Candidates in Wakefield and Rothwell — 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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Rothwell
6 candidates
Stanley and Outwood East
13 candidates
Geoffrey Ian Johnston
Jack Spencer Hemingway
Jane Louise Garfit
John Alan Evans
Joseph Gosling
Karl Johnson
Kathleen Rose Beels
Kenneth Stewart Sanderson
Lynn Masterman
Matthew Morley
Natasha Marie De Vere
Richard David Copeland
Richard Martin Wakefield
Wakefield East
18 candidates
Charlie Boyes
David Antony Young
Jody Paul Gabriel
Khadija Formuli
Michael Junior Mateta
Mick Griffiths
Nadiah Sharp
Nat Walton
Peter Mott
Rabina Kouser Khan
Safia Ilyas
Shabaan Saleem
Sid Ullah
Ste Pritchard
Steve Parker
Wayne Beddoes
Yasar Ahmed
Yubi Ayub
Wakefield North
15 candidates
Olli Watkins
Active on State
Andrew Wakefield
Ashton Victor Howick
Christopher Ralph Cowton
David Pickersgill
Elizabeth Rhodes
Hassan Raza
Kate Dodd
Keith Sharp
Magdalena Ewa Suplatowicz
Margaret Isherwood
Matt Cappleman
Tom Cullen Griffiths
Tony Sargeant
Troy David Moxon
Wakefield West
14 candidates
Allan Couch
Ashfaq Ahmed
Gareth Thomas
Georgina Lucy Ann Darling
Hilary Gail Mitchell
Jack Ramsey
James Yearsley
John Stefan Higson
Keith Taylor
Laura Jane Towle
Marcella Chietti
Michael Paul Graham
Paul Jackson
Samantha Harvey
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West
15 candidates
Andrew Johnson
Anne Marie Pedlar
Anthony Patrick Campbell De Vere
Brendan James Fraser
Charlie Keith
David Alan Dews
Elizabeth Dunn Cowton
Gareth Shanks
Graham John Ridler
Ian Sheldrake
Martyn Johnson
Mike King
Nic Stansby
Ruth Alexandra Love
Vivien Mott