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    Wakefield West, Wakefield

    At the most recent election (7 May 2026), Samantha Harvey (Reform UK), Paul Jackson (Reform UK) and Gareth Thomas (Reform UK) won Wakefield West, with a majority of 685 votes on a turnout of 35.59%.

    Area type
    ward
    Within
    Wakefield
    Elections recorded
    18
    Recorded results
    94
    Wakefield West: Local Elections 2026Turnout 35.59%, electorate 11,329
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Samantha HarveyReform UK1,88615.6%Yes
    Paul JacksonReform UK1,73514.3%Yes
    Gareth ThomasReform UK1,73314.3%Yes
    Hilary Gail MitchellThe Labour Party1,0488.7%No
    Ashfaq AhmedThe Labour Party9417.8%No
    Michael Paul GrahamIndependent9297.7%No
    James YearsleyThe Labour Party8557.1%No
    Georgina Lucy Ann DarlingGreen Party6315.2%No
    Laura Jane TowleGreen Party5824.8%No
    Marcella ChiettiGreen Party5754.8%No
    Allan CouchConservative Party3593%No
    Keith TaylorConservative Party3182.6%No
    John Stefan HigsonConservative Party2982.5%No
    Jack RamseyLiberal Democrats2071.7%No
    Wakefield West: Local Elections 2024Turnout 24.5%, electorate 11,329
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Hilary Gail MitchellThe Labour Party1,47553.1%Yes
    John Stefan HigsonConservative Party63622.9%No
    Laura Jane TowleGreen Party38313.8%No
    Susan StrettonHeritage Party1696.1%No
    Susan HayesLiberal Democrats1134.1%No
    Wakefield West: Local Elections 2023Turnout 25.34%, electorate 11,270
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Michael Paul GrahamThe Labour Party1,82964%Yes
    Nick HannamConservative Party68123.8%No
    Christine Mary GillWakefield & District Independents1906.7%No
    Lewis ElliottGreen Party1565.5%No
    Wakefield West: Local Elections 2022Turnout 28.61%, electorate 11,146
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Kevin SwiftThe Labour Party1,77055.5%Yes
    Laura WeldonConservative Party90528.4%No
    Richard BentleyYORKS2457.7%No
    Lawrence ElliottGreen Party1574.9%No
    Carol Louise Girt-WilsonLiberal Democrats611.9%No
    Gaynor Lindsay HaycockFreedom Alliance- Integrity, Society, Economy511.6%No
    Wakefield West: Local Elections 2021Turnout 30.9%, electorate 11,075
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Hilary Gail MitchellThe Labour Party1,68249.2%Yes
    Laura WeldonConservative Party1,38240.4%No
    Karen SadlerGreen Party2577.5%No
    Josie ThorntonThe For Britain Movement1013%No
    Wakefield West: Local Elections 2019Turnout 27.41%, electorate 10,798
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Michael Paul GrahamThe Labour Party1,42948.3%Yes
    Josie ThorntonUK Independence Party (UKIP)67822.9%No
    Tony AyoadeConservative Party65522.1%No
    John Robert ClaytonLiberal Democrats1986.7%No
    Wakefield West: Local Elections 2018Turnout 26.32%, electorate 10,881
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Kevin SwiftThe Labour Party1,47851.6%Yes
    Nathan Garbutt MooreConservative Party1,18341.3%No
    John Robert ClaytonLiberal Democrats2037.1%No
    Wakefield West: Local by-elections 23 Nov 2017
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Michael Paul GrahamThe Labour Party1,11849.7%Yes
    Dawn Lesley HuntConservative Party93341.5%No
    Paul PhelpsYorkshire Party1526.8%No
    Peter Malcolm WilliamsLiberal Democrats462%No
    Wakefield West: Local Elections 2016Turnout 30.23%, electorate 10,546
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Hilary Gail MitchellThe Labour Party1,56349%Yes
    Dianne Elizabeth PreshaConservative Party96230.2%No
    Brian ElseGreen Party32410.2%No
    Peter WilliamsLiberal Democrats1966.1%No
    Louise KasatkinTUSC1434.5%No
    Wakefield West: Local Elections 2015Turnout 52.64%, electorate 11,257
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Ryan CaseThe Labour Party2,52142.5%Yes
    Rachael HuntConservative Party1,71428.9%No
    Ian JohnstonUK Independence Party (UKIP)1,32422.3%No
    Brian ElseGreen Party2985%No
    Neil TaylorTUSC691.2%No
    Wakefield West: Local Elections 2014Turnout 28.99%, electorate 11,231
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Kevin SwiftThe Labour Party1,50646.3%Yes
    Kully SangheraConservative Party88527.2%No
    Brian ElseGreen Party50415.5%No
    Neil TaylorTUSC1895.8%No
    Susan MorganLiberal Democrats1725.3%No
    Wakefield West: Local Elections 2012Turnout 29.38%, electorate 11,495
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Hilary Gail MitchellThe Labour Party1,45643.1%Yes
    Philip BoothConservative Party1,10132.6%No
    Norman TateEnglish Democrats Party - Putting England First59417.6%No
    Brian ElseGreen Party2266.7%No

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