Wakefield Council elections 2026: The full list of candidates standing for election in the city

Polling stations opened this morning and the results will be declared tomorrow Friday, May 8.

For the first time in more than 20 years, all council seats are included in the election.

Three councillors will be elected for each of the 21 wards, with the first place choice staying in the council for four years, the second place choice staying in for two years and the third place choice staying in the council for one year.

A total of 285 candidates are standing for election this time around.

Labour and Reform have each put forward 63 candidates, three for every seat.

The Greens have 63, 42 Tories are trying to get your vote while 28 candidates are standing as Independents and 27 are standing for the Liberal Democrats.

The Labour Party currently controls Wakefield Council with 48 out of the 63 seats.

The unity Group has four independent councillors, the Lib Dems hold two seats as do Reform while the Conservatives have one councillor, same as the Greens, and there are five independent councillors holding seats.

Follow all the results as they happen on our website tomorrow.

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

ATCHESON, Kevin – Reform UK

CARR, Rhys Lawrence Paul – Reform UK

CARRINGTON, Jessica Louise – Labour Party

JONES, Laura – Labour Party

MASSEY, Raymond – Independent

MCKINNEY, Charles Patrick – Green Party

MCKINNEY, Yvette Amanda Dorothy – Green Party

MORAN, Anne – Labour Party

POINTON, Ayrton – Independent

POINTON, David – Independent

THOMAS, Chad Jordan – Reform UK

WALKER, John Brian Liberal Democrats

WOOD, Incy – Green Party

WRIGHTSON, Daniel – Conservative Party

Airedale and Ferry Fryston

CAMPBELL, Daniel James – Labour Party

FERGUSON, Jackie – Labour Party

FREER, Adam James – Reform UK

GLEDHILL, Carrie Louise – Reform UK

HERRON, Gemma Louise – Green Party

LEECH, Jake Edward – Green Party

LOWE, Dion – Reform UK

MULLINS, Eamonn Malachy – Conservative Party

RUSSELL, Daniel Mark – Green Party

SCOTT, Kathryn – Labour Party

Altofts & Whitwood

GREENWOOD, Donna Marie – Liberal Democrats

HEPWORTH, Jo – Labour Party

JENNINGS, Mark Anthony – Labour Party

KEELEY, Michelle – Reform UK

MACKINTOSH, Janet – Green Party

MCGREVY, Jamie – Reform UK

NEWMAN, Skyler Millie – Green Party

PEDLAR, Mark Knight – Green Party

PRITCHARD, Josie – Labour Party

SMART, Doreen – Conservative Party

THOMAS, John Robert – Reform UK

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

ATHA, Sheila Betha Ann – Liberal Democrats

CHAMBERS, Matthew – Green Party

DRAKE, Sandra – Reform UK

FORRESTER, Mike – Reform UK

HARKIN, Fiona Christian – Green Party

JEFFERY, Denise Margaret – Labour Party

LEE, Claire Michelle – Labour Party

MOORE, Rob Michael – Green Party

MUSCROFT, Brett Stephen – Reform UK

SMART, Joanne Grace – Conservative Party

SUNDERLAND, Joseph Anthony – Labour Party

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

ALI, Usman – Labour Party

ASHTON, Penny – Reform UK

ASHTON, Steven – Reform UK

CLAYTON, Connor – Conservative Party

CUMMINGS, Maureen Anne – Labour Party

DAVISON, Niall Lewis – Green Party

LONGLEY, Dwain Jon – Labour Party

MCLENNAN, Kevin – Liberal Democrats

NEWBY, Garry – Green Party

RUZVIDZO, Felistas – Conservative Party

SMALL, Matthew James – Green Party

WATKINS, Bev – Reform UK

Featherstone

BROADBENT, Scott Stephen – Conservative Party

COTTAM, Josie – Green Party

HASLAM, Scott – Labour Party

LEE, Samuel Thomas – Green Party

MULLIGAN, James – Reform UK

NICHOLSON, Julie Zoe – Green Party

PADGET, Jacob – Reform UK

STRUTT, Benjamin Alexander – Liberal Democrats

TENNANT- KING, Maureen – Labour Party

VICKERS, Steve – Labour Party

WOMACK, Gilly – Reform UK

Hemsworth

APPLEYARD, Carol Pearl – Labour Party

CATON, Matthew Richard – Reform UK

CHAMBERS, Joanne – Reform UK

CRAIG, Heidi – Reform UK

DARLEY, Dean James – Local Unity Independent Candidate

DIXON, Dale –

DODD, Nick – Green Party

GREENWOOD, Nichola – Green Party

