WAKEFIELD - Horbury and South Ossett COUNCIL BY ELECTION RESULT (LAB HOLD)

Wakefield, Horbury & South Ossett - Labour hold

Party	2013 votes	2013 share	since 2012	since 2011 B	since 2011	since 2010	Row 1 column 8
Labour	1,041	39.8%	-0.7%	-11.7%	-9.3%	+3.3%	+3.8%
UKIP	856	32.8%	+22.3%	+26.1%	from nowhere	from nowhere	from nowhere
Conservative	504	19.3%	-3.5%	-11.5%	-22.0%	-18.4%	-20.8%
Lib Dem	212	8.1%	-0.2%	+2.3%	-1.4%	-10.8%	-3.2%
No Description			-17.9%
Horbury Independent				-2.7%
Independent				-2.6%			-12.5%
BNP						-6.9%
Total votes	2,613		-1,482	-837	-2,341	-5,428	-1,987

The UKIP candidate in the by-election was the No Description candidate in 2012 and served as the Conservative councillor from 2008 to 2012

Swing Labour to UKIP 11½% since 2012 and ~19% since July 2011 by-election

Rory BICKERTON (Labour Party Candidate)
Mark GOODAIR (Liberal Democrats)
Angela HOLWELL (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Graham JESTY (UK Independence Party (UKIP))