{{Election box majority||votes=946|percentage=33.1|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,853|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Graham Phelps|votes=2,025|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Yvonne Crewe|votes=1,811|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Stephen Groves|votes=1,751|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=John Bird|votes=997|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Paul Kirby|votes=679|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Mary Barton|votes=469|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Pamela Ledgard|votes=418|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Rodney Williams|votes=409|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,559|percentage=34.0|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
Notes
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