Voters ready to choose at the ballot boxes

Counting of Ballot forms by Wakefield Election staff in vote to name new Castleford Museum / Library.

There are 21 seats up for grabs at the local election at the vote, 15 Labour seats and six Conservative.

In total, there are 78 candidates standing for seven different parties, including UKIP, the Green Party, Liberal Democrats and the Trade Union and Socialist Party.

Wakefield Council is currently made up of 52 Labour councillors and 11 Conservative councillors.

Polling stations across the district will be open from 7am until 10pm.

Eligible voters should have already received their polling cards.

To find your polling station visit the council’s website at www.wakefield.gov.uk

The results of the election will announced on Friday, May 23.

For full coverage of the results as they are announced visit the our websites at www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk, www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk www.hemsworthandsouthelmsallexpress.co.uk

You can also follow all the results on our Twitter feed.

A full round-up of the results from the elections will also be published in your Express.