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Winner of each seat at the 2024 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took 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] There were 22 of the 63 seats on Wakefield council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Normanton ward.
Labour won 21 of the 22 seats available, maintaining their overall control on the council which they have held since the modern district's formation in 1974.[2]
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.[3]
Labour have controlled the council since its formation in 1974.
The results were announced the day after the election.[4]
2024 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 21 | 9 | 95.5 | 35 | 56 | 88.9 | 36,875 | 53.9 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.8 | 12,828 | 18.8 | –2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 4.5 | 2 | 3 | 4.8 | 2,125 | 3.1 | –2.0 | ||
Independent | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.6 | 304 | 0.4 | –7.9 | |
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8,312 | 12.2 | +5.0 | ||
Wakefield Ind. | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,602 | 5.3 | N/A | ||
Yorkshire | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,778 | 4.1 | +0.2 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 924 | 1.4 | +0.7 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 440 | 0.6 | +0.3 |
The results of the election were announced on 3 May 2024.[5]
Seat gains and losses for each ward are calculated based on the party affiliation of the incumbent councillor as they were directly after the 2023 election. Due to this, they may not match the gains/losses in the election result table or the page's infobox, as some councillors may have switched their party affiliation post-2023 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martin Roberts | 1,719 | 57.4 | +10.9 | |
Green | Jody Gabriel | 663 | 22.2 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | Dylan Nykamp | 611 | 20.4 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 1,056 | 35.2 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,993 | 22.4 | –1.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jackie Ferguson* | 1,135 | 51.1 | +2.5 | |
Wakefield Ind. | Neil Kennedy | 800 | 36.0 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Eamonnn Mullins | 171 | 7.7 | –4.1 | |
Green | John Ingham | 115 | 5.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 335 | 15.1 | –1.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,221 | 19.1 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Josie Pritchard* | 1,684 | 52.7 | –0.1 | |
Wakefield Ind. | John Thomas | 828 | 25.9 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Peter Forster | 451 | 14.1 | –1.6 | |
Green | Krys Holmes | 233 | 7.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 856 | 26.8 | –1.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,196 | 21.9 | –1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Forster* | 1,713 | 64.1 | +2.0 | |
Yorkshire | Paul Phelps | 558 | 20.9 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Joanne Smart | 242 | 9.1 | –4.7 | |
Green | Stephen Brennan | 158 | 5.9 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 1,155 | 43.2 | –2.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,671 | 21.0 | –0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Faith Heptinsall | 1,918 | 58.2 | –0.4 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Cowton | 971 | 29.5 | +3.4 | |
Green | Garry Newby | 406 | 12.3 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 947 | 28.7 | –3.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,295 | 26.8 | –1.3 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | 1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maureen Tennant-King* | 2,005 | 72.8 | –0.3 | |
Conservative | Anthony Hall | 425 | 15.4 | –1.5 | |
Green | Cynthia Dickson | 324 | 11.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 1,580 | 57.4 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,754 | 20.8 | –0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Laura Jones | 1,292 | 61.4 | +5.1 | |
Green | Lyn Morton | 382 | 18.2 | –12.1 | |
Conservative | Doreen Smart | 261 | 12.4 | –1.1 | |
TUSC | Michael Johnson | 168 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 910 | 43.2 | +17.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,103 | 17.4 | –1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Darren Byford* | 2,409 | 64.9 | +14.6 | |
Conservative | Madalena Coutinho | 618 | 16.7 | –19.8 | |
Independent | Mark Harrop | 304 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 223 | 6.0 | –1.9 | |
Green | Richard Norris | 157 | 4.2 | –1.2 | |
Majority | 1,791 | 48.2 | +34.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,711 | 31.6 | +0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 17.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Adele Hayes* | 1,363 | 59.5 | +0.9 | |
Labour Co-op | Theo Biddle | 695 | 30.3 | –0.5 | |
Conservative | Amy Swift | 155 | 6.8 | –0.8 | |
Green | Ruth Love | 79 | 3.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 668 | 29.2 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,292 | 21.6 | –1.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Julie Medford* | 1,709 | 71.1 | +24.0 | |
