Wakefield
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Council composition (approx.)
64 councillors elected across cycles 2022, 2023, 2024, summed by party. One square per seat. Approximate: by-thirds councils mid-term, boundary reviews, and partial-cycle elections all mean this can be a few seats off the live council count. For the authoritative current composition, check the council's own members list. Hover any seat for the party.
Cycles
- 2024 21 races · 22 seats 22.7% below quota
- 2023 21 races · 21 seats 33.3% below quota
- 2022 21 races · 21 seats 28.6% below quota
- 2021 21 races · 22 seats 59.1% below quota
Only one cycle of data for this council so far — no between-cycle comparison possible yet.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ackworth North Elmsall & Upton | 37% | 45% | 47% | |
| Ackworth North Elmsall and Upton | 57% | |||
| Airedale & Ferry Fryston | 26% | 61% | 49% | |
| Airedale and Ferry Fryston | 51% | |||
| Altofts & Whitwood | 48% | 56% | 53% | |
| Altofts and Whitwood | 53% | |||
| Castleford Central & Glasshoughton | 62% | 65% | 62% | |
| Castleford Central and Glasshoughton | 64% | |||
| Crofton Ryhill & Walton | 45% | 48% | 59% | |
| Crofton Ryhill and Walton | 58% | |||
| Featherstone | 61% | 60% | 73% | 73% |
| Hemsworth | 44% | 62% | 56% | 61% |
| Horbury & South Ossett | 48% | 51% | 50% | |
| Horbury and South Ossett | 65% | |||
| Knottingley | 54% | 51% | 59% | 59% |
| Normanton | 52% | 57% | 47% | 36% |
| Ossett | 54% | 43% | 45% | 50% |
| Pontefract North | 46% | 52% | 63% | 57% |
| Pontefract South | 45% | 54% | 50% | 58% |
| South Elmsall & South Kirkby | 61% | 61% | 80% | |
| South Elmsall and South Kirkby | 73% | |||
| Stanley & Outwood East | 50% | 54% | 56% | |
| Stanley and Outwood East | 63% | |||
| Wakefield East | 46% | 70% | 52% | 54% |
| Wakefield North | 47% | 61% | 61% | 50% |
| Wakefield Rural | 59% | 47% | 38% | 41% |
| Wakefield South | 50% | 47% | 43% | 36% |
| Wakefield West | 49% | 56% | 64% | 53% |
| Wrenthorpe & Outwood West | 43% | 39% | 40% | |
| Wrenthorpe and Outwood West | 40% |