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Wakefield 2026

Local elections held 7 May 2026.

21 ward races

63 seats

63 elected below the proportional quota

100.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share they'd need to clinch the seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 21 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 63 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Reform UK	122,998	44.4%	58	92.1%	30	47.6%	+28
Labour Party	71,644	25.9%	1	1.6%	17	27.0%	-16
Green Party	35,922	13.0%	1	1.6%	8	12.7%	-7
Conservative Party	22,194	8.0%	1	1.6%	5	7.9%	-4
Liberal Democrats	11,616	4.2%	2	3.2%	2	3.2%	0
Independent	5,107	1.8%	0	0.0%	1	1.6%	-1
Unity Independents	3,746	1.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Wakefield Independents	2,761	1.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	299	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Yorkshire Party	275	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Social Democratic Party	211	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
British Democratic Party	100	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	276,873	100.0%	63	100.0%	63	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Council composition: what this election replaced

The 2026 cycle was an all-out election — every seat was contested. The two opencouncildata snapshots below show the council immediately after the 2026 election (current) and on the eve of it (2025), so you can see what the result replaced.

Current (2026)

Previous (2025)

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Wakefield East · 3 seats · won at 9.6% · −15.4 pts below quota
Wakefield South · 3 seats · won at 10.8% · −14.2 pts below quota
Wakefield North · 3 seats · won at 11.7% · −13.3 pts below quota
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West · 3 seats · won at 13.3% · −11.7 pts below quota
Normanton · 3 seats · won at 13.3% · −11.7 pts below quota
Horbury and South Ossett · 3 seats · won at 13.4% · −11.6 pts below quota
Stanley and Outwood East · 3 seats · won at 13.6% · −11.4 pts below quota
Wakefield Rural · 3 seats · won at 13.6% · −11.4 pts below quota
Pontefract South · 3 seats · won at 14.0% · −11.0 pts below quota
Ossett · 3 seats · won at 14.2% · −10.8 pts below quota
Knottingley and Ferrybridge · 3 seats · won at 14.2% · −10.8 pts below quota
Wakefield West · 3 seats · won at 14.3% · −10.7 pts below quota
Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton · 3 seats · won at 14.8% · −10.2 pts below quota
Hemsworth · 3 seats · won at 14.8% · −10.2 pts below quota
Crofton, Ryhill and Walton · 3 seats · won at 15.1% · −9.9 pts below quota
Pontefract North · 3 seats · won at 15.5% · −9.5 pts below quota
Featherstone · 3 seats · won at 16.0% · −9.0 pts below quota
South Elmsall and South Kirkby · 3 seats · won at 16.0% · −9.0 pts below quota
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton · 3 seats · won at 16.4% · −8.6 pts below quota
Altofts and Whitwood · 3 seats · won at 17.2% · −7.8 pts below quota
Airedale and Ferry Fryston · 3 seats · won at 18.2% · −6.8 pts below quota

Race results

Wakefield East · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 9.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −15.4 pts Valid ballots 12,089

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Yubi Ayub	Labour Party	1,241	10.3%	−14.7 pts	Elected
2	Steve Parker	Reform UK	1,169	9.7%	−15.3 pts	Elected
3	Wayne Beddoes	Reform UK	1,161	9.6%	−15.4 pts	Elected
4	Ste Pritchard	Reform UK	1,122	9.3%	—
5	Charlie Boyes	Labour Party	957	7.9%	—
6	Nat Walton	Labour Party	957	7.9%	—
7	Yasar Ahmed	Unity Independents	906	7.5%	—
8	Rabina Kouser Khan	Unity Independents	760	6.3%	—
9	Nadiah Sharp	Green Party	685	5.7%	—
10	Jody Paul Gabriel	Green Party	683	5.6%	—
11	Safia Ilyas	Unity Independents	558	4.6%	—
12	Sid Ullah	Green Party	494	4.1%	—
13	Shabaan Saleem	Independent	384	3.2%	—
14	David Antony Young	Conservative Party	269	2.2%	—
15	Peter Mott	Conservative Party	262	2.2%	—
16	Khadija Formuli	Conservative Party	226	1.9%	—
17	Michael Junior Mateta	Liberal Democrats	151	1.2%	—
18	Mick Griffiths	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	104	0.9%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 12,099 · Invalid 10 · EC ward code local.wakefield.wakefield-east.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Wakefield South · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 10.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −14.2 pts Valid ballots 14,743

