Candidates in Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley — Local Elections 2026
These are the people standing in the upcoming local elections on 7 May 2026. Click a candidate to learn more about them.
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Airedale and Ferry Fryston
10 candidates
Altofts and Whitwood
11 candidates
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
11 candidates
Brett Stephen Muscroft
Claire Michelle Lee
Denise Margaret Jeffery
Fiona Christian Harkin
Joanne Grace Smart
Joseph Anthony Sunderland
Matthew Chambers
Mike Forrester
Rob Michael Moore
Sandra Drake
Sheila Betha Ann Atha
Knottingley
13 candidates
Adele Hayes
Charlotte Kimberley Mae Hirst
Craig Tildesley
David Paul Kennedy
Hollie Ann Coysh
Larissa McCormick
Laura Strickland
Lisa Marie Frost
Rachel Speak
Robin John Gledhill
Sharon Diane Rutter
Tony Wallis
William Garbutt
Pontefract North
12 candidates
Dan Woodlock
Active on State
Alexander John Wood
Christopher Dawson
Clive Malcolm Tennant
Craig Smith
Hannah Ruth Appleyard
Helen Kirsty Antcliff
Jordan Bedford
Katherine-Alice James
Pepe Ruzvidzo
Richard John Heaps
Stuart John Atkinson
Pontefract South
14 candidates
Brian Mayhew
Dick Davies
George Alexander Ayre
Jack Lewis Crosswaite
Jaspal Singh Mundh
John Gill
Jonathan Alan Crosswaite
Julie Anne Craig
Keith Christian Anderson
Michael Thomas Livsey
Peter Sutherland Forster
Philip Booth
Stephen James Brennan
Susan Hayes