Wakefield Metropolitan District Council: all 63 councillors

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council has 63 councillors on the official list. The largest group is Reform UK, with 55 of the 63 seats. Every name below comes from the council's own published list: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council: councillors by ward (modern.gov web service), read 3 November 2026 (saved copy of the list; the contact details shown below come from the council's feed and are not kept in the copy).

See Wakefield: local statistics and who has power over Wakefield, from the council up to the G20.

Seats by party

• ■ Reform UK: 55 councillors
• ■ Liberal Democrat: 2 councillors
• ■ Independent: 2 councillors
• ■ Social Democratic Party: 1 councillor
• ■ Labour: 1 councillor
• ■ Green Party: 1 councillor
• ■ Conservative: 1 councillor

Leaders and post holders

• Carrie Gledhill (Reform UK): Deputy Chair - Licensing Committee
• Jamie McGrevy (Reform UK): Chief Whip
• John Thomas (Reform UK): Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder Resources and Property
• Mike Forrester (Reform UK): Deputy Chair - Planning & Highways Committee
• Penny Ashton (Reform UK): Deputy Mayor
• Steve Ashton (Reform UK): Chair - Children & Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee
• Matthew Caton (Reform UK): Portfolio Holder - Children & Young People
• Joanne Chambers (Reform UK): Deputy Portfolio Holder - Adults & Health
• Julian Carter (Reform UK): Portfolio Holder - Neighbourhood Services
• Rachel Speak (Liberal Democrat): Group Leader - Liberal Democrat Group
• Lukasz Borcz (Reform UK): Portfolio Holder, Culture & Sport
• Cliff Parsons (Reform UK): Deputy Portfolio Holder - Culture & Sport; and Chair - Licensing Committee
• David Hunter (Reform UK): Chair - Regeneration and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Deputy Portfolio Holder - Children & Young People
• Brian Moorhouse (Reform UK): Mayor
• Jordan Bedford (Reform UK): Chair - Adult Services and Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee
• Craig Smith (Reform UK): Deputy Porfolio Holder, Strategic, Housing, Skills & Business Growth
• Keith Anderson (Reform UK): Portfolio Holder - Highways, Transport & Planning
• Michael Livsey (Reform UK): Deputy Portfolio Holder - Neighbourhood Services
• Matthew Pinder (Reform UK): Portfolio Holder - District Regeneration and Regional Growth
• David Pringle (Reform UK): Deputy Portfolio Holder - Highways, Transport & Planning
• Karl Johnson (Reform UK): Leader of the Council
• Andrew Wakefield (Reform UK): Portfolio Holder, Strategic, Housing, Skills & Business Growth
• Dr Ansar Hayat (Reform UK): Portfolio Holder, Adults & Health
• Rebecca Webster (Reform UK): Portfolio Holder, Safer Stronger Communities
• Cliff Gurdin (Reform UK): Chair - Planning & Highways Committee
• Paul Jackson (Reform UK): Deputy Portfolio Holder - Safer Stronger Communities and Chair - Ethics and Governance Committee
• David Dews (Reform UK): Chair - Corporate & Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee
• Graham Ridler (Reform UK): Deputy Portfolio Holder - Resources & Property

Every councillor, by ward

Source

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council: councillors by ward (modern.gov web service), read 3 November 2026 (saved copy of the list; the contact details shown below come from the council's feed and are not kept in the copy). Each name links to that councillor's profile on the official site. Published by Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Contact details are exactly what the council publishes in its own feed on the day it was read, including a home address or phone only where the council publishes one. Anything the council removes disappears from this page at the next refresh. Name or seat out of date? Tell us.