2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
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The 2021 Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council election took take place during 2021 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in England. The election was held on the same day as other local elections. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Results[edit]
Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton[edit]
The incumbent Labour councillor Martyn Ward stood down, with the Conservative’s Raymond Massey winning the seat.
Airedale and Ferry Fryston[edit]
Incumbent Les Shaw won re-election and Jackie Ferguson won her seat from independent Alex Kear who was expelled from the council after a sexual offense conviction.
Altofts and Whitwood[edit]
Former Mayor of Normanton Josie Farrah won the ward, holding it after former council leader Peter Box CBE’s resignation.
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton[edit]
Incumbent Richard Forster won re-election.
Crofton, Ryhill and Walton[edit]
Paul Stockhill beat incumbent councillor Faith Heptinstall by 79 votes.
Featherstone[edit]
Incumbent Maureen Tennant-King won re-election.
Hemsworth[edit]
Incumbent Pauline Kitching won re-election.
Horbury and South Ossett[edit]
Incumbent Darren Byford won re-election.
Knottingley[edit]
Adele Hayes won the seat from incumbent Graham Stokes who stood down.
Normanton[edit]
Labour’s Julie Medford held the seat after the death of the former councillor Alan Wassell.
Ossett[edit]
Incumbent councillor Lynn Masterman (Labour) lost her seat to Conservative Tony Homewood, election agent to Imran Ahmad Khan in the 2019 general election.
Pontefract North[edit]
Incumbent councillor Lorna Malkin (Labour) won re-election for her second term, first being elected in a 2015 by-election.
Pontefract South[edit]
South Elmsall and South Kirkby[edit]
Stanley and Outwood East[edit]
Wakefield East[edit]
Wakefield North[edit]
Wakefield Rural[edit]
Wakefield South[edit]
Wakefield West[edit]
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West[edit]
References[edit]
- ^
“Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus”. BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ “2016 Local Election Results”. Wakefield Council. 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016.
- ^ “Local Election results 2018”. Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021.
- ^ “Local elections 2019 – Results”. www.wakefield.gov.uk Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019.
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