Key Facts from 1 May:

Conservative Gains:
23 across Yorkshire (15 in West Yorkshire, 5 in South Yorkshire, 3 in North Yorkshire)
Conservative Losses:
2 (1 in South Yorkshire, 1 in West Yorkshire)
• In Wakefield, the Conservatives have gained eight seats - Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward; Stanley and Outwood East ward; Horbury and South Ossett ward; Ossett ward; Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward; Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward, Pontefract North ward and Pontefract South ward.
• In Calderdale, Conservatives gained Brighouse and Todmorden from the Liberal Democrats.
• In Bradford, Conservatives have taken Bowling and Barkerend ward and both the Keighley East and Keighley West wards.
• In Kirklees, Holme Valley North and Denby Dale were taken by the Conservatives.
• In Labour’s heartland of South Yorkshire, the Conservatives gained three seats in Rotherham.
• In the wards that make up the Rother Valley Parliamentary Constituency, our analysis shows Conservatives took 39 per cent of the vote to Labour’s 30 per cent.
• The Conservatives also gained a seat in Barnsley. We now hold Penistone East and Penistone West, two key wards in the new Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency.
• In North Yorkshire, Conservatives won the Boroughbridge ward and Ouseburn ward in Harrogate from the Liberal Democrats.
• On Craven Council, Conservatives gained Skipton East.
• In North East Lincolnshire, Conservatives gained one seat and now have 15 councillors.
Shadow Foreign Secretary, Chairman of the Northern Board and Richmond MP, the Rt Hon William Hague, said:
“We have won seats in the Labour heartlands of Wakefield, Rotherham and Barnsley, we have won seats in both Kirklees and Calderdale to become the largest party, we have won seats in Bradford, Harrogate and Craven.
“Today’s results are significant for the Conservatives. They show that, even in Labour strongholds, we are making big steps forward and it’s clear Yorkshire, like Britain, is ready for change.
“The work our team is putting in to improve our position in Yorkshire will continue. Significant progress is being made by improving our vote share and being the only party to stand in every ward being contested.
“This year’s results put us in a good position to improve further in the years to come in both council elections and the General Election. With more than one hundred tax rises, the doubling of violent crime, and cuts to key NHS services, people across Yorkshire have had enough of Gordon Brown and Labour.”