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Ian Fletcher	Reform UK	1,691	11.5%	−13.5 pts	Elected
2	Cliff Gurdin	Reform UK	1,595	10.8%	−14.2 pts	Elected
3	Nadeem Ahmed	Conservative Party	1,586	10.8%	−14.2 pts	Elected
4	Reece Marlow	Reform UK	1,575	10.7%	—
5	James Robert Hardwick	Conservative Party	1,099	7.5%	—
6	Charles Peter Hugh Elliott	Labour Party	1,091	7.4%	—
7	Jeremy Charles Lunn	Conservative Party	1,023	6.9%	—
8	Alexander Mark Ely	Labour Party	987	6.7%	—
9	Adrian Wilson	Labour Party	970	6.6%	—
10	Paul William Belbin	Green Party	944	6.4%	—
11	Karen Sadler	Green Party	863	5.9%	—
12	Krys Tal Holmes	Green Party	758	5.1%	—
13	Timothy James Robinson	Liberal Democrats	286	1.9%	—
14	Dan Cochran	Yorkshire Party	275	1.9%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 14,758 · Invalid 15 · EC ward code local.wakefield.wakefield-south.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Wakefield North · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 11.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −13.3 pts Valid ballots 12,043

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Andrew Wakefield	Reform UK	1,466	12.2%	−12.8 pts	Elected
2	Kate Dodd	Green Party	1,415	11.7%	−13.3 pts	Elected
3	Troy David Moxon	Reform UK	1,412	11.7%	−13.3 pts	Elected
4	Olli Watkins	Green Party	1,370	11.4%	—
5	Magdalena Ewa Suplatowicz	Reform UK	1,356	11.3%	—
6	Ashton Victor Howick	Green Party	1,347	11.2%	—
7	David Pickersgill	Labour Party	827	6.9%	—
8	Margaret Isherwood	Labour Party	815	6.8%	—
9	Elizabeth Rhodes	Labour Party	777	6.5%	—
10	Hassan Raza	Conservative Party	392	3.3%	—
11	Christopher Ralph Cowton	Conservative Party	281	2.3%	—
12	Matt Cappleman	Conservative Party	279	2.3%	—
13	Tony Sargeant	Liberal Democrats	160	1.3%	—
14	Keith Sharp	British Democratic Party	100	0.8%	—
15	Tom Cullen Griffiths	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	46	0.4%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 12,059 · Invalid 16 · EC ward code local.wakefield.wakefield-north.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 13.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −11.7 pts Valid ballots 16,034

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	David Alan Dews	Reform UK	2,457	15.3%	−9.7 pts	Elected
2	Graham John Ridler	Reform UK	2,182	13.6%	−11.4 pts	Elected
3	Ian Sheldrake	Reform UK	2,132	13.3%	−11.7 pts	Elected
4	Nic Stansby	Wakefield Independents	1,498	9.3%	—
5	Charlie Keith	Labour Party	1,223	7.6%	—
6	Brendan James Fraser	Labour Party	1,167	7.3%	—
7	Mike King	Labour Party	1,015	6.3%	—
8	Andrew Johnson	Green Party	820	5.1%	—
9	Ruth Alexandra Love	Green Party	703	4.4%	—
10	Elizabeth Dunn Cowton	Conservative Party	639	4.0%	—
11	Anne Marie Pedlar	Green Party	610	3.8%	—
12	Anthony Patrick Campbell De Vere	Liberal Democrats	473	2.9%	—
13	Vivien Mott	Conservative Party	457	2.9%	—
14	Gareth Shanks	Conservative Party	422	2.6%	—
15	Martyn Johnson	Independent	236	1.5%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 16,047 · Invalid 13 · EC ward code local.wakefield.wrenthorpe-outwood-west.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Normanton · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 13.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −11.7 pts Valid ballots 12,139

