title: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council elections
text: # Wakefield Metropolitan District Council elections
  
  One third of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England is elected each year for 3 years, followed by one year without an election. 63 councillors are elected with 3 from each of the 21 wards.
  
  ## Council elections
  
  * 1998 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 1999 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2000 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2002 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2003 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election (whole council elected after boundary changes)
  * 2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2010 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2011 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2014 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2015 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2016 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2018 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2019 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2021 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2022 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  * 2023 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
  
  ## Borough result maps
  
  * 2006 results map
  * 2007 results map
  * 2008 results map
  * 2010 results map
  * 2011 results map
  * 2012 results map
  * 2014 results map
  * 2015 results map
  * 2016 results map
  * 2018 results map
  * 2019 results map
  * 2021 results map
  
  ## By-election results
  
  ### 1993-2001
  
  Wakefield Central By-Election 18 June 1998 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Tony Richardson | 988 | 49.3 | -22.8 |
  | | Conservative | Kenneth Blackburn | 661 | 33.0 | +15.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 356 | 17.8 | +7.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 327 | 16.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,005 | 17.9 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  Pontefract South By-Election 7 October 1999 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | | 833 | 55.0 | +2.7 |
  | | Conservative | | 511 | 37.7 | -1.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Douglas Dale | 171 | 11.3 | -1.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 322 | 17.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,515 | 14.1 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### 2001-2009
  
  Pontefract South By-Election 7 June 2001 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | | 3,013 | 51.8 | +3.2 |
  | | Conservative | | 2,004 | 34.5 | -5.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 797 | 13.7 | +2.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,009 | 17.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,814 | 54.6 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  Horbury By-Election 4 October 2001 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | | 848 | 42.7 | +10.3 |
  | | Conservative | | 605 | 30.4 | -14.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 405 | 20.4 | -2.2 |
  | | Independent | | 69 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
  | | Independent | | 60 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 243 | 12.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,987 | 16.5 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  Horbury and South Ossett By-Election 21 April 2005 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | David Watts | 1,156 | 38.2 | +9.4 |
  | | Conservative | Glenn Armitage | 1,110 | 36.6 | +10.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 764 | 25.2 | +4.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 46 | 1.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,030 | 26.0 | |
  | | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### 2009-2017
  
  Airedale and Ferry Fryston By-Election 21 January 2010 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Les Shaw | 1,330 | 49.9 | +3.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Paul Kirby | 603 | 22.6 | +8.3 |
  | | BNP | Stephen Rogerson | 353 | 13.3 | -7.7 |
  | | Conservative | Carl Milner | 275 | 10.3 | -7.7 |
  | | Independent | Jason Smart | 102 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 727 | 27.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,663 | 23.4 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  Horbury and South Ossett By-Election 7 July 2011 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Janet Holmes | 1,776 | 51.4 | +2.2% |
  | | Conservative | Richard Wakefield | 1061 | 30.7 | -10.5% |
  | | UKIP | David Dews | 232 | 6.7 | +6.7% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 200 | 5.8 | -3.7% |
  | | Independent | Norman Tate | 93 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
  | | Independent | Mark Harrop | 88 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 715 | 20.7 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3, 454 | 28.6 | |
  | | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  Castleford and Glasshoughton By-Election 21 February 2013 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Richard Forster | 1,567 | 76.7 |
  | | UKIP | Nathan Garbutt | 349 | 17.1 |
  | | Conservative | Anne-Marie Glover | 95 | 4.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 33 | 1.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1218 | 60.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,044 | 16.9 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Horbury and South Ossett By-Election 28 November 2013 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Rory Bickerton | 1,061 | 40.3 | -0.2% |
  | | UKIP | Graham Jesty | 856 | 32.5 | +22.5 |
  | | Conservative | Angela Howell | 504 | 19.1 | -3.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mark Goodair | 212 | 8.1 | -0.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 205 | 7.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2, 633 | 20.77 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  Pontefract North By-Election 24 September 2015 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Lorna Malkin | 909 |
  | | UKIP | Nathan Garbutt | 453 |
  | | Conservative | Anthony Hill | 299 |
  | | Yorkshire First | Lucy Brown | 124 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Woodlock | 86 |
  | | TUSC | Daniel Dearden | 24 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  
  Stanley and Outwood East By-Election 12 October 2017 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Jack Spencer Hemmingway | 1,353 | 51.0 | +2.4 |
  | | Conservative | Nathan Garbutt Moore | 847 | 31.9 | +7.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Nicola Kate Sinclair | 165 | 6.2 | +2.3 |
  | | Yorkshire | Lucy Victoria Brown | 153 | 5.8 | +5.8 |
  | | UKIP | James Lee Johnston | 136 | 5.1 | -16.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 506 | 19.1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,655 | 21.5 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  Wakefield West By-Election 23 November 2017 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Michael Paul Graham | 1,118 | 49.6 |
  | | Conservative | Dawn Lesley Hunt | 933 | 41.4 |
  | | Yorkshire | Paul Phelps | 152 | 6.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Peter John Williams | 46 | 2.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 185 | 8.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2253 | 20.6 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  