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.
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22 out of 63 seats to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council 32 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2024 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Background
editThese 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.
Election result
editThe 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 |
Ward results
editThe 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.
Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton
editParty | 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 |
Airedale and Ferry Fryston
editParty | 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 |
Altofts and Whitwood
editParty | 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 |
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Crofton, Ryhill and Walton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Featherstone
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Hemsworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Horbury and South Ossett
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Knottingley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Normanton
editParty | 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 |
Ossett
editParty | 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 |
Pontefract North
editParty | 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 |
Pontefract South
editParty | 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 |
South Elmsall and South Kirkby
editParty | 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 |
Stanley and Outwood East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Wakefield East
editParty | 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 |
Wakefield North
editParty | 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 |
Wakefield Rural
editParty | 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 |
Wakefield South
editParty | 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 |
Wakefield West
editParty | 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 |
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West
editParty | 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 |
References
edit- ^ "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ McKune, Kara (3 May 2024). "Local elections 2024: All the Wakefield Council election results as they arrive". Wakefield Express. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Local elections 2021: Labour lose ground in Wakefield but retain control". BBC News. 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ McKune, Kara (3 May 2024). "Local elections 2024: All the Wakefield Council election results as they arrive". Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Local election results - 2024". www.wakefield.gov.uk.