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Cliff Parsons	Reform UK	1,880	15.5%	−9.5 pts	Elected
2	Steven Sylvester Lewis	Reform UK	1,792	14.8%	−10.2 pts	Elected
3	Lukasz Borcz	Reform UK	1,615	13.3%	−11.7 pts	Elected
4	Daniel Wilton	Labour Party	1,333	11.0%	—
5	Julie Medford	Labour Party	1,293	10.7%	—
6	Alison Bones	Labour Party	1,033	8.5%	—
7	Eugene Reynolds	Wakefield Independents	912	7.5%	—
8	Archie Thomas Daniel	Green Party	507	4.2%	—
9	Sue Sharpe-Martin	Independent	472	3.9%	—
10	Rebecca Louise Thomas	Green Party	403	3.3%	—
11	John Robert Clayton	Green Party	364	3.0%	—
12	Abraham Ceesay	Conservative Party	277	2.3%	—
13	Adam James Belcher	Liberal Democrats	258	2.1%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 12,145 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code local.wakefield.normanton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Horbury and South Ossett · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 13.4% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −11.6 pts Valid ballots 14,850

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Julian Paul Carter	Reform UK	2,131	14.4%	−10.6 pts	Elected
2	Teresa Dytor	Reform UK	1,995	13.4%	−11.6 pts	Elected
3	Ian Johnson	Reform UK	1,993	13.4%	−11.6 pts	Elected
4	Darren Byford	Labour Party	1,915	12.9%	—
5	Deb Nicholls	Labour Party	1,495	10.1%	—
6	Gwen Page	Labour Party	1,370	9.2%	—
7	Andrew John Amoss	Green Party	600	4.0%	—
8	Neil Edwards	Conservative Party	535	3.6%	—
9	Richard Hargreaves Norris	Green Party	494	3.3%	—
10	Joseph Michael Stephen Tebay	Green Party	468	3.2%	—
11	Tommy Oliver Hartley	Conservative Party	461	3.1%	—
12	Margaret Woolmer	Conservative Party	459	3.1%	—
13	Izabela Bielecka	Liberal Democrats	306	2.1%	—
14	Lisa Margaret Deighton	Unity Independents	275	1.9%	—
15	Janet Walton	Liberal Democrats	197	1.3%	—
16	Andrew Hevered Mark Scaife	Liberal Democrats	156	1.1%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 14,858 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code local.wakefield.horbury-south-ossett.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Stanley and Outwood East · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 13.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −11.4 pts Valid ballots 16,531

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Karl Johnson	Reform UK	2,490	15.1%	−9.9 pts	Elected
2	John Alan Evans	Reform UK	2,363	14.3%	−10.7 pts	Elected
3	Geoffrey Ian Johnston	Reform UK	2,246	13.6%	−11.4 pts	Elected
4	Matthew Morley	Labour Party	2,004	12.1%	—
5	Jack Spencer Hemingway	Labour Party	1,739	10.5%	—
6	Lynn Masterman	Labour Party	1,651	10.0%	—
7	Kathleen Rose Beels	Green Party	766	4.6%	—
8	Richard David Copeland	Green Party	671	4.1%	—
9	Richard Martin Wakefield	Conservative Party	660	4.0%	—
10	Joseph Gosling	Green Party	562	3.4%	—
11	Jane Louise Garfit	Conservative Party	527	3.2%	—
12	Kenneth Stewart Sanderson	Conservative Party	488	3.0%	—
13	Natasha Marie De Vere	Liberal Democrats	364	2.2%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 16,546 · Invalid 15 · EC ward code local.wakefield.stanley-outwood-east.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Wakefield Rural · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 13.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −11.4 pts Valid ballots 18,084

