Wakefield local election results 2024 in full

Local elections are taking place in Wakefield, with residents from around the city voting on their new council.

During the election, a total of 22 seats are up for grabs, out of a total of 63 which make up the full council, meaning a third of all seats are available. Before the election, Wakefield Council has been under the control of the Labour Party, who have 48 seats.

There are also seven independent councillors, five Conservative Party councillors and three Liberal Democrat councillors.

Read More: Local Elections 2024: All the Wakefield candidates standing for election

The results should be released throughout the day on Friday, May 3. Here are the full results across Wakefield.

Here is a list of candidates for each ward:

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

• Jody Paul Gabriel - Green Party

• Dylan Nykamp - Conservative Party

• Martin Paul Roberts - Labour Party

Airedale and Ferry Fryston

• Jackie Ferguson - Labour Party

• John Paul Ingham - Green Party

• Neil Owen Kennedy - Wakefield District Independents

• Eamonn Malachy Mullins - Conservative Party

Altofts and Whitwood

• Peter Sutherland Forster - Conservative Party

• Krys Tal Holms - Green Party

• Josie Pritchard - Labour Party

• John Thomas - Wakefield District Independents

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

• Stephen James Brennan - Green Party

• Richard Anthony Forster - Labour Party

• Paul Phelps - Yorkshire Party

• Joanne Smart - Conservative Party

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

• Elizabeth Dunn Cowton - Conservative Party

• Faith Heptinstall - Labour Party

• Garry Newby - Green Party

Featherstone

• Cynthia Mary Dickenson - Green Party

• Anthony David Hill - Conservative Party

• Maureen Tennant-King - Labour Party

Hemsworth

• Michael James Johnson - Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

• Laura Jones - Labour Party

• Lyn Morton - Green Party

• Doreen Smart - Conservative Party

Horbury and South Ossett

• Darren Byford - Labour Party

• Madalena Coutinho - Conservative Party

• Mark Andrew Goodair - Liberal Democrats

• Mark Harrop - Independent

• Richard Hargreaves Norris - Green Party

Knottingley

• Theo Biddle - Labour and Co-operative Party

• Adele Hayes - Liberal Democrats

• Ruth Alexandra Love - Green Party

• Amy Louise Swift - Conservative Party

Normanton

• John Robert Clayton - Green Party

• Julie Medford - Labour and Co-operative Party

• Tomas Mestre - Conservative Party

• Cliff Parsons - Wakefield and District Independents

• Chad Jordan Thomas - Conservative Party

• Daniel Wilton - Labour and Co-operative Party

Ossett

• Simon David Watson Biltcliffe - Yorkshire Party

• Karl Terry Clough - Conservative Party

• Tony Sargeant - Liberal Democrats

• Stephen Scott - Green Party

• Sandra Senior - Reform UK

• Duncan Smith - Labour Party

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Pontefract North

• Helen Kirsty Antcliff - Labour Party

• Jack Lewis Crosswaite - Conservative Party

• Chris Dawson - Yorkshire Party

• Emma Kay Tingle - Green Party

Pontefract South

• Julie Craig - Labour Party

• Tony Hames - Conservative Party

• Olive Luke Watkins - Green Party

South Elmsall and South Kirkby

• Michelle Louise Collins - Labour Party

• Stefan Arnold Ludewig - Green Party

• Daniel Wrightson - Conservative Party

Stanley and Outwood East

• Richard Copeland - Green Party

• Darren Lumber - Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

• Matthew Morley - Labour Party

• Jenny Prest - Wakefield and District Independents

• Margaret Katherine Woolmer - Conservative Party

Wakefield East

• Naeem Ahmad Formuli - Conservative Party

• Michael Griffiths - Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

• Janet Mackintosh - Green Party

• Natalie Walton - Labour Party

Wakefield North

• Tom Griffiths - Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

• Ashton Victor Howick - Green Party

• Andy Mack - Yorkshire Party

• Elizabeth Rhodes - Labour Party

• Tim Woolmer - Conservative Party

Wakefield Rural

• David John Rowntree Herdson - Yorkshire Party

• Mark Simon Lord - Liberal Democrats

• Andy Nicholls - Labour Party

• Karen Sadler - Green Party

• Ian John Sanders - Conservative Party

Wakefield South

• Daniel Cochran - Yorkshire Party

• Kate Dodd - Green Party

• James Robert Hardwick - Conservative Party

• Shabaan Ali Saleem - Labour Party

Wakefield West

• Susan Hayes - Liberal Democrats

• John Stefan Higson - Conservative Party

• Hilary Gail Mitchell - Labour Party

• Susan Stretton - Heritage Party

• Laura Towle - Green Party

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West

• Waj Ali - Conservative Party

• David Alan Dews - Reform UK

• Brendan James Fraser - Labour Party

• Brent Andrew Hawksley - Yorkshire Party

• Daniel Mark Russell - Green Party

• Nic Stansby - Wakefield and District Independents

• Janet Walton - Liberal Democrats