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Local news
Local elections 2008 - Labour held on to the three Castleford wards and
despite losing eight seats (seven to the Conservatives) in the district,
retained control of the local council. The Conservatives also gained a seat from
the Liberal Democrats. Both Pontefract seats were taken by the Conservatives
from Labour.
Results for Castleford wards:
| Ward 2 Airedale and
Ferry Fryston |
| PHELPS, Graham |
The Labour Party Candidate |
1,401 |
46.5 |
| ROGERSON, Stephen |
British National Party |
628 |
20.9 |
| WAN OMER, Mellisa |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
540 |
17.9 |
| KIRBY, Paul |
Liberal Democrats |
430 |
14.3 |
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773 |
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3,011 |
| Ward 3 Altofts and
Whitwood |
| BOX, Peter |
The Labour Party Candidate |
1,316 |
37.3 |
| BURCH, Michael |
Liberal Democrats |
827 |
23.5 |
| TENNANT, Gordon |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
793 |
22.5 |
| BYROM, Dawn |
British National Party |
585 |
16.6 |
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489 |
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3,526 |
| Ward 4 Castleford
Central and Glasshoughton |
| BURNS-WILLIAMSON, Mark |
The Labour Party Candidate |
1,775 |
53.9 |
| ROBINSON, Rita |
British National Party |
854 |
25.9 |
| MULLINS, Eamonn Malachy |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
649 |
19.7 |
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921 |
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3,291 |
All results on the Wakefield MDC site
The new foot bridge over the river is almost ready
Channel
4's Castleford Project
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In the January 2008 issue of
Yorkshire's nostalgic magazine 'Down Your Way', Roy Hampson
writes about the "landlady to the stars", Mrs Dibb, who ran a
theatrical boarding house on Perseverance Street. Stars, such as Roy
Castle, appearing at the Theatre Royal stayed there. An interesting
well-illustrated article.
His article on Gilligan's Roundabout
is due to appear in a future issue soon.
Roy also shows his photographic talent
in the current issue of Yorkshire Ridings Magazine. |
Other news sources
Local newspaper website
(Pontefract and Castleford Today)
Other sources of local information
BBC West Yorkshire
ITV Yorkshire
Wakefield District Council
Up My Street
Cineworld Castleford
Yvette Cooper MP
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