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	James Lee Johnston	Reform UK	2,751	15.2%	−9.8 pts	Elected
2	Rebecca Webster	Reform UK	2,700	14.9%	−10.1 pts	Elected
3	Ansar Hayat	Reform UK	2,467	13.6%	−11.4 pts	Elected
4	Arnie Craven	Conservative Party	1,232	6.8%	—
5	Nathan Garbutt-Moore	Conservative Party	1,126	6.2%	—
6	Ebony Ceesay	Labour Party	1,046	5.8%	—
7	Nick Clews	Labour Party	1,043	5.8%	—
8	Naeem Formuli	Conservative Party	991	5.5%	—
9	Andy Nicholls	Labour Party	966	5.3%	—
10	Mark Andrew Goodair	Liberal Democrats	696	3.8%	—
11	David John Rowntree Herdson	Liberal Democrats	694	3.8%	—
12	Mark Simon Lord	Liberal Democrats	649	3.6%	—
13	David Greenwood	Green Party	598	3.3%	—
14	Brett Barry Conway	Green Party	566	3.1%	—
15	Finn Newton	Green Party	499	2.8%	—
16	Damien Paul Sharpe	Social Democratic Party	60	0.3%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 18,099 · Invalid 15 · EC ward code local.wakefield.wakefield-rural.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Pontefract South · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −11.0 pts Valid ballots 14,837

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Philip Booth	Reform UK	2,206	14.9%	−10.1 pts	Elected
2	Keith Christian Anderson	Reform UK	2,188	14.7%	−10.3 pts	Elected
3	Michael Thomas Livsey	Reform UK	2,081	14.0%	−11.0 pts	Elected
4	George Alexander Ayre	Labour Party	1,750	11.8%	—
5	Julie Anne Craig	Labour Party	1,616	10.9%	—
6	Brian Mayhew	Labour Party	1,480	10.0%	—
7	Jack Lewis Crosswaite	Conservative Party	631	4.3%	—
8	Stephen James Brennan	Green Party	559	3.8%	—
9	Jonathan Alan Crosswaite	Conservative Party	558	3.8%	—
10	Peter Sutherland Forster	Conservative Party	542	3.7%	—
11	Dick Davies	Green Party	472	3.2%	—
12	Jaspal Singh Mundh	Green Party	412	2.8%	—
13	Susan Hayes	Liberal Democrats	262	1.8%	—
14	John Gill	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	80	0.5%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 14,856 · Invalid 19 · EC ward code local.wakefield.pontefract-south.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Ossett · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.2% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −10.8 pts Valid ballots 14,670

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Nick Farmer	Reform UK	2,394	16.3%	−8.7 pts	Elected
2	David Hunter	Reform UK	2,233	15.2%	−9.8 pts	Elected
3	Brian Moorhouse	Reform UK	2,086	14.2%	−10.8 pts	Elected
4	Andy Freeman	Labour Party	1,307	8.9%	—
5	Dave Evans	Labour Party	1,242	8.5%	—
6	Duncan Smith	Labour Party	1,219	8.3%	—
7	Luke Smith	Conservative Party	1,000	6.8%	—
8	James William Armitage	Conservative Party	590	4.0%	—
9	Samuel Jason Robinson	Green Party	478	3.3%	—
10	Stephen Scott	Green Party	469	3.2%	—
11	Guy Richard Thomas	Green Party	447	3.0%	—
12	Timothy Woolmer	Conservative Party	428	2.9%	—
13	Tony John Homewood	Wakefield Independents	351	2.4%	—
14	Leah Hayes Birdsall	Liberal Democrats	275	1.9%	—
15	Christine Ellis	Social Democratic Party	151	1.0%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 14,678 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code local.wakefield.ossett.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Knottingley and Ferrybridge · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.2% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −10.8 pts Valid ballots 10,008

