2024 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

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2024 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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  2023 2 May 20242026 

21 of 63 seats on Wakefield Council, plus 1 Vacancy
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderDenise JefferyNadeem Ahmed
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Castleford Central and Glasshoughton Wakefield South
Seats before465

 Third partyFourth party
 
LeaderTom Gordon
Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Knottingley
Seats before83

Leader before election

Denise Jeffery
Labour

Leader after election

TBD

The 2024 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election is scheduled to take place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Wakefield Council, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day. [1] One third of the council is up for election plus a vacancy.

Contents

Background

These seats were last contested at the 2021 local election, in which Labour Lost 7 seats, whilst the Conservatives gained 6 seats and the Liberal Democrats gained one seat. [2]

Labour have controlled the council since its formation in 1974.

Results

List of Council Candidates: [3]

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Roberts
Conservative Dylan Nykamp
Green Jody Gabriel
Majority
Turnout

Airedale and Ferry Fryston

Airedale and Ferry Fryston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jackie Ferguson*
Conservative Eamonn Mullins
Green John Ingham
Wakefield District Independents Neil Kennedy
Majority
Turnout

Altofts and Whitwood

Altofts & Whitwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Josie Pritchard*
Conservative Peter Forster
Green Krys Holmes
Wakefield District Independents John Thomas
Majority
Turnout

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

Castleford Central And Glasshoughton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Forster*
Conservative Joanne Smart
Green Stephan Brennan
Yorkshire Paul Phelps
Majority
Turnout

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Faith Heptinstall
Conservative Elizabeth Cowton
Green Garry Newby
Majority
Turnout

Featherstone

Featherstone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Tennant-King*
Conservative Anthony Hill
Green Cynthia Dickenson
Majority
Turnout

Hemsworth

Hemsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Laura Jones
Conservative Doreen Smart
TUSC Michael James Johnson
Green Lyn Morton
Majority
Turnout

Horbury and South Ossett

Horbury and South Ossett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Darren Byford*
Conservative Madalena Coutinho
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair
Green Richard Norris
Independent Mark Harrop
Majority
Turnout

Knottingley

Knottingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Adele Hayes*
Conservative Amy Swift
Labour Theo Biddle
Green Ruth Love
Majority
Turnout

Normanton(Two Seats)

Normanton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Medford*
Labour Daniel Wilton
Wakefield District Independents Cliff Parsons
Green John Clayton
Conservative Tomas Mestre
Conservative Chad Thomas
Majority
Turnout

Ossett

Ossett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Karl Clough
Labour Duncan Smith
Liberal Democrats Tony Sargeant
Green Stephen Scott
Yorkshire Simon Biltcliffe
Reform UK Sandra Senior
Majority
Turnout

Pontefract North

Pontefract North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Antcliff
Conservative Jack Crosswaite
Yorkshire Chris Dawson
Green Emma Tingle
Majority
Turnout

Pontefract South

Pontefract South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Craig
Conservative Tony Hames*
Green Oliver Watkins
Majority
Turnout

South Elmsall and South Kirkby

South Elmsall and South Kirkby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michelle Collins*
Conservative Daniel Wrightson
Green Stefan Ludewig
Majority
Turnout

Stanley and Outwood East

Stanley and Outwood East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Morley*
Conservative Margaret Woolmer
Green Richard Copeland
Wakefield District Independents Jenny Prest
TUSC Darren Lumber
Majority
Turnout

Wakefield East

Wakefield East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Natalie Walton
Conservative Naeem Formuli
Green Janet Mackintosh
TUSC Michael Griffiths
Majority
Turnout

Wakefield North

Wakefield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Rhodes*
Conservative Tim Woolmer
Green Ashton Howick
Yorkshire Andy Mack
TUSC Tom Griffiths
Majority
Turnout

Wakefield Rural

Wakefield Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Sanders
Labour Andy Nicholls
Green Karen Sadler
Yorkshire David Herdson
Liberal Democrats Mark Lord
Majority
Turnout

Wakefield South

Wakefield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Hardwick
Labour Shabaan Saleem
Green Kate Dodd
Yorkshire Daniel Cochran
Majority
Turnout

Wakefield West

Wakefield West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hilary Mitchell*
Conservative John Higson
Liberal Democrats Susan Hayes
Green Laura Towle
Heritage Susan Stretton
Majority
Turnout

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Waj Ali
Labour Brendan Fraser
Liberal Democrats Janet Walton
Green Daniel Russell
Yorkshire Brent Hawksley
Wakefield District Independents Nic Stansby
Reform UK David Dews
Majority
Turnout

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