HARDACRE, Peter – Independent

HUDSON, Keith – Conservative Party

JOHNSON, Michael James – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

KITCHING, Pauline Ann – Labour Party

PADGETT, Michael – Liberal Democrats

WHITE, Robert – Labour Party

WILLIAMSON, Jakob Matthew – Local Unity Independent Candidate

Horbury and South Ossett

AMOSS, Andrew John – Green Party

BIELECKA, Izabela – Liberal Democrats

BYFORD, Darren – Labour and Co-operative Party

CARTER, Julian Paul – Reform UK

DEIGHTON, Lisa Margaret – Local Unity Independent Candidate

DYTOR, Teresa – Reform UK

EDWARDS, Neil – Conservative Party

HARTLEY, Tommy Oliver – Conservative Party

JOHNSON, Ian – Reform UK

NICHOLLS, Deb – Labour and Co-operative Party

NORRIS, Richard Hargreaves – Green Party

PAGE, Gwen – Labour and Co-operative Party

SCAIFE, Andrew Hevered Mark – Liberal Democrats

TEBAY, Joseph Michael Stephen – Green Party

WALTON, Janet – Liberal Democrats

WOOLMER, Margaret – Conservative Party

Knottingley and Ferrybridge

COYSH, Hollie Ann – Green Party

FROST, Lisa Marie – Reform UK

GARBUTT, William – Reform UK

GLEDHILL, Robin John – Labour and Co-operative Party

HAYES, Adele – Liberal Democrats

HIRST, Charlotte Kimberley Mae – Green Party

KENNEDY, David Paul – Reform UK

MCCORMICK, Larissa – Conservative Party

RUTTER, Sharon Diane – Liberal Democrats

SPEAK, Rachel – Liberal Democrat Focus Team

STRICKLAND, Laura – Green Party

TILDESLEY, Craig – Labour and Co-operative Party

WALLIS, Tony – Labour and Co-operative Party

Normanton

BELCHER, Adam James – Liberal Democrats

BONES, Alison – Labour Party

BORCZ, Lukasz – Reform UK

CEESAY, Abraham – Conservative Party

CLAYTON, John Robert – Green Party

DANIEL, Archie Thomas – Green Party

LEWIS, Steven Sylvester – Reform UK

MEDFORD, Julie – Labour UK

PARSONS, Cliff – Reform UK

REYNOLDS, Eugene – Wakefield Independents

SHARPE-MARTIN, Sue – Independent

THOMAS, Rebecca Louise – Green Party

WILTON, Daniel – Labour Party

Ossett

ARMITAGE, James William – Conservative Party

ELLIS, Christine – Social Democratic Party

EVANS, Dave – Labour Party

FARMER, Nick – Reform UK

FREEMAN, Andy – Labour Party

HAYES BIRDSALL, Leah – Liberal Democrats

HOMEWOOD, Tony John – Wakefield Independents

HUNTER, David – Reform UK

MOORHOUSE, Brian – Reform UK

ROBINSON, Samuel Jason – Green Party

SCOTT, Stephen – Green Party

SMITH, Duncan – Labour Party

SMITH, Luke – Conservative Party

THOMAS, Guy Richard – Green Party

WOOLMER, Timothy – Conservative Party

Pontefract North

ANTCLIFF, Helen Kirsty – Labour Party

APPLEYARD, Hannah Ruth – Labour Party

ATKINSON, Stuart John – Green Party

BEDFORD, Jordan – Reform UK

DAWSON, Christopher – Reform UK

HEAPS, Richard John – Liberal Democrats

JAMES, Katherine-Alice – Green Party

RUZVIDZO, Pepe – Conservative Party

SMITH, Craig – Reform UK

TENNANT, Clive Malcolm – Labour Party

WOOD, Alexander John – Green Party

WOODLOCK, Dan – Liberal Democrats

Pontefract South

ANDERSON, Keith Christian – Reform UK

AYRE, George Alexander – Labour Party

BOOTH, Philip - Reform UK

BRENNAN, Stephen James – Green Party

CRAIG, Julie Anne – Labour Party

CROSSWAITE, Jack Lewis – Conservative Party

CROSSWAITE, Jonathan Alan – Conservative Party

DAVIES, Dick – Green Party

FORSTER, Peter Sutherland – Conservative Party

GILL, John – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

HAYES, Susan – Liberal Democrats

LIVSEY, Michael Thomas – Reform UK

MAYHEW. Brian – Labour Party

MUNDH, Jaspal Singh – Green Party

South Elmsall and South Kirkby

BATES, Stan – Local Unity Independent Candidate

COLLINS, Michelle Louise – Labour Party

CRASHLEY, James – Reform UK

DAVIS, Geoffrey Peter – Labour Party

FOSTER, Jean – Conservative Party

HAYES, Paul Anthony – Green Party

LUDEWIG, Stefan – Green Party

MAGUIRE, Ann Marie – Labour Party

PINDER, Matthew James – Reform UK

PRINGLE, David Andrew – Reform UK

SMITH, Craig Andrew – Liberal Democrats

TULLEY, Steve – Independent

ZIA, Trevor – Green Party

Stanley and Outwood East

BEELS, Kathleen Rose – Green Party

