The 2018 Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Wakefield Council, also known as the City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, is the local government in England, local authority of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield has had a council since 1848, which has been ...

in England. The election was held on the same day as other

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. The Labour Party and the Conservative Party fielded a full slate of 21 candidates, as well as 12 Liberal Democrats, 6

Yorkshire Party The Yorkshire Party is a regionalist political party in Yorkshire, a historic county of England. Founded in 2014, it campaigns for the establishment of a devolved Yorkshire Parliament within the United Kingdom, with powers over education, envir ...

candidates, 4

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as environmentalism and social justice. Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...

candidates, 3

UK Independence Party The UK Independence Party (UKIP, ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of parliament (both through defect ...

candidates, 1

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. Traders generally negotiate through a medium of cred ...

candidate and 1 Democrats and Veteran's Party candidate.

Council make-up

The make up of the Council following the election was:

Summary

* +/- compared with Wakefield Council election 2016.

Results by ward

Changes compared to

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Councillor for Ossett in

, but resigned his membership in 2017 and later joined the

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References

External links

Candidates by ward
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council {{West Yorkshire elections

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Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolit ...