2024 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

2024 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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22 out of 63 seats to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Denise Jeffrey Nadeem Ahmed
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 49 seats, 52.7% 7 seats, 21.7%
Seats before 47 5
Seats won 21 0
Seats after 56 3
Seat change Increase 9 Decrease 2
Popular vote 36,875 12,828
Percentage 53.9% 18.8%
Swing Increase 1.2% Decrease 2.9%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Peter Girt
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 3 seats, 5.1% 4 seats, 8.3%
Seats before 3 8
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 3 1
Seat change Steady Decrease 7
Popular vote 2,125 304
Percentage 3.1% 0.4%
Swing Decrease 2.0% Decrease 7.9%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
Leader before election

Denise Jeffrey
Labour

Leader after election

Denise Jeffrey
Labour

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]

  1. ^ "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  2. ^ McKune, Kara (3 May 2024). "Local elections 2024: All the Wakefield Council election results as they arrive". Wakefield Express. Retrieved 22 June 2024.