COPELAND, Richard David – Green Party

DE VERE, Natasha Marie – Liberal Democrats

EVANS, John Alan – Reform UK

GARFIT Jane Louise – Conservative Party

GOSLING Joseph – Green Party

HEMINGWAY, Jack Spencer – Labour Party

JOHNSON, Karl – Reform UK

JOHNSTON, Geoffrey Ian – Reform UK

MASTERMAN, Lynn – Labour Party

MORLEY, Matthew – Labour Party

SANDERSON, Kenneth Stewart – Conservative Party

WAKEFIELD, Richard Martin – Conservative Party

Wakefield East

AHMED Yasar – Local Unity Independent Candidate

AYUB, Yubi – Labour Party

BEDDOES Wayne – Reform UK

BOYES, Charlie – Labour Party

FORMULI, Khadija – Conservative Party

GABRIEL, Jody Paul – Green Party

GRIFFITHS, Mick – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

ILYAS, Safia – Local Unity Independent Candidate

KHAN, Rabina Kouser – Local Unity Independent Candidate

MATETA, Michael Junior – Liberal Democrats

MOTT Peter – Conservative Party

PARKER, Steve – Reform UK

PRITCHARD, Ste – Reform UK

SALEEM, Shabaan – Independent

SHARP, Nadiah – Green Party

ULLAH, Sid – Green Party

WALTON Nat – Labour Party

YOUNG, David Antony – Conservative Party

Wakefield North

CAPPLEMAN, Matt – Conservative Party

COWTON, Christopher Ralph – Conservative Party

DODD, Kate – Green Party

GRIFFITHS, Tom Cullen – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

HOWICK Ashton Victor – Green Party

ISHERWOOD Margaret – Labour Party

MOXON, Troy David – Reform UK

PICKERSGILL, David – Labour Party

RAZA, Hassan – Conservative Party

RHODES, Elizabeth – Labour Party

SARGEANT, Tony – Liberal Democrats

SHARP, Keith – British Democrats

SUPLATOWICZ, Magdalena Ewa – Reform UK

WAKEFIELD, Andrew – Reform UK

WATKINS Olli – Green Party

Wakefield Rural

CEESAY, Ebony – Labour Party

CLEWS, Nick – Labour Party

CONWAY, Brett Barry – Green Party

CRAVEN, Arnie – Conservative Party

FORMULI, Naeem – Conservative Party

GARBUTT-MOORE Nathan – Conservative Party

GOODAIR, Mark Andrew – Liberal Democrats

GREENWOOD, David – Green Party

HAYAT, Ansar – Reform UK

HERDSON, David John Rowntree – Liberal Democrats

JOHNSTON, James Lee – Reform UK

LORD, Mark Simon – Liberal Democrats

NEWTON, Finn – Green Party

NICHOLLS, Andy – Labour Party

SHARPE, Damien Paul – Social Democratic Party

WEBSTER, Rebecca – Reform UK

Wakefield South

AHMED, Nadeem – Conservative Party

BELBIN, Paul William – Green Party

COCHRAN, Dan – Yorkshire Party

ELLIOTT, Charles Peter Hugh – Labour Party

ELY, Alexander Mark – Labour Party

FLETCHER, Ian – Reform UK

GURDIN, Cliff – Reform UK

HARDWICK, James Robert – Conservative Party

HOLMES, Krys Tal – Green Party

LUNN, Jeremy Charles – Conservative Party

MARLOW, Reece – Reform UK

ROBINSON, Timothy James – Liberal Democrats

SADLER, Karen – Green Party

WILSON, Adrian – Labour Party

Wakefield West

AHMED, Ashfaq – Labour Party

CHIETTI, Marcella – Green Party

COUCH Allan – Conservative Party

DARLING, Georgina Lucy Ann – Green Party

GRAHAM, Michael Paul – Independent

HARVEY, Samantha – Reform UK

HIGSON, John Stefan – Conservative Party

JACKSON, Paul – Reform UK

MITCHELL, Hilary Gail – Labour Party

RAMSEY, Jack – Liberal Democrats

TAYLOR, Keith – Conservative Party

THOMAS, Gareth – Reform UK

TOWLE, Laura Jane – Green Party

YEARSLEY, James – Labour Party

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West

COWNTON, Elizabeth Dunn – Conservative Party

DE VERE, Anthony Patrick Campbell – Liberal Democrats

DEWS, David Alan – Reform UK

FRASER, Brendan James – Labour Party

JOHNSON, Andrew – Green Party

JOHNSON, Martyn – Independent

KEITH, Charlie – Labour Party

KING, Mike – Labour Party

LOVE, Ruth Alexandra – Green Party

MOTT, Vivien – Conservative Party

PEDLAR, Anne Marie – Green Party

RIDLER, Graham John – Reform UK

SHANKS, Gareth – Conservative Party

SHELDRAKE, Ian – Reform UK

STANSBY, Nic – Wakefield Independents

The full list of those standing to become councillors can seen by ward at https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/elections/statements-of-persons-nominated.