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	William Garbutt	Reform UK	1,502	15.0%	−10.0 pts	Elected
2	Adele Hayes	Liberal Democrats	1,430	14.3%	−10.7 pts	Elected
3	Rachel Speak	Liberal Democrats	1,425	14.2%	−10.8 pts	Elected
4	Lisa Marie Frost	Reform UK	1,392	13.9%	—
5	David Paul Kennedy	Reform UK	1,339	13.4%	—
6	Sharon Diane Rutter	Liberal Democrats	1,231	12.3%	—
7	Robin John Gledhill	Labour Party	335	3.3%	—
8	Craig Tildesley	Labour Party	325	3.2%	—
9	Tony Wallis	Labour Party	263	2.6%	—
10	Hollie Ann Coysh	Green Party	240	2.4%	—
11	Laura Strickland	Green Party	218	2.2%	—
12	Charlotte Kimberley Mae Hirst	Green Party	203	2.0%	—
13	Larissa McCormick	Conservative Party	105	1.0%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 10,013 · Invalid 5 · EC ward code local.wakefield.knottingley-ferrybridge.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Wakefield West · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −10.7 pts Valid ballots 12,097

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Samantha Harvey	Reform UK	1,886	15.6%	−9.4 pts	Elected
2	Paul Jackson	Reform UK	1,735	14.3%	−10.7 pts	Elected
3	Gareth Thomas	Reform UK	1,733	14.3%	−10.7 pts	Elected
4	Hilary Gail Mitchell	Labour Party	1,048	8.7%	—
5	Ashfaq Ahmed	Labour Party	941	7.8%	—
6	Michael Paul Graham	Independent	929	7.7%	—
7	James Yearsley	Labour Party	855	7.1%	—
8	Georgina Lucy Ann Darling	Green Party	631	5.2%	—
9	Laura Jane Towle	Green Party	582	4.8%	—
10	Marcella Chietti	Green Party	575	4.8%	—
11	Allan Couch	Conservative Party	359	3.0%	—
12	Keith Taylor	Conservative Party	318	2.6%	—
13	John Stefan Higson	Conservative Party	298	2.5%	—
14	Jack Ramsey	Liberal Democrats	207	1.7%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 12,105 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code local.wakefield.wakefield-west.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −10.2 pts Valid ballots 13,820

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Rhys Lawrence Paul Carr	Reform UK	2,244	16.2%	−8.8 pts	Elected
2	Kevin Atcheson	Reform UK	2,165	15.7%	−9.3 pts	Elected
3	Chad Jordan Thomas	Reform UK	2,040	14.8%	−10.2 pts	Elected
4	Jessica Louise Carrington	Labour Party	1,179	8.5%	—
5	Laura Jones	Labour Party	1,062	7.7%	—
6	Anne Moran	Labour Party	970	7.0%	—
7	Yvette Amanda Dorothy McKinney	Green Party	818	5.9%	—
8	Charles Patrick McKinney	Green Party	757	5.5%	—
9	Incy Wood	Green Party	710	5.1%	—
10	Daniel Wrightson	Conservative Party	569	4.1%	—
11	John Brian Walker	Liberal Democrats	409	3.0%	—
12	Raymond Massey	Independent	371	2.7%	—
13	David Pointon	Independent	270	2.0%	—
14	Ayrton Pointon	Independent	256	1.9%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 13,834 · Invalid 14 · EC ward code local.wakefield.ackworth-north-elmsall-upton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Hemsworth · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −10.2 pts Valid ballots 9,744

