All Wakefield election candidates running in the 2024 General Election

As we approach the general election in July, every candidate has already announced their decision to stand for election.

This includes Wakefield, where candidates are running from a variety of different political parties. Each of these candidates campaign on different issues, focusing on issues such as local issues, national issues, or international issues.

Additionally, this marks the first election held using the new constituency boundaries. As a result, you may find yourself represented in a different place this year when the election rolls around.

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There are a total of four sites in the city and surrounding towns of Wakefield. Here are all the candidates running for election in each.

Normanton and Hemsworth

• Callum Daniel Bushrod – Reform Britain
• Craig Dobson – Liberal Democrat
• Alice Mae Hopkin – Conservative Party
• Ashton Victor Howick – Green Party
• Jon Trickett – Labor Party

Ossett and Denby Dale

• Jade Botterill – Labor Party
• Neil Doig – Green Party
• Mark Simon Eastwood – Conservative Party
• David John Rowntree Herdson – Yorkshire Party
• Sandra Senior – Reform UK
• James Andrew Wilkinson – Liberal Democrat

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Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

• Yvette Cooper – Labor Party
• Trevor Lake – Social Democratic Party
• Jamie Luke Needle – Liberal Democrat
• John Robert Thomas – Reform Britain
• Olli Watkins – Green Party
• Laura Weldon – Conservative Party

Wakefield and Rothwell

• Arnold Eric Craven – Conservative Party
• David Alan Dews – Reform Britain
• Stewart Golton – Liberal Democrat
• Brent Hawksley – Yorkshire Party
• Simon Robert Lightwood – Labor Party
• Keith Mason – Labor Party of Great Britain
• Ashley Theo Blue Routh – Green Party
• Nicholas John Sanders – Social Democratic Party