Labour Co-op | Daniel Wilton | 1,303 | 54.2 | +7.1 | |
Wakefield Ind. | Cliff Parsons | 584 | 24.3 | +4.8 | |
Green | John Clayton | 426 | 17.7 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | Chad Thomas | 406 | 16.9 | –1.6 | |
Conservative | Tomas Mestre | 379 | 15.8 | –2.7 | |
Turnout | ? | 37.0 | +16.2 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | |||||
Labour Co-op hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Duncan Smith | 1,890 | 49.9 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Karl Clough | 879 | 23.2 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Sandra Senior | 465 | 12.3 | N/A | |
Yorkshire | Simon Biltcliffe | 216 | 5.7 | –8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Sargeant | 184 | 4.9 | –9.1 | |
Green | Stephen Scott | 153 | 4.0 | –2.2 | |
Majority | 1,011 | 26.7 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,787 | 30.1 | +3.1 | ||
Labour gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Helen Antcliff | 1,717 | 57.0 | –5.7 | |
Yorkshire | Chris Dawson | 685 | 22.7 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Jack Crosswaite | 418 | 13.9 | –2.0 | |
Green | Emma Tingle | 193 | 6.4 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 1,032 | 34.3 | –12.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,013 | 20.6 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Julie Craig | 1,925 | 57.8 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Tony Hames* | 1,102 | 33.1 | –4.4 | |
Green | Oliver Watkins | 304 | 9.1 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 823 | 24.7 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,331 | 28.1 | +0.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michelle Collins* | 1,893 | 73.3 | –6.5 | |
Conservative | Daniel Wrightson | 383 | 14.8 | +4.7 | |
Green | Stefan Ludewig | 305 | 11.8 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 1,510 | 58.5 | –11.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,581 | 18.9 | –0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Matthew Morley* | 2,432 | 63.0 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Margaret Woolmer | 688 | 17.8 | –2.5 | |
Wakefield Ind. | Jennt Prest | 409 | 10.6 | +1.3 | |
Green | Richard Copeland | 279 | 7.2 | +1.0 | |
TUSC | Darren Lumber | 52 | 1.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 1,744 | 45.2 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,860 | 28.3 | +0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Natalie Walton | 1,754 | 54.2 | +1.7 | |
Green | Janet Mackintosh | 857 | 26.5 | +21.2 | |
Conservative | Naeem Formuli | 477 | 14.7 | –19.3 | |
TUSC | Michael Griffiths | 149 | 4.6 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 897 | 27.7 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,237 | 27.4 | –2.2 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | 9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Elizabeth Rhodes* | 1,613 | 50.0 | –11.3 | |
Green | Ashton Howick | 733 | 22.7 | +15.1 | |
Conservative | Tim Woolmer | 460 | 14.3 | –7.4 | |
Yorkshire | Andy Mack | 347 | 10.8 | +3.3 | |
TUSC | Tom Griffiths | 71 | 2.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 880 | 27.3 | –12.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,224 | 25.9 | +1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 13.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andy Nicholls | 1,710 | 40.7 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Ian Sanders | 1,363 | 32.4 | –4.8 | |
Yorkshire | David Herdson | 640 | 15.2 | +3.1 | |
Green | Karen Sadler | 319 | 7.6 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Lord | 169 | 4.0 | –3.4 | |
Majority | 347 | 8.3 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,201 | 30.5 | +0.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Shabaan Saleem | 1,326 | 36.4 | –6.2 | |
Conservative | James Hardwick | 1,270 | 34.9 | –5.7 | |
Green | Kate Dodd | 652 | 17.9 | +9.6 | |
Yorkshire | Daniel Cochran | 391 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 56 | 1.5 | –0.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,639 | 33.2 | +0.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hilary Mitchell* | 1,475 | 53.1 | –10.9 | |
Conservative | John Higson | 636 | 22.9 | –0.9 | |
Green | Laura Towle | 383 | 13.8 | +8.3 | |
Heritage | Susan Stretton | 169 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Hayes | 113 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 839 | 30.2 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,776 | 24.3 | –1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brendan Fraser | 1,558 | 39.6 | –0.6 | |
Wakefield Ind. | Nic Stansby | 981 | 24.9 | –4.8 | |
Conservative | Waj Ali | 462 | 11.7 | –4.6 | |
Reform UK | David Dews | 459 | 11.7 | +7.6 | |
Yorkshire | Brent Hawksley | 208 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Green | Daniel Russell | 191 | 4.9 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Walton | 73 | 1.9 | –3.3 | |
Majority | 577 | 14.7 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,932 | 30.2 | +1.0 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | 2.1 |