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=== Airedale and Ferry Fryston ===
=== Airedale and Ferry Fryston ===
{{Election box begin|title=Airedale and Ferry Fryston}}
{{Election box begin|title=Airedale and Ferry Fryston}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Jackie Ferguson|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Jackie Ferguson*|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Eamonn Mullins|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Eamonn Mullins|votes=|percentage=|change=}}


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=== Altofts and Whitwood ===
=== Altofts and Whitwood ===
{{Election box begin|title=Altofts & Whitwood}}
{{Election box begin|title=Altofts & Whitwood}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Josie Pritchard|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Josie Pritchard*|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Peter Forster|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Peter Forster|votes=|percentage=|change=}}


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=== Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ===
=== Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ===
{{Election box begin|title=Castleford Central And Glasshoughton}}
{{Election box begin|title=Castleford Central And Glasshoughton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Forster|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Forster*|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Joanne Smart|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Joanne Smart|votes=|percentage=|change=}}


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=== Featherstone ===
=== Featherstone ===
{{Election box begin|title=Featherstone}}
{{Election box begin|title=Featherstone}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Maureen Tennant-King|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Maureen Tennant-King*|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Anthony Hill|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Anthony Hill|votes=|percentage=|change=}}


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=== Horbury and South Ossett ===
=== Horbury and South Ossett ===
{{Election box begin|title=Horbury and South Ossett}}
{{Election box begin|title=Horbury and South Ossett}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Darren Byford|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Darren Byford*|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Madalena Coutinho|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Madalena Coutinho|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Mark Goodair|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Mark Goodair|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
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=== Knottingley ===
=== Knottingley ===
{{Election box begin|title=Knottingley}}
{{Election box begin|title=Knottingley}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Adele Hayes|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Adele Hayes*|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Amy Swift|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Amy Swift|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Theo Biddle|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Theo Biddle|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
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=== Normanton(Two Seats) ===
=== Normanton(Two Seats) ===
{{Election box begin|title=Normanton}}
{{Election box begin|title=Normanton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Julie Medford|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Julie Medford*|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Wilton|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Wilton|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Wakefield District Independents|candidate=Cliff Parsons|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Wakefield District Independents|candidate=Cliff Parsons|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
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{{Election box begin|title=Pontefract South}}
{{Election box begin|title=Pontefract South}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Julie Craig|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Julie Craig|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tony Hames|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tony Hames*|votes=|percentage=|change=}}


{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Oliver Watkins|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Oliver Watkins|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
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=== South Elmsall and South Kirkby ===
=== South Elmsall and South Kirkby ===
{{Election box begin|title=South Elmsall and South Kirkby}}
{{Election box begin|title=South Elmsall and South Kirkby}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Michelle Collins|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Michelle Collins*|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Wrightson|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Wrightson|votes=|percentage=|change=}}


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=== Stanley and Outwood East ===
=== Stanley and Outwood East ===
{{Election box begin|title=Stanley and Outwood East}}
{{Election box begin|title=Stanley and Outwood East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Matthew Morley|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Matthew Morley*|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Margaret Woolmer|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Margaret Woolmer|votes=|percentage=|change=}}


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=== Wakefield North ===
=== Wakefield North ===
{{Election box begin|title=Wakefield North}}
{{Election box begin|title=Wakefield North}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Elizabeth Rhodes|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Elizabeth Rhodes*|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tim Woolmer|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tim Woolmer|votes=|percentage=|change=}}


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=== Wakefield West ===
=== Wakefield West ===
{{Election box begin|title=Wakefield West}}
{{Election box begin|title=Wakefield West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Hilary Mitchell|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Hilary Mitchell*|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=John Higson|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=John Higson|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Susan Hayes|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Susan Hayes|votes=|percentage=|change=}}

Revision as of 17:39, 6 April 2024

2024 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

The 2023 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.

2024 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
← 2023 2 May 2024 2026 →
21 of 63 seats on Wakefield Council, plus 1 Vacancy
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Denise Jeffery Nadeem Ahmed
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Castleford Central and Glasshoughton Wakefield South
Seats before 46 5
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Tom Gordon
Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Knottingley
Seats before 8 3
Leader before election

Denise Jeffery
Labour

Leader after election

TBD

Background

These seats were last contested at the 2021 local election, in which Labour Lost 7 seats, whilst the Conservatives gained 6 seats and 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Roberts
Conservative Dylan Nykamp
Green Jody Gabriel
Majority
Turnout

Airedale and Ferry Fryston

Airedale and Ferry Fryston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jackie Ferguson*
Conservative Eamonn Mullins
Green John Ingham
Wakefield Ind. Neil Kennedy
Majority
Turnout

Altofts and Whitwood

Altofts & Whitwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Josie Pritchard*
Conservative Peter Forster
Green Krys Holmes
Wakefield Ind. John Thomas
Majority
Turnout

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

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

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

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

Featherstone

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

Hemsworth

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

Horbury and South Ossett

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

Knottingley

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

Normanton(Two Seats)

Normanton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Medford*
Labour Daniel Wilton
Wakefield Ind. Cliff Parsons
Green John Clayton
Conservative Tomas Mestre
Conservative Chad Thomas
Majority
Turnout

Ossett

Ossett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Antcliff
Conservative Jack Crosswaite
Yorkshire Chris Dawson
Green Emma Tingle
Majority
Turnout

Pontefract South

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

South Elmsall and South Kirkby

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

Stanley and Outwood East

Stanley and Outwood East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matthew Morley*
Conservative Margaret Woolmer
Green Richard Copeland
Wakefield Ind. Jenny Prest
TUSC Darren Lumber
Majority
Turnout

Wakefield East

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

Wakefield North

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

Wakefield Rural

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

Wakefield South

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

Wakefield West

Wakefield West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Waj Ali
Labour Brendan Fraser
Liberal Democrats Janet Walton
Green Daniel Russell
Yorkshire Brent Hawksley
Wakefield Ind. Nic Stansby
Reform UK David Dews
Majority
Turnout

References

  1. ^ "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  2. ^ "Local elections 2021: Labour lose ground in Wakefield but retain control". BBC News. 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  3. ^ "Statements as to Persons Nominated for the District elections - Wakefield Council". www.wakefield.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
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