2019 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

The 2019 Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in England.

[1] The election was held on the same day as other local elections.

The Labour Party and the Conservative Party fielded a full slate of 21 candidates, as well as 14 Liberal Democrats, 8 Yorkshire Party candidates, 7 UK Independence Party candidates, 6 Green Party candidates, 6 Independent candidates, 1 Socialist Alternative candidate and 1 Democrats and Veteran's Party candidate.

[2] The make up of the Council following the election was: [7] Around a year after his election, Alex Kear was jailed after arranging to meet with a three-year-old girl for sexual abuse.

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