Council

Attendance (63 councillors)

Councillor	Party	Ward	Status
Adele Hayes	Liberal Democrat	Knottingley - Ward 9	Present
Andy Nicholls	Labour	Wakefield Rural - Ward 18	Present
Anthony Wallis	Labour	Castleford Central and Glasshoughton - Ward 4	Present
Armaan Khan	Labour	Normanton - Ward 10	Present
Brendan Fraser	Labour	Wrenthorpe and Outwood West - Ward 21	Present
Brian Mayhew	Labour	Pontefract South - Ward 13	Present
Charlie Keith	Labour	Wrenthorpe and Outwood West - Ward 21	Present
Clive Tennant	Labour	Pontefract North - Ward 12	Present
Daniel Wilton	Labour	Normanton - Ward 10	Present
Darren Byford	Labour	Horbury and South Ossett - Ward 8	Present
David Pickersgill	Labour	Wakefield North - Ward 17	Present
Deb Nicholls	Labour	Horbury and South Ossett - Ward 8	Present
Denise Jeffery	Labour	Castleford Central and Glasshoughton - Ward 4	Present
Duncan Smith	Labour	Ossett - Ward 11	Present
Elizabeth Rhodes	Labour	Wakefield North - Ward 17	Present
Gwen Page	Labour	Horbury and South Ossett - Ward 8	Present
Hannah Appleyard	Labour	Pontefract North - Ward 12	Present
Helen Antcliff	Labour	Pontefract North - Ward 12	Present
Jack Hemingway	Labour	Stanley and Outwood East - Ward 15	Present
Jackie Ferguson	Labour	Airedale and Ferry Fryston - Ward 2	Present
Jacquie Speight	Labour	Altofts and Whitwood - Ward 3	Present
Jakob Williamson	Independent	Hemsworth - Ward 7	Present
Jessica Carrington	Labour	Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton - Ward 1	Present
Jo Hepworth	Labour	Altofts and Whitwood - Ward 3	Present
Josie Pritchard	Labour	Altofts and Whitwood - Ward 3	Present
Julie Craig	Labour	Pontefract South - Ward 13	Present
Julie Medford	Labour	Normanton - Ward 10	Present
Kathryn Scott	Labour	Airedale and Ferry Fryston - Ward 2	Present
Katrina Law	Labour	Wakefield South - Ward 19	Present
Kevin Swift	Independent	Wakefield West - Ward 20	Present
Laura Jones	Labour	Hemsworth - Ward 7	Present
Les Shaw	Labour	Airedale and Ferry Fryston - Ward 2	Present
Lynn Masterman	Labour	Stanley and Outwood East - Ward 15	Present
Margaret Isherwood	Labour	Wakefield North - Ward 17	Present (Virtual)
Matthew Morley JP	Labour	Stanley and Outwood East - Ward 15	Present
Maureen Cummings	Labour	Crofton, Ryhill and Walton - Ward 5	Present
Maureen Tennant-King	Labour	Featherstone - Ward 6	Present
Melanie Jones	Labour	Hemsworth - Ward 7	Present
Michael Graham	Independent	Wakefield West - Ward 20	Present
Michelle Collins	Labour	South Elmsall and South Kirkby - Ward 14	Present
Mohammed Ayub	Labour	Wakefield East - Ward 16	Present
Nadeem Ahmed	Conservative	Wakefield South - Ward 19	Present
Nadiah Sharp	Independent	Wrenthorpe and Outwood West - Ward 21	Present
Natalie Walton	Labour	Wakefield East - Ward 16	Present
Nick Farmer	Reform UK	Ossett - Ward 11	Present
Olivia Rowley	Independent	Ossett - Ward 11	Present
Pete Girt	Independent	Knottingley - Ward 9	Present
Rachel Speak	Liberal Democrat	Knottingley - Ward 9	Present
Richard Forster	Labour	Castleford Central and Glasshoughton - Ward 4	Present
Samantha Harvey	Reform UK	Wakefield Rural - Ward 18	Present
Scott Haslam	Labour	Featherstone - Ward 6	Present
Shabaan Ali Saleem	Labour	Wakefield South - Ward 19	Present
Stan Bates	Independent	South Elmsall and South Kirkby - Ward 14	Present
Steve Vickers	Labour	Featherstone - Ward 6	Present
Stuart Heptinstall	Labour	Wakefield East - Ward 16	Present
Usman Ali	Labour	Crofton, Ryhill and Walton - Ward 5	Present
Allan Garbutt	Labour	Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton - Ward 1	Absent
Faith Heptinstall	Labour	Crofton, Ryhill and Walton - Ward 5	Absent
George Ayre	Labour	Pontefract South - Ward 13	Absent
Hilary Mitchell	Labour	Wakefield West - Ward 20	Absent
Jordan Bryan	Labour	Wakefield Rural - Ward 18	Absent
Martin Roberts	Independent	Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton - Ward 1	Absent
Steve Tulley	Labour	South Elmsall and South Kirkby - Ward 14	Absent

Data last updated: 23 February 2026