All the Wakefield election candidates standing in the General Election 2024

Sebastian McCormick

28 June 2024 at 7:09 am·1-min read

An election is being held across Wakefield — -Credit: (Image: Rui Vieira/PA Wire)

As we move closer to the General Election this July, every candidate has already announced their decision to run for election.

This includes Wakefield, where candidates are running from a variety of different political parties. Each of these candidates is campaigning on different issues, focusing on matters like local issues, national issues or international issues.

In addition, this marks the first election held making use of the new constituency boundaries. As a result, you may find you are represented in a different seat this year when the election comes round.

There are a total of four seats across the city and surrounding towns of Wakefield. Here are all the candidates running for election in each.

Normanton and Hemsworth

Callum Daniel Bushrod - Reform UK
Craig Dobson - Liberal Democrats
Alice Mae Hopkin - Conservative Party
Ashton Victor Howick - Green Party
Jon Trickett - Labour Party

Ossett and Denby Dale

Jade Botterill - Labour Party
Neil Doig - Green Party
Mark Simon Eastwood - Conservative Party
David John Rowntree Herdson - Yorkshire Party
Sandra Senior - Reform UK
James Andrew Wilkinson - Liberal Democrats

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Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Yvette Cooper - Labour Party
Trevor Lake - Social Democratic Party
Jamie Luke Needle - Liberal Democrats
John Robert Thomas - Reform UK
Olli Watkins - Green Party
Laura Weldon - Conservative Party

Wakefield and Rothwell

Arnold Eric Craven - Conservative Party
David Alan Dews - Reform UK
Stewart Golton - Liberal Democrats
Brent Hawksley - Yorkshire Party
Simon Robert Lightwood - Labour Party
Keith Mason - Workers Party of Britain
Ashley Theo Blue Routh - Green Party
Nicholas John Sanders - Social Democratic Party

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Normanton and Hemsworth

Ossett and Denby Dale

Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

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