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Matthew Richard Caton	Reform UK	1,609	16.5%	−8.5 pts	Elected
2	Heidi Craig	Reform UK	1,604	16.5%	−8.5 pts	Elected
3	Joanne Chambers	Reform UK	1,443	14.8%	−10.2 pts	Elected
4	Carol Pearl Appleyard	Labour Party	743	7.6%	—
5	Pauline Ann Kitching	Labour Party	695	7.1%	—
6	Robert White	Labour Party	599	6.1%	—
7	Dean James Darley	Unity Independents	549	5.6%	—
8	Jakob Matthew Williamson	Unity Independents	522	5.4%	—
9	Dale Dixon	Independent	508	5.2%	—
10	Nichola Greenwood	Green Party	417	4.3%	—
11	Nick Dodd	Green Party	385	4.0%	—
12	Peter Hardacre	Independent	280	2.9%	—
13	Keith Hudson	Conservative Party	162	1.7%	—
14	Michael Padgett	Liberal Democrats	159	1.6%	—
15	Michael James Johnson	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	69	0.7%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 9,749 · Invalid 5 · EC ward code local.wakefield.hemsworth.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −9.9 pts Valid ballots 14,558

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Penny Ashton	Reform UK	2,447	16.8%	−8.2 pts	Elected
2	Steven Ashton	Reform UK	2,355	16.2%	−8.8 pts	Elected
3	Bev Watkins	Reform UK	2,192	15.1%	−9.9 pts	Elected
4	Maureen Anne Cummings	Labour Party	1,860	12.8%	—
5	Usman Ali	Labour Party	1,455	10.0%	—
6	Dwain Jon Longley	Labour Party	1,219	8.4%	—
7	Connor Clayton	Conservative Party	639	4.4%	—
8	Niall Lewis Davison	Green Party	599	4.1%	—
9	Garry Newby	Green Party	551	3.8%	—
10	Matthew James Small	Green Party	507	3.5%	—
11	Felistas Ruzvidzo	Conservative Party	398	2.7%	—
12	Kevin McLennan	Liberal Democrats	336	2.3%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 14,567 · Invalid 9 · EC ward code local.wakefield.crofton-ryhill-walton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Pontefract North · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −9.5 pts Valid ballots 12,142

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Jordan Bedford	Reform UK	2,002	16.5%	−8.5 pts	Elected
2	Christopher Dawson	Reform UK	1,975	16.3%	−8.7 pts	Elected
3	Craig Smith	Reform UK	1,885	15.5%	−9.5 pts	Elected
4	Hannah Ruth Appleyard	Labour Party	1,399	11.5%	—
5	Helen Kirsty Antcliff	Labour Party	1,210	10.0%	—
6	Clive Malcolm Tennant	Labour Party	1,160	9.6%	—
7	Stuart John Atkinson	Green Party	690	5.7%	—
8	Katherine-Alice James	Green Party	522	4.3%	—
9	Alexander John Wood	Green Party	477	3.9%	—
10	Pepe Ruzvidzo	Conservative Party	321	2.6%	—
11	Richard John Heaps	Liberal Democrats	302	2.5%	—
12	Dan Woodlock	Liberal Democrats	199	1.6%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 12,153 · Invalid 11 · EC ward code local.wakefield.pontefract-north.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Featherstone · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 16.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −9.0 pts Valid ballots 11,530

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	James Mulligan	Reform UK	2,068	17.9%	−7.1 pts	Elected
2	Jacob Padget	Reform UK	1,882	16.3%	−8.7 pts	Elected
3	Gilly Womack	Reform UK	1,841	16.0%	−9.0 pts	Elected
4	Maureen Tennant-King	Labour Party	1,341	11.6%	—
5	Scott Haslam	Labour Party	1,265	11.0%	—
6	Steve Vickers	Labour Party	1,238	10.7%	—
7	Josie Cottam	Green Party	481	4.2%	—
8	Julie Zoe Nicholson	Green Party	462	4.0%	—
9	Samuel Thomas Lee	Green Party	391	3.4%	—
10	Scott Stephen Broadbent	Conservative Party	336	2.9%	—
11	Benjamin Alexander Strutt	Liberal Democrats	225	2.0%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 11,541 · Invalid 11 · EC ward code local.wakefield.featherstone.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

South Elmsall and South Kirkby · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 16.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −9.0 pts Valid ballots 11,293

