All the parties and candidates you can vote for in Wakefield, Pontefract and Castleford’s May elections

Local council elections are due to be held across Wakefield next month alongside a number of parish and town council elections.

On May 5 elections are to be held across the city with candidates standing from the major parties in all wards and candidates from other parties also standing. There are also two different town council elections taking place on the same day.

More people are allowed to vote in local elections than in Parliamentary elections with anyone over the age of 18 who holds UK, Irish, Commonwealth or EU citizenship all allowed to vote for their local councillors. Here is a list, in alphabetical order, of all the wards holding elections next month, those in italics are the current incumbents and the number next to the ward represents how many seats are facing election.

Wakefield Council

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton (1)

• Gabriel, Jody Paul – Green

• Garbutt, Allan William – Labour

• Higgins, Carol Denise – Freedom Alliance

• Marshall, Gwen – Independent

• Pointon, David – Conservative Party

Airedale and Ferry Fryston (1)

• Birdsall, Leah Jade – Liberal Democrat

• Evans, Richard Charles – Conservative

• Kennedy, Neil – Independent

• Scott, Kathryn – Labour

Altofts and Whitwood (1)

• Hall, Leanne – Liberal Democrat

• Speight, Jacquie – Labour

• Thomas, John Robert – Independent

• Wright, Barbara Frances – Conservative

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton (1)

• Jeffery, Denise Margaret – Labour

• Phelps, Paul – Yorkshire Party

• Smart, Joanne Grace – Conservative

• Walton, Janet – Liberal Democrat

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton (1)

• Ali, Usman – Labour

• Clayton, Connor James – Liberal Democrat

• Newby, Garry – Green

• Thomas, Chad Jordan – Conservative

Featherstone (1)

• Taylor, Dick – Independent

• Taylor, John Richard – Conservative

• Vickers, Steve – Labour

Hemsworth (1)

Horbury and South Ossett (1)

• Cruise, Gill – Conservative

• Goodair, Mark Andrew – Liberal Democrat

• Kett, Ryan David – Yorkshire Party

• Nicholls Deb – Labour

• Norris, Richard Hargreaves – Green

Knottingley (1)

• Girt, Robert Peter – Liberal Democrat

• Green, Paul – Labour

• Kirby, Roger John – Conservative

Normanton (1)

• Clayton, John Robert – Green

• Goodall, Deborah – Liberal Democrat

• Hardwick, James Robert – Conservative

• Owen, Isabel Martha – Labour

• Parsons, Cliff – Alliance for Democracy and Freedom

Ossett (1)

• Dawson, Deborah Louise – Yorkshire Party

• Farmer, Nick – Conservative

• Khan, Armaan – Labour and Co-operative Party

• Sargeant, Tony – Liberal Democrat

• Scott, Stephen – Green

Pontefract North (1)

• Atha, Sheila Bertha – Liberal Democrat

• Dawson, Chris – Yorkshire Party

• Hyomes, Christopher Rober – Conservative

• Tennant, Clive Malcolm – Labour

• Tingle, Emma Kay – Green

Pontefract South (1)

• Ayre, George Alexander – Labour

• Craven, James – Yorkshire Party

• Fishwick, Stephanie Grace – Conservative

• Hayes, Susan – Liberal Democrat

• Lake, Trevor – Social Democratic Party

South Elmsall and South Kirkby (1)

• Bates, Stan – Labour

• Ludewig, Stefan Arnold – Green

• Ruzvidzo, Perpertua – Conservative

• Stevens, Nicky – Independent

Stanley and Outwood East (1)

• Copeland, Richard – Green

• Harvey, Gideon Guohong – Conservative

• Hawksley, Brent Andrew – Yorkshire Party

• Masterman, Lynn – Labour

• Pollack, Malcolm – Liberal Democrat

Wakefield East (1)

• Ayub, Yubi – Labour

• Dodgson, Michael – Freedom Alliance

• Griffiths, Michael – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

• Hannam, Nick – Conservative

• Mackintosh Kent, Janet – Green

Wakefield North (1)

• Formuli, Naeem – Conservative

• Mack, Andy – Yorkshire Party

• MacQueen, Joan Mary – Liberal Democrat

• Pickersgill, David – Labour

• Russell, Daniel Mark – Green

Wakefield Rural (1)

• Bryan, Jordan Phillip – Labour

• Davies, Lien Kerry – Freedom Alliance

• Harvey, Samantha – Conservative

• Herdson, David John Rowntree – Yorkshire Party

• Sadler, Karen – Green

Wakefield South (1)

• Ahmed, Nadeem – Conservative

• Belbin, Paul William – Labour

• Cochran, Daniel Mathieson – Yorkshire Party

• Ebbs, Nigel James – Liberal Democrat

• Holmes, Krys Tal – Green

Wakefield West (1)

• Bentley, Richard Martyn – Yorkshire Party

• Elliott, Lewis Conor – Green

• Girt-Wilson, Carol Louise – Liberal Democrat

• Haycock, Gaynor Lindsay – Freedom Alliance

• Swift, Kevin – Labour

• Weldon, Laura – Conservative

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West (1)

• Ali, Waj – Conservative and Unionist Party

• De Vere, Natasha Marie – Liberal Democrat

• Dews, David Alan – Reform UK

• Sharp, Nadiah – Labour

• Stansby, Nic – Independent

• Thompson, Oliver – Green