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Matthew James Pinder	Reform UK	2,253	20.0%	−5.0 pts	Elected
2	David Andrew Pringle	Reform UK	1,936	17.1%	−7.9 pts	Elected
3	James Crashley	Reform UK	1,806	16.0%	−9.0 pts	Elected
4	Steve Tulley	Independent	1,401	12.4%	—
5	Michelle Louise Collins	Labour Party	1,244	11.0%	—
6	Geoffrey Peter Davis	Labour Party	550	4.9%	—
7	Ann Marie Maguire	Labour Party	514	4.6%	—
8	Paul Anthony Hayes	Green Party	426	3.8%	—
9	Stefan Ludewig	Green Party	383	3.4%	—
10	Trevor Zia	Green Party	282	2.5%	—
11	Stan Bates	Unity Independents	176	1.6%	—
12	Jean Foster	Conservative Party	173	1.5%	—
13	Craig Andrew Smith	Liberal Democrats	149	1.3%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 11,298 · Invalid 5 · EC ward code local.wakefield.south-elmsall-south-kirkby.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 16.4% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −8.6 pts Valid ballots 11,729

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Sandra Drake	Reform UK	1,961	16.7%	−8.3 pts	Elected
2	Mike Forrester	Reform UK	1,949	16.6%	−8.4 pts	Elected
3	Brett Stephen Muscroft	Reform UK	1,923	16.4%	−8.6 pts	Elected
4	Denise Margaret Jeffery	Labour Party	1,357	11.6%	—
5	Claire Michelle Lee	Labour Party	1,202	10.2%	—
6	Joseph Anthony Sunderland	Labour Party	1,127	9.6%	—
7	Matthew Chambers	Green Party	562	4.8%	—
8	Fiona Christian Harkin	Green Party	537	4.6%	—
9	Rob Michael Moore	Green Party	475	4.0%	—
10	Joanne Grace Smart	Conservative Party	338	2.9%	—
11	Sheila Betha Ann Atha	Liberal Democrats	298	2.5%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 11,743 · Invalid 14 · EC ward code local.wakefield.castleford-central-glasshoughton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Altofts and Whitwood · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 17.2% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −7.8 pts Valid ballots 14,134

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Michelle Keeley	Reform UK	2,521	17.8%	−7.2 pts	Elected
2	John Robert Thomas	Reform UK	2,439	17.3%	−7.7 pts	Elected
3	Jamie McGrevy	Reform UK	2,425	17.2%	−7.8 pts	Elected
4	Jo Hepworth	Labour Party	1,423	10.1%	—
5	Mark Anthony Jennings	Labour Party	1,322	9.4%	—
6	Josie Pritchard	Labour Party	1,269	9.0%	—
7	Skyler Millie Newman	Green Party	682	4.8%	—
8	Mark Knight Pedlar	Green Party	636	4.5%	—
9	Janet Mackintosh	Green Party	628	4.4%	—
10	Doreen Smart	Conservative Party	470	3.3%	—
11	Donna Marie Greenwood	Liberal Democrats	319	2.3%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 14,144 · Invalid 10 · EC ward code local.wakefield.altofts-whitwood.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Airedale and Ferry Fryston · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 18.2% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −6.8 pts Valid ballots 9,798

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Carrie Louise Gledhill	Reform UK	1,877	19.2%	−5.8 pts	Elected
2	Adam James Freer	Reform UK	1,859	19.0%	−6.0 pts	Elected
3	Dion Lowe	Reform UK	1,781	18.2%	−6.8 pts	Elected
4	Jackie Ferguson	Labour Party	1,009	10.3%	—
5	Kathryn Scott	Labour Party	970	9.9%	—
6	Daniel James Campbell	Labour Party	966	9.9%	—
7	Gemma Louise Herron	Green Party	408	4.2%	—
8	Daniel Mark Russell	Green Party	333	3.4%	—
9	Jake Edward Leech	Green Party	327	3.3%	—
10	Eamonn Malachy Mullins	Conservative Party	268	2.7%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 9,807 · Invalid 9 · EC ward code local.wakefield.airedale-ferry-fryston.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index